Passengers in Time

...Adventures with books, music and time travel

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Dorchester Dulcimer Weekend - Good Company and a Good Deal of It

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Tony Gillam on mountain dulcimer Photo courtesy of Ross Gooding I’ve just returned from a long weekend in Dorset where I took part in the fi...
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Friday, 9 February 2024

Accordions, self-made men and cloudheads

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If the Grammy Awards didn’t quite reflect your tastes in music, you’re not alone. So here’s the beginning of my very alternative take on som...
Thursday, 28 December 2023

Four seasons in one blog post

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I seem to have neglected my blog since the spring and now it’s nearly the end of the year. It’s not because I’ve had nothing to report. On t...
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Saturday, 29 April 2023

Graeme Armstrong, John Blek and Plu - new music from Scotland, Ireland and Wales

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Some great music has been coming out of the Celtic nations over the past twelve months. Of course, Ireland and Scotland are celebrated for a...
Sunday, 29 January 2023

The joys and perils of solo festival-going

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I write this in the short, overcast days of late January which seems like a very good time to look both backwards and forwards. Looking back...
Monday, 5 December 2022

John Buchan and a different pair of shoes

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My drinking friends at the pub and I have, over recent weeks, been working extra hard to put the world to rights. My mate Phil, for example ...
Wednesday, 26 October 2022

Some Hauntological Musical Curiosities for Halloween

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If you’re looking for some fresh music to add to your Halloween playlists here’s a few spooky selections from the world of slightly strange ...
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Tony Gillam is a writer, musician and blogger based in Worcestershire, UK. For many years he worked in mental health and has published over 100 articles and two non-fiction books. Tony now writes on topics ranging from children's literature to world music and is a regular contributor to Songlines magazine.
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Tony Gillam
Tony Gillam is a writer, musician and blogger based in Worcestershire, UK. For many years he worked in mental health and has published over 100 articles and two non-fiction books. Tony now writes on topics ranging from children's literature to world music and is a regular contributor to Songlines magazine.
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