William D Drake, sometimes we call him Bill, he of Cardiacs family and such, Bill will play and play for free this Friday 17th March, at The Prince of Greenwich in Greenwich, South London.. Mr William D Drake will “entertain with a rousing selection of tunes from the William D Drake/Sea Nymphs repertoire accompanied by Miss Nicola Baigent on clarinet – you are invited to gather around the piano for a jolly sing-a-long to a few of the old favourites”  The Prince of Greenwich is a Victorian ‘museum pub’ crammed with curios and momentos of world travel and music. Admission is free, the performance is at 7.30pm at The Prince of Greenwich, 72 Royal Hill, Greenwich, London. SE10 8RT

More recent Organ coverage of Mr Drake and such..

ORGAN THING: William D Drake gets all magical in a sixteenth century Tudor house with a harpsichord… William D Drake – Sutton House, Hackney, London (Feb 4th 2017) Psst… want to know a secret? Two secrets, really. First of all, there’s this place – it’s a house, might be just down the road from you, if you’re a Londoner, and in fact you might have driven past it a hundred times.…

ORGAN THING: Some Drakes, William D Drake and full band in London, Bob Drake UK tour. Come see the drake (and how good were Mr Sterile Assembly last night!)  Some musical things, some Drakes, William D, Bob, things, not really going off, more Blind in safety, a couple of parish notices for you to take notice of. William D Drake, sometimes we call him Bill, he of Sea Nymphs and Cardiacs family, has a concert performance next week, Bob Drake is touring….

ORGAN THING: Sea Nymphs On Dry Land, a first listen to the glorious new album…  Take extra care with all the precious stuff we try to handle with our special care…. Really must get some words down today, it landed earlier, and of course it is a glorious thing of beauty, of course it is, you knew that already.  You knew a new Sea Nymphs album could be nothing less…

ORGAN THING: The reedy waters have been stirred, Appealing to Venus and the tale of that John Peel session…  Have we told this tale before? The ready waters have been stirred again, we’ll tell it once more. Organ has been around, in one form or another, for very very (very) nearly thirty years now, (the very first issue actually came out back on December 4th 1986 if you really must know, a messy hand-made…

Organ Thing Of The Day: To mark the release of William D Drake’s magnificent new album, a new music film…   To mark the release of William D Drake’s magnificent new album  Revere Reach this week, a new music film, of one of the most beautiful tracks  from the album, ‘Be Here Steryear’  is available to view  from today. The film is made by Andy Joule who previously produced a…

ORGAN THING OF THE DAY: A First listen to the new William D Drake album…   A First listen to the new William D Drake album Revere Beach Addressed to swallows and wood pigeons, precious moments, Whisper of the earth, precious moments will collide, the new William D Drake album is here, it arrived this morning with the first sun of what we hope will be another…

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Meanwhile, summer treats….