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"As a live performer Darren Poyzer is the brand new rock and roll. Who says that rock and roll is all about sex and drugs, leather jackets and haircuts? It’s about liberation, freedom, magic and honesty ..." - John Togher 2003 In this issue:
March 2003. Remembered as the month when, well, you know ... I for one started to haemorrhage severe anger when the troops were ordered to go steaming in. We've all made our minds up which side we are on I suppose, so it's pointless debating this with those who see it differently. I look forward to the return of things such as 'Keep Racism Out Of Football' when calling someone of a darker skin colour is considered a Race crime by some of the very same people who support the War On Iraq.
Other notable gigs this month included Stamps in Crosby where it was nice to perform a song with Jules Reid, The Lux Club in Wigan (thanks Dylan), and a 'drop-in' spot to share a little time with the impressive Scots chap Scott Macdonald. Big on enjoyment and satisfaction were the gigs in Brighton at The Evening Star, and at the Spotlight Acoustic Club gig in Oxford with the awesome San Fransisco hip hop dude Lars Horris. It was also wonderful to share both the London Anti-War rally and the Oxford stage with my good friend of many years, Neil Axminster. Two drop-ins at two new Acoustica nights in Manchester at Tmesis and Dukinfield's Astley Arms completed the month. The rest of Poyzer's world spins on the follwing axis ...
Listen to BBC Radio Merseyside on 95.8 FM and on 1485 AM at 7pm on Sunday April 13th. Geoff Speed interviews dp and plays tracks from the brand new live album 'Global'. This is a very interesting interview indeed, and Geoff is a man with a lifelong history of being at the very heart of North West Folk Music and Songwriting.
POYZER.COM INTERACTIVE (Review) And this was the occasion, thanks to Pod at Arc Sounds, when I could try something new, just to give that solo guitar thing a fresh edge. Using a projector and computer graphics, I devised visual accompaniment for 9 songs. To say this was intriguing is an understatement because whilst perfroming I couldn't keep my eyes off the graphics to my right as they brought the songs to life. It's certainly a great idea and one I'll pursue, but frankly speaking it would be nice if more people took the chance to come out and give the idea a viewing. Maggie
Hornby kindly summed up the event with a review:
GLOBAL:
THE NEW LIVE ALBUM (Review)
There’s tragedy and comedy in his lyrics that most writers find difficult to achieve ... This album seems to have captured everything that’s great about a Darren Poyzer gig ... That chorus line (Beaches) is one of the most powerful I’ve ever heard for its global impact and scope. A simple chord, a violin’s curling melody and a voice. An honest voice. A voice that has lived these times and carries them on his back, experienced and ready to pass on and educate, open a few eyes and free a few minds" read the FULL REVIEW > here <
HELLO
GARSWOOD AND MANCHESTER!
Then on Thursday 17th it's a dp debut at Courtneys, on Deansgate, Manchester. I'm on with two bands on this occasion, Die Pretty (full-on punk outfit from Oxford on their first UK tour) and Red Mojo (blues-based indie act from Warrington). Strangely for an acoustic perfromer I am last on stage at about 11.15pm - a bit late but at least it gives me a chance to perform a long decent set ... should be a challenge! Finally, another new venue, a one-off this one most likely, is The Queen Anne in Openshaw for a Horizons Club Benefit Gig on Friday the 25th.
NICK
HARPER + THE FOLK TRAIN
ACOUSTICA
CD - THE BLAZING RAG
ANN ENGLISH: ACOUSTICA IN GLOSSOP UPDATE:
Thanks Annie! Cheers and Big Thanks for your love, enthusiasm and support, Darren
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therefore brought a strangely subdued atmosphere in which to sing and
perform. First up, the 
BBC
RADIO MERSEYSIDE INTERVIEW - 7pm SUNDAY APRIL 13th 2003
"As
a live performer Darren Poyzer is the brand new rock and roll.
Who says that rock and roll is all about sex and drugs, leather
jackets and haircuts? It’s about liberation, freedom, magic
and honesty, all of which you get on this CD ...
Probable
appearances (no contract but we keep it flexible ;-) could well be made
on this occasion by the very wonderful