The Willows are a folk band from Cambridge, UK. Formed by Jade Rhiannon, Ben Savage and Cliff Ward, the band shot to prominence when their debut album Beneath Our Humble Soil was championed by legendary BBC DJs Mike Harding and Bob Harris, who subsequently invited them in for a BBC Radio 2 live session. Considerable […]
Tim Curry
Tim Curry is an English actor and singer. He is known for working in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television, most often portraying villainous characters. Curry’s first full-time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical Hair in 1968, where he met Richard O’Brien who went on to write […]
Be Thou My Vision
“Be Thou My Vision” is a traditional hymn of Irish origin. The original Old Irish text, “Rop tú mo Baile”, is often attributed to Saint Dallan Forgaill in the 6th century. However, scholars believe it was written later than that. Some date it to the 8th century] others putting it as late as the 10th […]
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, England, in 1967. The band is led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson, and has featured a revolving door of lineups through the years which include significant members such as longtime guitarist Martin Barre. At first, the new band had trouble getting repeat bookings and they took […]
I Was Made to Love Her
“I Was Made to Love Her” is a song recorded by American musician Stevie Wonder for Motown’s Tamla label in 1967. The song was written by Wonder, his mother This tune was written by Wonder, who was 16 at the time, together with his mother Lula Mae Hardaway, Motown songwriter Sylvia Moy, and the song’s […]
Claire Hamill
Josephine Claire Hamill is an English singer-songwriter. She was born in Port Clarence, County Durham. She has been active in the music business since age 17. In 1971, she was launched as one of Britain’s first female singer-songwriters and compared by several commentators to Joni Mitchell. Shortly following the release of her debut album, One […]
Show of Hands
Show of Hands are an English acoustic roots/folk duo formed in 1986 by singer-songwriter Steve Knightley (guitars, mandolin, mandocello, cuatro) and composer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer (vocals, guitars, violin, viola, madolin, mandocello). Joined by singer and double-bassist Miranda Sykes for a tour in 2004, Show of Hands continued to regularly perform as a trio with […]
The Sacred Riana
Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani, commonly known as The Sacred Riana, is an Indonesian magician and illusionist best known for her performance as a bizarre illusionist. She made her television debut as a contestant on Deddy Corbizier’s magic competition show The Next Mentalist, which premiered in November 2013 and was broadcast on Trans 7. She would […]
Cell Phone Songs
Recently whilst preparing a post on the Major General’s Song from the Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, I came across one theatre company’s clevr way of asking people to turn of their moblie phones. I will let them explain the origins of this in their own words whilst providing some of the best […]
House Gospel Choir
The late great Frankie Knuckles once called house music: “church for people that have fallen from grace.” Anyone who has been caught up in the rapture of a true house classic can testify to its power to unify and uplift. HGC is an electrifying House meets Gospel experience that never fails to get audiences clapping, […]