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- October
A busy month ahead, filled with solo shows in new and familiar venues, and a run of Stolen From God gigs marking Black History Month – including the finale spot (sold out) at Sound of Our Skin Festival in the … Continue reading →
- Why I Do
Reflecting on this piece I wrote for Living Tradition, which ends with a John Betjeman poem ‘The Last Laugh’. Why I Do On Sunday 25th August I’ll be performing in the John Betjeman Centre in Wadebride, for Cornwall Folk Festival. … Continue reading →
- Fire & Dust – A Woody Guthrie Story – Whitby Folk Week
Reg Meuross will be previewing his forthcoming song cycle ‘Fire & Dust’ at Whitby Folk Week at the Spa Theatre on Tuesday 20th August 2024. TICKETS https://tickets.whitbyfolk.co.uk/#home Commissioned by Pete Townshend and created by Reg Meuross, Fire & Dust – … Continue reading →
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Double Dylan – Reg Meuross on Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan
Double Dylan – Reg Meuross on Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan. Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan both opened my eyes to new possibilities when I was young and already writing myself. They both expressed themselves in a way that was emotionally honest but in a way that was acceptable and meaningful to the listener/reader. Continue reading
Reg Meuross ‘Leaving Alabama’ and Live At Laugharne – gig review
LIVE REVIEW “You’re more likely to find Somerset singer-songwriter Reg Meuross performing on a festival stage or in a folk club or arts centre than in a busy pub, but Browns Hotel, the drinking hole of poet Dylan Thomas, was an exception. Continue reading
Inspiring songwriting workshop – Reg Meuross
Pennyblack Music says: “Calling Reg Meuross a singer-songwriter really doesn’t do the man jus6ce. Meuross doesn’t write lines of lyrics. He writes short stories then sets them to some of the most cap6va6ng melodies you’ll ever hear.”
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The Living Tradition
The Living Tradition writes of Reg Meuross: “His ability to tell a story in a very human way through his songwriting, and his honest and intimate performances, won him many new admirers throughout the week [at Costa Del Folk] and I certainly won’t be missing any chance to see him again if I can help it” Continue reading
#Somme100: ‘And Jesus Wept’ by Reg Meuross
#Somme100 “I wrote this song about Harry Farr – a WW1 Soldier who was shot for ‘desertion’ and finally received a pardon 90 years after his death. His trial had lasted 20 minutes. His family had always argued that Harry was suffering from shell shock and should have been hospitalised or sent home but instead was executed for cowardice.” Reg Meuross Continue reading
1000 #WordsofWelcome to victims of racism – via Reg Meuross
I’m collecting 1000 #WordsofWelcome to victims of racism in the UK. Please send a short poem, lyric, couplet or haiku to me at twitter.com/regmeuross or facebook.com/regmeurossmusic and tag it #WordsOfWelcome.
LET’S HELP TRANSFORM HATE INTO WELCOME Thank you Roger Daltrey for starting us off
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A new name for a very special guitar
For the first time in my career, I’ve decided if any guitar deserved a name this old girl does. So as a tribute to the brave Sophie Scholl (whose ultimately fatal efforts to alert Germany to the full horror of … Continue reading
Reg Meuross with special guests Loreley Duo next stops Whitchurch & Canterbury
Reg Meuross is a true modern day troubadour – commenting on life as he sees it, with some of the most beautifully disarming songs and lyrics ever written. “…sounds like a forgotten, American 60s classic with echoes of Dylan, Tom Paxton & Leonard Cohen” Robin Denselow, The Guardian www.regmeuross.com
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Counting My Footsteps To You
I’ve played many concerts in Care Homes and Memory Cafes, mostly to women suffering the ravages of some form of Dementia. and I’ve always found the experience extremely moving and humbling. I wrote this after a visit to the Abbeyfield Nursing Home in Taunton. ‘Counting My Footsteps To You’ www.regmeuross.com Continue reading
Reg Meuross live on BBC Oxford
Reg Meuross (2:10) plays live and talks to Nick Piercey at BBC Oxford about his experience performing solo at The Albert Hall and how testosterone and American folk singers played their part in kicking off his career http://bbc.in/1Xc4H81
Reg Meuross homecoming gig – Yateley
Reg Meuross returns to home town Yateley with his new album ‘December’. Reg is a true modern day troubadour – commenting on life as he sees it, with some of the most beautifully disarming songs and lyrics ever written www.regmeuross.com Continue reading
Reg Meuross with Special Guests Loreley Duo ‘Southern Villages Microtour’ June 2016
Critically-acclaimed folk singer/songwriter Reg Meuross returns to the stage alongside award-winning folk duo Loreley for four dates only on the Southern Villages Microtour. Continue reading
Win one of only 5 test vinyl pressings of Reg Meuross’ new album December
Answer this question by midnight Friday 6 May: WHAT IS THE MAKE AND YEAR OF THE GUITAR REG PLAYS NOW Email HERE You will be notified by Sunday 8th MAY if you have won (it’s a prize draw)
Today I sang with the angels
I’m in Tuscany for a few days and today I sang in this cathedral in the Etruscan town of Volterra. A perfectly domed ceiling crying out for notes, like the dioramas or – I think the whispering gallery of St … Continue reading
Full House at the Folk House, live review Bristol 2 April 2016
I have been working with Reg for 3 years now, and I thought I knew his work pretty well.. but there is real magic in this new and very reflective album, and the way these December solo gigs bring together all the love invested in his newly restored 1944 Martin Guitar, the characters, heroes (past and present) and storytelling of his past 10 albums, and the pull of his beautiful tenor vocal. Continue reading
REVIEW Reg Meuross new album ‘December’ PENNYBLACK MUSIC
“While comparisons to Cat Stevens, Paul Simon and others have been made in the past, Meuross has carved his own niche, partly because of his vocals – it’s impossible not to be drawn to him when he sings and he … Continue reading
With love we can all make a difference – Happy Easter
Last week I rode the London Cable car across the Thames from the O2 Arena (where an Adele t shirt with the word ‘HELLO’ on it cost £30) The number of vast new spacious buildings that had sprung up like … Continue reading
New Single by Reg Meuross – The Hands Of a Woman
After 10 album releases Reg Meuross has returned to the solo format which inspired him to write and sing in the first place. ‘December’ is a collection of 10 of the most beautiful songs which go straight to the heart. … Continue reading
Support Reg Meuross 2016 Australia & Calais
Exclusive downloads from a great live recording at Acoustic Roots Wigan, and other way to support Reg Meuross www.regmeuross.com #folk #regdownunder #regrefugee #pledgereg Continue reading
Reg Meuross Christmas Concert – Midwinter music with Phil Beer
18th December 2015 Doors 6.45pm (bar open from then) Starts 7.30pm Such a perfect way to end each year. This will be the 8th Midwinter concert raising funds for the beautiful St Barts Church, Crewkerne and each one has been … Continue reading
The Story Of A Guitar – Reg Meuross
It’s hard to explain that feeling when a guitar speaks to you, but it was magical, and in spite of all the repairs and accidents this little guitar felt like the one I’d been looking for all my life. Continue reading
Remembering Harry Farr – And Jesus Wept
Reg Meuross plays And Jesus Wept, remembering Harry Farr, at a concert in the Albert Hall, raising money for Teenage Cancer Trust Concert with Fairport Convention, Eliza Carthy, Kate Rusby, Seth Lakeman and Mike Harding Continue reading
England Green & England Grey – a review from FolkWorld, Germany
The press notes do not exaggerate with their statement that “Reg is one of this country’s greatest songwriters at the very top of his game”, and I feel glad that, after nine albums, I have finally discovered him.
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Faraway People – recorded live at We Shall Overcome #Cambridge
I played this new song, Faraway People, live at the We Shall Overcome benefit gig at the Golden Hind, Cambridge on 3 October 2015. I wrote the song after finding the Hephaestus site which was a long list of all the … Continue reading
8 Oct Cecil Sharp House: Reg Meuross reunited England Green & England Grey band
Reg Meuross reunites the stunning band that created the unique sound that is England Green & England Grey, winner of the Folk Words ‘Best Album’ in 2014 and described by The Telegraph as ‘powerful and moving songwriting’.
Reg is a true modern troubadour, representing contemporary English Folk writing at it’s best. The band are: Jess Vincent (vocals, guitar, ukelele, harmonium, shruti box), Roy Dodds (percussion), Simon Edwards (bass) & Mike Cosgrave (piano, accordions & vocals).
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