‘Write this down’
It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us
Tag: music
Building Capabilities: Rethinking the social value of culture
Today will see the third performance of O Tempo (Somos Nós) , “Time (It’s Us), this time at the Gulbenkian Concert
This is special
In the dusty hall of a disused prison workshop, 30 people shuffle into a big circle. Silence falls. They draw
The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 2
What does ‘professional’ mean? Like many words, professional has changed its meaning over the course of history, adapting itself to society’s evolving
'The Cabbage Field': a community opera in the making
In June 2018, I spent a week in Kaunas (Lithuania) for a community art summer school organised by Ed Carroll
Singing in the ambulance
Everything is Connected At the end of his hour long set in the Federation Hall last night, the singer introduced
The Light Ships launch
Last Saturday was windy and cold. A good part of my drive from Nottingham to Whaplode was through torrents of
Music as an adventure playground
Originally posted on Parliament of Dreams:
Music: What is it good for? In the 1970s, at a time when we were less…
Back to rural touring
Yesterday afternoon, I met three people who promote the arts at Hindolveston Village Hall, in Norfolk. They mentioned, in passing,
Misguided visionaries and rigid minds
From My Life is the most ambitious Regular Marvel so far, and it is already testing some aspects of the
Regular Marvels 