"However, I adopted the practice of singing with one hand cupped over my ear when I first started singing. And yup. A lot of people thought it was an affectation I'd picked up from Ewan MacColl!"

At Kelso we have an early open mic session, then later a pub session is a very lively and at times noisy bar. Last week it was even noisier than usual and during one song I was having trouble hearing myself so cupped my ear. It made a hell of a difference. Though it isn't something I'd normally do