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Alexander the Great : a Folk Operetta
Welcome to the wonderful world of Humphrey 'Huck' Astley - a multitalented musician and writer who is currently touring his mini Folk Operetta...
Written by Amelia Gregory
Alexander The Great by Amelia Grace.
Humphrey 'Huck' Astley is a poet-singer-songwriter and author of the three-part album and stage show 'Alexander the Great: a Folk Operetta' - here he describes the process of embarking on such an ambitious project...
How did you get involved in a Folk Operetta?
Alexander the Great is essentially a concept album, but I was wary of calling it that. I did however want to hint to people that it was more than just a bunch of songs, and I toyed with calling it a 'narrative album' before settling on 'folk operetta', which is a term I found on Wikipedia! (I later discovered Anais Mitchell's folk opera Hadestown and almost died of embarrassment, though I'm not a big fan of the album.) To be honest, I'm using the term fairly liberally - I'm not a folk singer, and I don't know anything about opera! But I like to think that I borrow a… read more
