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Weathersongs Project now at Sundaydance
Following the closure of weathersongs.org, I have now brought all of the Weathersongs Project into the sundaydance.co.uk website. To get to it, go to the Projects menu and choose Weathersongs or look at one of the following pages: Overview / Installation / Album
Weathersongs.org now offline
As part of the new website design, I’ve decided to close weathersongs.org and bring the Weathersongs Project into Sunday Dance with the rest of my music. A comprehensive set of Weathersongs pages will appear here shortly.
Richard in Leonardo Music Journal
Richard has written a short piece for Leonardo Music Journal issue 17: The Joy of the Gizmo. This issue of the annual publication from MIT press features a number of artists discussing the “secret weapons” they use to make music. Richard’s contribution is an artist statement on (surprise, surprise) the Davis Instruments Vantage Pro Weather Station as used by the Weathersongs Project. For more … More…
Weathersongs Installation to visit Italy
The Weathersongs Installation has been invited to visit Italy in April this year. The installation will be playing at Thunderstorms 2007, a national public event on climate change and extreme weather conditions to be held in Abano Terme, Veneto from 24-29 April 2007. The installation will be open to the general public from the 27th to 29th at Teatro Pietro d’Abano, Abano Terme. Richard … More…
Kindred Spirit Review
Weathersongs Volume 1: Days in Wales was reviewed in the March/April issue of the well-known Mind Body & Spirit magazine Kindred Spirit. Their reviewer, Kinski, writes: “While dispassionate and disquietingly eerie at times this music transfixes with its unique spell, both calming and restless – not unlike the forces of nature at its core.” Kindred Spirit
Weathersongs now on iTunes, Rhapsody
The Weathersongs album has recently been signed up for distribution with CDBaby and is now available for digital download from Apple iTunes, Rhapsody and other online distributors. Apple iTunes Rhapsody Music Is Here MP3 Extension Other providers including Napster will soon follow.The physical CD may also be auditioned/ purchased online from CDBaby
Number One in California
Weathersongs Volume 1: Days in Wales was placed top in the Mystic Music playlist for June on KKUP-FM in Cupertino, California. It has also received recent airplay on Radio Penguin, Novsibirsk Russia; YLE1, Finland; and Poughkeepsie NY, USA. Airplay Map
Weathersongs Plays Live
The Weathersongs Installation gave its first public performance on June 28th at the People’s Plas event at Plas Machynlleth in Powys. The public event, featuring local art, music and dance was set up to publicise proposals by the local activists to turn the Plas into a much-needed community resource including a cinema, a cafe and small office units. Richard brought the Weathersongs Installation along … More…
Weathersongs on TV and Radio
The release of Weathersongs Volume One: Days In Wales has attracted a flurry of attention from media in Wales. In the first week since release, Richard has been interviewed on ITV, BBC Wales and Radio Ceredigion. Tuesday 5th April was particularly busy with Richard giving an interview to Good Morning Wales on BBC Radio Wales in Aberystwyth at 08:50 and then coming back home … More…