This song seemed a suitable ‘Epilogue’ to our collection of stories.
The great Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, likened an immigrant society to a wonderful tapestry. On one side shining and beautiful and yet, on the other, a mass of tangled threads – evidence of that necessary untidiness that binds the whole.
Building a society, learning to live together – cheek by jowl – with all our differences, can be hard work – and messy at times. But when it hangs together… Oh, the beauty!
UK jazz-rock icons pay tribute to British trumpeter Harry Beckett in the second entry in My Only Desire Records’ Brit Jazz 45s series. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 1, 2024