I could only write this once I became aware that other people’s opinion of me was not quite as important as I thought.  That must be tempered with the way I act myself.  It is a learning curve, and I am at a place where I care for people and take criticism where it is due, but opinions are always weighted by where others are at on this journey. If you have something to say, say it to me.

Return of the BFG

None of My Business

None Of My Business

An Experiment

Three Songs about 
1. How my partner saves me on a daily basis 
2. Living in the moment
3. My Mum.

Apologies for the quality, recorded with Audacity on a 10 year old laptop

Artwork by Mark Barrett https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-Barrett-Photography/120126788040147

Lost In Translation

This is a work in progress, it needs cello and some percussion adding

Colour In The Shadow (very much a work in progress)

This is a reflection on my last six weeks swimming in the darkness.
Recorded on Stone Age Laptop using Audacity 

View From The Back

My attempt at a Christmas Song. Well, you gotta have one in your repertoire!
Recoded on a Stone Age Laptop with Audacity

Illumination

I Walk Beside You (title music) by Adrian Johnston and Crispin Letts performed by Beth Rowley. 
From BBC series Strike - The Cuckoo's Calling. 

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Beth Rowley - I Walk Beside You (Strike - The Cuckoos Calling Opening Song)

Ian Pearson's Album

Royal Victoria - Royal Docks Suite II

Jon Hopkins Live at Glastonbury 2019

Jon Hopkins - Live at Glastonbury 2019

Caroliona Nights by Tupelo Lime

UK and Ireland based Composer/Performers Laura Cannell and Kate Ellis celebrate the rituals of winter with their new 5 track WINTER RITUALS EP. Featuring Cannell’s signature evocative overbowed violin and traditional fiddle playing alongside Ellis’s deeply expressive cello and impromptu church organ playing. 

Following the release of These Feral Lands Volume I in November, Laura Cannell violin/composer and Kate Ellis cellist/composer release their new WINTER RITUALS EP. Cannell and Ellis have unearthed a parallel musical DNA, embedded early in both of their musical careers are traditional folk styles and folklore, though that might not be their main output now, their common ground has found it’s way onto this new EP of WINTER RITUALS - A celebration of collective rituals. 

From the ancient customs of Wassailing - carolling around a tree and spreading good cheer to a traditional folk dance, the Irish lamenting song She Moved Through the Fair (One Star Awake), they also bring a taste of their future duo work in MERROWS, a piece recorded inside Jaywick Martello Tower on the Essex coast and an old thatched cottage in Suffolk and inspired by the Irish mer people who could travel between land and sea using a special hat.

Playing violin, cello and the organ of St James’s church, Clacton on Sea, the duo connect with personal histories and folklore, and offer this as a celebration of collective winter ritual while we are all apart. Recorded, mixed and produced by Laura Cannell and Kate Ellis.

WINTER RITUALS EP

1 One Star Awake

I grew up listening to my Mum singing everything from The Beatles to Gilbert & Sullivan. My early teens were spent browsing vinyl. I've always been obsessed with music, but rarely mainstream. Listening usually happened alone because no one else seemed to like the same music. In my late teens I veered off the rails after losing Dad, but Mum was still singing! I remained involved in music, going to gigs playing guitar & listening. Work, mortgage & family took over. Then a career change in 1997 paired me with a colleague & I got back into performing covers.
In 2015 I had a mental health breakdown and as part of my healing process I began writing my own songs. 
Now at 63 & retired, I have time to write, listen & play live again. I enjoy exploring lyrics & their effect on mood. You can find me at local open mics & small local festivals. Just me & my guitar, but now experimenting with DAW's to create new sounds. Hoping to get a studio session soon & just looking for a break. Thanks for reading
My reality is frequently inaccurate

Colour In The Shadow (very much a work in progress)

Steve