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Warmth of The Ages

December 5, 2024December 28, 2025 joeholtawayLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKEY0JICKDY https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/intro-1/s-H0LpKFh0Y3v?si=ca2870a0da4f4dfea68e54ec094b22ca&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Warm welcome friends. Thank you for being here. Warmth of the Ages was recorded at friends places and my home studio over the last few years. The songs are about themes; personal and social and intertwined, from holding love and grief, looking at my racism and patriarchy, feeling the power of protest and [...]

July – October

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 joeholtawayLeave a comment

My utopian dream is all people singing - unknown artist! (found on retreat I was on in the Summer) Warmth of the Ages, final stages, Gaza encampment stars/community Radio and folk clubs/Derwentside/Autumn relaxation. Dear journal, dear all reading. Wonder how you are? 15 of us sat in a circle as a ball of twine is [...]

Warmth of the Ages

November 2, 2024November 2, 2025 joeholtaway2 Comments

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bKEY0JICKDY Buy £20 Also streaming here ************* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzgyqbMaUYA Oh Friends/Listen To Women/Young Colours/Grenfell/Body/This Skin/The Letting Go/Green of Grasses/Delius Rakauskas/ Our Love a Heart These Hands Launched in London and online before the 24/25 winter holidays, Warmth of the Ages is released with an accompanying Podcast and Live Takes project to go alongside it. Episode 1 [...]

baby blog…

July 7, 2024August 12, 2025 joeholtaway2 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEdUpn1fSv4 Welcome to this blog friends, You'll know me Joe, or you'll know Isa and I. So yes, this is happening. We've known each other for 7 years now, a beautiful connection with lots of learning. And yes, this was something we decided we were both ready for about 2 years ago. I wanted to [...]

April to June

June 29, 2024July 17, 2024 joeholtawayLeave a comment

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. -- Herbie Hancock Of The Source/ Peace Sounds on the Green/Reverence for Life with Christa Awad/Wake Up Your Artist 24/Relaxation https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/april-to-june/s-RwuwLYff0bU?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=5c7e69e534af43308caa47f49518458f Thank you for reading wherever you are, however you are doing today. I appreciate your precious eyes [...]

Protected: Dear one year supporters

June 6, 2024November 9, 2025 joeholtaway

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Protected: Nancy is 10

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Protected: Martha is 12

May 12, 2024May 23, 2025 joeholtaway

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BDS for Palestine

May 4, 2024May 7, 2024 joeholtawayLeave a comment

Below you will find an explanation of BDS, an order button, an explanation of what to do and my prayer/contemplation practice before stickering - inspired by social media posts I have seen. £5 card payment £5 paypal Leave you with a protest solidarity song of mine Oh Friends 'with open hearts and open eyes we [...]

January to March

March 19, 2024March 25, 2024 joeholtawayLeave a comment

Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call. Oprah Winfrey https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/january-march/s-lRBcJ0PfnPN?si=6c38e6be7817437eabe1b72e0925d8d7&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Gaza/Single a month/Middlesborough/Quaker video projects/Homestage Pfite awards/April Gigs/March Relaxation We arrived at 6pm, students, tutors, and friends of the university, I'd been invited by an academic friend of mine. The portable speaker arrived [...]