Posted by Ken Edwards on Friday, November 27, 2009,
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Well, now, here's something else. This was recorded by our good neighbours Shirley & Don at the Stag Inn, Hastings Old Town, last Saturday night (21st). There are two other songs now uploaded to YouTube. It was an excellent evening. I look a bit too serious (nervous) here, but I did enjoy myself, honest. Great playing from Jenny, Richard and Andy, and storming solo by Elaine. Continue reading ...
Posted by Ken Edwards on Monday, July 27, 2009,
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This week I take delivery of a limited run of a seven-track CD which
the Moors - the band I co-founded with Elaine - will use to promote
themselves. The CD will be launched at our forthcoming gig as part of
the free Hastings Beach Concerts,
where it will be on sale at £5, £1 of which goes to the Royal National
Lifeboat Institution. The concerts, attracting thousands of people, are
an annual event, marking the beginning of Hastings Old Town Week, and
benefiting the RNLI locally.
We're on a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ken Edwards on Monday, May 18, 2009,
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 Goodness, that was really something. The Moors had an enjoyable debut at the Hastings Motor Boat & Yacht Club last Saturday (16 May). At least, we enjoyed it and we believe the audience did so too. What started ten months or so ago as Elaine and I jamming with a few friends on some klezmer and Balkan tunes has turned into a real, live band with a distinctive style. I'm really proud of what Andy (drums), Richard (guitar), Jenny (fiddle), Elaine (sax/flute/fife) and I (bass guitar/vocals) have a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ken Edwards on Tuesday, April 28, 2009,
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music
I promised to report back from this. I am not a diehard fan, except for his high water period, in my opinion, between Highway 61 Revisited - John Wesley Harding. I last saw him (in the distance) at Earls Court, 1981, a mostly terrible gig. The recent albums have been quite good, though. Sunday 26 April in Chalk Farm, London, was a bit of an ordeal. Having endured the crashing Roundhouse website a few weeks ago to obtain tickets, picking them up at the box office (and being wrist-tagged) was t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ken Edwards on Wednesday, April 15, 2009,
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Because he's not a brainless rock'n'roller. Check out the journal he's been keeping on his current tour. Caught the Brighton date last night. A terrific five-piece band, plus three backing singers, three acrobatic modern dancers, all in virginal white. They moved all the time. You couldn't take eyes nor ears off them. Below is a pic stolen from earlier in the tour - I never got round to getting out my camera.  David Byrne has been a favourite of mine since the classic Talking Heads albums he ma... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ken Edwards on Thursday, March 5, 2009,
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Eliades Ochoa was probably the youngest member of the band that recorded the Buena Vista Social Club album ten years ago (apart from Ry Cooder, that is) - he's only 63 now. On that album he sang "Chan Chan" and "El Carretero". He comes from eastern Cuba, and plays country style, with a strong son montuno flavour. He played the Brighton Dome last week. It was a must-hear for me. He was much the same as the last time we saw him, six years ago at the Barbican, cowboy hat and all, though I don't ... Continue reading ...
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