Audiences seeing the Cradle of Fire film in 360 degrees for the first time described it as “fabulous” and “exciting”. Carolyn Waudby and Diana Scarborough were commissioned to show an immersive version of their film in a new Igloo projection space at Sheffield Hallam University for the 2025 No Bounds Festival . Filmmaker Diana Scarborough…
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Garefowl Gig
In a chance last-minute connection, Carolyn was invited to read her poetry with folk collective Garefowl to a full capacity audience at The Drama Studio, Sheffield.Garefowl were playing in the city as part of the Talking Gigs world music events programme. Violinist Ewan MacDonald is the direct descendant of one of four men who, in…
Daughter
The Rockvale Review Issue 4 May 2019 is out – and Carolyn Waudby’s poem Daughter from the Frida Kahlo collection is featured, paired with a photograph by Nashville artist Ashley Trabue. Founding editor Sandy Coomer discusses how she chose the 33 poems in the issue from 1500 – and how musical compositions were commissioned to…
No Sympathy for the Devil
January 2020 Carolyn Waudby’s feature on the folklore of the Delta blues is published in the January 2020 edition of Fortean Times. The article unravels the legend of how blues guitarist Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in return for musical prowess during an encounter at a crossroads near Memphis. The story has…
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