A song about children and parents stuck in the cycle of poverty, viewed through sympathetic middle class eyes and a belief that society does not have to be this way.
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The Story of a Glance
The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only. Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
006
This is an homage to a classic Bond movie and also an appreciation of fellow Yorkshireman, Sean Bean, who played 006 in the film Goldenye.
Gunslinger
Fiction, fact, reality, consequences – I like guns in Westerns but not in the real world. Gunslinger….. Song a Week 2021 for Week 17 – May 2nd
Light, Glass and Lead
Listen on SoundCloud – A song about the art of stained glass and its association with the power of church and state. Song a Week 2021 for Week 16 – April 25th
Photographs
Order your memories like photographs.
The Northlands
Ancestry, Experience and Destiny – Our DNA has direction.
Radio Silence
So many musicians, too many songs, no airspace, no one listens but we do it anyway because its fun. A radio song about not getting radio plays.
The Church on the Green
A nostalgic song of life and love, set in another time.
Learning (Talent is Timeless)
From the moment we are born we start to learn, we learn as we go along and should never stop learning .
‘Cos Talent is Timeless
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