Fusion

Beautiful merging of English lyrics with Indian forms from the Codarts Raga Ensemble, Rotterdam. The line up is: Niti Ranajn Biswas – jugal-bandi tabla, Chiranjib Chakraborty – vocals, Renske Wassink – vocals, and Hamid Behzadian – slide guitar.

Cumberland and Furness

A morning glimpse across the Solway Firth to Scotland from Maryport then a leisurely drive South via St Bees Head and West Cumbria before hitting the old County Palatine line at the River Duddon. So many sad, locked and unloved churches even in this relatively traditional and conservative area. The only thriving religious site seemed to be the Buddhism-nouveaux of Conishead. Why?