it is the winter of 1937 freya is back in the middle ages. the nobles, the peasants, the tradesmen, endless negotiation. she doesn't want modernity to come to the people. the new roads for cars mean the camel drovers jobs will go. some have taken to raiding their neighbours, stealing camels as recompense, the british are sending aircraft to bomb them.
outside in the 21st century in the july 2021 it is grey and shrouded in mist.
lots of alice coltrane news
what kicked it off was don campau doing a show on kows radio about alice.
this led to horsemouth looking up more alice online where he found a record of alice's 9 minute harp improvisation in warsaw (23rd october 1987).
the harp belonged to harpist anna faber. it was made in russia she had acquired it in a most unusual barter; bags of white potatoes in exchange for a russian pedal harp. anna, said the harp had a great tone but was mechanically very hard to play, because it was not in very good shape. it was the only available and playable harp in warsaw.
meanwhile horsemouth discovers that alice's son ravi had found early recordings of her devotional music without the overdubs (there's an album).
outside it is grey and shrouded in mist. yesterday it was bright and sunny. horsemouth got in a walk on the common with his mother and the dog. he sat outside in the sun reading the torygraph business section.
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