Some Ditties, A German Commemoration and a Soho Club
I know this is rather last-minute but if you have a desire to be near the Thames at Hampton Court, this Friday, day after tomorrow that is, the 11th of…
My first Renaissance CD is out!
I don't know why it's taken me so long to release a Renaissance CD, but here's the first! It contains a lot of Campion, not only a composer but also…
Some November cheer
There will be Bach, WW1 Cabaret, Victorian Christmas cheer and some rare songs from the Crimean war in November! And Songs of the Great War is now carried at Foyles…
The Somme
And so to the Somme. We went in Matt's car, with lots of water, and lots of CDs. It was a full trip...this will be a long blog! Before I…
The Verdun battlefields
Our visit to France was incredible. I have here a couple of fragments of footage, and a few photographs, but really only a book would do this trip justice. We…
Early Music, and a new band
Introducing the Versatility Serenaders! I can't tell you how excited I am about this. The 1910s were a fascinating and rich time of cultural flux, chock-full of many different musical…
Songs of the Great War is out!
It's taken a while but it's here at last. A journey from London's West End to Canadian recruiting halls, to the roses of Picardy and the Chimes of Normandy, taking…
The Sound of Cylinders! (But I do 40s too!)
I'll be on BBC Four TV this Friday, making a wax cylinder! It was a real test for me; I'd grown up listening to cylinders and 78s in my parents'…
Battle Buses to Flaming Torches!
The CD preparations continue apace, but meanwhile here are some videos of Centenary activity! And a photo of myself and Matt performing in the driver's seat of a WW1 Battle…
WW1 gigs, alive and well 100 years later.
This is just a few photos. In the next post I'll give a sneak-preview of the forthcoming CD; I promise! Here is one configuration of the group, performing for the…