Ian’s Blog 28th September 2025

The author Sandra Heath Wilson has reviewed my Ricardian Churchward album which was recorded in Torquay:- https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2025/09/19/review-of-ricardian-churchward-by-ian-churchward-and-the-legendary-ten-seconds/

Ian’s Blog 21st September 2025

Here is link to a new feature about my songs on a Ricardian website:- https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2025/09/17/an-interview-with-ian-churchward-of-the-legendary-ten-seconds/

Ian’s Blog 14th September 2025

Aldora Britain Records has recently released Young River Poet Vol. X: A 50-Song Collection From Around The World In Support of 4 Year old Loxley Johnson's Fight Against Cancer by Various Artists. This is the 10th release in the 'Young River Poet' series. These collections of music raise money for Loxley Johnson and his family, a 4 year-old Canadian boy who has tragically been diagnosed with cancer. He is now facing at least two years of chemotherapy. Loxley is the son of Jo Johnson, a singer-songwriter, member of the River Poets, and an active member of the global music community. The money raised by Aldora Britain Records will help ease the Johnsons' financial stress at this time, whether that be additional treatment for Loxley or to cover the costs of becoming fulltime caregivers throughout this period. If you are reading this, then please do buy this collection of music for £10 or more. The album includes my song called ‘All That For Nothing’ which is track number 48 on the album. Dave Clifford helped me with the recording of the song. My song was composed after reading about the grandfather of my friend Graham Moores. His grandfather was in the army during the First World War but was lucky not to be involved in any fighting. He spent most of his time during this period in India and then he was also in Siberia helping the White Russians against the Bolsheviks. He ended up travelling around the world to get back home to England when the war had ended. He wrote that it was all for nothing really. I guess he felt that his contribution to the war effort was a bit of a waste of time. I hope that Graham will help me to record another version of my song for our Five Boys First World War project. https://thealdorabritainrecords.bandcamp.com/track/all-that-for-nothing

Ian’s Blog 7th September 2025

Two of my songs were included on the Strummers & Dreamers 611 Fresh from the Archives radio show on Cambridge Radio on the 1st September. You can hear my songs at about 1 hour into the radio show. The Parson and Clerk song was composed with Martyn Hillstead and you can hear Bridgit England singing with me on this tune. The other song of mine that was featured is about Philippa Langley and her Ricardian research. I can honestly say that it is because of Philippa that I have had the inspiration to record my Ricardian songs. https://www.mixcloud.com/StrummersandDreamers/show-611-fresh-from-the-archives-sandy-denny-the-larks-4925/

Ian’s Blog 31st August 2025

Although Lord Zarquon has been very busy recording his next album he has been able to find enough spare time to finish one of my science fiction themed songs. This song is called The Shadow Out of Time and is based upon the science fiction story of the same name written by HP Lovecraft. This story was first published in the mid 1930’s in the pulp magazine Astounding Stories. I am aiming to release a science fiction/astronomy themed album at some stage in the future.

Ian’s Blog 24th August 2025

On Thursday evening I played the guitar and sang with Elaine at the Old Commercial in Bishopsteignton where there is a Red Rock acoustic music evening. I sang the lead vocal on our song about the annual scarecrow competition which is in Babbacombe and St Marychurch. Elaine sang with me on the chorus. Elaine sang the lead vocal on a song called Town After Town and the Beatles song Ticket to Ride. The Town After Town song was composed in 1987/1988 when I played in a band called The Morrisons. I composed the music and the lead singer of the band composed the lyrics. We attend the Thursday Red Rock acoustic music evenings once or twice a month. We alternate this with sequence dancing lessons which are also on Thursday evenings.

Ian’s Blog 17th August 2025

I have used some of my photos of my recent visit to Middleham for my Ricardian Churchward song on youtube:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwnltU9t9lY

Ian’s Blog 10th August 2025

I have put one of my new Ricardian songs onto Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/the-legendary-ten-seconds/ricardian-churchward

Ian’s Blog 3rd August 2025

Here is a link to some new music recorded by Lord Zarquon https://theprophetsofzarquon.bandcamp.com/track/as-above-so-below-exclusive-pre-album-release-track

Ian’s Blog 27th July 2025

A Morris dancing group called Shakespeare Morris recently used a song from my Further Adventures Of album on Tik Tok. The song that they used was composed by myself and Martyn Hilstead and is called The Morris Dancers, This is the link to the website of Shakespeare Morris http://www.shakespearemorris.org.uk/

Ian’s Blog 20th July 2025 We arrived back home in Torquay yesterday evening after our holiday in Yorkshire. We stayed in a small village called Lofthouse. On Monday we visited Rippon and it was interesting to see the tomb of the third Sir Thomas Markenfield who fought for Richard III at the battle of Bosworth. There is a connection to the Markenfield family ( who were based at Markenfield Hall near Rippon ) and the Coldridge investigation. This is in respect of the research about the tomb of John Evans and the Edward V stained glass window in Coldridge. Prior to John Evans being granted a considerable estate in Coldridge this had been given to Robert Markenfield by Richard III in 1484. Robert was the brother of Sir Thomas Markenfield.

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Ian’s Blog 6th July 2025

Today is the anniversary of when Plymouth in Devon was bombed by the German Luftwaffe for the first time. This was on the 6th July 1940. The city was heavily bombed in further raids. The residents would leave the city in a daily exodus to camp out in the countryside to avoid the night time air raids. This is my song about this city during World War Two. https://open.spotify.com/track/582IKgVFnezwOJPnUnl0c4

Ian’s Blog 29th June 2025

You can listen to a Ricardian comedy song that was written with John Morey which is now on this website https://thefump.com/sideshow/artists/488

Ian’s Blog 22nd June 2025 For the last couple of months I have been recording some songs based upon an unpublished book about five brothers who were involved in the First World War. Jay Brown came over to my house on Tuesday evening and I recorded him playing bass on three new songs which are about these brothers. The book contains letters written by the brothers which I am currently proofreading and I hope that my friend Graham Moores will be able to get the book published. Jay helped with recording the songs for my Ricardian Argosy album that was recently released and here is a link to information about it on the really great Medieval Archives’ website https://medievalarchives.com/RicardianArgosy

Ian’s Blog 15th June 2025

Yesterday I performed some of my Ricardian songs for the Devon and Cornwall branch of the Richard III Society in Plymouth, Devon. Lord Zarquon was playing his wonderful Mellotron sounds on his Memotron keyboard and Elaine was singing with me.

Ian’s Blog 8th June 2025

I have put a selection of photos from last month’s Ricardian Coldridge event onto youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8cQ5bExgbI

Ian’s Blog 1st June 2025

You can hear my song called How do you Rebury a King about Richard III at about 32 minutes into this radio show. https://www.mixcloud.com/BrumRadio/alternative-roots-with-mike-davies-25052025/ This is one of the alternative versions of my song which features a guitar solo played by Alfred Bolt. It is track number 11 on the Ricardian Argosy album which was released on Spotify etc on the 22nd May 2025.

Ian’s Blog 25th May 2025

We had a rehearsal on Monday which went really well despite not having rehearsed for the previous two weeks. The previous rehearsal had been cancelled because Lord Zarquon had been ill with man flu. On Friday we had tea and a nice meal in Exeter with Philippa Langley and John and Jo Dike. I was able to show Philippa the lovely stained glass window of Richard III which is in a hotel in Queen Street in Exeter. After the meal Philippa, John and Jo went to Waterstones for Philippa’s talk about her missing Princes research. Yesterday we drove to Coldridge and took part in the dedication of the Edward V stained glass window event. We performed a selection of our Ricardian Songs with Lord Zarquon on his Memotron keyboards. Our set included the song about Philippa Langley which she enjoyed hearing at the event. After that we enjoyed listening to Philippa’s talk in the church about her missing Princes research. It was a really well organised event and it was nice to see that some of my Ricardian friends were there.

Ian’s Blog 18th May 2025

There is a very nice review of the Ricardian Argosy album on this website https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2025/04/27/review-of-a-ricardian-argosy-the-latest-from-the-legendary-ten-seconds/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ63-5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETB1dElrMHBTVlZZbjhTQzdKAR4gtMjMJu6KMIgSQYk3Hvar2EAkyQe_ITWJRhoUE6Ld9IHtc4fRranE9mDCGw_aem_RuZWjDbhyUX4cc8i-HKP1A

Ian’s Blog 11th May 2025

My Ricardian Argosy album gets a mention in the Mid Devon Advertiser https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/musician-to-release-richard-iii-concept-album-791587

Ian’s Blog 4th May 2025

I will be singing some of my Ricardian songs in Coldridge this month https://coldridgevillagehall.lemonbooking.com/events/10/details

Ian’s Blog 27th April 2025

The song about the Torquay pageant of the 1920’s that I composed with my wife gets a mention on this webpage:- https://devontwentiesfestival.co.uk/the-torquay-in-the-twenties-films/

Ian’s Blog 20th April 2025

On Monday Lord Zarquon came over and we had another rehearsal in preparation for the Ricardian songs we have been asked to play next month in Coldridge. On Tuesday Jay Brown came to my house so that I could record him playing bass on four new songs that I have recently composed. He also added some percussion to one of the songs. There is some information about my Richard III themed songs on this Ricardian blog https://sparkypus.com/2025/04/16/the-legendary-ten-seconds-a-new-album-a-ricardian-argosy/

Ian’s Blog 13th April 2025

This website has some very well researched information about Richard III. The blog dated 11th April 2025 is particularly interesting as it is a response to Tim Thornton’s new theory about the sons of Edward IV being murdered during the reign of Richard III. https://sparkypus.com/2025/04/11/princes-in-the-tower-a-damning-discovery-professor-tim-thornton-and-dr-tracy-gorman-a-smoking-gun-or-a-shooting-of-themselves-in-the-foot/

Ian’s Blog 6th April 2025

I have finished promoting The Further Adventures Of album and now I am going to concentrate on the preparations for the release in May of my Ricardian Argosy album. Graham Moores has sent me the album cover which is based upon the stained glass window of Edward V in the church in Coldridge. John Dike has kindly given me permission to use his photo of the stained glass image of Edward V.

Ian’s Blog 30th March 2025

My recording of a song about Morris dancing which was composed by myself and Martyn Hillstead, was featured on this radio show very recently. You can hear the song at about 33 minutes into the show:- https://www.mixcloud.com/StrummersandDreamers/show-593-winter-wilson-cd-showcase-27325/

Ian’s Blog 23rd March 2025 Last Sunday Ashley Dyer came to visit and we spent most of the morning recording him playing trumpet on six of my songs. Most of these tunes have a science fiction theme to them. I am hoping that Lord Zarquon will help me with finishing these recordings for a science fiction/astronomy concept album. My next album to be released will be an album of Ricardian songs inspired by Philippa Langley’s Missing Princes investigation and book.

Ian’s Blog 16th March 2025

Yesterday we went to the premiere showing at the Royal Lyceum in Abbey Road, Torquay of some films about Torquay in the 1920’s. The films were made by John Tomkins and this is his website:- https://www.emberlense.com/

Ian’s blog 9th March 2025

Here is a second version of my Ricardian song called The Minstrels Did Play which has been released on Aldora Britain Records. I am singing with Pippa West on this recording. Here is the link to the song:- https://thealdorabritainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-minstrels-did-play

Ian’s blog 2nd March 2025

Here is a bit of a coincidence: John Wesley died on 2nd March 1791 and Horace Walpole died on 2nd March 1797. Both of them wrote about Richard III. John Wesley was a widely respected cleric, theologian and evangelist of the 18th century. He wrote a concise history of England in four volumes. In Volume 2, pages 27 to 65 cover the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Edward V. Pages 66 to 152 are devoted to Richard III. However he used the text from Horace Walpole’s book about Richard III. On Wikipedia it mentions this:- In spite of the proliferation of his literary output, Wesley was challenged for plagiarism, for borrowing heavily from an essay by Samuel Johnson, published in March 1775. Initially denying the charge, Wesley later apologised officially. In this section of his book Horace Walpole defended the much maligned King in great detail and states that Richard was innocent of the many crimes that he had been accused of. In short, that Henry’s character, as we have received it from his own apologists, is so much worse and hateful than Richard’s, that we may well believe Henry invented and propagated by far the greater slander against Richard : that Henry, not Richard, put to death the true duke of York, as he did the earl of Warwick : and that we are not certain whether Edward the Fifth was murdered; nor, if he was, by whose order he was murdered.

Ian’s Blog 23rd February 2025

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Ian’s Blog 16th February 2025

At about 38 minutes into Neil Vessey’s folk pilot radio show of the 5th February 2025 you can hear my song called The Philatelist. Here is the link to the radio show:- https://www.aspenwaiteradio.com/watch-again/94316

Ian’s Blog 9th February 2025

I am featured in the latest e-zine issue number 286 of Aldora Britain Records. https://bit.ly/aldorabritainrecords-magazine-286

Ian’s Blog 2nd February 2025

Here is the link to a review of my album called The Further Adventures of which is on the FATEA website written by Mike Davies https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/reviews/LegendaryTenSeconds/

Ian’s Blog 26th January 2025

I had a really good recording session with Jay Brown on Tuesday afternoon. He played some lovely bass on four of my new songs. Two of these are astronomy themed songs and the other two are about Torquay in the 1920s. Meanwhile there is some information about my latest album on this webpage https://www.theprsd.co.uk/2025/01/14/the-further-adventures-of-the-legendary-ten-seconds/ Also here is a link to a game about the battle of Quebec which has been sent to me by Columbia games and it looks really interesting https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/columbiagames/quebec-1759?ref=3afkbc Finally I have enjoyed listening to a new album recorded by my friend Phil Swann. It is an album of instrumentals with the spoken narrative introductions of Steve Oram. One of the tunes is a reworking of an instrumental called Country Fayre which is on one of my albums that I recorded with Phil Swann who composed this music. I’d like to think that Phil's new album has been influenced by some of my stuff. Here is a link to the album which is called Existence Instrumentals https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQyjT9Si38qC4Lqq9EtTYP_utmeKF9R0g

Ian’s Blog 19th January 2025

My friend Jay Brown is coming over to my house next week so that I can record him playing bass on some of my new songs. One of the songs is about the search for another planet in our Solar system. Will we ever find That elusive planet nine Will our theories unwind If planet nine we cannot find In the realm beyond Neptune We really hope to find it soon The Kuiper Belt shows something strange So our understanding must change Will we ever find That elusive planet nine Will our theories unwind If planet nine we cannot find Perhaps Sedna gives us a clue A glimpse of knowledge that is new With an orbit so far from the Sun A mysterious puzzle has been spun So the search goes on for planet nine The tilt of strange orbits is a sign That planet nine must be real Or what might a new theory reveal Will we ever find That elusive planet nine Will our theories unwind If planet nine we cannot find That elusive planet nine Jay was interviewed with his wife Jules on Riviera FM on 6th January. Here is the link to the radio show that features them. You can hear them singing some of their songs and talking about their music at about 1 hour from the beginning of the show. It was also nice of them to give me a mention. https://www.mixcloud.com/RivieraFM/daytime-live-mike-marion-6th-january-2025/

Ian’s Blog 12th January 2025

When my friend Chris retired from his bank job he wrote a poem about it which is now a song on my Further Adventures Of album. You can hear the song on the CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo Horizon Broadening Hour Canadian community radio show of 5th January 2025 at about one hour three minutes https://radiowaterloo.ca/new-music-added-to-libretime-horizon-broadening-hour-60/ Here is the tracklist for the show Bella Brown & the Jealous Lovers – Soul Clap Yufu – When? Cat Wells Blues Band – Wild Women (Never Get the Blues) TicTacTec – Like an Animal Ghostwoods – Terminus (YEARS Remix) First World Citizen – Sunrays (feat. Greek Genius) First World Citizen – My Mind in a Nutshell TeethOut – Cancel Me 95Corolla – Irish Goodbye Papercapguns – Death Lullabye 2.0 The Sarandons – Drawing Dead Ash Molloy – Breakdown Clover County – Black Leather Daydream Jangus Kangus – Honeymooners in Venice Cashavelly – Ancestors Wild Silverstein – Confession Brian Sumner – Hard Drugs The Legendary Ten Seconds – The Bank Clerk Retires James Wilson – Ruins The Kildeers – The Escape Tyler Salsman – Go Back Mason Via – Wide Open Kimberly York – What Happened in California Jason Kirkness – She Loves My ATV Ken Whiteley – Cosmic Course Ontarians – Yardsale Leahy – Nervous Breakdown Sean Bienhaus – Blue (Live) Stonehocker – Take Everything drive your plow over the bones of the dead – a deeper shade of night Plumes – Will there really be a morning? Alex Exists – With a Bang (Velvet Dream Mix) Carson Hall – Time Slips Away

Ian’s Blog 5th January 2025

I have now received the completed album cover from Graham Moores for my next album and it is ready for release at the end of this month. The album cover can be viewed on Bandcamp:- https://thelegendarytenseconds.bandcamp.com/album/the-further-adventures-of