Alex Swailes - An Archive

My old pal and musical collaborator, Alex Swailes, died on Wednesday, 19th February 2025.

The links below will take you to to the downloadable material I have accumulated over the years.

• Recordings

Archive recordings from Northumbrian Night concerts held as part of the Alnwick International Music Festival.

• Northumbrian Repertoire

PDFs of the words and music for all of the songs featured in the archive recordings (and many others from Alex's repertoire)

• My Tributes

A tune (The Gadgy's March) and a poem (The Bottby Conundrum) both written in honour of Alex.

• Musical Memories

  When Alex was 90 in 2023 Anne Swailes and I compiled "Ninety Years of Fun", a very large book of photographs of Alex's very fun-packed life. Some extracts from that book are included here, along with some photographs from concert performances.