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Shrop Rocks Magazine May | June edition
Shrop Rocks Magazine May | June edition
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We all long for those<br />
moments of total calm<br />
sometimes. When life's day to<br />
day events become day to day<br />
struggles and all you want to<br />
do is drop everything and<br />
book the next available ight<br />
to the Bahamas. So, when<br />
those moments hit you with<br />
a urrying amplitude, how<br />
do you shake them? Perhaps<br />
you have a happy place<br />
within your mind, perhaps<br />
you'll meditate or practice a<br />
spot of yoga. Or maybe you're<br />
more like me and nd the<br />
calm within soothing melodic<br />
masterpieces.<br />
Recently, the stress of<br />
university has been stacking<br />
up as high as the books on<br />
my reading list. So I've been<br />
nding myself searching the<br />
farthest scopes of the<br />
internet to nd my soothing<br />
melodic masterpiece- and I<br />
think I've found it. It lays<br />
within the narrative charms<br />
of Nottingham's Folk ve<br />
piece, The Idolins.<br />
What started off as a duo,<br />
with Karen Smalley and<br />
Claudine West, The Idolins<br />
started their musical<br />
renditions in 2010. Soon<br />
after, current guitarist and<br />
friend of Karen's, Nick Scott<br />
joined the band. Enabling<br />
songwriter Karen to add<br />
further dimension to their<br />
tracks with the inclusion of<br />
male harmony. In 2012,<br />
peppy percussionist Mark<br />
Rice was inducted into the<br />
band. In the same year, The<br />
Idolins then became a<br />
fantastic ve piece when<br />
cellist Hannah Barrs joined<br />
the bill.<br />
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