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Hello one and all.

Here's an improvisation between Peter Knight and I leading into his magnificent song 'From a Lullaby Kiss' on last year's Feast of Fiddles Tour. Purely nostalgic reasons to keep this here - but I remember performing it every night on tour with a mixture of joy, awe and terror!
 














Gig dates are gradually being added to the Live page here.

I am also available for session work if anyone wants or needs full strings on anything. I've set up my home studio (after a predictably traumatic house move!) and am ready to go! Or I can come to you. Drop me an email at marion.fleetwood1@gmail.com

I've been busy at home recording projects for lots of singer songwriters, film score composers and bands, as well as spending time in one of my favourite local recording studios, Rhythm Studios which as well as being fab is a 10 minute drive from my home.
Tea and cake abound.

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I am branching out into production and have just finished working on an album for the gorgeous Clementine Lovell, who writes and sings and also plays a very large full size accordion. We played some songs together at Halsway and the chemistry was there, so I'm thrilled to have been asked by her to produce her solo album Westbound, which will be released in June 2025.
 
2025 marches ahead with a new project with Reg Meuross - Fire and Dust. This is a song cycle written by Reg, who is a master songwriter, and produced by Pete Townshend (who appears on the album too). Fellow musicians involved are Geraint Watkins (Van Morrison), Simon Edwards and Roy Dodds (Fairground Attraction), Ruth Angel (Ashley Hutchings) and Phil Beer (Show of Hands).
Band shows have the story of Woody Guthrie running between each song, written by Reg and narrated variously by our consultant expert on Guthrie – Emeritus Professor Will Kaufman – and other special guests.
We'll be touring it throughout 2025 and into 2026 after the sold out premiere at Bush Hall in London in March.


















You can read more about this project here.

I'm also thrilled to have been asked to join Jim Creegan (Family, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Rod Stewart Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Pete Townsend, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, Elton John and Cat Stevens - the list is endless!) for some dates throughout 2025.
I'll be adding cello, fiddle and bvs when I join his trio - Pat Davey (Paul Young, Jim Cregan & Co, Kenney Jones & The Jones Gang, Band Of Angels and Tom Robinson) on bass and Sam Tanner (Rod Stewart, The Faces, Roger Daltrey & Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck, Mick Hucknall and Paul Young) on piano.

















You can read more about Jim and his remarkable career here


I've just finished this year's tour with Feast of Fiddles and a run of dates with The Sandy Denny Project and there are a few dates in 2025 for TRADarrr, IOTA and Fleetwood Cave too. 

I've just recorded a series of podcasts with Peter Maher's 'Great Musicians - The Inside Track'. It's a sort of desert island discs format with more in depth discussion about life, influences, musical collaborations and philosophy. I loved doing them (there are 4!) and they will be broadcast on 20 and 30 June and 24 and 28 July.
You can find the first podcast with the lovely Vicki Genfan - legendary American guitarist - on Peter's spotify page here. I'll post links to my episodes on my facebook page as and when they come out! 
 
Diary management is a nightmare, but I wouldn't have it any other way.


Take care whatever you are doing, and see you along the road.
Marion
xxx