And the band plays on...
It seems that music seems to be a common theme with me lately. It's something that I spend a fair bit of thought on as of late. This train of though has caused a bit of a musical turn these days whats with Bjork's recent goings on (did you hear that the Chinese government is now cracking down on all international artists since her outburst in Shanghai?) and the news of Jeff Healey's passing and the Moby interview. Today though the music has moved from that of celebrity musicians to those of a more everyday nature...
I was reading an article from the Guardian Online about a school band in Yorkshire that is keeping the declining brass band genre alive. The article "Blowing in the Wind" tells of the Hebden Bridge junior band and the everyday students that are members. It's really quite inspiring to read articles like this. Just when we begin to fear the disappearance of traditions , we find a group of young people who take run with these same artforms and make them their own. It really is an inspiration!
The article itself has a couple of really good photos of some members in the article taken by Benjamin McMahon who is now a photographer AND a past member of that same school band. You can find the whole project under the heading of brass on his website. I just love his work as it looks like he really captures the "rock star" image of these everyday people.
I must say that on a day like today, when we're all still recuperating from losing that extra hour of sleep because they moved the clocks ahead this past weekend, that it's really great to have such a wonderful article about some truly inspiring kids to shake the cobwebs out...
Have a great week everyone!
It seems that music seems to be a common theme with me lately. It's something that I spend a fair bit of thought on as of late. This train of though has caused a bit of a musical turn these days whats with Bjork's recent goings on (did you hear that the Chinese government is now cracking down on all international artists since her outburst in Shanghai?) and the news of Jeff Healey's passing and the Moby interview. Today though the music has moved from that of celebrity musicians to those of a more everyday nature...
I was reading an article from the Guardian Online about a school band in Yorkshire that is keeping the declining brass band genre alive. The article "Blowing in the Wind" tells of the Hebden Bridge junior band and the everyday students that are members. It's really quite inspiring to read articles like this. Just when we begin to fear the disappearance of traditions , we find a group of young people who take run with these same artforms and make them their own. It really is an inspiration!
The article itself has a couple of really good photos of some members in the article taken by Benjamin McMahon who is now a photographer AND a past member of that same school band. You can find the whole project under the heading of brass on his website. I just love his work as it looks like he really captures the "rock star" image of these everyday people.
I must say that on a day like today, when we're all still recuperating from losing that extra hour of sleep because they moved the clocks ahead this past weekend, that it's really great to have such a wonderful article about some truly inspiring kids to shake the cobwebs out...
Have a great week everyone!
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