Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night

Subject: RE: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: GUEST,Dave Hanson
Date: 21 Feb 23 - 03:30 AM

Without doubt a genius.

Dave H

Subject: RE: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Feb 23 - 08:23 PM

^ that was the general 'FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK - Ron Olesko' page.

This is Les Barker stream
https://m.soundcloud.com/wfdu-ron-olesko/les-barker-on-traditions-2004

Subject: RE: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Feb 23 - 11:00 AM

Les Barker - "Eisteddfod" - 2011
Word of Mouth
Tired of living next to his noisy neighbours, Les Barker opted out of urban Manchester and moved to North Wales. "Although I'd spent half a lifetime an hour's drive away, I'd never heard of Hedd Wyn. Or any other major figure in Welsh history or literature, apart from Max Boyce and Dylan Thomas." So Les began to learn...and learn...and learn.....
"After toying briefly with 'Teach Yourself Welsh', I went on a four-day course in Denbigh; Craig Jones was the tutor. Over the summer I did a couple of week-long courses in Denbigh, initially with another Mr Jones, but he went off sick and was replaced by a Mrs Jones. Wales is full of them."
"Being a beginner is frustrating. After a lifetime of being fluent, I suddenly had the vocabulary and grammar of a three-year-old." But Les persevered, and is now a serious performer on the Welsh poetry scene, and one of the organisers of this summer's Eisteddfod. Chris Ledgard meets Les as he makes last minute preparations for the festival.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012wjcz

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And an interesting interview with lots of poems on a 2004 podcast by Ron Olesko(Folk Music Notebook)
https://on.soundcloud.com/AGpHn

Subject: RE: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: GUEST,Mike
Date: 21 Aug 11 - 07:23 PM

Sorry, that should have said Weds 24 August!

Subject: RE: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: GUEST,Mike
Date: 21 Aug 11 - 07:22 PM

There are repeats on Radio 4 Extra on Weds 24 September:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yqspr

And Iceberg also made it to Poetry Please in June but I'm not sure who the reader was:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011zldn

Subject: RE: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 18 Aug 11 - 03:38 PM

Deja entendu?

Kitty

Subject: RE: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 18 Aug 11 - 03:31 PM

Deja vu - heard it before!

Subject: RE: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 18 Aug 11 - 03:20 PM

Thanks Peter - I heard it last night and was wondering whether to refresh the previous Les Barker on Radio 4 thread...

Deja vu, and Any news of the iceberg.... with audience participation!

Kitty

Subject: Les Barker on BBC Radio 4 Last Night
From: Peter the Squeezer
Date: 18 Aug 11 - 02:52 PM

As ever from Les - brilliant!

Listen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00yqspr