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“Jay, Jay, plant me an acorn…”
For #NationalPoetryDay (& continuing a recent Jay theme) an autumnal Jay spell/poem, from The Lost Spells by me & @JackieMorrisArt.
Accompanying song feat. @seckoukeita & @lwspellsongs (the musicians made pure Jay-joy): https://t.co/HZ48m31hqn
V. happy to say that The Lost Spells by me & @JackieMorrisArt has been turned into a new musical by the brilliant @GoblinTheatre.
Been so much fun working with them!
We're touring spring/summer next year: @watfordpalace
@polkatheatre
@tbtlake (Keswick)
Come see our show!
"Will there be singing in the dark times?
Yes, there will be singing about the dark times."
(Brecht)
Our new @lwspellsongs album, Let The Light In, is released today!
Such joy working on it with these astonishing musicians.
Put an ear to it here:
https://t.co/faM7qso3WU
Well––it's been a long time in the making, but the second Spell Songs album, Let The Light In, is coming soon.
The musicians have made magic.
Tour next year.
Pre-orders opened today, inc. 300 limited edn albums with signed artwork.
More here: https://t.co/hzw1ivqowJ
I've helped curate & write the catalogue for a new exhibition, "Unsettling Landscapes: The Art of the Eerie".
It opens at @StBarbeMuseum on 11 Sept.
Tristram Hillier; Laurence Edwards; George Shaw; Annie Ovenden; Ithell Colquhoun & many others.
More here: https://t.co/SVkv7SbZ7m
Well, it's release day for Lost In The Cedar Wood, the album I wrote with @JohnnyFlynnHQ over the past year.
Songs of joy, loss & hope.
Making this music with Johnny has kept me afloat.
V happy to have it in the world at last
You can listen/download here: https://t.co/mC7tUSLXa1
Parents, teachers, #edutwitter: just FYI a free 23pp. Spring "Explorer's Guide" to The Lost Spells is out today.🌿
Lesson plans, activities, writing/art challenges,
outdoor learning, nature-literacy.
By @JohnEvajohn59
Summer guide to come.
Download here: https://t.co/h1clajdp5b
Teachers, parents, #edutwitter: we've developed a free 35-pp Autumn Explorer's Guide to The Lost Spells, by @JohnEvajohn59.
Lesson plans, activities, writing & art challenges, outdoor learning, nature-literacy.
Spring edition to follow!
Download here: https://t.co/YXFLcvE6Fn
A brilliant thing is happening. Coleridge's epic poem of hope, horror & vision, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', is being read in daily parts by voices inc. @lemnsissay, Tilda Swinton & @exitthelemming, each accompanied by artwork & film.
Listen in here: https://t.co/VHXpebr46C
The audiobook of The Lost Words is released digitally today. The spells are spoken, magically, by @BZephaniah, @cerysmatthews, @guy_garvey & @edibow & through them field-recordist Chris Watson has woven a natural soundscape. CD coming soon.
Audible/sample: https://t.co/5ntUq38DB3