Richard Durrant’s two-wheeled adventures
In recent years, the great two-wheeled eco-warrior Richard Durrant has cycled over 3,000 miles playing his famous Cycling Music concerts around England and Scotland. So how did all this begin?
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A sell out start to 2017
What a great start to the year with a sell out gig at the Ropetackle Arts Centre in another beautiful musical collaboration between Richard Durrant and Paraguayan harpist Ismael Ledesma.
Happy New Year from Richard Durrant – and will you take my 30-second questionnaire?
Dear Friends, A very Happy New Year to you all. I hope you’ve had a fantastic Christmas and here’s to a fun-filled and fulfilling 2017! To kick off the New Year I’ve decided to send out a questionnaire, I hope you don’t mind! Please read on. Following the recent success of my Ukulele Circuit Training courses and […]
Richard Durrant’s Christmas Guitars
Richard is half way through his Christmas tour and if you’ve been following his live Facebook posts it has been going down a real treat. Most venues have been sold out and the audience feedback has been warm, enthusiastic and just fabulous wherever they have appeared: “Truly incredible and beautiful. The most beautiful guitar playing I’ve […]
Christmas goodies from Richard Durrant
Still wondering what to get for the ‘person who has everything’ this Christmas? Here are a few seasonal ideas for some great Christmas gifts from Richard Durrant. Richard is currently in the midst of his Magical Candlelit Christmas Tour. Let’s hear how it’s going in his own words: “Kicking off the tour with a packed […]
Richard Durrant’s Christmas Sleigh Ride
In less than a month Richard Durrant will be heading out in his magic sleigh together with his special guests Amy Kakoura and Nick Pynn on his Candlelit Christmas Concert Tour. In this article we take a closer look at the fabulous venues where he will be delivering his Christmas goodies. Will there be a venue near you? Starting […]
The Number 26 Bus to Paraguay
A new book containing eleven, previously unreleased, beautiful new guitar pieces plus the story of how a number 26 Brighton bus took a musician all the way to Paraguay has now been published. Richard Durrant’s amazing, colourful and intriguing new book is called The Number 26 Bus to Paraguay. Richard explains: “As a kid I used […]
Learn Ukulele this Autumn with Richard Durrant
By popular demand! Richard is offering a series of fantastic opportunities to learn the Ukulele this autumn. Whether you are a complete beginner or want to improve your Uke skills these workshops are for you. Held in Shoreham-by-Sea and Brighton there are three courses on offer – each for an hour a week over a […]
Meet the Paraguayan harpist who hails from Paris
In the second part of our interviews into the background to Richard Durrant’s collaboration with the Paraguayan harpist Ismael Ledesma, Nicholas Keyworth caught up with Ismael who now lives in Paris. Ismael explains the chance meeting with Richard which began their collaboration: A friend of mine, Robert Munro, invited me to hear Richard in concert […]
5 things you didn’t know about Richard Durrant
Five things you might not have known about the extraordinary musician that is Richard Durrant.