Category Archives: music

Ballad of the Arbor Tree [rough demo]

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

[I don’t often put my own songs up on this site, but occasionally I put one up if it has a Shropshire or Severn connection, as here.] This is the second demo version: still rough, but now with some basic … Continue reading →

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New session in Welshpool

Posted on March 4, 2019 by

Music and poetry session beginning on Friday 15th March 2019 at the Monkey Puzzle Cafe, 6 Puzzle Square, SY21 7LE: (+44 1938 228068) at 7.30 pm. Read, recite, sing, play or just enjoy. All genres-beginners very welcome. Free Entry. (Added … Continue reading →

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Thomas Anderson [demo]

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

[Original article first published on the Wheal Alice blog, expanded and updated, July 2016, updated again in August 2016. Reproduced here October 2018, since it seems appropriate enough content. Actually more appropriate here than Wheal Alice, which is focused on my … Continue reading →

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Wrekin [demo]

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

I don’t usually put stuff relating to my own music here, but in view of the subject matter in this case, I figured why not? If you’re familiar with the Welsh Marches Line, it probably won’t surprise you that the … Continue reading →

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Sarah McQuaid UK tour

Posted on August 16, 2018 by

I just received details of Sarah McQuaid’s UK tour, starting in November. You can find more details of this and her earlier US tour on her web site and on her Facebook page. Nov 1  Launceston: No. 8 Cafe & Deli … Continue reading →

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Coast FM interview

Posted on August 16, 2018 by

Recently, I very much enjoyed appearing on Ian Semple’s Saturday lunchtime show. I hope that his listeners didn’t find so much Harley chat and music too awful! More on the music (but not so much of the chat) here in … Continue reading →

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CD Review – Occidental Gypsy

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

Another of my reviews for Folking.com, this time of a CD called ‘44070’ by Occidental Gypsy. Continue reading →

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