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February 2012

• 18/02/12

  Electronics 2012 Day 3: Malcolm Macfarlane

  This year's Electronics Project has been a rewarding experience for everyone, not least because of the variety of music of offer. As Day 3 dawned, we turned to jazz-based improvised grooves with Malcolm Macfarlane - a new experience... more
• 17/02/12

  Electronics 2012 Day 2: Amble Skuse

  Day 2 of our Electronics Project brought with it a strange sense of deja vu, more so for some than others... Amble joined us for last year's project, so we were delighted that she enjoyed it enough to take part again this year... more
• 16/02/12

  Electronics 2012 Day 1: Louise Rossiter

  A new year and a new set of participants for our Electronics Project. This year we've set up home for 3 days in Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, where we're a resident ensemble for 2012. It's a wonderful space to spend a few days... more
• 05/02/12

  Tales from Valparaiso (and beyond) No. 14

  I'm sitting on the deck in front of Eva and Ricardo's Swedish-style wooden house here at the farm near Pinto – outside Chillán in the South of Chile. Ann and the other “wwoofer”, Beth, have headed into Chillán to make enquiries about buses, buy ha more

January 2012

• 29/01/12

  Tales from Valparaiso (and beyond) No. 13

  Our taxi driver in Chillán today told us that he was a nephew of Violeta Parra. We were transferring from one bus terminal to another after a night's journey from Frutillar. After two weeks travelling by air, ferry and bus, seeing fjords, glaciers, whale more
• 11/01/12

  Tales from Valparaiso (and beyond) No. 12

  The evening before last I went to a concert out at the University of Playa Ancha, about a mile out on the edge of town. It took me a while to find the (excellent) venue – an open gate in the otherwise impenetrable high surrounding fence... more