Sarah Walker on BBC Radio 3's "Classic Collection"  has just played Richard's track "The Sleep of a King" resulting in many emails to the office here at LongMan Records. So to answer all questions in one go:

The track is on Richard's "Music from the Colourdome" album and was written for his oldest son Django who is now 7.  Richard's next gig is with the RPO this Saturday, 10th April, at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley performing the Rodrigo's Aranjuez guitar concerto. He then continues touring around the UK with his solo show "The Guitar Whisperer".

Word has got out! Its official...yes Richard has broken his leg. He was showing off whilst Ice Skating, snapped his tibia and tore ligmanets in his ankle.

But the gigs continue. No shows have been, or will be affected by the accident. Certainly no cancellations.

Here is a film of this week's Sussex gig...

The new Guitar Whisperer Show is about to have its first trial airing at Richard's first gig of the new season on 6th March. Included will be Richard's new arrangement of Falla's La Vida Breve with Miranda Vincent's wonderful new, Goya inspired film. There is a strong emphasis on Spanish music but the show will also feature a new RD Debussy arrangement and original film backing by Malcolm B Dick and Mark Charlton.

With Rambert Dance Company's Bill Hammond contributing to the visual presentation this is a guitar concert like no other.

In the meantime here is a classic RD recording.

Artist Miranda Vincent has just completed the poster for Richard's 2010 Guitar Whisperer dates.

Richard heads off again in March and, in between Whisperer shows, has appearances with the RPO as well as his new concert series "Musical Forensics" at the Ropetackle in Shoreham by Sea.

When I was a kid we had a scrap of paper stuck to the kitchen wall next to an old football card of Gordon Banks. I used to stand on tip-toe to stare at this scrap as my Mum worked away in the background skinning rabbits or chopping up conger eels. It had this poem written on it: 

THE GUITAR

The weeping of the guitar begins.

The goblets of dawn are smashed.

The weeping of the guitar begins.

Useless to silence it.

Impossible to silence it.

It weeps monotonously as water weeps

as the wind weeps over snowfields.

Impossible to silence it.

It weeps for distant things.

Hot southern sands yearning for white camellias.

Weeps arrow without target evening without morning

and the first dead bird on the branch.

Oh, guitar! Heart mortally wounded by five swords.

Federico Garcia Lorca

Photos from Richard's "Musical Forensics" Spanish Guitar Night. Ropetackle Centre Shoreham. Taken by Chris Williams. Stage & Lights by Bill Hammond.