Kate ClarkeFeb 112 minMusic Wednesday I had those videos digitised The ones that sat in a slouching stack. “Yeah, I must get around to that," you said. Too late – they’re...
Kate ClarkeJan 231 minMoon Songs Terry wrote more moon songs than anyone I know. He loved other people's moon songs too, particularly that heartbreaker from Jimmy Webb....
Kate ClarkeAug 15, 20212 minGladiolusAs soon as they came into season Terry would buy gladiolus - for me, for the house, for those audacious colours, but mostly because they...
Kate ClarkeJul 29, 20214 minBerkshire Beat, Terracotta Streets and River Songs Here's an interview I did with Terry for the Reading Chronicle in May 2004, before we got together - a few days after we met, in fact....
Kate ClarkeJun 24, 20213 minSteve GibbonsThere's a petition going around to get Steve Gibbons a star on the Birmingham Walk of Fame. While they are at it can someone get him a...
Kate ClarkeJun 16, 20212 minThe New Van Casts His SpellReview by Nick Dalton, Daily Express, 2002 Terry Clarke is the new Van Morrison. He's a man who starts with the basics of Irish music and...
Kate ClarkeJun 8, 20211 minEarly Days Here's an early interview with Terry, before his first album, Call Up a Hurricane, was released. The piece was written by David...
Kate ClarkeMay 15, 20212 minArrest This Moment I'm reading that book about Michael Marra that I bought for you but you hadn't yet read. 'From Kate, Easter 2018' - you always wrote the...
Kate ClarkeMay 9, 20213 minMario Ferlito Terry wrote this piece for his website in 2006 about Mario Ferlito: The song Mario Ferlito was written shortly after my wife and I moved...
Kate ClarkeMar 20, 20213 minWest Highland Blues Terry wrote this piece about his West Highland Blues album, which is now out on Bandcamp, while he was working on it.....Many thanks to...
Kate ClarkeFeb 17, 20212 minA Red Coat, A Red Apple I've spent a few days back and forth to the hospital. It's the same one Terry and I went when he had a heart issue a couple of years ago....
Kate ClarkeFeb 13, 20212 minWe're All Idiots I've been going through some photographs, looking for something. There are hundreds of them, all carefully archived and dated - Terry had...
Kate ClarkeFeb 3, 20211 minJack and that Beanstalk I don't know why I think a song is a sacred thing, to be elevated and adored above almost everything else. Particularly a profane song....
Kate ClarkeJan 9, 20219 minTerry Clarke Talks About Walk Like a King Terry and I sat down for a chat about his album Walk Like a King, Songs For Dylan Thomas, while he was recording it. Here, he shares...
Kate ClarkeJan 3, 20211 minNight Ride to BirminghamJust received a letter from someone Terry had good times with 50 years ago. They drove to Birmingham together in '68, in Dave's dad's...
Kate ClarkeJan 2, 20212 minPictures and Paintings It's an odd expression, isn't it, to 'get over' someone. I don't really know what it means. Do you get over a beautiful view, a great...
Kate ClarkeDec 17, 20201 minThe Smell of The WhiskeyI dreamed of you again last night is it the Baileys I add to my coffee are you tempted home by the smell of the whiskey? It's you, so...
Kate ClarkeDec 16, 20202 minJewellery, Windows and WineIf you don't get a Christmas card from me I can only apologise. I have never sent one in my life. Terry did all of that stuff. He was the...
Kate ClarkeDec 6, 20203 minWalk Like A KingI'm very happy to release Terry's album, Walk Like a King: Songs For Dylan Thomas. It is the last one he recorded with Wes McGhee and...
Kate ClarkeDec 5, 20201 minReview: Walk Like a King, Songs for Dylan ThomasA review from Country Music People. I wonder if this is the first time Frankie Vaughan, Dave Edmunds and Johnny Cash have been mentioned...