Folk workshop broadcast BBC4

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 10:17 AM

Ian Anderson of fRoots posted the list I quoted on uk.music.folk recently; he gets advance notice of such things. The BBC4 site has a little information, but I haven't found any about the later programmes in the series yet. European Roots: Nitin Sawhney is featured on the Jazz page, but at present the link to details about it actually goes to something about Jeff Buckley. I expect they'll fix it in time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/jazz/

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 09:26 AM

From the listing it sounds like it must be the 'Nyckelharpa strikes back'as I can't see them filming too many nyckelharpas! Any chance of a tape someone? - both Sam and I are in Sweden for the Falun Festival on July 9 so we have NO chance of seeing this.

Cheers Sarah

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: Sam Pirt
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 05:08 AM

Please please please please could someone video these for me!!! I am a HUGE FAN of JPP, VASEN, please anyone video them, I too am not a 'digital' person!!!!!

Cheers, Sam

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: greg stephens
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 05:18 PM

Malcolm: where is that BBC4 info available?

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 05:15 PM

The "some reason" was that it wasn't mentioned in the list I had; looks interesting, though.

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: greg stephens
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 04:52 PM

Depressing how the Beeb is shunting its arts stuff onto an obscure channel that about three people can watch, isnt it? Though very gratifying that I'm one of the three. ntl is crap for reading long Mudcat threads, but it does send me BBC4!

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: DMcG
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 03:50 PM

For some reason Malcolm Douglas left out Tuesday 11 June of "European Roots" which is focused on Nitin Sawhney. It looks like it is part of the same series even though it is not based on a region like three of the four he mentions.

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 02:53 PM

BBC4 will be transmitting a series of European roots films on Tuesday nights at 9pm. I don't know if this is the same thing, but it's relevant anyway.

"Appenzell: Sounds Of The Mountains" (Switzerland) on June 18th

"JPP: The Incredible Finn Band" on June 25th

"Moravian Carnival" on July 2nd

"The Nykelharpa Strikes Back" on July 9th.

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 02:00 PM

I'll take a guess at music based - and probably world music based (seem to remember that phrase being used at the time).

Thanks for your help.

Cheers Sarah

Subject: RE: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: DMcG
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 06:35 AM

I keep a fairly close eye on BBC4 and haven't noticed it. Do you have any idea whether this would be a part of a music-based programme or a locality-based one?

Subject: Folk workshop broadcast BBC4
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 05:09 AM

I attended a fiddle workshop at Folkbeat Derby a couple of months ago which was run by Olav from Swedish band Vasen. He played his nyckelharpa throughout whilst we played fiddles.

Also in attendance were a BBC film crew who told us the piece would be part of a broadcast on BBC4 (digital I think) sometime in June.

I've just remembered this and haven't been able to check as I don't have digital.

Does anyone know if this broadcast has already gone out and if it has, did anyone video tape it?

Any help greatly appreciated (Sam Pirt might well be interested too).

Cheers Sarah Cheffins