Ian’s Blog 1st February 2026

I have made a video for my Old Torquay Adverts song which features photos of some of the adverts mentioned in the song. The adverts are in a 1961 copy of Kelly’s directory of Paignton and Torbay. My copy of this directory came via my friend John Dike when he recently moved from his house in Coldridge to relocate to Somerset. He also gave me some old bottles which he had found in his garden when he lived in Torquay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-cQVsaOq9U

Ian’s Blog 25th January 2026

My song called Old Torquay Adverts was included on another great Mike Davies radio show. You can hear my song at about 49 minutes into the show after a song by Adam Well called A Little Broken. Adam’s song features a really lovely guitar solo. www.mixcloud.com/BrumRadio/alternative-roots-with-mike-davies-18012026/

Ian’s Blog 18th January 2026

Thank you once again to Mike Davies of Brum Radio for including my music on his radio show. You can hear my song about the Babbacombe history trail on his 11th January 2026 Alternative Routes show. The idea for my song came from a conversation with David Hinchliffe of the Babbacombe and St Marychurch local history society and also from when I help with the Summer guided walks in Babbacombe. Some of the things mentioned in the song are some of the items of interest that I talk about on the guided walks. You can hear my song at about 1 hour 35 minutes into the show after a song by The Woodpickers. https://www.mixcloud.com/BrumRadio/alternative-roots-with-mike-davies-11012026/

Ian’s Blog 11th January 2026

On Wednesday my Churchward album was released on Spotify etc. https://open.spotify.com/album/60Gr1amlJP6gPUlIBgxYqx?si=erK5SEtlRQauYB4wjIVzPw

Ian’s Blog 4th January 2026

So another new year has started and I have remembered to date this blog with the correct year of 2026. I wonder how long it will take to stop accidentally writing 2025? You can hear my song called Old Torquay Adverts at about 31 minutes into this radio show:- https://radiowaterloo.ca/new-music-added-to-libretime-horizon-broadening-hour-111/

Ian’s Blog 28th December 2025

There is some information about my Ricardian Churchward album on the Medieval Archives website:- https://medievalarchives.com/2025/12/17/ricardian-churchward-by-the-legendary-ten-seconds/

Ian’s Blog 21st December 2025

On Thursday evening I really enjoyed the Red Rock Christmas acoustic session at the Old Commercial in Bishopsteignton. I played the guitar for Elaine while she sang Last Christmas. Later on I performed my Boars Head Christmas song. This tune was composed after reading a book about medieval England written by Toni Mount. Here is the video that I made for it:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQG1zHm3DqA&list=RDRQG1zHm3DqA&start_radio=1