The Byford Voice

It's festival time this summer for more than one member of the Byford family. Tickets are still available to hear former BBC DDG Mark discuss "A Name On A Wall" at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August, in a session chaired by Ming Campbell.

Meanwhile his brother, who has shunned the family name for the more enigmatic moniker, Heath Common, is promoting his latest LP, "The Dream of Miss Dee", recorded with Carol Grimes, at the 2014 Musicport Festival in Whitby in October. Heath, a singer/songwriter/poet and performance artist, has settled in Scarborough, after paying his dues in New York . Described by his record label as "The English Tom Waits", tracks have been played by Tom Robinson on 6Music. Sample more here.