I’m not going to blog about it in depth now – maybe afterwards when I get a chance to listen to them all – but this is a quick flag-up for former Hefner singer Darren Hayman’s ongoing January Songs project, where he’s attempting to write a new song each day this month.
Hayman has written some beautiful songs in his time and this is a very admirable exploration of his own creativity, so if you can, get onboard HERE, where he’s using Tumblr to post the project as it continues.
Brilliant trad-folk musician Jon Boden has started a wonderful new internet project which is worth investigating. He is making a fresh recording of a traditional folk song and putting it up online every day for a whole year. Quite apart from the sheer ambition of this project, it’s a wonderful idea, in keeping with Jon’s inspiring sharp focus on updating and popularising traditional song, without ever losing sight of the repertoire’s original spirit.
He’s been going since June, so there are already more than 60 songs online.
Here’s the web link for A Folk Song A Day. You can also follow him on Twitter (although it’s an automatic upload, rather than Jon tweeting personally) because you’re reminded to listen each day.
