Kenneth Woods
@kennethwoods.net
Conductor, writer, cellist, guitarist, composer. Artistic Director English Symphony Orchestra, Elgar Festival, Colorado MahlerFest. Bandleader and songwriter. Views my own.
https://linktr.ee/kennethwoods
https://linktr.ee/kennethwoods
Our November rock newsletter!
Some thoughts from Ken on the 2 acoustic tracks on Silent Spike,
Appreciation for music of Aimee Mann, Joey Landreth and Imperial Triumphant.
Recent reviews and more...
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Some thoughts from Ken on the 2 acoustic tracks on Silent Spike,
Appreciation for music of Aimee Mann, Joey Landreth and Imperial Triumphant.
Recent reviews and more...
conta.cc/47C3yBL
Ken Woods - Pairs and Mirrors. Two acoustic songs for dark November nights
Email from English Symphony Orchestra "...a haunting exploration of historical trauma cloaked in elegant musicianship." Euphony Stream it here on all major platforms A little home studio noodling we c
conta.cc
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our November rock newsletter!
Some thoughts from Ken on the 2 acoustic tracks on Silent Spike,
Appreciation for music of Aimee Mann, Joey Landreth and Imperial Triumphant.
Recent reviews and more...
conta.cc/47C3yBL
Some thoughts from Ken on the 2 acoustic tracks on Silent Spike,
Appreciation for music of Aimee Mann, Joey Landreth and Imperial Triumphant.
Recent reviews and more...
conta.cc/47C3yBL
Reposted by Kenneth Woods
@englishsymphony.bsky.social is featured in Malvern Gazette/Worcester News in anticipation of Wednesday's performance - the opening concert of their Malvern Theatres' Residency featuring works by Haydn, Weill, Schulhoff, Milhaud, conducted by @kennethwoods.net: malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
@englishsymphony.bsky.social is featured in Malvern Gazette/Worcester News in anticipation of Wednesday's performance - the opening concert of their Malvern Theatres' Residency featuring works by Haydn, Weill, Schulhoff, Milhaud, conducted by @kennethwoods.net: malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
JOIN US!Penarth Ex Servicemen's Club Friday 7 November admission!
Blues and jams with a little extra desert hot sauce
Doors at 730. Jams at 830.
youtu.be/1j6_Exl4kmE
Blues and jams with a little extra desert hot sauce
Doors at 730. Jams at 830.
youtu.be/1j6_Exl4kmE
JOIN US!Penarth Ex Servicemen's Club Friday 7 November
YouTube video by Ken Woods, guitarist
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
JOIN US!Penarth Ex Servicemen's Club Friday 7 November admission!
Blues and jams with a little extra desert hot sauce
Doors at 730. Jams at 830.
youtu.be/1j6_Exl4kmE
Blues and jams with a little extra desert hot sauce
Doors at 730. Jams at 830.
youtu.be/1j6_Exl4kmE
Reposted by Kenneth Woods
Mahler 9 and Strauss's Four Last Songs with the
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
Mahler's 9th Symphony//English Symphony Orchestra//Cheltenham Town Hall//2nd December 2025
YouTube video by English Symphony Orchestra
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Mahler 9 and Strauss's Four Last Songs with the
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
Mahler 9 and Strauss's Four Last Songs with the
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
Mahler's 9th Symphony//English Symphony Orchestra//Cheltenham Town Hall//2nd December 2025
YouTube video by English Symphony Orchestra
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Mahler 9 and Strauss's Four Last Songs with the
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
Reposted by Kenneth Woods
New single from the very exciting forthcoming record of Symphonies 8 and 9 by Christopher Gunning with the @BBCNOW on @SignumRecords. Complete album released world wide in November
open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...
open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...
Symphony No. 8: III
open.spotify.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
New single from the very exciting forthcoming record of Symphonies 8 and 9 by Christopher Gunning with the @BBCNOW on @SignumRecords. Complete album released world wide in November
open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...
open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...
Tickets:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/west-malvern...
Join us for an evening of immersive Americana in one of the Midlands most intimate and acoustically excellent venues. West Malvern Social Club is treasured for it's fantastic atmosphere and it's great drinks selections.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/west-malvern...
Join us for an evening of immersive Americana in one of the Midlands most intimate and acoustically excellent venues. West Malvern Social Club is treasured for it's fantastic atmosphere and it's great drinks selections.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Tickets:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/west-malvern...
Join us for an evening of immersive Americana in one of the Midlands most intimate and acoustically excellent venues. West Malvern Social Club is treasured for it's fantastic atmosphere and it's great drinks selections.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/west-malvern...
Join us for an evening of immersive Americana in one of the Midlands most intimate and acoustically excellent venues. West Malvern Social Club is treasured for it's fantastic atmosphere and it's great drinks selections.
Friends in Malvern, Herefordshire & Worcestershire. Join us at West Malvern Social Club on the 8th of November for a night of American music with a spicy kick.
Tickets & details here
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/mal...
More detail from the Malvern Gazette
www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/2556530...
Tickets & details here
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/mal...
More detail from the Malvern Gazette
www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/2556530...
English Symphony Orchestra conductor to play with rock band
Ken Woods, conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO), will perform with his blues rock band The Old Blue Gang at West Malvern Social Club.
www.malverngazette.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Friends in Malvern, Herefordshire & Worcestershire. Join us at West Malvern Social Club on the 8th of November for a night of American music with a spicy kick.
Tickets & details here
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/mal...
More detail from the Malvern Gazette
www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/2556530...
Tickets & details here
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/mal...
More detail from the Malvern Gazette
www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/2556530...
New single from the very exciting forthcoming record of Symphonies 8 and 9 by Christopher Gunning with the @BBCNOW on @SignumRecords. Complete album released world wide in November
open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...
open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...
Symphony No. 8: III
open.spotify.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
New single from the very exciting forthcoming record of Symphonies 8 and 9 by Christopher Gunning with the @BBCNOW on @SignumRecords. Complete album released world wide in November
open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...
open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...
Reposted by Kenneth Woods
#NewConcertMc
12 November 2025 @MalvernTheatres
Great @kennethwoods.net @englishsymphony.bsky.social
present:
#Haydn Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)!
#Haydn in "The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music"!!!
eso.co.uk/eso-the-joke...
12 November 2025 @MalvernTheatres
Great @kennethwoods.net @englishsymphony.bsky.social
present:
#Haydn Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)!
#Haydn in "The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music"!!!
eso.co.uk/eso-the-joke...
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#NewConcertMc
12 November 2025 @MalvernTheatres
Great @kennethwoods.net @englishsymphony.bsky.social
present:
#Haydn Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)!
#Haydn in "The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music"!!!
eso.co.uk/eso-the-joke...
12 November 2025 @MalvernTheatres
Great @kennethwoods.net @englishsymphony.bsky.social
present:
#Haydn Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)!
#Haydn in "The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music"!!!
eso.co.uk/eso-the-joke...
Really looking forward to this fantastic programme at @MalvernTheatres with the @EnglishSymphony. Join us on 12 November!
malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk
malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk
ESO: The Joker’s Wild - Mischief in Music - Malvern Theatres
English Symphony Orchestra The renowned English Symphony Orchestra return to Malvern Theatres with a rollicking programme celebrating the adventurous spirit of the 1920s. Erwin Schulhoff’s suave Suite for Chamber Orchestra […]
malvern-theatres.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Really looking forward to this fantastic programme at @MalvernTheatres with the @EnglishSymphony. Join us on 12 November!
malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk
malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk
Hi everyone
Do I know anyone who illustrates (or aspires to illustrate) graphic novels (or knows someone brilliant who does). In this case, it's a historic theme, so the aesthetic will be western with a bit of steam punk for fun
Please feel free to nominate yourself!
Do I know anyone who illustrates (or aspires to illustrate) graphic novels (or knows someone brilliant who does). In this case, it's a historic theme, so the aesthetic will be western with a bit of steam punk for fun
Please feel free to nominate yourself!
October 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hi everyone
Do I know anyone who illustrates (or aspires to illustrate) graphic novels (or knows someone brilliant who does). In this case, it's a historic theme, so the aesthetic will be western with a bit of steam punk for fun
Please feel free to nominate yourself!
Do I know anyone who illustrates (or aspires to illustrate) graphic novels (or knows someone brilliant who does). In this case, it's a historic theme, so the aesthetic will be western with a bit of steam punk for fun
Please feel free to nominate yourself!
Put on your flapper dresses, spats, pearls and hats & join @EnglishSymphony on 12 Nov as @MalvernTheatres are gearin' up for the most wicked evening of music this side of a Chicago speakeasy
Tickets - malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk
Tickets - malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk
ESO: The Joker’s Wild - Mischief in Music - Malvern Theatres
English Symphony Orchestra The renowned English Symphony Orchestra return to Malvern Theatres with a rollicking programme celebrating the adventurous spirit of the 1920s. Erwin Schulhoff’s suave Suite for Chamber Orchestra […]
malvern-theatres.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Put on your flapper dresses, spats, pearls and hats & join @EnglishSymphony on 12 Nov as @MalvernTheatres are gearin' up for the most wicked evening of music this side of a Chicago speakeasy
Tickets - malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk
Tickets - malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk
Lily White - give it a listen?
"The lyrics ache with unspoken horror, as Woods’ deep, rich, and world-weary voice delivers each line with a gravity that feels like he has furrowed brows amidst a candlelit room." Illustrate Magazine
youtu.be/d4UqZE49uLc
"The lyrics ache with unspoken horror, as Woods’ deep, rich, and world-weary voice delivers each line with a gravity that feels like he has furrowed brows amidst a candlelit room." Illustrate Magazine
youtu.be/d4UqZE49uLc
Lily White
YouTube video by Ken Woods - Topic
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Lily White - give it a listen?
"The lyrics ache with unspoken horror, as Woods’ deep, rich, and world-weary voice delivers each line with a gravity that feels like he has furrowed brows amidst a candlelit room." Illustrate Magazine
youtu.be/d4UqZE49uLc
"The lyrics ache with unspoken horror, as Woods’ deep, rich, and world-weary voice delivers each line with a gravity that feels like he has furrowed brows amidst a candlelit room." Illustrate Magazine
youtu.be/d4UqZE49uLc
Reposted by Kenneth Woods
The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music @Malvern Theatres
Wed 12th November, 7.30pm
Tickets: malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
Haydn – Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)
Weill – Cabaret Songs
Schulhoff – Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Milhaud – The Ox on the Roof
April Fredrick, soprano
@kennethwoods.net
Wed 12th November, 7.30pm
Tickets: malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
Haydn – Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)
Weill – Cabaret Songs
Schulhoff – Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Milhaud – The Ox on the Roof
April Fredrick, soprano
@kennethwoods.net
October 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music @Malvern Theatres
Wed 12th November, 7.30pm
Tickets: malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
Haydn – Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)
Weill – Cabaret Songs
Schulhoff – Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Milhaud – The Ox on the Roof
April Fredrick, soprano
@kennethwoods.net
Wed 12th November, 7.30pm
Tickets: malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
Haydn – Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)
Weill – Cabaret Songs
Schulhoff – Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Milhaud – The Ox on the Roof
April Fredrick, soprano
@kennethwoods.net
Darrell Scott - "It's A Great Day To Be Alive" (Live at the Print Shop)
YouTube video by Live At The Print Shop
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Reposted by Kenneth Woods
Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
Reposted by Kenneth Woods
Starting a new series over on YT where we take our time telling the tales of how songs get written and come to life.
I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.
Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY
Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike
I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.
Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY
Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike
Storytime: Writing "The Voyage" or "How the first song on the record came to be the last one written
YouTube video by Ken Woods, guitarist
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Starting a new series over on YT where we take our time telling the tales of how songs get written and come to life.
I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.
Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY
Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike
I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.
Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY
Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike
"... alt-Americana at its most uncompromising... a probing take on the largely forgotten role of Chinese immigrants involved in the construction of the Transcontinental Railway A tale of alienation, exploitation and ostracization which has lost none of its horrific impact"
arcana.fm/2025/09/19/o...
arcana.fm/2025/09/19/o...
On Record – Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang – Silent Spike (Kenneth Woods)
by Richard Whitehouse What’s the story? Kenneth Woods issues the debut of his band The Old Blue Gang, less a concept album per se than themed reflections on a shameful while all too typical i…
arcana.fm
September 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"... alt-Americana at its most uncompromising... a probing take on the largely forgotten role of Chinese immigrants involved in the construction of the Transcontinental Railway A tale of alienation, exploitation and ostracization which has lost none of its horrific impact"
arcana.fm/2025/09/19/o...
arcana.fm/2025/09/19/o...
Starting a new series over on YT where we take our time telling the tales of how songs get written and come to life.
I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.
Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY
Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike
I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.
Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY
Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike
Storytime: Writing "The Voyage" or "How the first song on the record came to be the last one written
YouTube video by Ken Woods, guitarist
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Starting a new series over on YT where we take our time telling the tales of how songs get written and come to life.
I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.
Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY
Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike
I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.
Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY
Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike
This may sound a little Faustian, because it is.... Much as I loath splatify, their metrics are the doorway to radio play and media access. We just found out Silent Spike now appears on 901 playlists, which seems amazing to me. Bigger things happen at 1k.
open.spotify.com/album/2qWMHO...
open.spotify.com/album/2qWMHO...
Silent Spike
open.spotify.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This may sound a little Faustian, because it is.... Much as I loath splatify, their metrics are the doorway to radio play and media access. We just found out Silent Spike now appears on 901 playlists, which seems amazing to me. Bigger things happen at 1k.
open.spotify.com/album/2qWMHO...
open.spotify.com/album/2qWMHO...
"Parry Karp steers an adroit path between delivering the intense soaring melodic invention with passion, and reining in the fervour to create contrast. The sinewy cello figuration is expertly delineated, with the complex rhythmic notation accurately drawn"
www.thestrad.com/reviews/parr...
www.thestrad.com/reviews/parr...
Parry Karp: Bloch
Persuasive ardency serves this heightened music well
www.thestrad.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Parry Karp steers an adroit path between delivering the intense soaring melodic invention with passion, and reining in the fervour to create contrast. The sinewy cello figuration is expertly delineated, with the complex rhythmic notation accurately drawn"
www.thestrad.com/reviews/parr...
www.thestrad.com/reviews/parr...
"Throughout the performance, Woods and the ESO devote admirable attention to clarity and balance, providing the listener with a wonderfully translucent reading, harking back to Paavo Berglund’s ground-breaking takes on the score.
jarijuhanikallio.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/s...
jarijuhanikallio.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/s...
Sibelius Seventh with inspired intensity from the English Symphony and Kenneth Woods
The members of the English Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director & Principal Conductor Kenneth Woods recording Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony at Wyastone Concert Hall on 2 May 2021. © ESO…
jarijuhanikallio.wordpress.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"Throughout the performance, Woods and the ESO devote admirable attention to clarity and balance, providing the listener with a wonderfully translucent reading, harking back to Paavo Berglund’s ground-breaking takes on the score.
jarijuhanikallio.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/s...
jarijuhanikallio.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/s...
RIYL @govtmule.bsky.social #allmanbrothers #Mountain #TomPetty
Sundown Town
"Some songs don’t just play through your speakers — they barrel into your chest like a freight train. “Sundown Town” does exactly that."
artists.landr.com/056870384665
Sundown Town
"Some songs don’t just play through your speakers — they barrel into your chest like a freight train. “Sundown Town” does exactly that."
artists.landr.com/056870384665
September 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
RIYL @govtmule.bsky.social #allmanbrothers #Mountain #TomPetty
Sundown Town
"Some songs don’t just play through your speakers — they barrel into your chest like a freight train. “Sundown Town” does exactly that."
artists.landr.com/056870384665
Sundown Town
"Some songs don’t just play through your speakers — they barrel into your chest like a freight train. “Sundown Town” does exactly that."
artists.landr.com/056870384665
Have a listen to our single "Steel Stretcher" and see if you can solve this little riddle. The guitar sound used on the fills is an homage to the sound on a solo from a famous 80s pop hit. Can you guess what song it was and who played the solo on it?
open.spotify.com/track/2qq3QG...
open.spotify.com/track/2qq3QG...
Steel Stretcher
open.spotify.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Have a listen to our single "Steel Stretcher" and see if you can solve this little riddle. The guitar sound used on the fills is an homage to the sound on a solo from a famous 80s pop hit. Can you guess what song it was and who played the solo on it?
open.spotify.com/track/2qq3QG...
open.spotify.com/track/2qq3QG...