Tag Archives: Yvonne Lyon

Performing during pestilence

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Hearten Soul

Maybe you’ve seen the stories that say Shakespeare wrote King Lear while he was under quarantine for the plague.  Or that Isaac Newton invented calculus, theories of optics and gravity during the Great Plague of 1665.  I’ve seen people encouraging … Continue reading →

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Piping up blessing

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Hearten Soul

One of the many enjoyable parts of Martyn Joseph’s ‘Pipefest’ weekend was joining in with a lullaby led by Karine Polwart, ‘Hush a bye my bairnie‘. Although I missed the singing workshop where it was taught I had heard the … Continue reading →

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Lowering your expectations

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Hearten Soul

I know I run the risk of sounding very spoilt in this blog, but I wanted to write about one consequence of having seen some absolutely excellent shows over the last nineteen years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  It means … Continue reading →

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Sharing your soul

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Hearten Soul

Writing and performing a song can be a powerful way of communicating something from deep within yourself. Of course, we all know many examples of churned-out, commercial drivel which say very little about the performer, whoever wrote the song (I … Continue reading →

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