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Writing and music from David Harley

Programmes from David Harley, security consultant, editor, and author, now focused mostly on music and writing unconnected to information security.

Latest EpisodeSaturday, February 6, 2021

Tears of Morning

Season 1, Ep. 4

Introduction to and extracts from an album with songs, tunes, and settings mostly associated with Shropshire. The album can be heard in full at https://davidaharley.bandcamp.com/album/tears-of-morning-2

Saturday, February 6, 2021

Tears of Morning

Season 1, Ep. 4

Introduction to and extracts from an album with songs, tunes, and settings mostly associated with Shropshire. The album can be heard in full at https://davidaharley.bandcamp.com/album/tears-of-morning-2

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

A Solstice Garland

Season 1, Ep. 3

Four songs and some verse.* 'The Holly' (traditional) sung by Atlantic Union. My review of Atlantic Union's CD "Indulgence" is here.* 'The Fatal Glass of Beer' by Charlie Case, d. 1916.* 'On Bredon Hill' by A.E. Housman (d. 1936), set to music by David Harley.* 'Carpentry' by David Harley.* The poems 'Warm-up', 'Charade', 'Performance Poem' and 'Twelfth Night' can be found with other shaggy doggerel here. * I Heard a Bird Sing' is by Oliver Herford (1860-1935). My review for Folking.com of the Solstice album by Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire is here.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Thomas Anderson

Season 1, Ep. 2

The connections between a medieval guild, a park in Shrewsbury, and a belated casualty of the Jacobite Rebellion. And how Ron Nurse's article for a folk club magazine inspired a song. There's more background information at https://whealalice.com/collaborations/thomas-anderson/

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Indulgence

Season 1, Ep. 1

Review of a CD by the Canadian folk(-ish) band Atlantic Union.

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