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Five String Hammer – by Monica Shepherd and Tony Burt

five string hammer

Five String Hammer was written in June 2017 at Halsway Manor in Somerset by Monica Shepherd and Tony Burt. It’s an interesting example of a co-written song so I’ll try to give a bit of insight of how it came about. I’d never written a song with another person until I started attending songwriting workshops […]

Winter Sun Summer Rain

halsway manor songwriting workshop

Had a really good week in June at Halsway Manor in the company of Boo Hewerdine and Darden Smith for a bunch of songwriting fun. Met up with a few other old friends and met some new ones in what became an inspiring and productive week. At the end of the week we each recorded […]