I’m really delighted to have a new collection published this month (February 2023) by Sea Crow Press.
This is my second collaboration with Andy Brown, well-known poet and professor of creative writing at Exeter university, who, like me, is also a musician.
Grace Notes is a collection of music related poems and draws on our musical experiences and influences - from artists we love and gigs we’ve enjoyed to more philosophical considerations of the nature and role of music in human life.
The wonderful cover painting is by Jenn Zed.
Now available from all good book shops, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones and as an e-book.
"From the intimacy of a pub singalong or an epiphany in a guitar shop, to virtuosic frenzy or the majesty of a symphony, Grace Notes is endlessly inventive, clever and heartfelt. What I love about this book is that it’s so friendly and inviting you hardly notice it playing your heartstrings or lighting up your brain like a mixing desk, and before you know it you’re part of its score. Touched and ruined by genius or calloused from a punishing practice regimen, its players are hard-bitten, ecstatic and singular. But like music, it’s for everyone: study and intuition; you can just tap your foot, or you can dedicate your whole mind and soul to it.” - LUKE KENNARD
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