Category Archives: Music

Anything to do with music.

Can You Forgive? Another song from The Debt Collector

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Aya Katz

“Can You Forgive” is a very important song that appears in the third act of The Debt Collector, a libertarian musical composed by Daniel Carter and written by me. Victoria Trestrail, playing the role of Lottie Lark with great effect, … Continue reading →

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What Makes a Welfare Mother: Another Song from The Debt Collector

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Aya Katz

The Debt Collector is a libertarian musical set in the 1980s about a family named the Larks, their landlady, Mrs. Hauser, their social worker, Siren, and, in the title role, Blood, the debt collector hired by the landlady. In the song … Continue reading →

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Two Songs from the Debt Collector by Daniel Carter and Aya Katz Peformed by Jill Dabney

Posted on December 20, 2012 by admin

Writing a musical is easy. Getting somebody to perform it is hard. When it comes to the music itself, very few people can even read it.  (Confession: I can’t either.) Daniel Carter wrote some beautiful music for my lyrics, but … Continue reading →

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Music Review: Avalon is Risen by Leslie Fish

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Aya Katz

Produced by Kristoph Klover, performed by Leslie Fish and published by Prometheus Music, Avalon is Risen is the filk album we have all been waiting for. The music is celtic and folkish, but with that special touch that only Leslie … Continue reading →

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Canadian singer-songwriter Sylvana White interviewed

Posted on September 5, 2012 by bardofely

 Let me introduce you to Sylvana White I had the pleasure of an exclusive interview with Canadian singer Sylvana White. Please introduce yourself to my readers. Hi my name is Sylvana White! I was born in Montreal, Canada and raised … Continue reading →

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What was it like being a medieval scribe? Here’s my guess …

Posted on August 17, 2012 by KateGladstone

  I wrote this yesterday in an an idle moment, while thinking what it might have been like to be a medieval scribe … SCRIBES OF CAMBREATH By Kate Gladstone (tune: MARCH OF CAMBREATH by Heather Alexander — http://heatherlands.com/mpaudio/Midsummer/March%20of%20Cambreadth.mp3 ) Downstroke slash, serif … Continue reading →

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Kipling’s Verse

Posted on August 11, 2012 by admin

[This article was first published on Hubpages in 2009. It was deemed to be overly promotional by Hubpages in August of 2012 and hence has been republished, comments and all,  here on PubWages. ] Rudyard Kipling in 1926 Rudyard Kipling … Continue reading →

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Music to Listen to While Writing a Novel: Our Lady of Kaifeng

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Aya Katz

Most people imagine that writing a book is accomplished while sitting. The author dips his quill or taps on the keys of his typewriter or the keyboard of this computer. Naturally, he is sitting down. But not all writers do … Continue reading →

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Angelique’s Lament, a Dark Shadows Filksong

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Aya Katz

When I was ten years old, my family  moved to the United States for good. I was very lonely, and I didn’t have any friends. (For a fictionalized account of what I was going through, read my story The Punky-Wunkies.) … Continue reading →

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Real Love and Communication in the YouBloom Music Awards

Posted on January 30, 2012 by bardofely

Last year I got through to the semi finals of the YouBloom Music Awards with a song entitled Mañana. It got heard and voted on by a team of judges from the music industry headed by Bob Geldof. Whilst my … Continue reading →

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