Black History Month with Uplifting Sounds from Mavis Staples

The other day, a Soundcloud friend sent me a link to this Mavis Staples You Tube video.  An incredible song about black women claiming the right to the same water as the whites.  Ry Cooder's guitar is to die for. It got me listening to and watching her videos and I found a YouTube mix... Continue Reading →

I’d Rather Sing the Blues…than write a misery blog!

I don't write much personal stuff on this blog.  Someone recently asked me why not and I said: "Because I don't really want to publish my personal life on the Internet." Yet I enjoy reading blogs that get inside people's lives. A poetry friend here in Brighton has just started a new blog called Swenglish.... Continue Reading →

Music Made from Scottish Water

Blogger Jennifer Ward Pellar of MilitaryZeroWaste commented that she really likes the audio track I made with the sound of dripping water, so I thought I'd introduce you to the creator of that dripping water - Soundclouder Dave McKeown. An accomplished - and professional - musician, producer and composer - Dave made the track from... Continue Reading →

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