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Laurence Mitchell
Writer and photographer based in Norwich, UK-
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Tag Archives: music
Lunar Sun (Ra)
This post comes not from Elveden or points east but from Arden, as in Tanworth-in-Arden; from the lush green countryside between Redditch and Solihull in northwest Warwickshire, that rolling bucolic Eden that lies just south of the diesel-rank treadmill that … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, music
Tagged festivals, Lunar, Midlands, music, Nick Drake, Sun Ra Arkestra, Tanworth
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East of Everett – Riding the Empire Builder
Arriving in Seattle, having spent the last two weeks on a small boat, it was time to make use of other forms of transport to get home. Flying all the way Seattle-New York-London would have been straightforward enough but after a fortnight at … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged Amtrak, architecture, Chicago, music, rail travel, Seattle, USA
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Dancing about Architecture
St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich, May 19 Yesterday’s BBC Radio 4 Today programme included a short feature on the 73 year-old American jazz bassist Charlie Haden. In the interview Haden discussed his musical history and how he had started out singing with his family in … Continue reading
