Jez has UK festival appearances coming up at Babell, Saltburn, Tegeingl, Whitby, Towersey and Fylde this month… Word is that the upcoming compilation CD will have SEVENTEEN tracks, including six from early Fellside albums, and a few “bonus” newly recorded tracks. Overall it concentrates on Jez’s own versions of his songs that have been notably recorded by other people over the years. Release date October 2nd… The final part of the current BBC Radio Ballads series goes out next Monday at 10pm on Radio 2, and includes two songs by Jez., THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY AND DORANDO and NAME YOUR SONS… The schedule for the solo October tour of North America have been updated on the LIVE DATES page of this site…