“Rough Sleeper in the Rain” & “The Big Yawn”: L(i)OVE improv(e) “There is a Better Way”

Image by Alison Boston

Track 1: “Rough Sleeper in the Rain” SafeHse WldCard 4tet 26-01-11

Alison Boston:vox
Z*ghygoem: stringed instruments
Chris Parfitt: flutes, whistles
Andy Pine: drums

Session from last January. It really builds with 2 great break-out drum sets. Well worth the time spent to listen. Closes with 6-minute drum and vocal driven improv on the theme of homeless rough sleepers.
http://alisonamazed.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/banksys-homeless-elephant/

Rough Sleeper in the Rain

 Track 2: L(i)OVE:improv(e) “There is a Better Way”
Primed4PandiculationTherapy:BigYawn/NewDawn BgtnSfeHouseWldCard4tet  30-11-11

AlisonBoston:vox
Clive Crask: percussion, backing vox
Z*qhygoem: stringed instruments
Tim Wood: saxophone

Spacious start B4 foot-stomping break-out 2CreateCollectiveGroove. My upper range makes a rare appearance!

L(i)OVE:improv(e) “There is a Better Way”

Related articles

• Tackling homelessness in London (leftfootforward.org)
• Rough sleeping in England up by 23 per cent (independent.co.uk)
• Liverpool councils join campaign to end rough sleeping (guardian.co.uk)
• Number of rough sleepers in England rises by a fifth (guardian.co.uk)
• Rough sleeping on the rise in Britain. (thetruthiswhere.wordpress.com)
• homeless up by 1/5th (ffeirio.wordpress.com)
• Coventry News: Coventry charity in street walk bid to help homeless people in Stratford (coventrytelegraph.net)
• Volunteers ready for Calgary’s first homeless count since 2008 (calgaryherald.com)
• Volunteers ready for Calgaryy’s first homeless count since 2008 (calgaryherald.com)
• Why do people sleep rough in winter? (homelessinstoke.com)

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