The Eve Of The War
Dan Dan daaaaa!
Jeff Wayne’s ‘The War Of The Worlds’ is 40 years of this year! #TWOTWis40
Last night I was thrilled to see the show at The Brighton Centre with Chris, …
Musical Advent 17 – Santa Clause Is Coming To Town
17. Santa Clause Is Coming To Town – Joseph Spence
I’m not really sure what there is to say about this other than – just watch it for a minute or …
Musical Advent 13 – The First Noel
13. The First Noel – Frank Sinatra
Again, something I used to sing a lot as a child. In my village a small group of singers would gather over the Christmas …
Musical Advent 12 – Christmas Time
12. Christmas Time – The Darkness
Always had a bit of a soft spot for this band as the were from Lowestoft, a town I know well where some of …
Musical Advent 11 – Gaudete
11. Gaudete – Traditional
I used to sing this in the school choir when I was young and it always made my spine tingle. Amazing sound.
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Musical Advent 10 – Please Come Home For Christmas
10. Please Come Home For Christmas – Eagles
Also covered by my teenage band-crush Bon Jovi. The most un-Christmassy artwork as far as Brits are concerned.
Musical Advent 9 – Only You
9. Only You – Flying Pickets
Such a beautiful arrangement of this song, and I was always a sucker for anything with lots of voices on it. This was a …
Musical Advent: 6 In The Bleak Midwinter – DiElle
I just love this song. This is the one I recorded last Christmas as promised on last year’s blog about James Taylor.
In The Bleak Midwinter by DiElle
Song For Wickham
#SongForWickham
I was flattered to yesterday be invited to a meeting to discuss writing a song about my home town, Wickham, in celebration of our church being 900 years old in …
Over the Arctic Circle
So in my promise to write more about my travels, here I am again. I am on a work related trip to LA again, so will have fewer pretty pictures …