‘History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. What is the worth of all this?’ Upon the death of Neville Chamberlain House of Commons. 12th November 1940.…
A contemporary perspective on London’s ancient brass heritage and Britain’s visionary classical and folk music traditions ‘For out of olde feldes, as men seith, Cometh al this newe corn fro yeer to yere; And out of olde bokes, in good feith, Cometh al this newe science that men lere. But…
I have tried to capture the joyous quality of live ensemble playing in terms of the audio production. Led Zeppelin famously produced their first album in 30 hours with a musician in the ensemble - Jimmy Page, taking responsibility for audio production. Similarly Miles Davis preferred a first take for…