yola performs etta james classic 'at last'   this youtube film is 15 minutes of yola with the band Birds of Chicago and Awna Teixeira. we've seen these guys a few times over the years, they used to be Po' Girl - didn't realise that they all live in the same house. anyway they have recorded 3 songs for us from there and it's just great - beautiful, joyful music and people. i imagine it as the brightest, noisiest house there is these days, surrounded by all the rest of us - isolated and frightened.

i'm starting the day with this to give me hope and then moving onto 8 hours of forest birdsong and plenty of Joni. you could say i'm sort of nesting for now - and trying to get off the machines and avoid the news as much as i can. might wander downstairs for a beer a curry and some van morrison maybe. nothing too challenging