Tag Archives: Music

What Handel’s Messiah Means To Me

Posted on January 3, 2020 by dispatchesfromtheformernewworld

In December 2002 I went to the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for a performance of Handel’s Messiah. It was a change from our annual tradition of going to the Folger Shakespeare Library for the Folger Consort’s Christmas concert, always … Continue reading →

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The Amazing True History of Yankee Doodle

Posted on July 3, 2018 by dispatchesfromtheformernewworld

To celebrate the July 4th holiday I reprise the amazing true story of an American patriotic song, first published in The Dabbler on June 3rd 2015. Could it be that Yankee Doodle Dandy started out as a British insult? In … Continue reading →

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The Night I Met Mick Jagger

Posted on April 22, 2017 by dispatchesfromtheformernewworld

Bubbling with the exited anticipation of teenagers, my friend and I rode the number 66 red double-decker bus into Romford. It was February 25th 1964 and we were headed to the Odeon Theatre to try to catch a glimpse of … Continue reading →

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