Welsh college of Dirty Beasts

By On February 8, 2011 · 3 Comments

When I was much younger than I am now, I had the books of Dirty Beasts and Revolting Rhymes, by Roald Dahl. I have a lot of sympathy for Roald Dahl as an author. He does what Enid Blyton dares not. Make stories for children (and about children) where you can say ‘fart’, dirty [...]

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Litchfield Cathedral

Lichfield and the F-in’ Darke

By On September 2, 2010 · 5 Comments

Last weekend I spent a weekend camped out in Lichfield Cathedral, and I don’t mean sleeping in the cathedral. I was part of a reunion choir, the St Teilo’s singers. We’ve sung together for the past 15 years, taking our name from the church we were originally based at, St Andrew and St Teilo’s, closely [...]

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When Celia was learning

By On February 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’ve had this merry little catch running through my head all week, and I just had enough time to do a multitrack recording of it. There is a cheeky little message hidden inside this 17th Century song about a girl having a lesson on a spinnet. Its a baroque keyboard instrument a bit like a [...]

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And I prithy hold thy peace

By On January 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I found this recording on my mac today and I thought you might like to hear it. Its my own voice multitracked. I was in a performance of Twelfth Night some years ago and this one of the incidental songs which Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Feste sing in a night of [...]

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The philosophy of singing

By On January 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I have spent most of the time since 1995, singing. It is widely accepted that going to University is simply an opportunity for doing things that you really want to do and not have your parents, guardians, or house hold pets looking down their noses at you. For the majority of the student population this [...]

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