5 minute read or listen (including image descriptions) https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/may/s-bBEX5wDFn0s?si=24fe80c8d7fb4ad68dda420c4b6eb2b0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj40M48e-as Palestine • Gigs & Performances • Warmth of the Ages • Press & Reviews • Looking Ahead I’m writing this post in my note book from an old graveyard in Newcastle— just a short walk from home. Fye’s in his sling beside me, drifting [...]
***AUDIO VERSION ON THE PAGE BELOW*** https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/february-april/s-m2132eFUr23?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=9735642a8b21481db8e34290438546ae Karim/Warmth of the Ages responses, Podcast so far, Live Takes/ Palestine Fundraiser/So Hard To See It All + Grief workshop/Daily Antedote of song and... Fye. It never feels like you're quite ready to hear the news. I was just heading into the cinema to watch the new Dylan [...]
Thank you for being here and receiving the single, 'So Hard To See It All' - below is a companion piece of writing and a reflection practice - something that I hope eases intense emotions while staying with them - it's helped me. Below that are the lyrics with links to the stories that inspired [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzgyqbMaUYA https://soundcloud.com/joe_holtaway/november-january/s-MGdCTAqPoEo?si=65b35a7ab9dd4a96870eefd1bff62296&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Warmth of the Ages release/Podcast/Sharing Spaces/Blogs and playlist shoutouts/School visit with Christa Awad/Relaxation/ The chairs were in a semi circle, Big Red Machine’s: playing through Max’s speaker - there’s a couple of tracks on a playlist I have called “Who I’m listening to right now” one with Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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Joe Holtaway 