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The Lyke Wake Dirge
Here's a strong song, with lyrics at least as old as the 17th century.2 March 2024A Palestinian prayer for peace
On October 15, Hamas launched terrible attacks on Israel, and in their wake Israel has hit back with terrible force at the people living in the Gaza Strip. Singing can’t…15 October 2023I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In
I’m dipping into the Canasg catalogue to draw your attention to a really fun, easily learned, arrangement by Paul Ayres of this traditional English carol. If, like me, you sometimes…22 September 2023A deliberate rag-bag of a catalogue
One of my favourite collections of poetry is The Rattle Bag, edited by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney. (And ‘Rattle bag’, or ‘rattlebag’, has the same meaning as ‘rag-bag’.) It…30 September 2023