Music . . . I can’t pretend to virtuosity, but I do take music seriously.  Like so many things for me, my musical interests have grown together with my historical interests, and the music which I play is almost all historical music.  I mainly play drums (side drums, frame drums and nakers) and woodwind (whistles and pibcorn); my favourite instrument is probably the lyre, but there's not much call these days for lyre-players it seems.  Apart from this, I sing.  I started singing properly in the Colpitts in Durham.  There used to be a singing club there on a Thursday night, and we'd belt out massive chorusses in the tiny back bar of the pub.  I’m sure my style owes a lot to those convivial evening sessions.  And as well as historical songs, I still love to sing traditional songs - mainly Scottish, but with a smattering of English and Irish in there too. You can listen to me singing one of the Cantigas de S. Maria from thirteenth-century Spain here: CSM377 I also write my own songs, and there are now a fair few songs in my list. I’ve recently written a song about the Battle of Bannockburn, which I’ve decided to publish online here: ‘(Ye’ll learn to dance) At the Bannockburn’ Click here for my band Squeake’s Noyse. Or here to see more about me and my lyres.