I have immensely eclectic taste. From B52's through Devo to Nine Inch Nails, Live, Annie Lennox, Billy Bragg, Presidents of the United States of America, Ted Hawkins, Taj Mahal, NoFX & many more.
Unfortunately I don't sound like any of them!
I have always been obsessed with music. I've tried on a number of occasions to get involved with making music.In my late 20's I was bass player in 2 one-gig bands ("Making Garage Doors Badly" being my favourite). But, coz my sister told me I couldn't sing when I was 12, I never took it very far.
Not long after my 40th birthday I met this musician who I started to hang around with, after about a year I asked for a singing lesson. Who knows, my sister may have been wrong...
Well, I'm still not sure, but I do it anyway! I even write my own stuff. I'm struggling with the guitar, but I sometimes manage to make my songs sound vaguely like I hear them in my head.
I can be heard playing at open mic nights & folk clubs in & around Bristol (UK) most nights of the week. I gig occasionally. I'd like to do more but I can't be bothered with all the hassle of chasing promoters. I'm sometimes accompanied by my good friend Richard Burley (www.myspace.com/richardgburley) who is a great songwriter, fabulous guitarist & super singer as well as being good people.
Find out more about some of the things I used to be involved in by going to Bristol Acoustic Roots Singer Songwriter Festival & www.myspace.com/barssfest, SongSmith Bristol as well as the all new SongSmith Club.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
We realise how this is quite obviously automated and you will probably consider it as spam and ignore it.. but if you are feeling the need for a some fresh new music please visit our page and give our new EP a listen. We've worked really hard on it and had some excellent feedback so far and would love to hear what you guys think.
"Exciting, Striding and assured. It has an energy reminiscant of everything that was good about the Klaxons debut album.." - BBC Radio Bristol.
"The overall sound echoes that of Bloc Party but with great conviction and sophistication. Go see them live if you can." - iTunes review.
It's also available to buy through our website and itunes if you really do like it.
"..una volta giustiziavano i Giullari che sfottevano il Re, oggi
cacciano e censurano i comici che fanno satira. E' cambiato ben poco..
viviamo in un'epoca oscura, come quella del Medioevo.."
Venite ad ascoltare:
IL GIULLARE
IL NANO DI CORTE
IL VIANDANTE
IL CASTELLO
IL CONDANNATO
IL BOIA
IL RE
LA STREGA DI PORTOBELLO
OLTRE IL CANCELLO
IL PAESE
IO DICO BASTA (bonus track - pubblicata su beppegrillo.it)
Music has always had the power to change the world, to make people think, to act and react to the things going on around them, it knows no boundaries and recognises no differences...and so we would like to say Thank You for coming on board and proving that once again it’s the musicians that will give a voice to the voiceless and try to change the world!! The children must be protected, and we must all do our part...thank you for wanting to do yours and for adding your voice to ours, we grow louder every day...soon they WILL listen!!! The Team @Rock Against Child Pornography and Abuse UK
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sshh, dont tell anyone, but, this Sunday ( april 19th) lunch time at around 12.00 the intrepid jack duo will be heard beaming across the airwaves of radio corrine, playing live, being interviewed, and helping to celebrate all things 1960..s on a new pirate radio station from a secret location in Bristol. we realise that this is possibly an illegal situation, but, for the entertainment of the people of Bristol, we are willing to risk everything be part of something big, new & exciting. you can go to their myspace site at www.myspace.com/radiocorrinebristol or listen all next weekend on 93. 2 and see whats a-foot, as long as you promise not to tell anyone!!
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
A new collection of Comic/Nonsense Verse, For Children, called, ‘Please Do Not Encourage This Nonsense by Purchasing this Book: Poems By Paul H. Tubb’, is available for purchasing.
23 Poems Not about Football, 11 that are about Football and 5 limericks. Paul H. Tubb has put these together, with some illustrations, into a handy book form so that they can be read at anyone’s leisure. Funny Rhyming poems that will delight Children of all ages. Poems about subjects such as Strange Christmas’s, Tone Deaf Dentists and the worlds worst stuntman among others. To learn more, please click on the link below.
Hi Helen, The new songs sound great. God to know you're stil enjoying music...we do and Agnes even joins in now. Sorry to be so crap at keeping in touch but we'll try and do better. Bex Xxx
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.