Now Playing. Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak. #NowPlaying

Now Playing. I'm the Urban Spaceman. The Bonzo Dog Band. "Well a-shakin' my shirt all over the place
But it's been blown right back in my face."
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Now Playing. Handel's Messiah. Kings College Choir Cambridge. James Bowman (alto), Robert Tear (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass). Soprano solos sung by the boys of King's College Cambridge. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Conductor David Willcocks. 3 discs.

Now Playing. The late, great Stan Getz - Anniversary. #NowPlaying

Now Playing. Music of the Gothic Era. The Early Music Consort of London directed by David Munrow. Plainsong from the 12th century to the 14th century. #NowPlaying

Now Playing. Julian Bream. Concierto de Aranjuez - Rodrigo. Concerto for Lute and Strings - Vivaldi. Courtly Dances from 'Gloriana' - Benjamin Britten. Julian Bream was a master of both the classical guitar and the lute.

Now Playing. Amazing Blondel - Fantasia Lindum. Some amazing instruments on this record. Lutes, theorboe, recorders, crumhorn, harpsichord, piano harmonium, glockenspiel, dulcimer, oh and a guitar and double bass. Brilliant stuff. #NowPlaying

Now Playing. Roger Nicholson, Nonesuch for Dulcimer. The late Roger Nicholson was a master of the dulcimer. Accompanied on this disc by Bob Johnson of Steeleye Span on guitar and vocals. A brilliant album. #NowPlaying

Now Playing. Songs of Leonard Cohen.
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Now playing - Sumrrá 5 Journeys. Amazing jazz trio from Galicia in North West Spain. I discovered them playing in a plaza in Santiago de Compostela in the summer, as part of a fiesta. Double bass, piano and drums/percussion. They are brilliant. Highly recommended.
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Now playing - David Munrow Introduces and Performs Mediaeval and Renaissance Music.
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Now playing - Laurie Anderson, Big Science. "This is the time. And this is the record of the time."

Now playing - Two Renaissance Dance Bands. The Early Music Consort of London and The Morley Consort. Both with the late great David Munrow.

I've decided to join the ranks of the 'Now Playing' crowd, on an occasional basis. Caravan 'From the Land of Grey and Pink. Japanese edition of a live American performance.

One of our 6 frogs in two Belfast sinks in the garden. We also have newts. The adults have left now but there are numerous baby newts (efts) in both sinks.

An interesting tree trunk and roots or a dinosaur's foot? Taken near Aira Force Waterfall in the Lake District.