Musical indiscretions
I've been playing drums and percussion since childhood and in many rock, jazz and folk bands in the decades since. Between 1994 and 2008 I performed many times with Huddersfield's alt.folk band Bar the Shouting in halls, pubs and festivals throughout Britain, often supporting various environmental, peace or social justice campaigns. Since then I've drummed on a number of albums and annoyed people singing my own songs at open mic nights in the Huddersfield area.




Lyrics and music to
Rocketship Days * Just a Little Time * Inheritance
Your Greatest Day
(c)2003 purkis/bartheshouting
My hitchhiking & roadtrip songs (opens in a new window)
Lyrics and chords to some of the other songs I perform
(work in progress)
(about Walter Benjamin)
(about Camille Claudel)
(er ... about John Keats!)
The Visitor (2007)
First Love (2008)
Singularity (2017)
The Eternal Return (2018)
Juliette (2019)
The Empath (2014)
Afterlife (2013)
Dowsing Days (2006)
Secret Society (2004)