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Listen up!
I will be on Croydon Radio on Monday 14th July at 1pm, talking to Glen Lawrence about The Story Sessions, and Devilskein & Dearlove. I might wander into Blackheath Community Opera’s production of...
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Arachne Press popup stall in Forest Hill TODAY
If you are in South East London TODAY, we have a stall at the Vocal Chords gig (Songs from the Sea) at St Saviours Church, Brockley Rise SE23 1JN from 3-5pm Raising money for the Mission to Seafarers,...
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Music, Music, Music
The solstice is almost upon us, and in the best traditions of midwinter we are planning to make a lot of noise. We have three musical interventions happening at Solstice Shorts 2015 Longest Night, with...
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Solstice Shorts:Longest Night got a review
We have a picture of Vocal Chords performing (thank you, Eddie Saint-Jean) here’s the actual song: And finally, we have a lovely review on What’s Hot London. (Thanks to Eddie again; and no, we don’t...
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Longest night – the complete videos
It’s twelfth night, and the official end of the festive season, so as you pack up your Christmas baubles, here’s something to cheer you up: your opportunity to experience the entire evening of Longest...
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Lester Simpson Winter Folk Song Workshop for Solstice Shorts
You can now book for Lester Simpson’s Folk Song Workshop on 26th November – our Solstice ‘Advent’ event! 12.45-5.15 pm, £25. Come and learn around 5 acapella songs in 3 or 4 part harmony, from Lester...
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Solstice Shorts Video: George Dunn’s Wassail
Vocal Chords sing a traditional New Year wassail, (which they had already sung about eight times around Greenwich town centre!) known as George Dunn’s Wassail. BSL interpreted by Martin Fox-Roberts...
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Solstice Shorts Video: Green Grow’th the Holly
Vocal Chords sing Green Grow’th the Holly an ancient song of the turning of the seasons, at Solstice Shorts festival 2016 at West Greenwich Library on 21st December 2016, BSL interpreted by Martin...
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Crowd funding rewards for music lovers
We are crowd funding ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1477491501/beyond-solstice-shorts) to support our book tours and Outcome exhibition tour Pledge £12 or more for either Father Tongues CD New...
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Arachne Press does Brockley Max
Brockley Max is coming – and we are getting involved. 2nd June 7pm at the Talbot Pub in Brockley SE4 1QG, Arachne authors Bartle Sawbridge, Rosalind Stopps and Cherry Potts join other writers from...
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Songs of Protest and Liberty Tales
A taster of what we got up to at St Hilda’s for Brockley Max – (there would be more but I forgot to turn the recorder back on after the interval for a while) A barnstorming performance by both our …...
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#Arachne5 thank-you’s: Musicians
With the 5th Anniversary celebrations heading into view I was thinking about the thank you speech, and like the Oscars it is in danger of going on, and on. And on. So I thought I’d blog it instead, a...
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Live lit events coming up
Being busy people we can’t always arrange our own events as regularly as we might like, so we are very happy when we get asked to take part in other people’s. Next Friday 22nd September 7pm Liam Hogan...
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Sounds of Arachne – support our crowd fund
We don’t just do print! We now have Audio books – well, one. Pledge £5 or more in our crowd fund to raise cash for DUSK and receive The Don’t Touch Garden Audio book – poems written and read by …...
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We have a picture of Vocal Chords performing (thank you, Eddie Saint-Jean) here’s the actual song: And finally, we have a lovely review on What’s Hot London. (Thanks to Eddie again; and no, we don’t...
View ArticleARACHNEVERSARY – Shortest Day, Longest Night
Solstice Shorts Festival Founder Cherry Potts talks about the 2nd and 3rd festivals and the book that resulted, Shortest Day, Longest Night. Features music by Ian Kennedy & Sarah Lloyd, Annalie...
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