After Vinyl Tap Stories, the exciting mix of music and words at this autumn's Writers Festival kept the audience enthralled. I didn't see the Marshall McLuhan Centenary event on Friday 21st October, but heard some of the accompanying music by Hilotrons ' Mike Dubue. The Marshall McLuhan Concerto , performed on cello, electric guitar, vibraphone with effects, was indeed captivating. Moving straight into the following event, Musical Language: The Songwriting Circle (presented by CBC's Alan Neal ) proved very popular; Louise Burns , Ann Vriend , Matthew Barber and Emm Gryner together supplied first-class entertainment; Ambre Mclean was also there to perform 'So Over', the winning song from the All In A Day competition . Fitting in with the theme, they are all singer-songwriters, but within that the songs showcased on Friday encompassed indie-folk-alt country, different styles of guitar accompaniment and piano-based songs. Out of all 4, I most enjoyed Ann ...
The varied musings of a music maniac...