When I lived in France I became an addict of gospel singing. The choir consisted of between twenty to twenty five persons and even when I wasn’t actually living in the Pyrenees I went at least twice every year to be instructed by Emmanuel and Jean-Paul, two powerful gospel musicians originally from West […] Read more
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Evening Breezes, softly sighing Bid the sun farewell. Time is flying day is dying Rings the vesper bell. Peace and calm with night descending Stilling every sound, Shadows with the darkness blending Wrap the world around, wrap the world around. (Franz Schubert, after Silbert) […] Read more
In the distant past, Joan Baez sang with a voice shimmering with transparence and shot through with sweet purity. Children of the Sixties instantly identified with her songs of innocence and experience, tossing gauntlets of hope and visions of Utopia at our grubby, toe-ringed feet. We dreamed of wearing our hair long and ironed, entwined […] Read more
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