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07 Feb 00 - 06:08 PM (#174695) Subject: The First BBC Folk Music Awards From: The Shambles At this very moment these award are taking place in London. BBC FOLK MUSIC AWARDS. With one of our taking part (see the There but for fortune thread). It is to be broadcast On Wednesday and I will try to provide a link to that too. |
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07 Feb 00 - 06:14 PM (#174702) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: The Shambles Sorry about the spelling. I can spell award, honest. This is the link for BBC RADIO 2. I do not know if you will be able to hear it on line but it is worth a try on Wednesday. |
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08 Feb 00 - 05:24 AM (#174910) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: Mike Robertson And for those who are in Europe outside the UK who can't receive the normal radio broadcasts but want something better than RealAudio and have a satellite receiver, Radio 2 is sent both from the old Astra satellite (reception info here) at 19.2°E and the new digital Astra 2 (reception info here) at 28.2°E. Worth tuning into every Wednesday evening IMHO, always a great program. Especially so this week of course... -mike- |
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08 Feb 00 - 05:34 AM (#174913) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: The Shambles Thank you Mike. |
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08 Feb 00 - 05:56 PM (#175226) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: GUEST,Graham Pirt Shambles Sam arrived back today and had a great time - I'm sure he'll contribute something when he gets back to his own home and computer! - He even got to speak to Joan Baez! |
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08 Feb 00 - 06:09 PM (#175231) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: The Shambles Will we hear him on the radio tomorrow? |
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08 Feb 00 - 06:31 PM (#175242) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: bbc And I didn't even know I was giving Folk Music awards! bbc :) |
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09 Feb 00 - 01:20 AM (#175402) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: alison that's 8 am Thurday for NSW Aussies slainte alison |
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09 Feb 00 - 08:46 AM (#175463) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: GUEST,Sam Pirt WOW, WOW What a night!!! It was a great night with EVERYONE there from Joan Baez, the guitarist out of Blur, Liz & Andy Kershaw, Ralph MacTell, Dave Swarbrick, The Carthys, La Bottine Souriante and lots, lots more. It has to be one of the best nights of my whole life!! + we had a session with La Bottine Souriante in the hotel bar afterwards!!! Listen on wednesday 8pm british time Radio 2, It is also being broardcast on the World-service. Cheers, Sam
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09 Feb 00 - 02:27 PM (#175680) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: Mary in Kentucky I'm waiting here in Kentucky even though my computer clock is off by about 10 minutes. Roughly 30 minutes to go? |
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09 Feb 00 - 03:11 PM (#175706) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: Áine IT'S ON RIGHT NOW!!! And they started the show with the best - 422 - Way to go Sam!!! You guys sounded great! Congrats again!! -- Áine |
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09 Feb 00 - 03:11 PM (#175707) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: Mary in Kentucky WOW!!!!!!!!! |
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09 Feb 00 - 04:47 PM (#175761) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: GUEST,Sam Pirt Cheers!! |
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09 Feb 00 - 05:33 PM (#175786) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: Áine Hey Sam, My C drive crashed a few weeks ago and I lost the URL for 422's website. Could you please give to me again? Again, you guys were the best group on the show! Well done! -- Áine |
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09 Feb 00 - 06:44 PM (#175821) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: bobby's girl It was a great show, and 422 were the best, though I must admit Kate Rusby sounded pretty good too! |
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09 Feb 00 - 09:53 PM (#175936) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: Mary in Kentucky Áine--the URL for the 422 web page is here. http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.folk/422.htm And I agree, they were the best. Mary |
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10 Feb 00 - 02:09 AM (#176026) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: The Shambles Can anyone post here, the awards and their winners? |
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10 Feb 00 - 05:28 AM (#176054) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: Mike Robertson With apologies if I got the name of the award or the artist wrong, this is straight off the recording I made of the program: Best original song: Track of the year: Special services to folk music: Horizon award for new artist: Album of the year: Best duo or group: Best folk club: World folk artist: Best instrumentalist: Lifetime achievement award: Best live act: Folk singer of the year: Good tradition award: -mike- |
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10 Feb 00 - 05:38 AM (#176058) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: The Shambles Thank you very much Mike. Good to see Martin Hayes win one. He well deserved, that. |
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10 Feb 00 - 08:21 AM (#176081) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: GeorgeH Well, sorry 422 weren't broadcast - I guess you didn't play anything anodyne enough, guys!! The broadcast was dreadful, and deeply depressing; a progression of undemanding, easy-listening tracks. Only lifted by an excellent one from Joan Baez (who was the box player on that, can anyone say? And did Liza Carthy do anything other than her vocals on that track?), and a pretty-good-but-not-their-best track from Bottine. If that's the best then I don't know what I've been listening to all year but it can't be Folk/Roots . . [Clearly listening to it gives a different impression to viewing the list, since many of the award-winners weren't played in the programme. Our reaction to the awards as performed were that they were incestuous . . and the most clearly and richly deserved awards (Joe Boyd/Lucy Duran and Tony Engle/Topic Records) were amongst those NOT given any airplay.] But I've already spouted off at greater length over on uk.music.folk, so I'll let it rest. G. |
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10 Feb 00 - 09:00 AM (#176094) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: Áine Dear GeorgeH, But 422 *were* broadcast -- they were the very first group on the show -- Perhaps you tuned in after they'd been on. They sounded great! And my reception of the program was very good. Sorry that you didn't like the music. But then, you must've missed the best! -- Áine |
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10 Feb 00 - 11:16 AM (#176169) Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads From: GeorgeH Oops (pass the red-faced smilie!) . . must have taken me longer to tune the receiver than I realised, or else our clock was fast. True, I only heard from the start of the "Wraggle Taggle Gypsies" - so I also missed the Best New Song award - which, from the timings CAN'T have been broadcast, surely?? (Or did the show start before 8.00pm uk time). It's not that I didn't like the music, it was all perfectly pleasant. But none of it *except 422* (and Baez) was at all exceptional. . . and the most galling thing was that the clear-cut (IMO) awards weren't given airtime, yet they broadcast a slot from Eric Bibb who had no logical connection with the awards. G. |