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A passion for music and stone circles

That’s me on guitar!

Ever since my dad took me to Stonehenge, when I was 8 years old, I was hooked into the mysteries of these ancient pre-roman monuments that colour the UK landscape. Combine that with my love of playing music and an opportunity to mix the two was a chance too good to miss, and that chance came along in 2004.

My good friend Wilf was, at the time, learning to play the harp and we used to spend countless evenings learning and playing traditional British tunes. When the chance to visit Stonehenge one summer solstice came along we just coudn’t resist the opportunity to go for it and perform a short medley of music inside the stone circle - unusual because the general public are not generally allowed inside!

And so we put together four tunes and performed, much to the delight of all those present, and for one couple who were renewing their marriage vows it was a special and memorable moment for them - this alone made it all worthwhile!

The main thing that I will remember were the accoustics. The sound inside the stones was reminiscent of being in a recording studio, very clean and audiable. In fact sound inside many stone circles is generally that way, and that makes me think that these monuments were origionally built and used for gathings where being heard was important.

We shall probably never know the real reason why these places were constructed but, in my mind at least, I’m pretty certain that our ancestors knew what they were doing!