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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 23 Apr 23 - 06:08 PM We've just watched it. It might not have been for the purist (though I did see one fiddle bow that looked authentic), but we both enjoyed it: each of us separately caught ourselves applauding. Spirited, and not an electric instrument in sight. Folk as *entertainment*, as it should be. |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: Steve Gardham Date: 23 Apr 23 - 05:20 PM Just watched the above with incredulity. Perhaps I was expecting something else. Okay, a positive to start with, enjoyed the musicianship, albeit largely played om modern instruments. Couldn't fault that, but what a weird confusing mish-mash from a load of posturing hooray-Henrys. Supposedly set in the mid seventeenth century, interspersed with 19th century chanties, Burns song from the late eighteenth, tunes from the nineteenth, mostly Irish. Warning, this is what happens to your folksongs when the hooray-Henrys get hold of them! Lots of taking the piss out of the folksongs taken straight from 'Folksongs for Schools'. Not a lot of research done then! A minor quibble, the sound levels were all over the place. Many pieces were so low volume that even if you turned the volume up full you could barely hear them. We get so little time on the Beeb for folksong and when it does come along it's taken to pieces like this. Poor! |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: GUEST Date: 23 Apr 23 - 12:26 PM 9pm 23 April 2023 The Alehouse Sessions BBC 4 - Bjarte Eike and Barokksolistene - plus a cameo appearance by celebrated soprano Mary Bevan. Beauty, improvisation, melancholy, bawdiness - Purcell, Playford and their European contemporaries bang heads with ballads, ditties, elegies, sea-shanties and folk song. Along with a variety of classical stringed instruments, their own arrangements delight us in a joyful mix of vocals, percussion, harmonium, guitar, charango and storytelling. Filmed on location in one of London's oldest taverns, The George Inn, Southwark. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lcvt Barokksolistene “The signature of this project is the interaction on stage between the players and the audience. If it has to be put in a historical context, the project draws its inspiration from the Shakespearian theatre where there was a direct communication between stage and hall- going in-between the story that was being told and occurring events happening in the hall. This is in stark contrast to the 19th century drama with dark halls looking at the “gods” on stage. It is the latter which the classical mainstream industry has adapted fully.” Using their own arrangement of the tunes, these ‘Alehouse Boys’ combine this unique format with humour, an unrivalled virtuosity and flare for improvisation. Bjarte Eike (NO): violin, vocals, artistic director Fredrik Bock (SE): guitar, charango, vocals Per Buhre (SE): viola, vocals Tom Guthrie (UK): lead vocals, violin Johannes Lundberg (SE): double bass, vocals Helge Andreas Norbakken (NO): percussion, vocals Steven Player (UK): dance, guitar, vocals Hans Knut Sveen (NO): harmonium, harpsichord, vocals Milos Valent (SK): violin, viola, vocals https://www.barokksolistene.com/thealehousesessions/ _ |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Feb 23 - 05:46 AM Saturday 25 February 2023 BBC2 21:00 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice; A musical biography of one of the most successful female singers of all time. 22:35 The Old Grey Whistle Test Linda Ronstadt Bob Harris introduces Linda Ronstadt in concert at the New Victoria Theatre in 1976. 23:25 Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou How the three country singers ended up uniting as close harmony singers on the Trio album. 00:25 Emmylou Harris's Ten Commandments of Country Emmylou Harris presents in performance her ten rules for what makes a great country song. 01:25 The Old Grey Whistle Test Emmylou Harris Country legend Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band perform a special concert. |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Jan 23 - 05:46 PM Wednesday 25 January Sky Arts 9:00 Robert Burns A celebration of his life Friday 27 January BBC4 9:00 Wayfaring Stranger with Phil Cunningham in Nashville 10:00 Transatlantic Sessions Emmylou Harris and Dougie McLean 10:30 Transatlantic Sessions Iris Dement Friday 27 January Sky Arts 7:00 Discovering The Mamas and the Papas 7:30-12:00 Fleetwood Mac videos and concerts |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 20 Jan 23 - 03:09 PM Friday 20 January BBC4 9:00 Crosby and Nash; In Concert 1970 9:30 Wayfaring Stranger with Phil Cunningham 2/3 10:30 Transatlantic Sessions Karen Matheson and Emmylou Harris 11:00 Transatlantic Sessions Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris and Mary Black 11:300 Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the Border; along the US/Mexico border 12:45 Southern Rock at the BBC including Ozark Mountain Daredevils 01:45 Wayfaring Stranger with Phil Cunningham 2/3 |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: Steve Shaw Date: 19 Jan 23 - 09:19 AM I've watched two of the Transatlantic Sessions so far. What a treat. More still to see! |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 18 Jan 23 - 02:01 PM Friday 20 January BBC4 9:00 Wayfaring Stranger with Phil Cunningham 2/3 10:00 Transatlantic Sessions Karen Matheson and Emmylou Harris 10:30 Transatlantic Sessions Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris and Mary Black 11:00 Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the Border; along the US/Mexico border |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 10 Jan 23 - 08:07 PM ! typo, not Fri 14 Jan ^^ Transatlantic Sessions Fri 13 Jan |
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Subject: RE: BBC TV This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 10 Jan 23 - 08:03 PM Wayfaring Stranger with Phil Cunningham - 2017 Phil Cunningham explores age-old musical connections between Scotland, Ulster and America. Fri 13 Jan 2023 21:00 - BBC FOUR Episode 1 Featuring performances from Paul Brady and Rhiannon Giddens. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08lnlhz Fri 20 Jan 2023 21:00 - BBC FOUR Episode 2 Phil Cunningham travels from Philadelphia to Nashville. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mj69q (probably)Fri 27 Jan 2023 21:00 - BBC FOUR Episode 3 Phil Cunningham ends his journey at the Grand Ol' Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n8hpk All currently available on iPlayer episodes guide https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08lnkqn/episodes/guide |
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Subject: BBC TV This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 10 Jan 23 - 07:37 PM Fri 14 Jan 2023 22:00 - BBC FOUR Transatlantic Sessions - Series 1 - 2009 Episode 1 With Emmylou Harris, Iris DeMent, Mary Black, Kathy Mattea and John Martyn. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gq7hv & Episode 2 With Kathy Mattea, John Martyn, Karen Matheson, Mary Black and Emmylou Harris. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gvk8v Fri 20 Jan 2023 22:00 - BBC FOUR Transatlantic Sessions - Series 1 - 2009 Episode 3 Featuring Karen Matheson, Mary Black, Emmylou Harris, Rufus Wainwright and Davy Spillane. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h6xm8 & Episode 4 Featuring Emmylou Harris, Dougie McLean, Kathy Mattea, Iris Dement and Guy Clark. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hd374 Transatlantic Sessions episodes guide https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gtlnv/episodes/guide |
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