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Hugh Nankivell Hugh Nankivell

Musician and father living in Torquay.

I play harmonium, fender rhodes, melodica, viola, piano and other things, especially with keys and strings.

I write songs and make music with many people aged from very young to very old.

View my website http://www.naturalcauses.org.uk/

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My News

april / Wed 24th Apr 2013

Just finished a project in the Shetland islands with the National Theatre of Scotland, just finishing some work with old people in Ashburton and we ha...

what we all need / Fri 7th Dec 2012

The Christmas Single is now released - 'WHAT WE ALL NEED' - by Assembly aka SWMS - written by Hugh Nankivell (Torquay) and Ben McCabe (not Torquay) a...

1 Stars

shoe music / Thu 4th Nov 2010

Last week in Newcastle and Gateshead with the wonderful Ainote-san we made this little film about playing with shoes. I had just bought some new black...

My Audio

The Basic Rock Song - new band version

Song written for the Geotour and now for the re-opening of Rock Walk. All of three chords (G, D and A minor). Come along on October 2nd and sing it ou...

1 Stars

DIvided Mother and Child

Song written with Graham Browning for the Sunday Opening at Torre Abbey. I used to rehearse at Damien Hirsts House - Pilot Cottage in Greenwich - and ...

2 Stars

Baby Black Rhino

Song written for birth of Paignton's famous daughter of 2007. Performed by Natural Causes.

1 Stars

Stitch Me Up

One of eleven new songs composed in the first week of April for the 1921 Australian silent movie 'The Man They Could Not hang' about the Torquay story...

I Can Still Do It

A song from the Memorabilia project in Ashburton. I have been making up new songs with old people in the town along with Blazing Tales. Roland told me...

My Reviews

Reviewed 18th Dec 2008

Deborah Treliving

Deborah TrelivingThe Keys To The Sea will be an exciting adventure - I'm looking forward to it. The photos on the link are quite beautiful -powerful yet sensitively portaying the age of the pianos and the history of Torquay. While listening to the audio I'm transported to the coast path with a panoramic view of Torbay.