Richard Fay

Amid the Mirk Over the Irk ... in Wales (12/04 @shedfelinheli 13/04 @CanUcheldreCtr) and Manchester (14/04 @53two )

#53two #amidthemirk #amidthemirkovertheirk #klezmerirish

Michael Kahan Kapelye #13 in su h a joyful klezmer concert today ...

Give this album a listen: An Irish Night in the Garden of Eden open.spotify.com/album/7gKupIt1…

@DaianHuang It's worth protesting against this.

I had to pay an extra of 3% of tuition fee because university’s new system charged me a ‘convenience fee’. The university changed its system last week, with no announcement made. Completely unprepared and shocked. Now new stress added, thank you UoM🙃🙃

Amid the Irk goes to Wales ... ucheldre.org/event/amid-the…

So the most recent album - Flotsam (Dec 2023) - has crept up to 3rd place in all time track plays on Bandcamp ...

@MannGeorgia @BBCRadio3 richardfay.bandcamp.com/album/flotsam

We've come over all artistic in the Playlister @BBCRadio3 It's from Philip Wilby's Lowry Sketchbook for brass band, a movement titled Family Portrait. Where next? More musical portraiture? Something else with Manchester or brassy connections?

UoM and MMU both claiming to be 200 years old ...

📸 Look at this post on Facebook facebook.com/share/DnMY93EN…

Track plays continue to clock up ...

Misty Manchester parklands ...

"Any illiterate with a cassette recorder can write a book: all you need is a transliterative hack who did not drop out of primary education... But not anybody can compose music." Anthony Burgess venting his spleen in The Devil Prefers Mozart, out on @Carcanet later this month.

My mother would have been 98 today

@irvgirl :-((((

Since 1st January I’ve been diagnosed with Shingles and a chest infection. I’m taking antivirals, antibiotics and painkillers. Today I’ve developed a full blown cold and I’ve pulled my back out. I’ve also got stomach acid. Happy New f’cking year 😭