UK folk music gets its own satellite

Subject: UK folk music gets its own satellite
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jul 12 - 07:47 AM

http://theglamourcave.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/british-folk-music-gets-its-own.html

Shrewsbury folk festival has started a revolution and it's led to UK folk getting its own satellite.

Subject: RE: UK folk music gets its own satellite
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 16 Jul 12 - 08:17 AM

At last....

3 decades ago us young media savvy politicised students & musician types
were rabbiting on about

"Appropriating the means of mass media production and dissemination"

or some such similar clever clogs big words trendy communications & media studies ideological mantra...???


And now finally, it's actually technologically feasible and almost affordable in the real world.....

Subject: RE: UK folk music gets its own satellite
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jul 12 - 08:22 AM

Quite. For a festival it's eminently affordable as it could partially replace the marketing spend on old media: press releases etc I understand it would come in at considerably less than five figures for most festivals.

Subject: RE: UK folk music gets its own satellite
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Jul 12 - 09:14 AM

Less than FIVE figures for most festivals ? On top of other overheads , how many festivals can afford another £1000 Plus ?

Subject: RE: UK folk music gets its own satellite
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jul 12 - 09:43 AM

You have to weigh it against the potential benefits. Shrewsbury sold out by April. It would involve a certain amount of far-sightedness on the part of the festival organisers.

Subject: RE: UK folk music gets its own satellite
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 03:12 AM

uk folk music is great. its good news that uk folk music gets its own satellite.

india music festival

Subject: RE: UK folk music gets its own satellite
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 03:29 AM

Will it be hand carved from English Oak, and hoisted into orbit by a shanty crew?

Subject: RE: UK folk music gets its own satellite
From: GUEST,Jack Sprocket
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 08:20 PM

Having just listened to a guid bit of braw Scotch stuff on BBC Alba (available on FreeSat), I'd be happy if English Folk just got a share of a channel.