Reviewed by Stephen Luff
There are many hymn collections out there, varying in both quality and style. Here we have 12 re-workings of these classics with arrangements which take in pop, Americana and a bit of modern country. The first cut is Edward Perronet s The Sound That Saved Us All sung by songwriter and producer Antony Skinner (sounding like Springsteen in many ways), is a great opener and sets the pace for the collection. Savannah Ellis presents George Matteson s Love You Never Let Me Go based on the original 1882 hymn but with additional lyrics from producer John Hartley. It works well with a strong vocal and deft banjo. Alleluia He Has Loved Us has a Mumford And Sons feel delivered by UK-based Tom McConnell while The Choir s Derry Daugherty puts in a good vocal on The Glory Hymn . This collection is a thoroughly enjoyable listen, presenting timeless hymns in a new context.
Your letters
I was pleased to read Roberta Mothersdale’s article about hedges (Aug). I said right from the start of the Entry Level Scheme, that it will be the ruin of hedges. They will grow long and straggly and gaps will appear which ares no good for wildlife to nest in. A hedge should be thick so birds can nest without being seen; they also provide shelter for farm animals. Hedges should be trimmed every year as this keeps them thick and tidy, with less wear and tear on hedge cutters.
Chris Jolley, York
I wonder how many readers thought that the only sphinx was near the pyramids at El Giza in Egypt? Well they would be wrong because here is the Eastby Sphinx Rock, not too far from Skipton. To see it, climb up Eastby Brow towards Barden Tower, and just over the first cattle grid stop. Then look up the rough track on your left and there he is looking high and handsome as my picture (right) shows. He was first pointed out to me by a member of the Barlick Clarion cycling club many
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Arting Forward into â21
Since 2020 was quiet for most museums and galleries, considering, the New Year â and with it a new vaccine â can only be better.
John Hartleyâs oil painting âCombatâ is part of a mega-celebration at Artspace 111 through Thursday.
Courtesy Artspace 111
The good thing about art viewing is that social distancing is built into the experience. Even if youâre on a tour, you can still hang back, which is nice â itâs common courtesy to poke people with your 6-foot pole in the back rather than the front. Whichever way youâre checking out art these days in the flesh, be sure to also wash those hands and mask the eff up.
The idea for the dodgeball tournament initially came from eighth grader Ty Harlow who was talking to Student Council members Bradey Buhrmester and Nolan Rawson. The two then presented the idea to other council members. The group drafted a proposal with the specifics, and then Buhrmester and Rawson went with Student Council Sponsor Melissa Pipkin to present the details to Principal Adam Hector. Once he approved the idea, the team completed a fundraiser application to be approved by the school board.
Once the event was officially approved, the tournament was announced to middle school students.
Rawson and Buhrmester started collecting money each morning before school and during lunch.
pervasive atmosphere of religious-like reconciliation throughout his plays. This
recurring theme of reconciliation is part of the
unique magic of Shakespeare’s invention of the human.
The Comedy of Errors
Gray’s Inn
Gray’s Inn, one of four London Lawyer’s Inns, known, collectively, as the ‘third university of England’, after Oxford and Cambridge, during the Christmas Revels of 1594.
Arriving in London in late 1589, young Will Shakespeare stages his first three highly acclaimed English History plays by June 1592, the Black Plague largely closes the City theaters for the next two years.
Largely domiciled in London during this period, Will was hard at work on two long poems,