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Our speaker for the Spring term is nigel herwin, who will give a 7 week course starting on 16th January, 2023 on Eerie East Anglia – local tales of Weirdness!

the eastern counties have a rich and colourful history of very strange tales. this course will explore the most intriguing of these stories: the strangest, the spookiest and the just plain daft. it will attempt to separate the folklore from fact while trying to get to the truth of what really happened. As the phrase goes: the truth is out there!

the lectures will last for 2 hours, starting at 2.00 pm in the Jubilee hall, george lane, loddon, nr14 6nB. the cost for the course will be £56.00 and bookings can be made using the WEA Student Services, phone number 0300 303 3464 or online at enrolonline.wea.org.uk. the course no. is C2229200. remissions are available for those receiving certain benefits.

For further details, please contact Alison on 01508 521976 or Sharon on 01508 520386.

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rOBYn hitChCOCK- PUPPEt thEAtrE- nursing a back injury following a fall the night before despite being physically incapacitated he certainly wasn’t musically. helped onstage and initially seated behind the piano for quirky ancient opener ‘the man who invented himself’ the usual anecdotes and offbeat stories soon flowed as he moved to guitar. introducing new songs the upbeat recent single ‘Shuffle Man’ sounded autobiographical while ‘the Man who loved the rain’ had a more downbeat feel to it. however equally we were treated to many a gem from his 45 year back catalogue. From the contemplative ‘i often dream of trains’, driving ‘Oceanside’, the delicately fingerpicked ‘Element of Light’ to a rousing rendition accompanied by the support act of the classic ‘Brenda’s iron Sledge’ he was in fine form and despite the trials and tribulations of the world at large he has retained his free thinking, off kilter, delightfully barmy outlook on life. Splendid indeed. thanks Mr h, and the Puppet theatre. MOOrE And MOSS- AntErOS ArtS- Mastering new technology and marrying it with inspiration from an old tradition has become the trademark sound of Moore and Moss who played a superb melodic yet innovative set of original tunes to a packed out audience. From jaunty opener ‘West Park’, and the rhythmic ‘Universium’ with its bass laden backbeat to loop enhanced ‘Windmill hill’ with its sustain and drone they are taking folk forward and bringing it into the 21st century. the breath of the bellows of the accordion prove equally as effective as well as the notes transformed from Accordion to synthesizer lines via effects on the atmospheric ‘Pop One’ while the evening concluded atmospherically with what i can only describe as being like Philip glass meets drum and bass. it is no surprise that ‘Spectres’

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won the best instrumental album of the year at the Fatea awards in 2020, or that a decade ago they were the BBC radio 2 young folk musicians of the year, but they are quietly and modestly moving that tradition forward and i think that it is a move in the right direction. Marvellous. StEvE hACKEtt- iPSWiCh rEgEnt- FOXtrOt At 50- Following on in the series of genesis revisited tours in the last few years Steve hackett returned to what may be my favourite genesis album from the 70s namely ‘Foxtrot’. Abetted by atmospheric lighting ‘Watcher Of the Skies’, gabriel’s original lyrical contemplation as to whether there is other life out there in the universe, was given a sympathetic reading with roger King’s foreboding opening keyboard line leading into syncopated bass and drum lines and superb sustained guitars aplenty as nad Sylvan’s dramatic and theatrical delivery vocally and visually echoes the original perfectly. Still relevant today ‘get ‘Em Out By Friday’ tells the tale of tenants evicted from their homes by greedy property developers keen to maximise the available space with nad once again ably taking on the role of the many and varied characters inhabiting the song, and the band both soaring and soothing in all the right places. it was a joy to hear the seldom played live melody laden tale of times gone by ‘time table’ and the absorbing ‘Can Utility and the Coastliners’ before moving into possibly genesis’s epic piece de resistance in the 70s in ‘Suppers ready’. 23 minutes, 7 parts and not a moment that isn’t needed taking us lyrically through domesticity and occupation to war, philosophy, satire and mythology and the band musically through pop moments to complex time signatures, glorious flute enhanced melodies to thunderous sections and a conclusion contemplating the lord’s return to take us to the ‘new Jerusalem’. An epic end to a great gig including an opening set of hackett highlights from some of his solo albums most notably the harmony laden ‘Every day’ and superbly soaring and sustained guitar driven ‘Spectral Mornings’ from the album of the same name. Should this be the final time that I get to see him or his final tour it would be a great way to bow out. Magnificent. EClECtiC SElECtiOn rAdiO ShOW- Future radio Sunday’s 6-8 pm december 11th + 25th (Xmas day show), January 8th + 22nd. SOME COnCErtS in dECEMBEr And JAnUArY in nOrWiCh- AntErOS- dec- 1st Yeti, ArtS CEntrE- dec- 1st vega trails, 3rd longest Johns, 9th Baghdaddies, 10th Balimaya Project, 13th Wandering hearts, 22nd high Points, Jan- 13th henge, 27th Police dog hogan, 30th Phil Selway, BriCKMAKErS- 4th ryan Mccomb, 31st Blind tiger / dirty Havana (Charlie the landladies final gig after 20 years. good luck for the future). EPiC- 1st Manfreds, 7th Baby Bird, Jan- 19th British lion. FOlK ClUB- dec- 16th Xmas party, PUPPEt thEAtrE- dec 3rd Brush with Music, UEA- dec- 5th UB 40, vOOdOO dAddY’S- dec- 1st damp Matches, 2nd Marla, Jan- 26-28th- norwich rock fest. WAtErFrOnt- dec- 1st UK Subs, 6th hugh Cornwell, 7th Kula Shaker, 11th Sweet, 13th Sam ryder, 18th Slade. Other venues + pubs- last Pub Standing, louis Marchesi, roseberry, vr Escape rooms. Celebrating

15 years

of musical contributions

Merry Xmas + Happy new year.

RICHARD PENGUIN

mail@richardpenguin.co.uk

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