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Vagabonding
the newsletter with the latest adventures from Steve Bonham and Steve Bonham and The Long Road
"Imagine Bill Bryson meets Woody Guthrie meets Don Quixote!"​ 
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Steve Bonham is a storyteller, a published author, an inveterate traveller, for decades a songwriter, performer and musician, and an award-winning psychologist. Born in Derbyshire, England, Steve studied psychology and philosophy at university. He has recorded more than 10 albums; written two musicals; and several books including his latest: A Beautiful Broken Dream. He is the author of the Vagabond Philosopher blog and proud member of  The Long Road
Renegade Americana for the outlaw in us all
In the age of fake news, deceit, narcissistic posturing, climate change denial perhaps we need more than ever the power of prayer. Not for me religious prayer but secular prayer. Words that remind us of our humanity, our connectedness, the indivisible bond that binds us, for, as the murdered politician Jo Cox so memorably said, “We have far more in common than that which divides us’ 

Prayer? It may seem an awkward word and I am sure phrases like ‘protest song’ sit more easily. But prayers ultimately are about establishing rapport between an individual and something precious and greater than themselves. A song like ‘Forever Young’ by Bob Dylan is a great example of this, words of hope and love for his son yet universal its embrace of fatherhood everywhere.
I have been trying to create a lyric as a prayer. I cannot say how successful it is yet, I am still working on it. But here it is in its first wobbly steps.
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Back in the USA !
Steve Bonham just completed a four concert one radio show mini tour in North Carolina USA. It went really well - with great feedback and enthusiasm for a longer tour later in the year. 
"To tell the truth, I was a bit worried how it would come across - A Brit singing songs about America, in America to Americans! I shouldn't have worried everyone was really kind and onboard" said Steve
Steve played two Singer Songwriter Showcases one in Davidson, the other in Kannapolis. This is great US format where three performers take to the stage together to share songs with each other and with an enthusiastic audience. He was joined at the first by Nashville stalwarts Wyatt Espalin and Rob Tiger and at the second by his good friend Rob McHale and the legendary David Childers. 

Nashville National Steel .

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All Jan 2nd 2019
Genesis Rising
All November 17th, 2018
A letter to Joe Henry
Gone To Look For America
The focus of Steve's work at the moment. Gone to Look for America is an exploration in song, stories and performance of the moonshine, madness and myth of America. Reliance, The Girl With The Rattlesnake Heart and A Beautiful Broken Dream are all part of this project.
Steve Bonham and the Long Road are known for their intricately devised compositions, and the group’s latest single “The Girl With the Rattlesnake Heart” just might be their most stylish tour de force yet. A blues song wrapped in folkie harmonies, “The Girl With the Rattlesnake Heart” has all the hallmarks of a radio-ready single without any of the annoying polish that would ultimately quash its authentic groove
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Latest News
Hummingbirds from the Reliance album is doing really well at the moment - It is featured on the 'All You Need is Love special from WNIR Radio throughout the month of February https://www.wnir-radio.com/schedule
And is a featured track on the very wonderful UK Country Radio (http://www.ukcountryradio.com/)
Great review also from the Indie Music Reporter too. "It's quite a departure from Steve Bonham and The Long Road's last single The Girl With The Rattlesnake Heart which one reviewer said was 'foot down hard with raw whisky energy'. (Rock N Roots UK Nov/Dec 2018) demonstrating the rare versatility of this unique and magical band.
Latest Podcasts
The Long Road's own Vagabond Philosopher himself, Steve Bonham, has returned from New Mexico with some stories to tell and a bunch of ideas for new songs. The Bishop and Steve have a chat about Steve's travels, and get to hear insights from along the trail, including The Other Las Vegas, meeting Billy The Kid's third cousin and panning for gold.

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A Banjo-y Christmas Time

Woodworm Calling
Coming Up

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The Girl With The Rattlesnake Heart
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Reliance
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A Beautiful Broken Dream
Two new collections of songs.
​Renegade Americana! Raw and gutsy, plaintive and gentle, it’s singular music, part Americana, part roots, and something that speaks to us all. ​
A unique and personal exploration in words and music of the myth of America, and a universal journey of self-discovery.​​
​Wide brimmed hat. Long dark coat. Guitar slung on back. 21 years on the road. A 100,000 miles and half a thousand hotel rooms. From the Berlin Wall to Atlas Mountains, from Sahara Desert to the streets of Hong Kong: a memory brewed in the long simmering soup of people and place. A man who has learned to watch and to listen, to walk and talk in the ebb and flow of meeting and parting. He is a chronicler of the human spirit in words and music.