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Thursday, April 30th, 2026

Two concertina players and a guitarist playing around a small pub table in the corner.

Thursday session

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

A woman playing fiddle and a man playing uilleann pipes at a round table near the window of a pub.

Wednesday session

Monday, April 27th, 2026

Two flute players and a tin whistle player at a pub table.

Monday session

Saturday, April 25th, 2026

A packet of Tayto crisps in front of a statue of Jackie Charlton with a salmon. Jessica is on the other side eating her crisps. Cork airport is in the background.

Taytos with Jack at Cork airport

I know people joke about everyone in Ireland knowing everyone else, but I just got off the plane in Cork and the customs officer is my cousin.

Going to Cork. brb

Friday, April 24th, 2026

An accordion player, a tin whistle player, and a fiddler in a pub corner.

Friday session

Three fiddlers playing at a living room table with mugs of tea and biscuits.

Afternoon tea and tunes

Sunday, April 19th, 2026

A row of fiddlers playing in a pub. An accordion player and two fiddlers playing in a row.

Sunday session

Friday, April 17th, 2026

Reading Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir.

Buy this book

Thursday, April 16th, 2026

A man playing uilleann pipes with a woman playing fiddle in a pub.

Thursday session

Wednesday, April 15th, 2026

A man with a bodhrán, a woman playing button accordion, and another woman playing fiddle all in a row at a pub table.

Wednesday session

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026

Just heard the sad news about Moya Brennan passing. Some of the first records I ever bought were by Clannad—Macalla, Magical Ring, Legend.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

Monday, April 13th, 2026

A man playing fiddle in a pub.

Monday session

Saturday, April 11th, 2026

The bots are swarming hard today, laying waste to the meadows of the open web. This is what powers vibe-coding.

The slop must flow.

Friday, April 10th, 2026

I know a young student in Germany who needs to learn about relevance of the Entscheidungsproblem and Alan Turing to today’s work in computation—who should I put them in touch with?

Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

A man playing fiddle accompanied by a man on guitar at a round pub table by the window.

Tuesday session

Monday, April 6th, 2026

Close up of Chris singing and playing guitar with me rocking out on bouzouki. We're both wearing sharp-looking suits. Salter Cane on stage: the guitar player is front and centre, flanked on one side by me on bouzouki, and on the other by Jessica on bass.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Salter Cane gig on Saturday night—that was fun!

Saturday, April 4th, 2026

A drummer and bass player on a stage with a backdrop that reads: The Hope And Ruin.

Sound checking Salter Cane

Friday, April 3rd, 2026

Chris on guitar, Matthew on drums, and Jessica on bass, all of them smiling in a practice room.

Salter Cane is ready to rock and/or roll!

https://saltercane.com/tickets

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