This isn’t a tribute to Hamilton, although that is an astonishing piece of work. Wonderful. No, this is about the privilege of telling a story and singing songs inspired by that story in the room where the action takes place, at the Belle Tout lighthouse. The video is below, have a watch. Can I tellContinueContinue reading “Singing In The Room Where It Happens”
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Getting Ready To Fly
They let the angel go with a push, both afraid that it will fall to the ground, but it doesn’t. Not today. There is warmth enough. The featherlight creature catches the gentle wind and is lifted above them for a moment, sliding this way and that like a giant, cloud-white gull with tissue-thin wings thatContinueContinue reading “Getting Ready To Fly”
Stories to break your heart, from an English country churchyard
We went for a walk this afternoon, after lunch in the Giant’s Rest pub, and happened to pass through a churchyard. There a tombstone caught my eye, and I paused in the misty rain to run my hand over the metal, trace the words and read the story. It broke my heart. It does againContinueContinue reading “Stories to break your heart, from an English country churchyard”
Now there’s an album …
Introducing The Light Keeper album, a set of songs written in response to the story of Sarah, Jack and Gabe.
Singing in the room where it happens …
This isn’t a tribute to Hamilton, although that is an astonishing piece of work. Wonderful. No, this is about the privilege of telling a story in the room where the action takes place, and singing songs inspired by that story there too. The video is below, have a watch. When I started out writing TheContinueContinue reading “Singing in the room where it happens …”