Ancient British Bard, Storyteller,Musician,Songwriter,Poet,healer

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As Resident Poet for BBC Radio York North Yorkshire Folk: “Tony Morris has proved a huge hit” (Michael Brothwell, programme presenter).

Tony Morris is known for his “Trappy Lad” CD of ironstone mining songs and stories of the Great Ironstone Rush and his talks on ironstone mining. Traditional folksong 'you could imagine sung in home or down the mine' (The Link).

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Tom Lennard is a character Tony Morris has created for his Play with song, 'Iron Rush'. This is ideal Theatre in Education and has been successfully performed before family audiences in Literary and Science and Technology Festivals and in Village Hall and Museum.

Tony Morris has written and sung songs about Captain William Scoresby of Whitby for a School film project on whaling and his 'Ballad of the Nunnington Worm' is being used for a similar purpose.

Tony Morris's performance of his metrical tales with Bard’s Harp and Viking Lyre show only part of his multi-talented, multi-instrumental improvisational skills.

Tony has little time left to exhibit his fascinating paintings, unusual for his particular technique in the use of watercolour so click

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Progressive, improvised music is an integral part of many of TONY'S 'poems' which he prefers to refer to as 'pieces' to overcome the popular, perhaps 'unpopular', concept of 'poetry'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16GByGF3ZC8

Although his views on poetry and painting are very much in tune with his views on music he has found it necessary to set out a clear statement of his views on music (seeso those taking part in his workshops can free themselves of conventional attitudes toward music more quickly.

Tony's talents have taken him into the world of Folk Music performance where his robust approach captivates.