Cherry Potts, Writer

Category: Folk

  • Join In: Folk Song Workshop for Winter

    LESTER SIMPSON FOLK SONG WORKSHOP SECULAR WINTER SONGS LEARN AROUND 5 SONGS SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2015 12:45- 17:15 ST HILDA’S CHURCH HALL COURTRAI ROAD SE23 1NL bus routes 122, P4, 171, 172 stop on the corner. train to Crofton Park or Honor Oak Park 10 minute walk. advanced booking required Book Here £25 INCLUDES REFRESHMENTS all…

  • Pretending poetry, songs of liberty and Ursula le Guin

    The thing about running your own business is that holidays become almost entirely theoretical. It’s a holiday to leave the computer for long enough to hang out the washing on a sunny day, it’s a holiday to take the long way to the post office, it’s a holiday to read something that isn’t for work,…

  • Celebrate 800 years of Magna Carta in song

    Join Lester Simpson of Coope Boyes & Simpson in celebrating 800 years of Magna Carta with Songs of Liberty A Folk Song Workshop St Hilda’s Church Hall Courtrai Road London SE23 1NL Saturday 18th April 2015 12:45- 5:15 £25 Tickets available here advance booking essential  

  • Tall ships and icecream floats

    It’s been a manic few days, getting the review copies of The Other Side of Sleep out, sorting fliers for the exhibition, hounding people as nicely as I can to support the crowd funding for Solstice shorts. taking the cat the vet, rehearsing the songs Vocal Chords are singing at The Tall Ships Festival in…

  • Folk. Always

    I  have been singing folk carols for something like 6 hours today, because Vocal Chords, my regular (as opposed to occasional forays elsewhere) choir, are doing a recording. Carols in August, why not? I love folk music. It’s something to do with the ability to tell a story, and not be afraid of really going…