Fast Sinks The Sun To Rest

Fast Sinks The Sun To Rest

A new arrangement for an old hymn, no. 37 in my grandfather’s edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern.

Wayfarers CDs

Wayfarers CDs

Just found some more Wayfarers CDs – the tracks on the EP include the beautiful song that Rach wrote for my birthday and Dan’s joyful dream about growing a really long beard.

The Cliffs at the Lizard

The Cliffs at the Lizard

A modern tune in the Cornish folk tradition, inspired by community music group Bagas Crowd’s 10th anniversary celebrations held on the Lizard peninsula

Starting soon: Cornish & Devonian session

Starting soon: Cornish & Devonian session

If you know anyone who might want to come to the pub in Exeter on a Wednesday night for a few tunes and songs, please point them my way! There will be Cornish tunes because that’s what I know, Devon tunes because I want to 

Lockdown feast days & festivals

Lockdown feast days & festivals

This was so much fun! But I am still glad to declare this project finished as it means that lockdown is over and we can meet up to make music again. This festival calendar of small celebrations helped me to keep going from New Year 

Pignut Jig

Pignut Jig

John Dudding inspired this tune and I am sharing it in his memory today. The tune came about after Bagas Crowd played at a May Fair in 2018. After we had paraded through the beautiful wooded valley and played our tunes for the maypole dancing, 

While Shepherds Watched – A Christmas Countdown for 2020

While Shepherds Watched – A Christmas Countdown for 2020

Many, many different tunes for the Christmas Carol “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By NIght”.

What is folk music?

What is folk music?

I didn’t even question what folk music was until I was already immersed in playing it. Then I started to come across people who thought it meant something different to what I had thought…