The Smith's Journal - September 2008

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2008-09-07

African Linx Festival

Tags: Music, Drumming

African Linx Festival is a small and nicely intimate event organised by African music lovers to raise money for The Kartong Festival in Gambia. I went last year and we also performed at a smaller-scale event in January 2007. It's held near to the village of Cropredy near Banbury (north of Oxford), and runs all weekend, but I'll just be there on the Sunday when Crooked Sixpence will play at 2pm, then at 5pm I'll be performing with Vitae Drummers. Emma Nelson's awesome group Hamana, who blew us apart at Winterdrum, are playing too :-)

2008-09-20

Indian Summer Festival [POSTPONED]

Tags: Music, Drumming, Arts, Eco

A special all-day event promoting indigenous music from around the world, to be held in the village of Aston near Stevenage in Hertfordshire. Expect drumming workshops+performances, music, dance, good food and drinks,...

I have been appointed Music Director of the festival and will be working with the Funding Committee to organise things, so stay tuned for updates.

[The event has been postponed until spring 2009. More news as we get it... ]

Software Freedom Day

Tags: Computers

Celebrate Software Freedom Day instead :-)

2008-09-27

Vitae Drummers tenth birthday celebrations

Tags: Drumming

Vitae Drummers will celebrate ten years of big beats (if we can find a venue large enough! ;-)