On this day, February 16, 1907 composer and doyen of the Great American Songbook, Alec Wilder was born. Click the link to hear my take of some of his wonderful music.

We artists love to create. We get inspired and we go to work. Our latest project is always the most exciting and it’s easy to assume that everyone will agree that our newest album, show, song, or whatever, is just what the world's been waiting for. That is, until we share our new masterpiece with the world and other than a few likes on Facebook, nothing much happens and the world moves swiftly onto the next new, shiny thing.

Filmed back in 2013, this is the show seen by over 20,000 Brazilians during my 8 months working on the Splendour of the Seas for the Brazil season. This is the full show, available for the first time.

It was such a joy to be performing in Switzerland with a Sinatra show in Bern.

Somehow, I doubt Melania would have been pushing a wet mop over a terrace for an hour this morning.

Emma Thompson recently came clean when she was asked if her level of fame now means that she can turn down crappy acting roles. “I don’t always say no to rubbish,” she said, “because that’s often the best paid.“ Good for you. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one.

Before all this madness started, I was in an American style burger restaurant and ordered an cheese burger. I paid extra for the "cheddar cheese" topping. I put that in quotations marks because what they gave me was the colour of a high-viz jacket and about as tasty.

Wow! It’s crazy how quickly everything can change in a week. After my two shows in London, I flew back home to Tenerife just before all of Spain went on “lock down”. All bars, restaurants and pretty much everything else is closed with strict rules on what we are allowed to do.

As a singer I’ve been to my fair share of weddings. I’ve seen the good the bad and the ugly (and that’s just the chefs). As well as plenty of “perfect days” I’ve seen fights, food disasters, cars breaking down and power cuts. So, from the point of view of the wedding singer, here’s my hit list for the perfect wedding.