Wednesday 11 August 2010





Static pictures, waiting to come to life. In the case of the third picture, it'll be coming to life on 25th September at the Cecil Sharp House... http://wyrdmotion.blogspot.com

Tuesday 3 August 2010

Intense Communion

"Nick Drake, Kate Bush and Talk Talk did not sing old folk songs, but their music resonates with a romantic yearning for an intense communion with nature and the desire to reclaim stolen innocence. In a quest for a workable religious experience, Gustav Holst sought enlightenment in Hindu mythology, while the Incredible String Band folded psychedelia into a cocktail of visionary and beat poetry. Faerie magic and Celtic lore infused the orchestral music of Arnold Bax and John Ireland, as much as the cosmic folk-rock of Donovan and Marc Bolan's Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Tudor-influenced work of Vaughan Williams and Peter Warlock, and the medieval instrumental textures employed by John Renbourn, Pentangle and Shirley and Dolly Collins, present a beguiling form of sonic time travel: silver chains that bind more than a century of music into a continuum." Rob Young, author of Electric Eden.

Guardian.co.uk. 2010. Folk music is hip again [online] Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jul/31/folk-music-of-people-young