A pause caused by days of travelling. Now, today a sonnet from my collection “Blue’s Song of the Earth”. If you want to see more of these, send me an email or leave a comment. Foundlings Twelve: Leave him alone with rage Source: ‘Turn of Events’ by Nigel Suratt) Like the last time he looked … Read more
I did a review of the poetry book ‘ Breathing Out’ produced by a Women’s Writers Group in St Louis. The review is on Gerald England’s excellent website and can be found here. I was really pleased to receive a copy of an email from Gerald yesterday with a copy of a note from one … Read more
This is just a short post to point out that Jan Garbarek’s latest album which I reviewed and raved about recently, has been nominated for a Grammy award. It has also been chosen as one of the Songlines magazine ‘Top of the World’ CDs in the latest issue of the magazine. After years of work, … Read more
Follow the link for a review by Norman Geras of the Jan Garbarek Group’s concert in Manchester, England. Norman was less impressed than I was. Same songs, same musicians, different reaction!
This was the third time I had seen Jan Garbarek live. The first time, at the Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool, was an incredible night when he performed with Eberhard Weber, Rainer Bruninghaus, Bugge Wesseltoft (I think), and Nana Vasconcelos on percussion. That was in the 1980s. Then a few years ago I saw the … Read more
OK, it’s a bit of a corny title for this post, but I just couldn’t resist it. I have already done this post once, but the system crashed as I posted it and lost the entry, so I am trying to re-create it from scratch which is a bit of a nightmare for someone with … Read more
Rain makes me feel emptiness deep oblivion and nothing Rain sounds on roof coldness too and the open-ended glide that eases into my mood
Today I am posting a poem from the next booklet to be produced by bluewater books. This booklet is due out in the next couple of weeks. copters gardens of gardenia blooms of second glances never sent melancholic sycamore copters spinning at my feet. nose-caught scents of cow-slips which recall beechams empty bankments steam gone, … Read more
Yesterday I bought a couple of new albums from my local Music Zone. This store has radically changed the pricing of CDs in the UK. By selling CDs cheap, they work on the basis that the customer will buy more items. Small margins but big turnover. It works. As a result, over recent months I … Read more
I spent last night listening to a selection of great songs, taking the opportunity to pull at the emotions. Great songs should do that. I listened to: Damien Rice – eskimo Nick Drake – One of these things first Johnny Cash – One Neil Young – Like a Hurricane REM – Night Swimming David Byrne … Read more