David Ashworth
@davidashworth16.bsky.social
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Making music with stories
https://davidashworth.bandcamp.com/
Stepping Westward The first in a series of articles under the title of Light Over Water – Journeys of Discovery On their travels in Scotland in 1803, William & Dorothy encounter a woman by a lake who encourages them to continue their journey westward: … stepping westward seemed to be a kind of…
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Stepping Westward
The first in a series of articles under the title of Light Over Water – Journeys of Discovery On their travels in Scotland in 1803, William & Dorothy encounter a woman by a lake who encourages them to continue their journey westward: … stepping westward seemed to be a kind of heavenly destiny ... I have my own stepping westward story.
https://davidashworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/stepping-westward-2/
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Light Over Water – Journeys of Discovery Coming soon on my website - a series of articles under the title of Light Over Water - Journeys of Discovery The journeys of discovery I’m referring to comprise a retrospective look over a lifetime of music making, some thoughts on how arts and culture are…
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Light Over Water – Journeys of Discovery
Coming soon on my website - a series of articles under the title of Light Over Water - Journeys of Discovery The journeys of discovery I’m referring to comprise a retrospective look over a lifetime of music making, some thoughts on how arts and culture are transmitted over time and place and how the dynamics of natural phenomena can be interpreted and understood.
https://davidashworth.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/light-over-water-journeys-of-discovery/
16 days ago
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Looking forward so much to Jessa Liversidge Sheffield gig in a couple of weeks! Tickets:
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2 months ago
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A very, very busy Autumn lined up. Today tickets go on sale for the 'Sounds on Saturdays' concerts I'm helping to organise. Some great music heading to Sheffield in a few week's time ...
3 months ago
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Love this from Humanists UK!
#Thatshumanism
is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself!
humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
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That's humanism
Humanists make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.
https://humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
3 months ago
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Love this from Humanists UK!
#Thatshumanism
is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself!
humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
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That's humanism!
Humanists make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.
https://humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
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Looking forward to seeing/hearing York Guitar Quartet in action in Sheffield in October ...
3 months ago
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How do we know what’s true? Narrated by Stephen Fry,
#Thatshumanism
shows why science, experimentation, and evidence are the most reliable ways to understand the world. Watch the video:
humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
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That's humanism!
We've teamed up with our patron Stephen Fry, to explore humanist ideas about some of life’s big questions in four animated shorts.
https://humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
3 months ago
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Love this from Humanists UK!
#Thatshumanism
is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself!
humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
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That's humanism!
We've teamed up with our patron Stephen Fry, to explore humanist ideas about some of life’s big questions in four animated shorts.
https://humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
3 months ago
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Finally, the top of Haystacks – our journey’s end. We have walked from Cockermouth to the source of our river, through a rich and dynamic landscape ... some reflections on the river of life
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Cocker Valley Stories 7: Innominate Tarn – journey’s end
… no more could the restless brookEver turn back and climb the waterfallTo the lake that rests and stirs not in its nook,As in the hollow of the collar-boneUnder the mountain’s head of rush and sto…
https://cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/cocker-valley-stories-7-innominate-tarn-journeys-end/
4 months ago
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Those of us with long memories will recall Angus's website article from February 2024, where he leaves Dick Hall floundering in a coracle in Workington harbour. Rupert continues this journey in his own home made boat - sailing out into the Solway ...
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Getting Afloat in a Basket
Rupert Ashmore writes: Reading Angus Winchester’s article about Dick Hall, the Quaker grocer from Cockermouth who wrote about the fells under the pen-name of Hobcarton, I was struck by his descript…
https://cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/getting-afloat-in-a-basket/
9 months ago
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Cocker Valley Stories 4: growth and decay
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Cocker Valley Stories 4: growth and decay
Childhood is the once-in-a-lifetime chance to claim places, making them one’s own in a way which slips away in later years. Anyone writing a book about the places of their youth brings their …
https://cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/cocker-valley-stories-4-growth-and-decay/
10 months ago
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A solitary acoustic guitar, given the space to breathe; playing simple languid phrases which emerge from a prevailing silence.https://davidashworth.wordpress.com/in-quieter-ways-an-undertow-of-loneliness/
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In Quieter Ways/An Undertow of Loneliness
The “In Quieter Ways” collection is an exercise in stripping back the layers, a ‘less is more’ approach to making music. A solitary acoustic guitar, given the space to breathe; playing …
https://davidashworth.wordpress.com/in-quieter-ways-an-undertow-of-loneliness/
10 months ago
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Nostalgia is a natural refuge in these occasionally scary times of a world being challenged by AI, war, and dramatic climate change. However ...
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Seeing things clearly – rose-tinted spectacles, change, and passing it on
Marion Bowman writes: Nostalgia is a natural refuge in these occasionally scary times of a world being challenged by AI, war, and dramatic climate change. But when we embarked on our La…
https://cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/01/25/seeing-things-clearly-rose-tinted-spectacles-change-and-passing-it-on/
10 months ago
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Responses to Landscape: a live performance event
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Responses to Landscape: a live performance event
As many of you will be aware, our Project was launched with a multimedia performance to a sellout audience at Kirkgate Arts Centre in Cockermouth in September 2023. We were aware that quite a numbe…
https://cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/responses-to-landscape-a-live-performance-event/
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Responses to Landscape: a live performance event
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Responses to Landscape: a live performance event
As many of you will be aware, our Project was launched with a multimedia performance to a sellout audience at Kirkgate Arts Centre in Cockermouth in September 2023. We were aware that quite a numbe…
https://cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/responses-to-landscape-a-live-performance-event/
11 months ago
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Cocker Valley Stories 3: looking forwards, looking backwards
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Cocker Valley Stories 3: looking forwards, looking backwards
David Ashworth writes: During my early years, the world around me was essentially flat. The market town in North Wales where I lived was on the coastal plain. Trips elsewhere were mainly visits to …
https://cockervalley.wordpress.com/2024/12/15/cocker-valley-stories-3-looking-forwards-looking-backwards/
12 months ago
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Landscapes make us human and we make landscapes that are living things, not just memories. It’s what we have in common. It’s a relationship to cherish.
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Landscape, memory and being human
Marion Bowman writes: Memory is a slippery business. How reliable is it? It can be conjured through all the senses, the emotions, the good and the bad in life. It can come from many sources and tak…
https://cockervalley.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/landscape-memory-and-being-human/
about 1 year ago
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A tale of two Rannerdales
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about 1 year ago
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As I prepare to begin recording some new works, a fond look back at making music earlier in the year. Still glides the stream...
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All Sweet Sounds and Harmonies TRAILER
YouTube video by David Ashworth
https://youtu.be/ZvgvXVgPKjk?si=OXrACEoBuRDyRQsM
about 1 year ago
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A tale of two Rannerdales
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about 1 year ago
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