Alreet people Flinty here! This is my tribute to the late great Eric Boswell. Eric left us a tremendous legacy of ingenious folk songs from Northeast England which seem to have been largely forgotten.

I hope they put a smile on your face, and help put Eric’s unique perspective of life and humour from North East England back into the collective conscious.

P.S. - there’s a few songs by another Geordie legend Wilf Mitford in there too - more to follow in future!!!!

An predominantly acoustic singer-songwriter with a passion for her hometown of North Shields and a zest for life!

Esther Rose Parkes

Esther Rose Parkes is a music artist working across diverse forms and contexts, including recently as a co-founder of the Moving Arts Collective. 

Esther released her first album “The Other Country” produced in Sweden by American Blues musician Brian Kramer. The Other Country” received positive reviews by UK Folk Radio, UK Fatea Magazine and others. Esther’s songs have been played Europe-wide on British, French and Scandinavian radio stations. Esther has also released 5 EPs over the past 15 years.

Esther has recently been composing electronic music and has a particular interest in soundscapes and sound installations. Her most recent project was a commission by ArtHouse Jersey to respond musically to Ryan Skelton’s photographic exhibition ‘Cambion’ . Esther produced an hour-long journey piece which she performed in the exhibition space blending pre-recorded electronic compositions with live performance using her voice, the electric guitar, the shruti and singing bowls.

Esther is part of the ongoing Project The Soundchannel Residency, created by producer Aras Amiri, which brings together five musicians based in France, London and Jersey.

Esther co-founded the lullaby project, an ethnographic arts project that collects lullabies from across Jersey, runs lullaby writing workshops and sets up sound installations in various contexts.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO FOR OUR BRAND NEW TRACK, 'A BUYERS REMORSE'... https://youtu.be/BmxTCwgBsug 
Hey there! I’m Phil Dutton, a music enthusiast, producer, composer, and singer from the UK. Alongside my long-time song writing partner, Les Corlett (who’s also an incredible vocalist—check out our older Caroda material!), we’re thrilled to have you here.

Our latest album, ‘Yellin’ at Clouds,’ is now up on Soundcloud. It’s our fifth album in the last 18 months, and we’re genuinely proud of the tracks we’ve crafted together. We create all our music at home using Cakewalk on a trusty PC. I play most of the instruments, except for a few tracks where our talented friend Juan Smith lends his skills.

Music is our ultimate joy, and we hope you enjoy listening to our tunes. If you’re curious, feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more musical adventures.

Thanks for joining us on this journey—it’s all about the love of music! 🎶✨

Prepare to still not know who Sykal is...

Live Theatre is one of the UK's leading new writing theatres and is based in Newcastle upon Tyne. 

For more information see www.live.org.uk 

Since I first picked up a guitar at the age of 14, music has dominated my leisure time. As a teenager growing up in the 60s, I was influenced by the folk music revival in that decade as well as the renewed interest in blues music. Over the years, my love of varying musical genres has fluctuated with the various trends of each subsequent decade, but at heart, my love of the simplicity of acoustic arrangements tends to pervade. 

I am now retired and I am dedicating my remaining years to systematically recording as much of the music that I have played throughout my life as I can remember. My recorded works are put into collections to represent their relevance to me. They are presently:

“The Lincolnshire Poacher” - My earliest recordings in 2012/2013 with a collection of predominantly folk tunes that reminds me of where music playing began for me.

“Backlog” - a random collection of pieces that have become important to me over the last 50 years. Some of them are my own compositions. I anticipate that this collection will eventually be the largest as I gradually remember more and more pieces from my past playing.

“Synergy” - a range of music, both old and new, where I have collaborated with others in their creation

“Legacy” - predominantly pieces from the “classical” music world that have inspired me, and I have wanted to finally arrange in my own way.

“Taking Flight” - new pieces that are all personal compositions.

In all my recordings, the guitar tends to figure as the central instrument. In many pieces I have added other orchestral instrument sounds to enhance the arrangement. These have been created on my Roland digital piano.

My first album has been released! You can find it on all streaming platforms. Please listen, follow and add to your playlists. I am grateful for any and all support!

You can also follow my YouTube Channel, if you would like. I plan to keep adding regular content. https://www.youtube.com/@damiansmithandthejourneymen

About Me:
While I do record and release music independently, my true passion is in the songwriting. I would love to write with or for independent artists, so if you are interested in co-writing for your personal release or recording one of my songs, please reach out.

3-Dec-23
Ex-guitarist, now a dodgy keyboard player.
With the exception of a handful of covers, everything is unplanned, first-take improvisation: switch on; record; post.
Make of it what you will.

Kei was born and bred in Southampton, a city in the south of England Uk. Most famous as a port for cruise ships. He played the trumpet for 3 years as a youngster but became disillusioned when his pals picked up guitars around the early years of The Beatles!
Kei trained as a Mechanical Fitter at the Esso refinery near Southampton and went on to study for higher qualifications in engineering and management.
He enjoyed writing many short stories in his spare time. His book Tales with a Twist is available on Kindle. He won competition prizes for his writing.
He became an engineering draughtsman, then a product Development Engineer before setting up a successful online business retailing bathroom and kitchen brassware in the early days of the Internet.
Still maintaining an interest in music, Kei dabbled with keyboards and guitars in his limited spare time.
Always a short story writer throughout his life, Kei turned his attention to singer/song writing full-time after finishing his Internet retail days.
With plenty of free time now at his disposal Kei knuckled down on the guitar and he continues to write and record original songs with vigour.
His songs are available on all the streaming platforms. A quick search on Google for "Kei R Woods" will throw up many links to his music

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