Category: music
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Remembering Roy
Music binds us together; always has, from the beat of the drum around the tribal fire to the choral symphony to the simple pop tune. When a part of that binding slips away it’s tough to reconcile. Last night I was raising a glass and listening to Roy Bailey, who departed into mystery yesterday afternoon.…
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Ear Worm
Ear worm. And he’s still in there! Wriggling! After four days of motorcycling and two days of Blues I’ve gone partially deaf! Somewhere along the line, the fitted moulded stereo earplugs I wear for riding, and the Auritech silicone earplugs I wore to the music festival, have compacted some earwax and I’m totally knackered! So…
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Three Cane Whale
Yup. Odd name. No idea, go ask them. First saw them at Priddy Folk Festival and was utterly entranced. Three Cane Whale played last night in the Anglican Mausoleum at the Arno’s Vale Cemetery, in Bristol. Now, I lived within a mile of this cemetery for a goodly part of my teenage life and more…
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Cropredy 2013
Having only just got back from France on the Wednesday, and in my case still a little blissed out from Druid Camp, we had decided not to do Fairport’s Cropredy Convention this year. But having a spare day and the weather being fine, we decided to take a ride out on Morrigan to see our…
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Photography at Priddy
Here’s a story with a happy outcome. The festival season approaches, the camper van is in for her MOT tomorrow and is already waxed and splendidly prepared for weekends of music, drinking and general loveliness. Normally first in line is Priddy Folk Festival (this year beaten into second place by The Seed Festival) and last…
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S J Tucker, Talis Kimberley et al at the Southbank Arts centre, Bristol
What a great night. Unencumbered by a huge audience, the vast majority of whom forgot to come and thereby missed the evening of the year, we sat and stood and danced the might away! It’s been a long time since I was last in Bemmie, and longer since I was last in the Southbank Arts…
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Fairport Convention at Stroud Subscription Rooms 12th May 2012
I’ve been a fan of Fairport Convention for probably thirty-five years – almost as long as I have been of Jethro Tull, who introduced me to them via bass-magician Dave Pegg – who played for them both. This year is Fairport’s forty-fifth year in the folk-rock business, and Miss and I went along to the…
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Ian Anderson – Thick as a Brick I & II at Bristol Colston Hall
28th April 2012ce. I can’t recall precisely when I first hooked into Jethro Tull. It must have been about 1975, when my school mate Dave lent me a ‘pirated’ cassette tape of Thick as a Brick. (Less fuss about pirating music back then because the only way to do so was to use a hissy poorly recorded…
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Preparation; the key to Sucess
And the lack of preparation, well you know how that ends up. After a productive morning’s Council work and a nice pre-lunch walk around the villages to fire the appetite I thought it was time to bring Pumpkin out of the garage for the first ride of the year – lovely blue sky and dry…
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Imagine…
It must be the after effects of the bout of man-flu I’m getting over, or perhaps there’s dust in my eye. But how can it be thirty years since John Lennon was shot dead?! I guess with hindsight that was my ‘Princess Di’ moment, before such a thing was… fashionable over here. My Elvis. I…
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