A new drama for BBC Radio 4, THE BALLAD OF SYD & MORGAN, starring Simon Russell Beale, Tyger Drew-Honey and Madeleine Leslay will be broadcast on Saturday, May 20th at 3.00 pm. It will subsequently be available on BBC Sounds. Dramatised by Roger James Elsgood from Haydn Middleton’s novel of the same name. The story […]
Syd Barrett Music Limited and the Syd Barrett estate are launching a dedicated Syd Barrett YouTube channel The channel is a natural extension of Syd Barrett’s existing online presence and will consist of artistic interpretations of his solo music, with accompanying music and lyrics. Together with the Swedish animator, Alex Teglbjaerg, known as The Artist […]
Cult icon, enigma, recluse… the life of Syd Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd, is full of unanswered questions. Until now. Piecing together his comet-like rise to pop stardom, his creative and destructive impulses, breakdown, exit from the band and subsequent life alone, this feature length documentary is set against the social context of the […]
For photos of Syd in an Instagram style then please check out our new Instagram account, @syd_barrettofficial. It includes photos spanning his lifetime as well as lyrics, quotes and videos. We hope you enjoy this new channel of Syd and join in the conversations there. We also have a whole host of photos on […]
Syd’s birthday is on 6th January, born in 1946 to Win and Max Barrett in Cambridge. To celebrate Syd’s birthday this year, Lee Harris has written a piece on one of Syd’s songs in our section Stories behind the Songs. Lee chose the song “Here I Go” written by Syd and recorded in 1969. Lee […]
Thomas Gilhooly, student at Cambridge University, took the opportunity recently of introducing Syd to a Cambridge University student audience via an article (here’s the link) in the student newspaper, the Varsity. Using the 50 years since the Madcap Laughs (1970) as his starting point, Thomas discusses Syd’s character, his work as an artist and how […]