Ash Mandrake Solo profile picture

Ash Mandrake Solo

Ash is THE BARD OF BATH

About Me


If you want to contact Ash and you don't have a myspace account, you can use this email address: [email protected]
This site is in a state of transition and will be back in a new form in a week or two.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/28/2006
Band Members: My act is always in a state of transition/flux. Although just at the moment there is an especially exciting change taking place. This site will be back in a week or two. In the mean time, here are four videos which give a historical cross section of my work. I hope you enjoy them.
Ash x
FILMS
A BLAST FROM THE MANDRAKE PROJECT
(The King Has Lost His Hat)

Filmed by Andy Cottle at The Porter Cellar Bar. 09/07
"Problem, Solution: Stretching The Sun".

This film came out of a collaboration between myself and Ian Clutterbuck and was shown around the city of bath during The International Music Festival 2007 and in Emporium Arts
The Bath Squash And Pumpkin Project
Part 1

Thanks to Simon Capes and Rob Spalding for their wonderful acting and Ian Clutterbuck for all the many hours of filming and editing.
The Bath Squash And Pumpkin Project
Part 2

Thanks to Rob Spalding and Ian Clutterbuck for acting and filming respectively. Thanks to Cath The Piccolist on flute and The Amaizing Amadou on Jembe. On that day we were 3/4 the Mandrake Project.
COMEDY: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (My take in Emporium Arts March 2006)
Part 2
Cover: Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Add to My Profile | More Videos
A BIT OF SERIOUS LIVE LOOPING: Flake’s Theme (Emporium Arts October 2006)
Flake Theme

Add to My Profile | More Videos
Influences: VOCALISTS: Enrike Caruso , Tim Buckley, Freddy Mercury, Tom Waits, Arethra Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Tina Turner, Boni Tyler.GUITARISTS: Jimmy Hendrix, Brian May (Local Musicians: Neil Gay (attack and expressive qualities) Rob Sharples (fascination).MUSICIANSHIP: Rush, Frank Zappa.ATMOSPHERES: Tom Waits, Pink Floyd, Kula Shaker (Govinda), David Bowie, Nick Drake, John Martin, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Seal, Moby, Coctoau Twins, Bjork.LYRICISTS: Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen.CLASSICAL: Shostakovich, Carl Orf, Mozart, Debusy.OTHER GENRES: Zulu Tribal, Black Mombassa; Spanish; Gypsy Kings; Eastern European; Medieval, Gregorian Chants; Indian, Ravi Shankar.

Copyright Martin Tiger Country (Crop by Ash)
Sounds Like: I've been told that it is original and cuts across genres. Please tell me what you think.

Create your own visitor map!

Record Label: Sulis Underground
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Is it worth trying to copy Tim Buckley? (Part 2)

Please read Is it worth trying to copy Tim Buckley? (Part 1) below.   Part one focussed in on the value of going through the process of learning how to do a Tim Buckley cover. In this blog I'm go...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:01:00 PST

Is it worth trying to copy Tim Buckley?

(Just in case there are people reading this who've only heard of Geoff Buckley, Tim was his dad, and you can listen to him at www.myspace.com/timbuckley99)Is this blog for you?: This is quite a long b...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:11:00 PST

Glastonbury: 8 gigs in four days

Before I went out there, someone told me it was possible to get lots of gigs by getting there early and asking. They were right. ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" ...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:19:00 PST

Glastonbury: MUD BOUNCING (Evolution - Mud Skipper to Gazelle in 3 days)

Before the mud turned to soup it was like cake mixture; & elastic. Most people trudged around in it, but I discovered that once you managed to levitate above it, it was possible to bounce across it. A...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:02:00 PST

BARD: SQUEEZE A SQUASH INTO YOUR GARDEN. Article in Bath Chronicle 25th May 2007

BARD: SQUEEZE A SQUASH INTO YOUR GARDEN. Article in Bath Chronicle 25th May 2007   A Poet is turning his attentions to a most unlikely source of inspiration - the humble squash.Ash Mandrake, the...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Fri, 25 May 2007 01:18:00 PST

Bard Targets Banks In Poetic Fight For Justice, Bath Chronicle 12 April, p3

Published in The Bath Chronicle, p3 BARD TARGETS BANKS IN POETIC FIGHT FOR JUSTICEHe may be a poet in the tradition of the Celts and Druids - but the Bard of Bath has a very modern foe.While his pred...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:26:00 PST

So. What's all this squash and pumpkin stuff about then?

The Bath Squash and Pumpkin Project   The Bath Squash and Pumpkin Project is going to be great fun for kids of all ages. It's something that can happen through the schools, and it's som...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:38:00 PST

Review of The Mandrake Project Gig, Porter Cellar Bar 07/02/2007

Please note that my band is called The Mandrake Project. When this review was written, I still hadn't managed to get the message to everybody. We now have a band website at www.myspace.com/themandrake...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:20:00 PST

The Dragon Project

The Dragon Project is a special project relating to my Bardic Manifesto and my role as Bard of Bath There is a video at the top of my band bio. It is of a performance of The Mighty Dragon Song in The ...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:46:00 PST

On The Streets With The Mighty Dragon Song

Out On The Streets Of Bath With The Mighty Dragon Song 11th April - Milson Street "Today, I will mainly be reciting The Mighty Dragon Song" No, this is not a line from Jessie's Diets (The Fast Show...
Posted by Ash Mandrake Solo on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:29:00 PST