2024 was a great year for me creatively. This was largely down to other people, but it was dependent on being motivated to develop my writing, music, and voice skills. My writing mantra for 2025 is ‘Up the weirdness’, which…
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Panda-monium at Christmas Party
The final gig of 2024 was as Hampshire’s leading panda harmonium duo at Chipping Sodbury Folk Night’s Christmas party. The audience joined in enthusiastically, and we even finished off the evening with a folk song!
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Edinburgh Fringe Visit
A trip to Edinburgh Fringe busking as Panda-monium, Hampshire’s leading panda harmonium duo, with Damian. We set up HQ at Mortonhall for the week. Near William McGonagall’s memorial in Greyfriars Kirkyard we spotted a notice which could easily have been…
Sound Winchester
It was great to take part in Sound Winchester, a one-day festival at Arc with music and poetry from local performers and community groups. Here we see Hampshire Poet Damian Kelly-Basher accompanied by an audience member on a toy piano…
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