{"id":1705,"date":"2015-11-30T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2015-12-07T14:40:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T14:40:31","slug":"meravigliosa-musica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=1705","title":{"rendered":"meravigliosa musica"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/meravigliosa-banner_edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/meravigliosa-banner_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"meravigliosa banner_edited-1\" width=\"632\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/meravigliosa-banner_edited-1.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/meravigliosa-banner_edited-1-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>music seems particularly significant at certain times in life doesn't it?<\/strong><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\">These last few weeks it has been a spectacularly delicious presence<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\">in this life, and I wanted to share some of its gifts with you.<\/pre>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sanctum<\/em> <strong>has been a wonderful contribution to the city of Bristol:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/theaster_gates_how_to_revive_a_neighborhood_with_imagination_beauty_and_art?language=en\" target=\"_blank\">Theaster Gates<\/a>&#8216;s inspired project comprised music\/spoken word<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \/poetry by local performers, for 24 hours a day across 21 days;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> in the magnificent leaning 14th century <em>Temple Church<br \/>\n<\/em>an A-frame <\/strong><strong>inner sanctum was constructed from local<br \/>\nrecycled materials: <\/strong><strong>you can just see it<br \/>\nthrough the church windows<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SanctumPage1_edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SanctumPage1_edited-1-968x1024.jpg\" alt=\"SanctumPage1_edited-1\" width=\"754\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SanctumPage1_edited-1-968x1024.jpg 968w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SanctumPage1_edited-1-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SanctumPage1_edited-1.jpg 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sanctumbristol.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sanctumbristol.com\/<br \/>\n<\/a>make sounds, move your mouse across the homepage;<br \/>\nI made about six visits to this seminal event &amp;<br \/>\nwas touched by some heartfelt music:<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJW-uM1f31E\" target=\"_blank\">Moussa Kouyate<\/a><\/em> master kora player from Mali<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MoussaKora-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MoussaKora-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Moussa&amp;Kora copy\" width=\"414\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MoussaKora-copy.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MoussaKora-copy-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nan uplifting electric piano player<br \/>\na young woman with the voice of an angel, singing <em>Teenage Dirtbag<strong>*<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>and there at midnight on my birthday we<br \/>\nsaw my friend <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/reddeersleeping.typed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Deer Sleeping<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Mog Fry) play<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/\u221aBlurredMog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/\u221aBlurredMog.jpg\" alt=\"\u221aBlurredMog\" width=\"439\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/\u221aBlurredMog.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/\u221aBlurredMog-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nlyrical, gentle songs with cuatro and ukulele accompaniment &#8211;<br \/>\nMog gave away beautiful handmade books of her songs, a Sanctum memento<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RedDeerSleeping-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RedDeerSleeping-copy.jpg\" alt=\"RedDeerSleeping copy\" width=\"390\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RedDeerSleeping-copy.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RedDeerSleeping-copy-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and we caught duo <em>Really The Blues <\/em>too<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ReallyTheBluesMen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ReallyTheBluesMen-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ReallyTheBluesMen\" width=\"519\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ReallyTheBluesMen-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ReallyTheBluesMen-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ReallyTheBluesMen.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Teenage Dirtbag <\/em>wryly performed by\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fw8ZDwdyHJQ\" target=\"_blank\">The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/an-invitation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/an-invitation-1024x260.jpg\" alt=\"an invitation\" width=\"532\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/an-invitation-1024x260.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/an-invitation-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/an-invitation.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WeWant2Play.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WeWant2Play-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WeWant2Play\" width=\"477\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WeWant2Play-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WeWant2Play-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WeWant2Play.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthough, <em>purtroppo, <\/em>the ranch here is too bijou to accomodate<br \/>\nthe marvellous performer, artist, storyteller &amp; tribe of<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">John Bently &#8211; Bones &amp; The Aft<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Billy-Bones-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Bones copy\" width=\"312\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Billy-Bones-copy.jpg 388w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Billy-Bones-copy-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/>\u00a0 Billy Bones<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bonesandtheaft.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bonesandtheaft.blogspot.com<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">and Mikey Kirkpatrick &#8211; Bird Radio<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdradio.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.birdradio.co.uk<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gig-in-your-house_edited-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gig-in-your-house_edited-11-1024x271.jpg\" alt=\"gig in your house_edited-1\" width=\"430\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gig-in-your-house_edited-11-1024x271.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gig-in-your-house_edited-11-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gig-in-your-house_edited-11.jpg 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giginyourhouse.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/giginyourhouse.co.uk\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CherishStmp-Shadow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CherishStmp-Shadow-1024x600.jpg\" alt=\"CherishStmp+Shadow\" width=\"362\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CherishStmp-Shadow-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CherishStmp-Shadow-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CherishStmp-Shadow.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">many wonderful musicians are no longer with us:\u00a0 to honour them<br \/>\nand their work, and to keep them in our memories, I name some<br \/>\nI am priveleged to have known, who now are dead<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2-Buddhas-_edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2-Buddhas-_edited-1-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"2 Buddhas +_edited-1\" width=\"641\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2-Buddhas-_edited-1-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2-Buddhas-_edited-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2-Buddhas-_edited-1.jpg 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>Ruan\u00a0 O\u2019Lochlainn<\/strong> sax &amp; keyboard player with <em>Bees Make Honey<\/em><br \/>\n&amp; amongst others, <em>Slim Chance<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Ronnie Lane<\/strong> bass player, <em>Small Faces<\/em> &amp; <em>Slim Chance<\/em> founder<br \/>\n<strong>Rebop Kwaku Baah<\/strong> Ghanaian drummer extraordinaire with <em>Traffic<\/em> et al<br \/>\n<strong>Bob Marley \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>John Martyn<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Phil Taylor<\/strong> drummer with <em>Motorhead<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">here&#8217;s a picture of a Ronnie Lane (centre) band, with Ruan O&#8217;Lochlainn (far left)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/laneband41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/laneband41.jpg\" alt=\"laneband4\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/laneband41.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/laneband41-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/row-of-5hearts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/row-of-5hearts.jpg\" alt=\"row of 5hearts\" width=\"221\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/row-of-5hearts.jpg 951w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/row-of-5hearts-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand here is wondrous <strong>Toby Thompson<\/strong>, performance poet,<br \/>\nand friend, with a short video\u00a0 <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/young friend\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Angel<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><div id=\"wpfp_891ce0481531ec9569db253ddc2ea8e7\" data-item=\"{&quot;sources&quot;:[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=7-fjBCzgO5U&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video\\\/youtube&quot;}],&quot;splash&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i.ytimg.com\\\/vi\\\/7-fjBCzgO5U\\\/maxresdefault.jpg#auto&quot;}\" class=\"flowplayer no-brand 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&amp; farmer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8230;all the cultures that are really cultures, <\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>all of them are deep and skilled practitioners of grief. <\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>They are. And that grief is a willingness to see things. <\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>And that willingness is the beginning of your chance to have it otherwise, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>and by your grief you can be recognized as a fellow human being by <\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>people who are past masters at it, and you become trustworthy to them<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;has been on the road &#8211; with a band of one other\u00a0 <strong>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gregoryhoskins.com\/2015\/10\/28\/an-epistle-from-the-road\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gregory<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gregoryhoskins.com\/2015\/10\/28\/an-epistle-from-the-road\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>Hoskins<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stephen.JGregory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stephen.JGregory.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen.J&amp;Gregory\" width=\"554\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stephen.JGregory.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stephen.JGregory-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe lovely golden oldies<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/row-of-5hearts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/row-of-5hearts.jpg\" alt=\"row of 5hearts\" width=\"220\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/row-of-5hearts.jpg 951w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/row-of-5hearts-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nciao <strong><em>Sanctum, <\/em><\/strong>it&#8217;s been&#8230;<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 music seems particularly significant at certain times in life doesn&#8217;t it? 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