https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/listen-to-women-first-mix/s-R7LrrE7dtKY At the time of writing this song, I was inspired by Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg and The Squad, (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar) American congresswomen who banded together with shared values on inclusivity and not being afraid of Donald Trump. At the time I also began reading bell hooks' book [...]
From darkness, let's reach for light, together - June Warulu https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/january-february-1/s-2uXLtoz9Q95 In this post: Chaplaincy, Isolation overwhelm meditation/Meditation with song for the Beyond Now Festival/ HS2 Protest/Tree Sharing/Sharing on Death/ 2x Interviews, 1 on working with people seeking Asylum, and 2 a sharing on mistakes of being a White Man trying to help as part [...]
https://youtu.be/p5JKFyJC38g What happens when we die? Do we die at all? Is birth the start of or lives or just a moment of transition? My personal feeling, informed largely by Buddhist and Quaker thought is that life is evolving and everything that makes any moment possible ; the sun, the trees, the skin, bone, brain [...]
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https://youtu.be/ncykvH4XcfA https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/we-go-sailing-friendship/s-epifW Here are the voices of some of my friends recorded in the run up to the album release I asked them what friendship meant to them. This is song is simply about that, a poem written on a little bit of paper inside my journal, the the deck of a ferry to Europe [...]
https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/oct-dec-2020/s-tctt69PabPz It's January 1st and with Bella our cat snoring at the end of my bed I felt to use this otherwise quiet moment to write the last and first post of mine for 2020/21. This Winter has felt intense in many ways, sometimes beyond a usual state of life unfolding - more something unseen [...]
Festival site closed at the end of January -Thank you for coming - if you click through to the Winter Warmer Festival Youtube Channel you'll find some of videos are still there to view. Love Rachel and Joe a3 festival posters available for £5gbp https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4o48wqRnuINfO4ImxEuuU8?si=mzKPgiYHSJuG5vnpeaQZDQ
Dear friend, here is a gift for you of the Winter Warmer Festival, love from me 🙂 *****Festival this way...***** https://youtu.be/Sma673Sy0ZI
