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Malcolm Guite

Malcolm Guite, poet, singer, songwriter

About Me

I am a poet and singer-songwriter living in Cambridge, also a priest,chaplain, teacher and author of varous essays and articles and a book about contemporary Christianity (http://www.granta.com) My New CD on Cambridge Riffs, The Green Man is available now from CDBaby Click the album cover below to hear clips from all 14 tracks, and, if you wish, buy the cd I would be delighted if any gigging and or/recording musicians out there would like to cover any of my songs. If you're not making anything then my music is free, if you get some decent sales then lets come to an honest arrangement. Speaking of gigging musicians, I am also the singer and rythm guitarist for veteran Cambridge rockers Mystery Train (www.mysterytrain.org.uk). My greatest inspitations are Dante, S.T Coleridge, CS Lewis, Bob Dylan and St. Francis. and Seamus Heaney. THE GREEN MAN IS NOW ON ITUNES!

You can download it from iTunes
(And listen to clips of the songs) you can also get it here: MP3 The Green Man and Other Songs FOLK: Folk Blues
Intelligent singersongwriter originals that blend blues, folk and country into something unique,sou
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Member Since: 12/7/2006
Band Website: malcolmguite.com
Band Members: The Green Man gets editors pick awards and is track on the day on garageband:click here to hear and/or buy the new cd:

Click here to add me on ilike/facebook (I would apreciate it): here’s a youtube clip of mysterytrain live:here’s one of me playing the green man
Influences: Bob Dylan, The Band, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Guy Clark
Sounds Like: The Rolling Thunder Review
Record Label: Cambridge Riffs
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A couple of new sonnets

I am just back from a week at St. deiniols the wonderful library-retreat in wales. Here are a couple of sonnets I wrote there, one inspired by the fifteenth-century stone font at St. edwards in Cambri...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:19:00 PST

Advent sonnets, the full set

I have mentioned in this space my project to write a set of seven sonnets in response to each of the great O advent antiphons. by way of a happy advent present to all and sundry I am posting the compl...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:58:00 PST

here is the libretto itself

The Ten Thousand Things Libretto Part 1: Prelude: One who vanishes Fills the world. One who is silent Speaks the word. He dies to himself, On his own spear. In his absence Ten thousand things a...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:05:00 PST

successful premiere for the ten thousand things!

I write this a few days after the Oratorio of The Ten thousand things, for which I wrote the libretto had its world premiere at Cambridge's West Rd Concert Hall. It was an amazing esperience to  ...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:01:00 PST

full lyrics on the website

Just to say that I have anaged to get the full lyrics (and Chords!) for all the songs on my Green Man cd onto my official website at www.malcolmguite.com do check them out Malcolm  ...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:07:00 PST

Jazz poetry fusion

I have been having a great time colaborating with jazz saxophonist and composer kevin flannagan, I'm honoured to be heard along side Gary Snyder check this llink out: http://www.ampublishing.co.uk/fla...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:42:00 PST

Thumbs up in Green Man review

I have just seen the first indepth review of the green man and I am very pleased with it. you can read it here at: http://www.movingtonenews.com/features/reviews/cdguite.asp The Green Man is now fully...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:32:00 PST

The green man is out on cdbaby!

The Green Man page is up and running at cd baby, so if anyone fancies buying the album they can click the link below and voila! should soon be available on itunes etc. Just back from sandiego and...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:19:00 PST

The Green Man Launch and Radio interview

Well The Green Man and other songs is now out in the wide, wide world, available from www.malcolmguite.com and shortly to be available in america on www.cdbaby.com Its been exciting for me to have my ...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:59:00 PST

The New CD is finished!

I'm delighted to say that at last we have finished the final mix and the art work for the Green Man and Other Songs! Mike Boursnell from Cambridge Riffs has been fantastic as producer/engineer and has...
Posted by Malcolm Guite on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:54:00 PST