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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 3d

Lily White - give it a listen?

"The lyrics ache with unspoken horror, as Woods’ deep, rich, and world-weary voice delivers each line with a gravity that feels like he has furrowed brows amidst a candlelit room." Illustrate Magazine

youtu.be/d4UqZE49uLc

Lily White

Darrell Scott - "It's A Great Day To Be Alive" (Live at the Print Shop)

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English Symphony Orchestra @englishsymphony.bsky.social · 5d

The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music @Malvern Theatres
Wed 12th November, 7.30pm
Tickets: malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
Haydn – Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)
Weill – Cabaret Songs
Schulhoff – Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Milhaud – The Ox on the Roof
April Fredrick, soprano
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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 15d

May this be true of your tomorrow... and the next day... and...

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Storytime: Writing "The Voyage" or "How the first song on the record came to be the last one written

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19d

Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 29d

Starting a new series over on YT where we take our time telling the tales of how songs get written and come to life.

I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.

Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY

Stream the album here
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YouTube video by Ken Woods, guitarist

Silent Spike Limited Edition CD - Ken Woods

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 21d

CD purchase and streaming links here

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A limited 1st edition of 300 copies of Silent Spike. Four panel digipack with 8 page booklet and original artwork. Get a signed copy for just £10 more Buying physical media and other merch helps us...

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 21d

"... alt-Americana at its most uncompromising... a probing take on the largely forgotten role of Chinese immigrants involved in the construction of the Transcontinental Railway A tale of alienation, exploitation and ostracization which has lost none of its horrific impact"

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On Record – Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang – Silent Spike (Kenneth Woods)

by Richard Whitehouse What’s the story? Kenneth Woods issues the debut of his band The Old Blue Gang, less a concept album per se than themed reflections on a shameful while all too typical i…

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 29d

Starting a new series over on YT where we take our time telling the tales of how songs get written and come to life.

I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.

Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY

Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike

Storytime: Writing "The Voyage" or "How the first song on the record came to be the last one written

YouTube video by Ken Woods, guitarist

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 8

If you still have a splatify acct, consider popping us on any appropriate playlists you have? And if you don't, have a listen somewhere less dystopian and we hope you dig it!

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Silent Spike

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 8

This may sound a little Faustian, because it is.... Much as I loath splatify, their metrics are the doorway to radio play and media access. We just found out Silent Spike now appears on 901 playlists, which seems amazing to me. Bigger things happen at 1k.
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Silent Spike

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Kenneth Woods - Bloch: Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody, Suite for Viola and Orchestra

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 6

"Kenneth Woods has brought a great deal of detail into the orchestral partnership, and the @BBCNOW delivers an impressive tautness of ensemble.

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Listen to Bloch: Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody, Suite for Viola and Orchestra on your streaming service

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 6

"Parry Karp steers an adroit path between delivering the intense soaring melodic invention with passion, and reining in the fervour to create contrast. The sinewy cello figuration is expertly delineated, with the complex rhythmic notation accurately drawn"
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Parry Karp: Bloch

Persuasive ardency serves this heightened music well

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 5

Thank you!!!

English Symphony Orchestra Residency: Sibelius & Rachmaninoff - Cheltenham Town Hall

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 5

And join us as we continue our exploration of the Sibelius Symphonies in @cheltenhamtownhall on the 19th of September

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Sibelius: Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.64 – 35′Rachmaninoff: Piano [...]

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 5

Get your copy on CD exclusively on eso.co.uk
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Home - English Symphony Orchestra

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 5

Yet, none of this finesse comes at the cost of intensity. On the contrary, the Wyastone performance is one to keep the listener on the edge of the seat from start to finish." @jarijuhanikallio Adventures in Music

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Sibelius, The Symphonies Vol. 1: No. 6 and No. 7, Tapiola - English Symphony Orchestra

Discover Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 and Tapiola performed by the English Symphony Orchestra under Kenneth Woods – a masterful recording.

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Sibelius Seventh with inspired intensity from the English Symphony and Kenneth Woods

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 5

"Throughout the performance, Woods and the ESO devote admirable attention to clarity and balance, providing the listener with a wonderfully translucent reading, harking back to Paavo Berglund’s ground-breaking takes on the score.

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The members of the English Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director & Principal Conductor Kenneth Woods recording Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony at Wyastone Concert Hall on 2 May 2021. © ESO…

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 4

"Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang double down on everything that makes their sound so compelling—face-melting riffs, swampy groove, cinematic storytelling—and aim it squarely at one of the darkest corners of American history.
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“Sundown Town” - Ken Woods and The Old Blue Gang — ODYSSEY

If "Ride the Rails" was a warning shot, then “Sundown Town” is the full cannon blast. With this second single from the upcoming concept album Silent Spike, Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang double down ...

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 4

RIYL @govtmule.bsky.social #allmanbrothers #Mountain #TomPetty

Sundown Town
"Some songs don’t just play through your speakers — they barrel into your chest like a freight train. “Sundown Town” does exactly that."

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YouTube video by Ken Woods - Topic

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 4

keep avoiding splatify! Here's a version on YT

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Steel Stretcher

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 3

I hear you. Those were dark, dark days.... The beginning of the end for music. But this song was on MTV ALL.THE.TIME, hahahah

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 3

Me too. The irony in this instance (here's a clue) is that, other than the guitar solo, it's a song I absolutely cannot stand at all