American poet Stephen Kalinich is the subject of Showcase UK's first podcast.
Stephen spent 2008 working with two British musicians: maverick classical guitarist Richard Durrant and dance producer Cal Gibbson.
However 2008 also saw Stephen release an album he recorded 40 years ago with beach Boy Brian Wilson. The album was a never released classic of its time. Maybe its time has come?
When Showcase UK set up shop on the Internet we found that many good musicians didn’t have videos.
Cost was the big issue followed by various reasons ranging from lack of desire, attitude or someone who can actually film and cut the pictures together.
So here out first attempt at a low cost, homemade video that looks the business. The song comes from the album “Brittle” by Welsh singer/songwriter Davy Cartwight. We picked “The Grey Song” because its sound and feel would suit a set of photographs and sent Davy some ideas and directions to follow: what to shoot, which angle to use and various other tricks of the trade.
In return he sent us some CDs with pictures taken by himself and his daughter Hannah from around Llantwit Major on the south coast of Wales. All we had to do is string the pictures together and the result you can see below.
