Legendary singer song- writer Graham Nash still touring aged 83

GRAMMY award winning, legendary singer/songwriter, Graham Nash, is coming to Devon next month as part of an 11-date tour of the UK, ahead of which we were lucky enough to be able to chat with him from his home in New York.

- BY CLARE ROBINSON

The 83-year-old will be giving us songs and stories spanning a 60-year career from his time with the Hollies, then Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young) and his solo career. He'll most likely also perform a couple of tracks from his critically acclaimed latest album Now, that came out in 2023.

It's his most personal album to date but Graham says he has no problem opening up to the world in song. "I can only write about what happens to me as a human being," he explains.

"The truth is I'm just like you, an ordinary person - I know I've done interesting things with my life but most of the songs I write, if they happen to me, they probably happen to you at some point.

"A while ago I began to realise some of the songs I wrote 50 years ago, especially the likes of Teach your Children and Our House, not only apply to many people but are still relevant today..."

The title track on the album is deeply personal, in which Graham talks about his life at this moment, describing how he never thought he'd fall in love again. "I really thought that part of my life was over and yet now I find I've been happily married to Amy for six years," and then