Sunny with Occasional Rain | Two life changing encounters
Two Life Changing Encounters Sunny with Occasional Rain There was a feeling of blues that accompanied our return to London with its inescapable, blunt reminders of normal life. Money, responsibilities, survival- the whole unwelcome line-up. We had been trying to set up some paying gigs but they were too few and too inconsistent. The band […]
Sunny with Occasional Rain | Wales Part 3
Wales – The Final Part Sunny with Occasional Rain John had bought a smaller van than we anticipated but it would do with a squeeze and in any case that was what the budget could afford. It would need to carry one Hammond organ, a multitude of speakers, amps, percussion instruments, guitars and about 8 […]
Sunny with Occasional Rain | Wales Part 2
Getting the album together in Wales part 2 | Sunny with Occasional Rain Reaching the high point of a long climb somewhere in the undulating hills of Snowdonia, we started our descent into a wild, gorse flecked landscape with scattered herds of sheep, random hedgerows and the evening sunlight filtering through low slung clouds. It was quietly […]
Sunny with Occasional Rain | Wales Part 1
Getting the album together in Wales part 1 | Sunny with Occasional Rain It was fashionable during the rock boom of the 70s for bands to isolate themselves in remote places to concentrate on writing, rehearsing and generally getting things together (musically and personally.) Julian Kirsch had split up, I was living in London and […]
Sunny with Occasional Rain | First steps – Abbey Road
First Steps – Abbey Road | Sunny with Occasional Rain The first time I walked into Abbey Road Studios I was a nervous 16 year old entering a temple of music, because although the immortal Abbey Road album had not yet been recorded, the studios were already firmly established in the annals of music as […]
Sunny with Occasional Rain | The Julian Kirsch
The Julian Kirsch | Sunny with Occasional Rain I was telephoned about a year ago by a journalist in England who was researching and writing a series of articles about bands from the sixties and seventies that were on the cusp of success, had made some impact but were definitely not the legendary greats of […]
Sunny with Occasional Rain | La Chanson Francaise
La Chanson Francaise (the music of France) | Sunny with Occasional Rain Literally translated, it means ‘French Music’. It was really of an era, a time when some of the greatest artists in the world of French music produced many of the truly immortal songs and lyrics. It was the era when I was growing […]
Sunny with Occasional Rain | The School Band | Barry Kirsch
The School Band | Barry Kirsch I was about fifteen when I formed my first band. It wasn’t an easy undertaking. King’s Canterbury, where I was a boarder was a highly regarded choir school with deep roots in classical and choral music, the school being located in and around the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. It […]
Sunny with Occasional Rain | My First Guitar | Barry Kirsch
Sunny with Occasional Rain Sunny with Occasional Rain is a blog series written by BKP Media Group CEO, Barry Kirsch, highlighting moments from his intriguing career. My First Guitar I was given my first guitar when i was thirteen. I had been taking piano lessons for some years so music was already firmly rooted in my […]
Polly’s Trek to Kilimanjaro (edited by me)
The Roof of Africa was my 4th challenge as a participator in Gulf for Good’s charity Trek to Kilimanjaro.