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I have made an album of train journey inspired songs and videos, 'There and Back'. This is the sixth track, Thorne to Saltmarshe, 'Another Train Comes Anyway'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRD-mn4exYo For this song I wanted to tell the story of the journey using words that sound familiar and tell the tale, but aren't real words in the … Continue reading Train Track #6 Thorne to Saltmarshe
I've recorded an album of railway journey inspired train songs & videos and this is the third track to be released. It celebrates the winter solstice. I hope you enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BQNCOHezEI "Bring light back to the earth, hail the sun. The sun returns! The light returns! The earth begins to warm once more." Train Track #3 … Continue reading Winter Solstice Rainbow
Our musical year started in January, this time with an exhibition. Goole Museum and Gallery hosted Syd Young’s Relics and Rails, a lifetime retrospective of paintings, photographs and music memorabilia. The launch included a sonic landscape provide by Jeff Parsons and a duet with Syd of one of his own compositions from 1977. Later that … Continue reading 2023 in Music
Celtarabia had a brilliant time at The Old Parcels Office in Scarborough last Thursday night. Thanks to the organisers and to the crowd for dancing the night away, a first for the Old Parcels Office. We loved it! Quentin Budworth – hurdy-gurdyAmanda Lowe – hammer dulcimerMark Chillington – drumsLou Duffy-Howard – bass Photographs by Richard … Continue reading Celtarabia at the OPO Scarborough