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‘a breath of fresh air' Sue Arnold, The Observer

‘we were aching with laughter, pricked by small bright truths'
John Harvey, The North

‘Unmissable'
Daily Express

'Think of the early Wordsworth reading his poems'
The Wordsworth Trust

‘You could call him daft as a brush but he's as switched on as a power station'
Yorkshire Evening Press

The Ian McMillan Orchestra
Yorkshire poet, broadcaster & comedian Ian McMillan dances with composer & accordionist Luke Carver Goss of Szapora - 'Truly refreshing' Danny Thompson - in this sizzling wok of words and music. Powerful, echoing tales of milkmen, mining, heatwaves, dads, death by shanty, voices found, industrial manoeuvres, 9/11 and the late great Ronnie Barker. Improvised and constructed - for audiences, 7 to 107.

Ian McMillan voice

Luke Carver Goss accordion / guitar

Dylan Fowler guitar / mandocello

Clare Salaman nyckelharpa / hurdy-gurdy / violin

Nathan Thomson double bass / kalimba

Oli Wilson Dickson violin / percussion

CD Sharp Stories out Apr'07

Ian McMillan hosts weekly hit radio show The Verb . He's Poet-in-Residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC, Humberside Police's Beat Poet, Yorkshire TV's Investigative Poet and a regular on Newsnight Review, The Mark Radcliffe Show , The Today Programme, You & Yours, The Culture Show, Never Mind The Full Stops… and Have I Got News For You? His rip-roaring poetry shows are legendary. Cats make him sneeze.

Luke Carver Goss's music includes commissions for symphony orchestras, rock bands, musicals, theatres and dance ensembles. He has arranged music for choirs, song-writers, bands and theatres. He works both on his own and in collaboration with composers, writers, dancers, artists and a dazzlingly good band called Szapora .

samples, links and downloads...

MYSPACE
IAN MCMILLAN ORCHESTRA WEBSITE
LUKE CARVER GOSS WEBSITE

SAMPLE1 - SONG OF THE QUARRYMAN
SAMPLE2 - WHAT HE WAS DOING
SAMPLE3 - WHEN SILENCE IS BROKEN
SAMPLE4 - GOODNIGHT FROM HIM

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