‘One of the most gifted acoustic guitarists of his generation’ Mike Harding, Radio 2 A spellbinding mix of finger-picking guitar and warm vocals from award-winning folk artist Sam Carter is the latest addition to the live music programme at The School Creative Centre in Rye.
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Revisit Rye Festival through the pages of Rye’s Own, where reports, recollections and photographs preserve the occasion from more than one angle. The trail includes “The Temperance Seven”, “BBC Award-winning Star at Rye”, “Town Crier”, and “Exciting Events In Rye For Coming Months”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
Carl is Rye’s King of Swing
Carl is Rye’s King of Swing Rye man Carl Spencer and his famous Nighthawks Orchestra have become known in the music industry as ‘Kings of Swing’. Their versatile music stems from the days of Spencer’s Washboard Kings of the sixties and early seventies.
Pen & Ink December 2008
Dear Editor. In your October issue Rye’s Own you ran a feature entitled have Health & Safety Regulations gone too far? May I suggest it’s not the regulations at fault but the job’s worth’s who interpret them. These examples are from a company safety magazine.
Three Cornered Election Fight
Three candidates were declared for the forthcoming Bye Election for a place on Rye Town Council.
The Temperance Seven
The Temperance Seven were formed at the Royal College of Art during 1957. The band usually had nine members (one over the eight!) and dressed in the style appropriate to the late 1920s ‘white’ jazz they played. This is their Jubilee Year and they were many peoples Rye Festival Favourites. Their appearance at the Thomas … Continue reading The Temperance Seven
Town Crier
News and Gossip Pages FESTIVAL TRIUMPH What a wonderful Rye Festival. Congratulations to all those involved with this year’s great event.
Music & Flowers at St. Mary’s
A wonderful performance of classical music was enjoyed by an appriciative audience at St. Mary’s on Saturday 11 September as part of this year’s best ever Rye Festival.
Rye Festival Of Music And The Arts
This year Rye Festival starts with a bang! By Pat Field The first music on offer is the Ukulele Band of Great Britain. You may never think about music in the same way once you’ve been exposed to the Ukes’, depraved musicology, from Charlie Parker, to the Sex Pistols through J.S. Bach.
Exciting Events In Rye For Coming Months
What a terrific programme Rye has to offer over the coming months. Kicking off with the South East in Bloom Judging at the beginning of July, this is just the precursor to the even more important Britain in Bloom Judging which will follow in early August.