Curlews in The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan’s thrillers are not exactly politically correct by today’s standards, but contain many gems of prose – especially on the natural world and on the cares of power. There is…
Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
John Buchan’s thrillers are not exactly politically correct by today’s standards, but contain many gems of prose – especially on the natural world and on the cares of power. There is…
I came across Howard Haney rather randomly via Spotify – on “The Half Ain’t Never Been Told: Early American Religious Rural Music” album From Hillbilly Music.com , here is a…
This plays over the credits of the Coen Brothers’ wildly entertaining ode to the last days of the Hollywood Studio System, Hail Caesar! You’ll have to watch it to find…
This ChoralMarch series probably wouldn’t exist were it not for Desmond Earley and the UCD Choral Scholars. A few years back they released a CD of choral works from Ireland…
If there is a vocal tradition I am most drawn to, it is the Russian. Around 2000 I saw the UCD Choral Scholars (more of which later this month) in…
It is Real Bread Week. As I am sure you knew. The Real Bread Campaign is encouraging people to bake their own, or to buy additive free locally made loaves.…
The title says it all….though the piece is more properly called Korobeiniki