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This is our new Loudhailer song, 'Three Hundred Kinds of Blue'. The poetic '300 kinds of blue' are the blue gosu porcelain glazes made in Japan. The song reflects me and Rich heading down the road of life together. It is illustrated in the video by Hiroshige's 'Fifty Three Stages of the Tōkaidō' woodblock prints. … Continue reading 300 Kinds of Blue
Thanks to everyone who came to see our first Loudhailer show with our new line up, me and Rich, with Mark Hurton on percussion and Dexter Duffy-Howard on violin. We really appreciate your support of original live music. Great vibe down at Hull New Adelphi Club. Excellent opening sets from both Martin Clappison and Jody … Continue reading Loudhailer & Friends at Hull Adelphi Club
We are pleased to unveil our new Loudhailer set, reworked for percussion and violin, at Hull New Adelphi Club on Thursday May 21st. For this gig, the band are Rich and Lou with Mark Hurton on percussion and Dexter Duffy-Howard on violin. We have two excellent supports for the evening, Jody McKenna and Martin Clappison … Continue reading Loudhailer & Friends
This is Beverley Circus, the 9th track from my solo album of train journey music and videos, 'There and Back'. It was originally 'Beverley Fires' because I set the town on fire for the video. It morphed into Beverley Circus when I added the circus story. So the fires had to go - for now anyway. If … Continue reading Beverley Circus
This is the video for my Christmas single, ’Belle of the North’. It’s a kind of fairy story with a strong woman as the central character. I was inspired by the life of women who live above the arctic circle bringing up families in harsh conditions where the temperature regularly drops to minus 50, surrounded … Continue reading Belle of the North
New album release, 'There and Back' by Lou Duffy-Howard “FROM LOU DUFFY-HOWARD, bassist with visionary UK indie outfit Red Guitars, one of the more beguiling concept albums of recent times, ‘There and Back,’ released via DHM.” MusicLoveMusic November 2024 ‘There and Back,’ is a magnificent, first-class journey, a journey which along the way will bring to you a new … Continue reading ‘There and Back’ Backstories