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WRITING
PUBLISHED BOOKS

THE ENGAGED MUSICIAN (Centre House Press, 2013)
(Music as an engaged practice)

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JOHN CAGE AS...(Amber Lane, 1994)
(Examining John Cage through various lenses - as a Buddhist, a Dadaist, a mushroom etc.)

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SONIC HARVEST: TOWARDS MUSIC DEMOCRACY(Amber Lane, 1990)
(An autobiographical enquiry into meaningful musical practice, covering classical, experimental, improvised and folk music)

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JOE HILL: A LABOUR LEGEND IN SONG(Folk Music Journal, 1983)
(A study of the celebrated song about the American IWW legend.)

THE JOE HILL LEGEND IN ENGLAND (In Songs About Work: Essays in Occupational Culture for Richard A. Reuss, ed.Archie Green, Folklore Institute, Indiana University Bloomington, USA)
(A reprint of the above.)

THE ENGLISH FOLKSINGER (with Tish Stubbs) (Collins, 1979)

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IN PROGRESS

ARTWORKS
(The status of art, philosophical enquires interleaved with essays on specific artworks.)

MEGASTARS: THE DEMIGODS OF POPULAR SONG
(A study of the social and religious resonances of the most celebrated popular singers of the 20th century.)
JOURNALISM

Many articles and reviews for The Guardian, New Statesman, Western Morning News and other Westcountry publication; Art and Craft in Education, many underground and free publications.
WEB-BASED WRITINGS

Contributor to web magazine tuxdeluxe. (see tuxdeluxe.org)

Contributed many analytical articles to the Save Dartington College Campaign website.
(see savedartingtoncollege.org)
RADIO - SCRIPTS AND PRESENTATION

VERY SOFT THROUGHOUT – A radio documentary about the composer Morton Feldman BBC Radio 3 1995

TOWARDS MUSICAL DEMOCRACY– five composer profiles, BBC Radio 3 1996

ALL IN A SAILOR'S CHEST – radio play, BBC Radio 4, 1988

TRAVELLING FOLK – documentary about English Gypsies BBC Radio 3, 1970s

SONGS OF THE OPEN ROAD – songs of English Gypsies BBC Radio 3 1980, sometime 1970S

THE VILLAGE SONG MAN – docu-drama about a Devon village singer, BBC Radio 4, sometime 1970S.

THE SINGER'S ART - 12 features on international singing styles, BBC Radio 2, sometime 1970s.
Many music broadcasts on national and local radio.







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