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Nicola

About Me

I am a woman of a certain age or an uncertain age- the songs are effusions and meditations on life viewed from this vantage point.

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Member Since: 10/09/2006
Band Website: nicolaclark.co.uk
Band Members: Nicola - vocals and finger-picking guitar
Influences: All the Joni-s, Mitchell, Baez, Sutherland, Ella Fitzgerald, irish and English folk singers, Dylan and Donovan, Simon and Garfunkle, McGarrigles, Dolly Parton, Leonard Cohen
Sounds Like: "...she occupies that area between Purcell, Edith Piaf and Arthur Askey." Mike O'Connor (singer/songwriter)
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Nicola Sings in St Ives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOtvmXcpdGY
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:43:00 GMT

a night to remember

A NIGHT TO REMEMBERRemember? - I was famous for the dreadful outings I arrangedLike the night we went to the local pantomimeA gang of five  and we won all the prizes In the raffle at the interval And...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:40:00 GMT

Andromeda snail

A friend has just reminded me to write in here- I don't even know exactly when i last wrote but it might be a year ago - needless to say much has taken place since then - but I shall concentrate on th...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:43:00 GMT

3 blind mice

What a day it was for mice yesterday!I came down early to find on the doormat a mouse with its head in a trap unlike any other I have ever seen. It looked something like those plastic eggs for childre...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:57:00 GMT

back in Snives

HelloI believe I have one reader and you know who you are!Now I am back in the thick of my life here in England (or Cornwall, I should say to be precise, for the Cornish are not English). I find it di...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:26:00 GMT

the weather has broken in Umzumbe

Last week we had temperatures here of 30+ and then added to that was the 'discomfort factor', as they call it here, due to the humidity. That was in the region of 8 or 9 degrees so we were sweltering ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:59:00 GMT

a busy day in Umzumbe

Today was a day of painting the portrait that i am trying to finish this week. It has 8 people in it and they all look funny to me today. I am trying to develop a swift carefree but entirely accurate ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:45:00 GMT

just where I am

I don't know if anybody will be reading this - I'm in South Africa, in Umzumbe, to be precise on a farm. My trusty companions are 2 dogs who lie about most of the day, grunting and snuffling, waiting ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:48:00 GMT