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Faces in the crowd
[photopress:IMG_5386.JPG,full,pp_image] Watching the Spanish Harlem Orchestra at the Open Air Stage, WOMAD 2006. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2006%2F07%2F31%2Fwomad-photoblog-1%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Faces+in+the+crowd’; addthis_pub = ”;
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WOMAD and visas
This is the flip-side of the immigration debate. No porus borders here. By keeping people out, we risk isolating ourselves from outside influence, and our culture is all the poorer for it. Continue reading
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FOUND launch album
My brain is fried by the issues of the day. Thank goodness I’m off to the launch of an album this evening. Continue reading
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The medium of icing
My blog, rendered in cake form. Continue reading
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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
Oldham meanders around the beat (and indeed the notes) of each song, as if he is experimenting, trying out a new version. Continue reading