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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 3d

New single from the very exciting forthcoming record of Symphonies 8 and 9 by Christopher Gunning with the @BBCNOW on @SignumRecords. Complete album released world wide in November

open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...

Symphony No. 8: III

English Symphony Orchestra conductor to play with rock band

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 1d

Tickets:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/west-malvern...

Join us for an evening of immersive Americana in one of the Midlands most intimate and acoustically excellent venues. West Malvern Social Club is treasured for it's fantastic atmosphere and it's great drinks selections.

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 3d

Friends in Malvern, Herefordshire & Worcestershire. Join us at West Malvern Social Club on the 8th of November for a night of American music with a spicy kick.

Tickets & details here
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/mal...
More detail from the Malvern Gazette
www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/2556530...

Ken Woods, conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO), will perform with his blues rock band The Old Blue Gang at West Malvern Social Club.

www.malverngazette.co.uk

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 3d

New single from the very exciting forthcoming record of Symphonies 8 and 9 by Christopher Gunning with the @BBCNOW on @SignumRecords. Complete album released world wide in November

open.spotify.com/track/3EQdQL...

Symphony No. 8: III

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 10d

Using/stealing other people's work is not creativity. The kind of creative dialogue that I think you mean depends on an equality of respect and engagement. And, perhaps most importantly work and investment. We owe our forebears more than just copy pasting their work and calling it ours.

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MozartCircle @mozartcircle.bsky.social · 11d

#NewConcertMc
12 November 2025 @MalvernTheatres
Great @kennethwoods.net @englishsymphony.bsky.social
present:
#Haydn Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)!
#Haydn in "The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music"!!!

eso.co.uk/eso-the-joke...

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 11d

Sorry, you're completely wrong on AI. AI is built exclusively on theft and surveillance. You can't be in favor of "compassion, fairness, or curiosity" and support AI. It's not a left/right thing, it's a wrong/right thing

ESO: The Joker’s Wild - Mischief in Music - Malvern Theatres

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 13d

Really looking forward to this fantastic programme at @MalvernTheatres with the @EnglishSymphony. Join us on 12 November!

malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...

youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk

English Symphony Orchestra The renowned English Symphony Orchestra return to Malvern Theatres with a rollicking programme celebrating the adventurous spirit of the 1920s. Erwin Schulhoff’s suave Suite for Chamber Orchestra […]

malvern-theatres.co.uk

ESO: The Joker’s Wild - Mischief in Music - Malvern Theatres

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 16d

Hi everyone
Do I know anyone who illustrates (or aspires to illustrate) graphic novels (or knows someone brilliant who does). In this case, it's a historic theme, so the aesthetic will be western with a bit of steam punk for fun
Please feel free to nominate yourself!

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 22d

Put on your flapper dresses, spats, pearls and hats & join @EnglishSymphony on 12 Nov as @MalvernTheatres are gearin' up for the most wicked evening of music this side of a Chicago speakeasy
Tickets - malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
youtu.be/R38oeWWF-vk

English Symphony Orchestra The renowned English Symphony Orchestra return to Malvern Theatres with a rollicking programme celebrating the adventurous spirit of the 1920s. Erwin Schulhoff’s suave Suite for Chamber Orchestra […]

malvern-theatres.co.uk

YouTube video by Ken Woods - Topic

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 25d

Lily White - give it a listen?

"The lyrics ache with unspoken horror, as Woods’ deep, rich, and world-weary voice delivers each line with a gravity that feels like he has furrowed brows amidst a candlelit room." Illustrate Magazine

youtu.be/d4UqZE49uLc

Lily White

Darrell Scott - "It's A Great Day To Be Alive" (Live at the Print Shop)

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English Symphony Orchestra @englishsymphony.bsky.social · 27d

The Joker’s Wild – Mischief in Music @Malvern Theatres
Wed 12th November, 7.30pm
Tickets: malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-th...
Haydn – Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)
Weill – Cabaret Songs
Schulhoff – Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Milhaud – The Ox on the Roof
April Fredrick, soprano
@kennethwoods.net

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 25

May this be true of your tomorrow... and the next day... and...

youtu.be/12zK3b6s-aA?...

YouTube video by Live At The Print Shop

Storytime: Writing "The Voyage" or "How the first song on the record came to be the last one written

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Sep 22

Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.

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Reposted by Kenneth Woods

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 12

Starting a new series over on YT where we take our time telling the tales of how songs get written and come to life.

I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.

Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY

Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike

YouTube video by Ken Woods, guitarist

Silent Spike Limited Edition CD - Ken Woods

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 20

CD purchase and streaming links here

guitar.kennethwoods.net/product/sile...

A limited 1st edition of 300 copies of Silent Spike. Four panel digipack with 8 page booklet and original artwork. Get a signed copy for just £10 more Buying physical media and other merch helps us...

guitar.kennethwoods.net

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 20

"... alt-Americana at its most uncompromising... a probing take on the largely forgotten role of Chinese immigrants involved in the construction of the Transcontinental Railway A tale of alienation, exploitation and ostracization which has lost none of its horrific impact"

arcana.fm/2025/09/19/o...

On Record – Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang – Silent Spike (Kenneth Woods)

by Richard Whitehouse What’s the story? Kenneth Woods issues the debut of his band The Old Blue Gang, less a concept album per se than themed reflections on a shameful while all too typical i…

arcana.fm

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 12

Starting a new series over on YT where we take our time telling the tales of how songs get written and come to life.

I'm callin' it Storytime, and episode one is a doozy.

Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/2-VivRhKFHY

Stream the album here
artists.landr.com/silentspike

Storytime: Writing "The Voyage" or "How the first song on the record came to be the last one written

YouTube video by Ken Woods, guitarist

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 8

If you still have a splatify acct, consider popping us on any appropriate playlists you have? And if you don't, have a listen somewhere less dystopian and we hope you dig it!

open.spotify.com/album/2qWMHO...

Silent Spike

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 8

This may sound a little Faustian, because it is.... Much as I loath splatify, their metrics are the doorway to radio play and media access. We just found out Silent Spike now appears on 901 playlists, which seems amazing to me. Bigger things happen at 1k.
open.spotify.com/album/2qWMHO...

Silent Spike

Kenneth Woods - Bloch: Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody, Suite for Viola and Orchestra

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 6

"Kenneth Woods has brought a great deal of detail into the orchestral partnership, and the @BBCNOW delivers an impressive tautness of ensemble.

tidal.com/browse/album...

@SignumRecords

Listen to Bloch: Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody, Suite for Viola and Orchestra on your streaming service

tidal.com

Persuasive ardency serves this heightened music well

Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 6

"Parry Karp steers an adroit path between delivering the intense soaring melodic invention with passion, and reining in the fervour to create contrast. The sinewy cello figuration is expertly delineated, with the complex rhythmic notation accurately drawn"
www.thestrad.com/reviews/parr...

Parry Karp: Bloch

www.thestrad.com

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 5

Thank you!!!

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Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · Sep 5

And join us as we continue our exploration of the Sibelius Symphonies in @cheltenhamtownhall on the 19th of September

cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...

English Symphony Orchestra Residency: Sibelius & Rachmaninoff - Cheltenham Town Hall

Sibelius: Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.64 – 35′Rachmaninoff: Piano [...]

cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk