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    Award-winning musician Gwyneth Herbert ends her Letters I Haven’t Written tour at the Opus Theatre, in Hastings, on 18 October 2018. Here A. Vasudevan catches up with the singer–songwriter at Fika in St Leonards on Sea. Everyone has a letter they haven’t written. In this age of disposable communication, a quick text or … Continue readings →

Tags : Calais refugee camp, fishing with squirrels, Gwyneth Herbert, letter songs, letter writing, Letters I haven't written, Martin Read, mental health issues, music therapy, music tour, suicide, Windrush

  SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, while listening to BBC 6 Music early in the morning, I had one of those rare magical moments, when you hear a song and its lyrics and melody are so mesmerising that they touch something deep inside and make the world, even for a few seconds, a better place for hearing … Continue readings →

  EDITOR’S CHOICE   The phenomenon that is Dolly Parton, playing Glastonbury 2014. A sight, I’m sure, many people never thought they would see. Amazing woman. You just have to grin. And sing.     See also: Dolly Parton, ‘The Not-so-invisible Woman’ … 100 great women in words’  

Tags : country divas, country music, Dolly, Dolly Parton, Glastonbury, Jolene, musician, the not-so-invisible woman

Lovely Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling play and sing ‘The Water’. One of our favourite songs of recent times.