The hills of Herefordshire are alive with the sound of music

And that is mainly thanks to Arts Alive/Flicks in the Sticks who promote live music, film and theatre in that beautiful part of the British Isles.

Richard spent four days cycling up from Sussex for his four concerts, carrying the Bog Oak guitar and a Tenor Banjo in his latest bid to limit carbon emissions.

“It took two back wheels and a replacement trailer to get to that first show – but I arrived on time and boy was it worth it. The energy generated by the audience was immeasurable, magical and gratefully received as the slings and arrows of the music business turned to dust under my fingers.”

Says Richard

For the shows on his tour Richard is playing music from the High Baroque, the English Baroque and, most unusually, the English Folk Baroque with tributes to Pentangle’s John Renbourn and the wondrous guitar playing of Martin Carthy.

Richard’s grasp of these different styles is unmatched; add to that his own, not entirely unrelated, compositions including a hypnotic new solo The Art of Levitation as well as audience favourites The Twitten and The Walrus Tree and this becomes a significant event for both acoustic and classical guitar lovers.

Cerys Matthews opened her BBC Radio 6 Music show last Sunday with the opening track of Richard’s new album Four String Bach Technique.

The response has been wonderful and whether on air or live in concert the notes of Bach’s famous 1st Cello Suite seem to flow like quicksilver from Richard’s delicately played Tenor Banjo.