"CHAUCER" COMES TO FRINGE

PETE Morton has switched from being a punk rocker into a medieval travelling troubadour.
The Leicestershire-born performer, who has also toured Europe as a busker, brings his self-penned work on Geoffrey Chaucer, sometimes referred to as the father of English literature, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Pete, now 46, was born in Leicestershire, first started performing when he was three by singing his little sister to sleep.
He progressed to a church choir and then punk with two school bands.
Then he discovered folk songs at 16 when he left school and went solo.
He said: "I became a busker and travelled around Europe until I was 22 then came back to play in folk clubs.
"I then toured around the world, mainly solo. I then toured around the world, mainly solo.”
Since an earlier appearance in Edinburgh in 1990 when he appeared with Urban Folk (Roger Wilson, Simon Edwards) in a notable Folk Festival concert, songwriter Pete has worked hard at his craft.
He is now rated as one of the best British songwriters of the 21st century with an expressive voice exactly right for his material.
He added: “My recent projects have been an album of songs in different languages and the development of Geoff Chaucer Junior, a medieval bard which I'm bringing to the Fringe.
"I claim to be the son of Geoffrey Chaucer and the inventor of rock n roll."
*For the record: Wikipedia says: "Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.
"Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales.
"Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by
some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of
the vernacular Middle English, rather than French or Latin."
Pete, or rather "Geoffrey Chaucer Jnr", appears at The Acoustic Music Festival at St Bride's on August 26, 27 and 28.