Predictably marketed as 'The Justin Bieber of the classical world', the talented 39-year-old has been a star on YouTube, with various online performances of Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Schubert attracting more than 44 million views in total. Lisitsa, who started playing the piano at the age of three, has previously been self-managed and self-promoted but has now joined the Decca stable of musicians and will play in London on June 19th. The concert will be recorded and released first as digital-only download and then as a CD. The concert will also be streamed live via YouTube. Lisitsa, who trained at the Kiev Conservatory, said: “I could not have done this without all my online fans around the world. Their reactions tell me every day that I ... Continue reading →
Six Mile Grove stamp their own understated talent on their new CD Secret Life In A Quiet Town right from the opening, catchy, country song Sunshine In The Pouring Rain. Singer, guitarist, songwriter (and tambourine player) Brandon Sampson is ably supported by his brother Brian on drums and long-time associates Dezi Wallace (bass) and Barry Nelson (electric guitars, Wurly and piano) in a band who are self-managed, self-produced and self-recorded. Six Mile Grove, who recently collaborated with Bob Wooton on an album of Johnny Cash music, are equally adept at pacy country songs such as Fight Like A Man as with ballads like She Sings A Song. For Crying Out Loud is a sardonic look at the hectic nature of modern life. It's not groundbreaking ... Continue reading →
Six Mile Grove stamp their own understated talent on their new CD Secret Life In A Quiet Town right from the opening, catchy, country song Sunshine In The Pouring Rain. Singer, guitarist, songwriter (and tambourine player) Brandon Sampson is ably supported by his brother Brian on drums and long-time associates Dezi Wallace (bass) and Barry Nelson (electric guitars, Wurly and piano) in a band who are self-managed, self-produced and self-recorded. Six Mile Grove, who recently collaborated with Bob Wooton on an album of Johnny Cash music, are equally adept at pacy country songs such as Fight Like A Man as with ballads like She Sings A Song. For Crying Out Loud is a sardonic look at the hectic nature of modern life. It's not groundbreaking ... Continue reading →
I didn’t just grow up with horses, I wanted to be one. It seemed to me that around my way, they were very well treated. My father was a racehorse trainer, as were two of my uncles, both my grandfathers and my great-grandfather. My childhood was played out on the backs of ponies and horses. My first pony, a Shetland called Valkyrie, was part of the family – although for some reason, my mother always objected when I brought her into the kitchen. The British have a unique relationship with horses. They are etched into our landscape in chalk, they have been written about, painted, sung about, celebrated and gambled upon for centuries. When it came to choosing a symbolic public sculpture for the south ... Continue reading →
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The former Monty Python comedian, film actor, writer, TV presenter and raconteur will be appearing on the opening day of the festival, Friday 6th July 2012, and tickets went on sale to the general public today. Palin's novel, about a writer called Keith Mabbut, is set in London and India and is published the day before his festival talk. The festival, held at the beautiful Dartington Hall near Totnes, will run until 16th July and features more than 150 speakers including Hilary Mantel, John McCarthy, Julian Clary, Jung Chang, Jenny Eclair, P.D. James, Claire Tomalin and Michael Frayn. There will also be a Telegraph Question time event about the London 2012 Olympics. In addition, broadcaster Jeremy Vine will look back over a quarter of a ... Continue reading →
