Hi there - welcome to my Soundclick profile. Paul Castle here in London, UK - I sing and play guitar & banjo with bluegrass/country roots band The Rosinators as well as writing my own songs and producing and/or performing with several other artists - see links listed below left or check out www.pdcmusic.com.

I also write and perform music for film and TV, notably for the BAFTA
award-winning UK children's TV series of Jane Hissey's Old Bear Stories
which has now been shown in over 70 countries throughout the World.

On Tour Across the Pond in the UK: Just published the October playlist featuring country, folk, acoustic, blues, jazz and roots music artists touring the UK this month @ On Tour Across the Pond.

This month's playlist includes songs by Martin Simpson, Lucy Kaplansky, Eric Bibb, Máire Ní Chathasaigh, Anais Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Molsky, Flook, Julie Fowlis, Cara Dillon, Bryn Haworth, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Martha Wainwright, Eddi Reader, Foy Vance, Juana Molina, The Yellowjackets, Joan Baez, Luka Bloom, Richie Havens, Peter Rowan, Dr John, Amy LaVere, Kate Rusby, Erin McKeown and Edwina Hayes

On Tour Across the Pond

New drawing of The Rosinators by 8yr old Georgia Rae : Check out this brilliant drawing by 8 year old fiddle player Georgia Rae Mussared from Illinois USA of herself with Fliss, Paul and Will of The Rosinators. Thanks GR - we LOVE it!!!!!!!!!

http://net.freeuk.com/pdcmusic/georgia-rae.html

CHOOSE A FREE DOWNLOAD: If you have a taste for spicy Cajun, raw-edged country blues or goodtime hoedown bluegrass music then you'll like The Rosinators. Get a free download - your choice from any of their recordings - when you join their list


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Sister Rosetta across the tracks across the pond: Found this great video of Gospel legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe playing on a rainswept railway platform back in 1964. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P28_iPSReRw The footage is uncredited but I noticed that the station name plate said Chorltonville. Doing a Google search on that name turned up this review by Graeme Hobbs of the DVD “The American Folk Blues Festivals 1962-69 - The British Tours 1963-66“ see http://snipurl.com/british_tours






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“Picture the scene. The year is 1964, the place is
Manchester [England]. We are at a disused ...

Herbie Hancock - "River : the joni letters": Found a short video on the making of Herbie's wonderful new album which he describes as "a tribute to his long time friend and associate Joni Mitchell" see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y8kZeJRvjM , which would definitely get my vote (if I had one) for the 'Album of the Year' Grammy. Made by Fast Focus TV, the promo features Larry Klein interviewing Herbie and shots of the musicians - Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter, Lionel Loueke & Vinnie Colaiuta - playing in the studio on the only track Joni herself sings (The Tea Leaf Prophecy), along with extracts from other tracks featuring wonderful vocal performances by Norah Jone

Larry Carlton's 335 Blues on Guitar Player TV: Reading a recent thread about the connections between Joni Mitchell and Steely Dan reminded me how much I like Larry Carlton's guitar playing.

A while back I came across a great little site called Guitar Player TV @ http://guitarplayertv.com which features a large selection of free guitar tuition videos in a multitude of different styles. In addition to doing the website's introduction, Larry Carlton also has his own channel called 335 Blues - http://snipurl.com/335blues where he demonstrates how to build up a blues guitar arrangement. Even if you don't have time to watch a...

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