WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A STORM

British radio presenter, music writer and author Spencer Leigh wrote in the Independent newspaper: ´The psychedelia of 1966 held no interest for Gerry, and he was far too down to earth to follow The Beatles to Bangor to see the Maharishi.”
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EVITA revised, re-shaped, reformed

What a production this was, though, by a small provincial theatre company here on Lanzarote.
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A SONG IN THE HEAD

Then there was a glimmer of light when a friend, opera singer Andrew Staples, during a visit to her bedside noticed she seemed to be tapping her toes in time to the music of Brahms.

JOHN GRAEME LIVINGSTONE: more than words

raeme Livingstone’s music is about more than words on paper. Rather it is a piece of the heart of the man, and the best way to understand what makes him special is to catch him in concert
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THE LAST MAN, READING by Michael Higgins

Plague here brings eventually depopulation, migration and a total standstill of commerce, a little like our current situation but whereas governments in our day have instigated restrictions on gatherings and conducting trade, in Mary’s late 21st century commerce eventually dies through the steady tide of the plague itself.

LENDANEAR UNDER THE COVERS

Colin hits big notes as a performance and recording artist, but it is in the moments when he ´loses´ himself in a song and his voice sails downstream to faraway places that I most love his singing.
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MIME, MIMICRY AND MUSIC by Michael Higgins

no English traditional dancing team had the same Romantic clout, or visible presence, as the black-faced, skirt wearing, clog dancing ‘Coco Nut Dancers’ of Bacup in Lancashire just to the north of Rochdale.
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JOINING UP FOR JAZZ by Gary Heywood-Everett

I’ve never lost that initial interest nor the sense of excitement in improvised music from around the world in all its forms.

THE ARTS ARE STEPPING OUT AGAIN

So , let us all step out whenever we can or are allowed to (literally and figuratively) support the arts, and find our comfort and solace in doing so,

HAL KETCHUM singer-songwriter

We all have stories, we all have heartache, and we all have sadness and we all have joy. Golden moments.