Unlock your inner minstrel with us at Stroud Sub Rooms

Far be it from us to suggest that this is an old photo with ancient copy and that we have moved on massively since this was all put together, but 'tis true.  

When this pic was snapped around 1/3 of our current crew were not on board and since then we have sung in caves, castles, coaches, clifftops, quaysides, inside Stonehenge, multiple times at The London Roundhouse at the Voices Now Festival and appeared TWICE on National Radio, including being a main feature on BBC Radio 3's The Choir program.  

We also have more songs that speak of the dilemmas facing thoroughly modern men and how we strive to release ourselves by #getmensinging.

Having said all that, 'tis also true, we have been praised by many as "surprisingly good" and hopefully you can see for yourself this coming Saturday as we unleash our Radio 3 approved set along with the infinitely more talented The Croutons this 16 May from 8.00pm at the very wonderful Subscription Rooms in The People's Republic of Stroud.  

Avoid disappointment and save yourself nearly enough money to buy us a pint from their website at http://www.subscriptionrooms.org.uk/general.asp?pid=12&pgid=972.

The Magnificent sound of Voices Now Part 1

One of the great joys of last weekend's Voices Now at the London Roundhouse was the range of material sung by the very different choirs and also the fantastic way that the various groups collaborated.

This led to some great programming for the three nights and one of our very favourite moments was us old lumbering lumps sharing a song with the spritely little chaps from BoyBand.  A great example of how you can #getmensinging even if they aren't quite men yet!

And you can hear a snippet to good effect of this as part of this little medley of Magnificent recordings from the more shanty orientated material we performed at the weekend.

In passing, if you attended the event and would like to leave your feedback the organizers would be pleased to hear from you via https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BP3TRNF.

Re-live some of that fabulous weekend of singing by clicking on the Play button on our Soundcloud.

What did you do at the weekend Daddy?

Daddy, what did you do at the weekend when you were away?

Hmmm, let me think...

I dressed in black

I journeyed far away with my friends

We went to a great round building

And gathered in darkness

Where there was great light and sounds so pure, so high and so deep

We sang together with our compatriots and many new friends

We roared like Mastodons

We droned, we groaned

We sang for the Radio

We posed around town

We sang our hearts out on stage with people a fifth of our age

We shantied, we flirted in front of hundreds

We listened in awe

We drank to a great life

We bathed ladies in sound

We serenaded our fellow singers

And marveled at their singing

We shared magical, memorable moments

We lived the dream

I think I didn't dream it, but I can't be sure ...

Daddy, you are funny

From roundhouses to The Roundhouse in a week

The Magnificent AK47 is an interesting journey of self-discovery through the medium of BlokeSong.

Last week we were in modern replicas of ancient Roundhouses like these . . .

. . . wondering where we were and where we were going (and clearly one or to wondering what on earth we were doing wherever we were) . . .

So, after we had thought for a bit, we decided to Go West! (or rather East) . . 

. . . to visit an ancient Roundhouse that is a modern mecca . . . 

. . . that is THE London Roundhouse where we will be performing over the course of two days at the fabulous Voices Now Festival.

It's all go in this Magnificent little world of ours - hope you can be there too

Voices Now & Roundhouse Round up

 

A fantastic mass gathering at The world famous Roundhouse of "15 of the most exciting choirs in the country" and The Magnificent AK47 were there too!

It was all part of the day long preparations for the 2015 Voices Now which you can read all about on our Twitter Feed at https://twitter.com/magnificentak47.

Choirs included our brothers in song, Chaps Choir, the hearty The B.I.G Choir, a fabulous Boyband 60 boys from Rhodes Avenue Primary School who stole everyone's hearts, the very impressive Green Street Blues, our friends from the immense Gurt Lush, the rather good Holst Singers, the excellent Roundhouse Choir, the Sheffield Young Singers who performed a cracking piece, the startling Veda Slovena Bulgarian Choir, who like us have also graced The Convent and many, many more

And  much of this was captured by Sara Mohr-Pietsch from BBC Radio 3's excellent The Choir on Sunday afternoons and a programme we will be featuring a bit more in the future.

You can hear a rather rough recording of the blokes in action to give you a flavour of the event and see loads more on our Twitter and Facebook feeds.

Another Magnificent day out and here's to the main event (if we are invited back...!)