Hello FROM THE U.K. (LONDON)
it’s SUMMER 2024.
I'm Chris Marshall and on these pages, you Dear Web Reader, will find information, music tracks and galleries, connected with my music production company RHYTHMSHOP, what's been going on, and what's coming soon forthcoming events, especially my songwriting/recording project named An Open & Shut Cake, on the NEWS page. Plus in a desperate attempt to amuse and entertain, my writing of a bloggage nature (travel madness, music & media, and world confusion all covered) is entitled "BETWIXT THE INTERIM" and is to be found HERE.
All that and a shop too! Enjoy and contact me with any ideas (apart from Shut Up).
CHRIS MARSHALL
These last six years have been rather busy for your Webmaster, so I'm here somewhere enjoying some sunshine...
JAMES "BIDDIE" BIDDLECOMBE & ME
My cabaret partner of over 40 years & I may well be back in 2024 for our 44th anniversary!
STUDIO SESSIONS
Here's singing and cabaret performing star Chris Dennis (aka La Voix) recording at rpl studios, London a while back. Recently saw La Voix in her first West End Theatre show and she continues to tour plus appear on all manner of TV shows!
Young up-and-coming star from Madrid
Biao (aka Nacho Castellanos) is the name of the artist I've completed an album with. He's a Counter Tenor performing wonderful gigs in Spain in 2023 and recording arias galore, plus Pop Diva and hugely original singer/songwriter, not to mention, great friend. We're discussing our recordings now, but the album's called HAMARTIA. Watch this space.
Live Performances
I’ve been performing live with James “Biddie” Biddlecombe in Cabaret shows in London.
After sell-out performances at London’s The Pheasantry for Pizza Express Jazz, and the Above the Arts Club, we last performed at London’s Premier Cabaret venue Piccadilly’s Crazy Coqs.
More stuff
There's a whole load of new material in my main project An Open & Shut Cake released in Spring 2024.
Even in Lockdown, rpl studios carried on (with the aid of gin and a few limes).
Then we kept on touring and blogging, check out Betwixt the Interim!
MOST HATEFUL WORDS OF 2023/4
“INFLUENCER”. Apparently, this is someone with “sway over target audience, usually via Social Media”. Quite often, an Influencer is detestable and unnecessary. Full Stop.
POLITICS 2023/4: MOST IRRITATING PHRASE GENERALLY
"MOVING FORWARD." The future, moving forward, is STILL the future. Twits.
MOVIE CRITICS 2023/4:
“Tropes.” Cliché or well-trodden theme e.g. “Good vs Evil” “Rags to Riches”… kinda “themes.” Critics saying “Tropes” is a trope of cinema reviews…
Oh, and as for BARBIEHEIMER….puhlease…..
HOWEVER IN 2024 almost everything is “Darkly Comic”. Honestly.