I escaped the city smog last week and ran away to Cambridge. What the countryside can do for perspective is glorious and something we/I too often neglect. Here are some songs that stood out to me this week… Pocket Sun – Never mind. Pocket Sun, a five-piece musical UK based band impressed me with this transcendent... Continue Reading →
Jennifer Burke’s Ode to Spring | Ep #03 — New Music Friday
I have chosen an eclectic range of music for this week, a lil bit of pathetic fallacy to match the dubious weather and general feeling – mask on or off? Jumper or shorts? It’s not hard to see the confliction painted across faces on the Tube or in the high streets. We’ll get there, I’m... Continue Reading →
Jennifer Burke’s Ode to Spring | Ep. 02
‘Where words fail, music speaks.’ An apt quote from Hans Christian Anderson for how I’ve felt this week. Motivation for work has been low, as like I’m sure everyone is feeling – I'd rather be out in the sun. I’ve found any excuse to go outside and frolic, however briefly in the glorious weather that will no... Continue Reading →
Jennifer Burke’s Ode to Spring | EP.1
‘Beware the Ides of March!’ A Shakespearean Caesar was warned, but I feel the opposite. I welcome Spring with arms outstretched and the enrapture of a child on Christmas Eve. Spring brings with it a natural feeling of rejuvenation, hope and optimism that is as apparent as the new flowers that bloom. The sun that... Continue Reading →