The Kernow Voyager
Posted in Railways on 25th June 2011
It seems like a while since I was heading for a railtour, and this week kicked off a series of three, all of which mostly focus on what I consider to be fairly local haunts. Today though was an annual event - Spitfire Railtours' dash to Penzance for Mazey Day....
Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou - Quality First Last & Forever
Posted in SHOFT on 24th June 2011
Folk music. Love it or otherwise, it's everywhere lately. With even the biggest acts keen to break out the banjo and brush up their authenticity by referencing traditional music of various strains, it would be easy to get cynical about the way it's become so marketable in recent times. However,...
Edinburgh School for the Deaf - New Youth Bible
Posted in SHOFT on 20th June 2011
Having returned to attempts to express myself about music after a very long break, I'm sometimes alarmed how easy it is to slip into old, tired cliches with surprisingly little effort. It's particularly worrying because I don't really read much mainstream music critique these days, and certainly the days of...