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NEW SONG ‘LISTEN’ Chris Simpson writes: Well, if there is one thing I like in Wintertime it is snow, all FEET and INCHES of it! We have had some snowfall around here and today and most of this week the… Read More »Listen
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NEW SONG ‘LISTEN’ Chris Simpson writes: Well, if there is one thing I like in Wintertime it is snow, all FEET and INCHES of it! We have had some snowfall around here and today and most of this week the… Read More »Listen
Chris Simpson writes: Hi, Everyone, Cathy and I ended up on the boat this last weekend and prior to that the canal froze over, which rather upset the Kingfisher who had selected the bows of ‘Seasons’ as a good place… Read More »2021
Canadian musician André Lefebvre recorded and produced a beautiful cover version of Magna Carta’s Lord of the Ages, which will hopefully be released shortly as a single (duration 10:42). More about this can be read in his own words, but… Read More »GREAT 2020 COVER VERSION OF LORD OF THE AGES
Hans Veen, better known as Turf, was one consummate artist who’s paintings enriched the lives of so many in his native Holland. Hans ‘Turf’ Veen [photo by Harry Pater] Hans was also a gifted guitar player so it was only… Read More »LINES FOR HANS
Hi, everyone and a big welcome to the new website, which can only get bigger and better as we go along adding that most essential of ingredients, namely you, and that means all of you. It would look awfully empty… Read More »CHANGING TIMES AND LOCKDOWN…
Last Wednesday, March 25th, iconic Dutch singer and actress Liesbeth List passed away at her home in Soest aged 78. Liesbeth was a well-loved singer in The Netherlands, who rose to fame in the 1960s, first with singing French chansons, with artists… Read More »Liesbeth List
Arguably one of the greatest acoustic acts in the world, they have transcended the fluctuating fortunes of the music business to remain a superb concert and recording act, surviving for an astounding thirty five years. What is the secret when… Read More »Magna Carta – The Story so Far
1968. Mary and I were living in a top floor flat in Hampstead, London. Abbey Road a walk away; ‘Clapton is God’, still on the Tube walls, and in Soho, Rhytm n’Blues, Folk and Rock n’Roll flourished. Alexis Jorner, Martin… Read More »Retrospect