RETURN FROM MADEIRA
I have not been blogging lately as in Madeira struggling with Netbook and WIFI. I think WIFI probably stands for “Will it?………..Fuck it!”
That said I had a fabulous time as usual, lots of good food and vinho tinto e vinho branco, lots of walking and just generally chilling out. Actually it was a little chillier than usual much of the time, 14, 15 degrees, much like a British Summer but drier and certainly good to avoid the British Winter.
I was interviewed by Anne Line Abotgen, a Norwegian Radio Journalist for a regular travel programme she presents for the Nowegian equivalent of BBC Radio as I am a recognised ‘old hand’ on Madeira.
I also managed a trip out to the East side of the Island in the company of my friends Rosey and Graham with Madeira’s best taxi driver/tour guide Jose Manuel who speaks good English and is eloquent, informative, friendly and greatly entertaining.
Now it is back to work. Last night that was supporting and MCing Zoox at the award wining Black Swan Folk Club at York, a very lively trio of excellent musicians playing in innovative ways, highly recommended.
Apart from working on some of my ironstone mining songs and their provenance that are going up on the Yorkshire Garland website and the usual round of Folk Clubs the next major event is a half hour support for the Waterson Carthy + Chris Parkinson Concert at the National Centre for Early Music at York. Some songs, some poetry and some music on Native American Flute.
Tony Morris
www.tonymorrispoet.com
