Johny Nocash/John Hartley
Whichever name you choose.
Jack of a few trades (music, writing, poetry, photography, life), master of one (education).
‘This Is Not The End’, threequel to ‘How Green Are Your Eyes’, and ‘The Broken Bottle’, out April
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- #IsmuasMonthOfMusic A song without a clear chorus? youtu.be/U1Q-IgHnuWs?...
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- #IsmuasMonthOfMusic A song I wish was longer… well, I could listen to the outro on this forever. youtu.be/Dgfss42bsYc?...
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- Reposted by Johny Nocash/John HartleyNEW post: The Bothy Band - “a vital role in the folk music revival and one of the greatest groups of any kind to have emerged from Ireland” @pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks 10 tracks from the albums of the #BothyBand www.toppermost.co.uk/bothy-band-t...
- Feb 4th for #IsmuasMonthOfMusic and it’s a song that feels brutally honest. Tennis always wore their heart on their sleeve, none more so than with this: youtu.be/o6O0mQ5Smxs?...
- No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
- A song outside my usual taste. Tricky, as I like what I like, whatever that may be. Perhaps the test is if my kids were surprised I liked it: youtu.be/TrFL6mXZDmI?... #IsmuasMonthOfMusic
- “I once wrote a poem that came in the top 0.17% of a national competition, and still didn’t win” New blog post johnhartleywriter.blogspot.com
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- Reposted by Johny Nocash/John HartleyHey friends! We're so grateful for all of the support for our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social event/workspace fundraiser so far! Contribute if you're able, share if you're not - truly everything helps! We couldn't do anything without the love & support of our community! 🧡👻📚🤗 fnd.us/littleghosts...
- A song that captures a generation. Correct me if I’m wrong… youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA?... #IsmuasMonthOfMusic
- This is who runs this account.
- Creme brûlée
- Bookshelves. A new post. #writingcommunity #booksky #reading #randomhashtag johnhartleywriter.blogspot.com/2026/02/book...
- A new month of #IsmuasMonthOfMusic, and the first prompt is a song that makes me feel unstoppable. I don’t think that’s a feeling I recognise. Instead, here’s a song about not stopping. youtu.be/eGZJKsTHXG0?...
- Reposted by Johny Nocash/John HartleySteep Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, 1985, photo by Michael Kenna, Widnes-born photographer.
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- Last call for #IsmuasMonthOfMusic, and it’s a song that feels like a long journey. Slightly cheating,but I don’t care. youtu.be/6CVsBOjeDzk?...
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- When put on the spot to suggest anything with a memorable anything my mind goes blank. So here’s a song that I’ve just remembered has a bridge. youtu.be/4AyUv-7F_Hw?... #IsmuasMonthOfMusic
- Play loud for Ismua #IsmuasMonthOfMusic youtu.be/fbziXZGiCPo?...
- Post a picture you took
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- #IsmuasMonthOfMusic wants a song driven by rhythm. Here we go, then: youtu.be/ejU5YAHN3vQ?...
- A song I only understood later in life? Well, I understood it then, but it had greater resonance in later life. #IsmuasMonthOfMusic youtu.be/NY4EMUzp1ZQ?...
- A song that led me to an artists entire catalogue? Well, I had to wait for much of it to be released, but still… #IsmuasMonthOfMusic youtu.be/PPsL2SCDPWc?...
- I forget how much music writing I used to do. I’m always very grateful to Toppermost for giving me the platform to write about some of my favourite bands.
- The House of Love Toppermost from @johnynocash.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/house-of-lov...
- I’d never really got Pavement, and didn’t really have any desire to based on what I’d heard. Then I saw this on The Chart Show. #IsmuasMonthOfMusic youtu.be/1VVj1zqbWpU?...
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- You know those irritating One4All vouchers you get… the ones you have to spend in a certain shop and you can’t combine them? If you go to Waterstones you can use them to order and pay for this book ⬇️
- Buy yourself a different book! It’s the follow-up to The Broken Bottle. You’ll enjoy it. brokendownrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/how-gr... #booksky #reading #fiction #novel
- Feels like a warning? There’s definite menace in this one #IsmuasMonthOfMusic youtu.be/WO4Nqq7fono?...
- Buy yourself a different book! It’s the follow-up to The Broken Bottle. You’ll enjoy it. brokendownrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/how-gr... #booksky #reading #fiction #novel
- quote post with a gif that has a clue about where you're from
