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The Bodhran resonates to the beat of the wild Earth's heart....... |
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| Age: | 45 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Height: | 0' 1" |
| Zodiac: |  Cancer (Jun 21 - Jul 22) |
| Last Login: | Jun 1, 2008 (553 days back) |
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Sitting with my back resting on a Standing Stone within a sun dappled wooded glade, watching the dying embers of a Beltane fire, Tamlin close by strumming quietly to himself, a Stag is calling for a mate deeper within the trees, the Green Knight slowly honing a long two handed sword jokes about the times spent with Bodica and Arthur, Alfred and Harold. Rochester and Byron emerge from the gloom arguing over a syntax whilst Dante Rossetti captures the scene in oils....A long avenue of oak leads to the glade from an ancient earthwork overlooking the wood, a fort from which Caractcus rode forth to challenge the might of Rome and from where Druids would process to perform mystic rituals. Now a solitary Maiden makes her way along the avenue towards the glade, a low cut dress of finest silk the hem wet from trailing in the early morning dew, a belt of gold beads on gold thread hugging the waist, a belt brought back by a long forgoten ancester,spoils of war from a misguided crusade to the cradle of civilisation, a belt once worn by Cleopatra as she led the ceremonies in celebration of Ra. A light chiming accompanies her every step as the bells around her ankle brush against the uncut grass. Her dark hair stirs gently in the light breeze caressing the perfect skin of shoulders glowing in the early light. Who she is is unknown, strangely she is expected, all who see her know that once she arrives within the glade nothing will ever be the same again....Those who passed through the flames and joined the Beltane dance had long since returned to the local settlements... the Maiden starts a chant with the tune quickly picked up by Tamlin, I reach for the Bodhran and add a deft beat to Tamlin's playing and the otherworldly lyric floating around us, caressing the very air. Before long a second chant starts to break the beauty of the moment, growing ever louder, a Dozen Monks cowelled in black led by a Priest in White enter the glade, their chant reaches a crescendo as they form a perfect circle around the edges of the area. The Priest strode to the circles centre and stood before the maiden and with a raised voice he dmanded silence. The Maiden continued her song, the harmonies echoed in the wind between the trees and the brook bubbling over the pebbles. The Priest venting his fury screamed that all who stood in the way of the true path would face retribution, the embers of the fire flare answering the call striking the glade in momentery blindness on all within.As our eyes clear 12 dark Stones surround the glade a 13th, lighter in color, standing just off the centre, the Maiden laughs and is gone, a Raven soars into the early morning air. Rossetti paints on............ |
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My Interests |
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/center My Band 'Greenman Rising' Folk / Alternative. Steve Bentley / Bodhran. Sophie Matthews / Vocals. Andrew Wigglesworth / Melodeon. Anne Bowden / Flute. Gerry Bailey/ Guitar. |
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I'd like to meet:Mike Scott.... then maybe I would find out why there were Bodhrans on Stage at Wolverhampton so close and yet so far... sometimes the urge to join in the groove comes on so strong....... |
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Music:I Play Bodhran with 'Firedaze' & 'Greenman Rising, Founder & originator of the band 'Greenman Rising'. Grew up on the edge of Exemoor in Somerset within a community who still 'brewed' Cider in old bath tubs, sang songs outside the Pubs (I know now this to be trad. material!!, at the time I just thought it had more to it than the crap on the radio.....), saw Morris & Maypole Dancing as a 'normal' part of Village life & also all turned out to see off the local hunt on Boxing Day. It was here he was first seen on stage in a production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Wood Nymph), not knowing that this would lead in later life to forming & becoming ' Producer/Artistic Director' of the 'Warwickshire Players' Theatre Company. Taking up the 'Bodhran' & delving deeper into folklore & traditions , the next 'project' was the 'Battle of Worcester Folk Club'; run for 5 years & host to many of the leading lights of both the British & international folk circuit as well as presenting Radio Wyvern's Folk Show (dropped for refusing to play Country & Western!!!) Playing in a number of bands, breaking into the Festival Scene as a member of 'Trad' 4 piece the 'Pagan Pigs'. After the dissolution a brief spell followed playing with the 'Aqua Sisters' (Deb Sandland... Phil Beere Band) then session work (inc. playing with Chris Green, ('Isambarde') & Mick Bisseker, '(Band of Rack & Ruin). The World is now wide open for adventure . . . |
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Movies:Cerano De Bergerac, anything with Reece Witherspoon.... |
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Television:Jam & Jeruslem, NCIS, CSI New York, Black Books, |
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Books:Shadow of the Wind, Lords of the North, Captain Correlli, Sharpe, Shakespeare, Milton, Marlow, |
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Heroes:Maya Evans, you spoke out whilst we stood in silence, we as a country should hang our heads in shame. |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | In a Relationship |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | Yes |
| Children: | Proud parent |
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My Blog |
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Bodhran Workshop with Cormac Byrne |
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| Bodhran Workshop on Thursday December 13th led by Cormac Byrne of Uiscedwr and the Seth Lakeman band. At Taylor John's House, Coventry Canal Basin from 7:15-8:45pm, to be followed by a concert by Uisc... Posted by Steve Bentley on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:16:00 PST |
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To assume.......... |
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| '' To find you here and offer you prose, under assumed name gives me repose, to write with truth not hide in bushes, lets me dream of hope and wishes, my countenance no more... Posted by Steve Bentley on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:36:00 PST |
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Poetry without motion |
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| Captain Benjamin Barnaby Bentley
A boisterous Berkshire Boar
Is Hunting for a Pirate ship
To go to sea once more.
So on the 21st of May
(or was it in July?)
He strolled down by the far canal
To... Posted by Steve Bentley on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:59:00 PST |
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This week Rising....... |
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| Both my Boys, Woody (15) & Oli (13) over from Germany for half term hol. Woody off to Cambridge to stay with a young Lady/Floozy... who knows? that he met in the summer, Oli straight to mine, firs... Posted by Steve Bentley on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:00:00 PST |
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Just a jam session?? |
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| Tuesday evening, both my lads (12 & 15)on their last night before travelling back to the ex. in Germany, the choice a) Folk session or Rock session, in the end Rock session won......
... Posted by Steve Bentley on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:29:00 PST |
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To Muse..... |
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| What a month, Waterboys release the collecters edition cd 'Fishermans Blues', additional material just brilliant and well worth the wait, Show of Hands live up to the hype with there new cd 'Witness',... Posted by Steve Bentley on Thu, 18 May 2006 05:26:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Firedaze, Greenman Rising, Eddie the Red, Ollie, Bodhran Festival UK, Pyrates, 3 Daft Monkeys, The Waterboys, Levellers, Wotz in ere, then?, Delagh King, McDermott's 2 Hours, Larkrise Ranters Ceilidh Band, Cormac Byrne, Catrin O’Neill (Riddlers Beard / Stiklbrix), RED LiGHT REBELS, Steafan Hannigan, The Demon Barbers, Nigel Ward, O'hAnleigh, Dexy, Foxtail Soup, Sarah, Blast From The Past, Bentley's, Love Music Hate Racism, Ade Peever, (() Vash, Seth Lakeman, bellowhead, Bluehorses, TornaoD, Oysterband, Three Men In A Boat, Kim Thompsett, Dr.Um, Last Nights Fun, Keri Highland, Neimhidh, I didn't lose my mind.. I sold it on ebay..., Alasdair Bodhran, shedontlikejelly, Goatwacker, Shari, Deft Leppard (tribute), ..x~Gail~x.., Deb, Battlefield Band, www.Strings.ie, The Ragged Crows, Linn (Harper PR), El Mastaba per la musica popolare egiziana, Global Peace Concert, FREEDOM FOR TIBETANS, Clare, Evolve Festival -Weymouth, Violet Rose, Cherry Blossom, The Fairfax, Me n My Puppies, madfiddler, Richard @ Rugby Roots, The Silver Bough Mythic Event, Covfest, INVEY, FOS Brothers, Bottle of Rain, Jon Crowe, WalkaboutsVerse, NeffBros, Half Day Closing, --;--{@ MoshFlower @}--;--, Si Hayden, Dr-KAOLIMBA, FFR (Celtic Fiesta), Whirlycurlyclare
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