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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 Aug 24 - 11:43 AM BBC iplayer Alba TV, I know! Skipinnish Aig A' Chaisteal Broadcast 19 July 2024 Available for 10 days A special programme to celebrate 25 years of Skipinnish, recorded at Edinburgh Castle in front of thousands of fans. The concert includes the music that made the band famous, and features interviews with members Angus MacPhail and Andrew Stevenson. Narrated by Megan NicGill-Fhaolain. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 11 Aug 24 - 02:40 AM Monday 12.8.24 at 10.00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra Charles Parker Prize 2024 "Sara Parker introduces a new generation of student feature makers, all finalists and winners of the Charles Parker Prize 2024 – set up in memory of her father. The annual Charles Parker Prize celebrates a new generation of audio producers and storytellers - open to anyone studying radio and audio at Higher or Further Education and other media courses across the country. Broadcast through the 1950s and 60s, along with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Charles Parker's series known as the 'Radio Ballads' left a lasting legacy on the landscape of radio storytelling; by interweaving original musical composition with remote interview recordings, and with a focus on highlighting working class voices - a practice until then unheard on BBC radio. Charles’ daughter Sara Parker, herself an award-winning radio producer, hears from this year's finalists and plays extracts from their features as our ten new storytellers share their experience in creating their celebrated audio features. There are extracts from the prize-winning features of; Grace Reeve, Libby Liburd, Evan Green, Naomi Bloomstein and Amy Bartlett, as well as the five other nominees; Anna de Wolfe Evans, James Bonney, Irene Dani, Chantal Romain and Darya Kalsi. You can hear the five winners’ work in full in the series ‘New Storytellers’ on BBC Radio 4 this week and on BBC Sounds along with finalist Anna de Wolfe’s ‘A Recipe for Recovery’. Producer: Talia Augustidis (Gold Winner of the Charles Parker Prize 2024) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Soundscape productions." ++ 5 winners work will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 this coming Monday to Friday at 11.45 Monday 12.8.24 - Fight Fair Tuesday 13.8.24 - Friends of the Wall Wednesday 14.8.24 - The National Language of Nowhere Thursday 15.8.24 - Full Circle Friday 16.8.24 - The Outcast Dead and Alive |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 12 Aug 24 - 06:08 AM Available on BBC Sounds for the next 29 days Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets: Northumberland Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets: Northumberland with children's author Kirsty Mckay. When Kirsty returned home recently she was struck by how dialect and culture was being eroded by the encroachment of urbanisation and the influx of people moving into the area. Here Kirsty rediscovers the dialect poetry by listening to old tapes recorded by her late father. She says: 'I found recording after recording of dialect poetry, often accompanied by local musicians, some recorded in late night lock-ins at local pubs or by the fire in the tiny cottage I'd known as a child.' Kirsty sets out on an exploration of identity and the future of the Northumbrian language in the poetry of the Cheviot hills. Among the people she meets along the way are poet, musician and composer James Tait, retired shepherd Allan Wood and poet and historian Katrina Porteous. Kirsty also hears poetry from the children of Harbottle School and the entrants of The Morpeth Gathering. Meanwhile the case is made for Northumbrian as a language, not a dialect. It represents the remainder of Old English and is the grandmother of the Scottish language. Produced by Iain Mackness, Catherine Harvey and Ashley Byrne A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2018. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Aug 24 - 07:02 AM Private Passions Sun 1 Sep 2024 12:00 BBC Radio 3 Private Passions Raynor Winn Raynor Winn is a writer whose first book, The Salt Path, followed the remarkable 630-mile journey she and her husband Moth made around the South West Coastal Path. Music played; Peter Knight & John Spiers - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance Both in a tune. self-released. Gluck - Melodie (Orfeo ed Euridice) Schubert - Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343 Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn) Hannah Martin & Gigspanner Big Band - Salt Song by Hannah Martin Saltlines. Self-released not on label. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending Julie Fowlis - The Song of the Seal (Òran an Ròin) Recording of a live performance on BBC R4 Saturday Live programme TX: 06/11/22021. Broadcasts Sun 25 Jun 2023 12:00 BBC Sounds, Sun 1 Sep 2024 12:00 BBC Radio 3 Sun 9 Jul 2023 12:00 BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds Private Passions Isabella Tree Isabella Tree is an author and travel writer. Her award-winning book Wilding: the Return of Nature to a British Farm, describes how she and her conservationist husband Charlie decided after many generations of intensive dairy and arable farming to undertake a pioneering experiment. They would rewild their 3,500 acre estate, Knepp in West Sussex – returning it to nature. Her music choices include works by Schubert, Handel, Bach but also compositions made in response to the Knepp estate; Sam Lee - Turtle Dove Old Wow. Cooking Vinyl. 7. Duo Ji, Lobsanf Tsering, Lhamo Dhondrub, Sonam Topgyal & Pema Drolka - Chanting Nuns Authentic Tibet 2. Sonoton. 18. Members of the Bernardi Music Group - White Storks String Octet (final part) Bernardi Music Group performing at Shipley Arts Festival during lockdown 2020 vi. 1. Richard Durrant - Big Fat Earthworm Rewilding. The Burning Deck. 6. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Aug 24 - 09:21 AM BBC Radio Scotland Travelling Folk Ceilidh Trail at 25 3 days left to listen Fiona Dalgetty, Chief Executive of Fèis Rois, joins Anna to celebrate 25 years of the Ceilidh Trail - the pioneering development programme for young Scottish musicians. Cambridge and Belladrum Festivals 17 days left to listen Anna Massie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond. Jerry Douglas on Transatlantic Sessions 24 days left to listen Anna has all the best new music plus some old favourites and is in conversation with Dobro virtuoso and co-music director of Transatlantic Sessions, Jerry Douglas. Thursday 15 August 2024 21:00 Travelling Folk at the Edinburgh Festivals 2024 Travelling Folk is back at the Edinburgh Festivals for 2024 with another spectacular evening of live music from Dynamic Earth. Featuring live sets from Joseph Peach & Rhona Stevens, Lauren Collier, Hushman & the Ciaran Ryan Band. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Aug 24 - 09:41 AM BBC Radio 2 Folk Show Wednesday 14 August 2024 20:00 Whales, lapwings and werewolves This week, Mark plays a live highlight from Nick Drake - An Orchestral Celebration, which debuted at this year's BBC Proms. There's also another exclusive session from the Sidmouth Folk Festival, featuring a collaboration between top musicians Allison de Groot, Tatiana Hargreaves, Michael McGoldrick and John Doyle. Plus new releases from Kate Young and Laura Marling, and Kris Drever's contribution to Radio 2's 21st Century Folk. Sunday 18 August 2024 20:00 Nick Drake – An Orchestral Celebration Mark Radcliffe presents a BBC Proms celebration of singer and songwriter Nick Drake from London’s Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sidmouth Folk Festival 23 days left to listen Mark hangs out in the Bedford Hotel on the esplanade and welcomes fantastic musicians, including: Cornish shanty crew Fisherman's Friends, Canadian-American duo Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, and outstanding trio McGoldrick McCusker & Doyle. Mark also catches up with top Scottish band Skipinnish, who are celebrating 25 years in music with big concerts in Inverness, Edinburgh, London and Glasgow. Devon-based musicians Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes, and narrator John Palmer, share their admiration of Sabine Baring-Gould, who collected folk songs in the region. They perform a song from their show, 'Ghosts, Werewolves and Countryfolk'. Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones are active members of the traditional folk and dance scenes, and talk to Mark about Sidmouth Folk Festival's importance for folk dancers. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Aug 24 - 06:37 PM BBC Sounds BBC Folk Show 21st Century Folk 2024 2 hours Available for 13 days Five people inspire five new folk songs. This year, the project focuses on coastal life and sea rescues around the UK. In this programme, Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe hears the in-depth stories behind each song. The five fascinating characters get to meet songwriters, who listen to their stories before going away to write a dedicated song. Later, they're reunited for the song's debut performance. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 16 Aug 24 - 06:50 AM On BBC Radio 4 Extra this morning and available for 30 days The Foghorn: A Celebration "Peter Curran celebrates the humble foghorn's powerful role in music, literature and film. The foghorn was invented in 1855 by Robert Foulis, a Scotsman living in Canada. He could hear the low notes (but not the high notes) of his daughter's piano playing whist walking far from the family's fog-shrouded coastal cottage, thus inspiring the first steam powered fog horn. But beyond the sea, it's 'whale-like' sound has inspired artists, writers and musicians to use the foghorn both as symbol and instrument. Peter Curran hears from foghorn composer of 'Maritime Rites' Alvin Curran, Jason Gorski, aka The Fogmaster, who used to conduct guerrilla foghorn concerts in the Bay Area of California Peter takes a tour of Portland Bill lighthouse in Dorset, with keeper Larry Walker, taking the opportunity to set off an almighty Victorian foghorn. He also speaks to James Bond film music (and future 2012 Olympic theme) composer David Arnold, who tries to digitally recreate the foghorn's cry. Plus Dr Harry Witchel analyses Peter's yearn for the sound as a child. Producer: Sara Jane Hall. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.' |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 23 Aug 24 - 04:15 PM Lost Boy - In Search of Nick Drake - 2004 ('The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe' - 2018 repeated Sat 10 Aug 2024) Hollywood star Brad Pitt tells the story of cult singer-songwriter Nick Drake. When this programme was first aired in May 2004, it led to worldwide media interest, and prompted Nick’s first UK chart placings. The single ‘Magic’ reached number 32, and the album featuring the new ‘lost’ track ‘Tow The Line’ charted at number 27. During his lifetime, Nick’s three albums (Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter and Pink Moon) sold a few thousand copies; he played a handful of concerts and gave just one press interview. But in the years since his death, his status as a cult artist has grown and grown. He’s regularly name-checked by contemporary artists – REM, Radiohead, Paul Weller, Badly Drawn Boy – and in 2000, ‘Pink Moon’ was used in a car advertising campaign aired across America, making a new generation of fans aware of his music. When Nick died in November 1974 of an overdose of anti-depressants, it was thought that his final recording sessions had yielded four songs intended for a new album. But when the original tapes were being re-mastered, Nick’s recording engineer John Wood discovered another song from those sessions which had been forgotten – Tow The Line. Norah Jones recorded one of Nick’s songs ‘Day Is Done’, which will be featured in the programme. Also featured are interviews with producer Joe Boyd, engineer John Wood, Nick’s sister Gabrielle, and his mother Molly Drake, who died in 1993. Also Ashley Hutchings, Linda Thompson and John Martyn. 57 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09xn3lw Only available for a few days on Sounds but this can be found on Mixcloud and YouTube and there are several related articles : www.google.com/search?q=Lost+Boy+-+In+Search+of+Nick+Drake+-+2004 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 26 Aug 24 - 11:20 PM BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe An acoustic escape; 24 days left to listen on BBC Sounds. 28 August 2024 21:00 Manchester-Irish group The McGoldrick Family play live in session. Featuring renowned pipe and flute player Michael McGoldrick, the group also includes Mike's nieces Ciara McGoldrick (concertina and vocals), Catherine McGoldrick (flute and whistle) and Mairead Hussey (bodhrán). Jimmy Patrick joins on guitar. The McGoldrick Family's new album, One For The Road, is out now. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 31 Aug 24 - 05:54 AM Come to Moor Park in Preston for Radio 2 in the Park. Watch on iplayer. Listen on Sounds. Zero tolerance to drugs. Please dispose of any banned substances in the amnesty bins. There will be plenty of food options at the event, including child-friendly, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and halal. Enhanced ticket holders will benefit from allocated grandstand seating, a dedicated entrance into the event and an exclusive garden bar. This area will also have artisan catering units selling premium food options and luxury restroom facilities. Friday night 6 September Pre Party on the Radio 2 DJ stage. We strongly recommend you do not bring a folding chair to this event. Saturday 7 September Sting, Sugababes, Snow Patrol, Craig David, Kim Wilde, Pixie Lott, Shaznay Lewis, Travis Sunday 8 September Pet Shop Boys, Manic Street Preachers, Sister Sledge, Paul Heaton, Gabrielle, Shed Seven, Delta Goodrem, Haircut 100 Moor Park has now disappeared behind the daunting security fence. We shall be listening from our garden, whether we want to or not. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 02 Sep 24 - 02:57 AM Due to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra this Thursday & Friday. Available now to listen to Turntable Tales ++ 1. Berliner to Gramophone Turntable Tales Episode 1 of 2 In the first of two programmes telling the story of the record-playing turntable, Colleen Murphy spins through its early history and the dramatic take-up of this new technology in Edwardian society. It was an enthusiasm as spectacular as the computer's rise at the end of the same century and its impact on the music industry was profound. Colleen talks to John Liffen of the Science Museum and Christopher Proudfoot of the British Phonograph and Gramophone Society about the earliest machines arriving from the United States by way of the German Emigre inventor Emile Berliner. She finds out why the HMV (His Master's Voice) image wasn't initially created for the Gramophone at all, and most important of all she gets to hear the sound qualities of the machines that developed in the first two decades of the 20th century. That capacity to bridge the performer with the audience was the great miracle of the early years and allowed the easy spread of musical styles from Ragtime to Jazz to the first superstars of the Turntable world - the Opera stars. And yet, as ever, it was popular culture that dominated the market and drove sales. She also touches on the new opportunities for the Blues and Ragtime musicians of African-American society to be heard beyond their geographical centres in the Southern States, and the preservation of performances which would go on to inspire British Rhythm and blues half a century later. And Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury talks about the Gramophone as a blend of home furnishing and status symbol and why what appear to be exotic survivors of the period are actual part of a massive number of machines that were on sale from bike shops to music emporia. Producer: Tom Alban First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016. ++ 1. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Sep 24 - 01:02 PM BBC Sounds World Service Outlook Last on Friday 13 Sep 2024 03:06 28 days left to listen https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5ny9 Shirley Collins; The break-up that cost me my voice; Shirley Collins is one of Britain's best loved folk singers – but a painful divorce nearly stopped her singing forever. This programme was first broadcast in 2021. Also World Service Weekend Release date: 27 May 2023 Duration: 3 minutes https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fqrvlx British folk music legend Shirley Collins has released an album after a 30-year break from singing. She lost her voice after a marriage break up, but now, at the age of 87, she has found her voice again, with the release of another album. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 22 Sep 24 - 07:40 AM Available for the next 30 days Poetry Extra - Adventures in Poetry - Waltzing Matilda "Poet Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive this time with an Australian theme: Adventures in Poetry - Waltzing Matilda. Was "the alternative Australian national anthem" written as a political statement or a way of impressing a girl? Peggy Reynolds examines Banjo Paterson's lyric Waltzing Matilda, with help from some contemporary Australian voices. Producer Christine Hall First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010." |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 01 Oct 24 - 10:38 AM On BBC Radio 4 extra at 09.30 Monday to Friday this week. His Master's Voices "Cerys Matthews and Tris Penna examine the legacy and stories behind some of the first gramophone records recorded in Britain from 1898-1902" All five episodes are available to listen to now. Episode 3 is British Ethnic "His Master's Voices Episode 3 of 5 Singer Cerys Matthews and music expert Tristram Penna continue their investigation into the early days of the recording industry in the UK. They are in Cecil Sharp House, the home of English Folk Dance and Song Society, and are joined by Steve Roud, creator of the Roud Folk Song Index. In the first few years of the Gramophone Company's history, they were making records of many popular songs rooted in the folk tradition including many old work songs, and producer Fred Gaisberg first travelled the British Isles in 1899 to find and record them. He began in Scotland with pipers and singers, then going to Wales to record choirs including the Rhondda Royal Glee Society, and lastly to Dublin to record the very best of the local talents. These discs captured local folk songs and melodies but, with an ear for what might sell, Gaisberg nearly always added a piano accompaniment and gentrified them for the Gramophone's targeted genteel audience. The portable recording equipment they needed consisted of at least six crate loads and involved an interesting mixture of zinc plate, wax and toxic chemicals as well as an electrically driven recording machine. We end with a recording of English Music Hall artist Gus Elen and an English hit song which points to the future of the popular recording industry in the UK - pop songs leading us all the way from Gus to The Beatles. We also hear from academic Peter Adamson and Christopher Proudfoot, CLPGS President. The early recordings are courtesy of the EMI Archive Trust. A Sue Clark Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2015." ++ Also on BBC Radio 4 Extra today was Things Called Jazz That Are Not Jazz "There's a Jazz apple, Jazz aftershave, Jazz car, Jazz spreadsheet software, even a range of non-alcoholic beer called Jazz. Why are so many things called Jazz that are not Jazz? Russell Finch - documentary maker and failed jazz musician - has an unusual hobby. He collects examples of Things Called Jazz That Are Not Jazz. There are more than you’d think. The UK intellectual property office lists over 290 trademarks for things called jazz - everything from jazz garlic to jazz wigs to a jazz wettable powder biofungicide. Russell has been documenting some of his stranger discoveries on a blog. He insists it almost went viral once. But it’s made him curious why are so many completely unrelated objects named after this one music genre? Even more mysterious, why are they named after a type of music that - it pains him to admit - not many people actually like? Along the way he finds out the surprising origins of the word, the reason some musicians find it offensive, and why jazz is not a good name for food. With: * Comedian, Stewart Lee * Singer, Gwyneth Herbert * Musician, Nicholas Payton. Producers: Peggy Sutton and Russell Finch A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2016." |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 08 Oct 24 - 07:08 AM BBC Radio 4 Illuminated - The Suitcase "On their last tour, the award-winning folk band The Young'uns took with them an old suitcase, some blank luggage tags and marker pens, and asked audience members to fill the case with ideas for songs. Hundreds poured in with stories of hope, remembrance, love, grief and joy. In this programme, singer-songwriter Sean Cooney opens the case to find a myriad of voices all waiting...wanting to be heard. He follows three stories of love... from a couple who found each other in their 70s through their shared passion of Middlesbrough Football Club, to a story of love, loss and renewal on the banks of the Thames. He meets up with Angela to hear a tale of how some borrowed boots outside a disco led to several dates, a marriage and three children. Inspired by this wonderful story, Sean writes a song to surprise the man with the borrowed boots - Angela's now-husband. Presenter: Sean Cooney Producer: Elizabeth Foster" |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 Oct 24 - 02:50 PM BBC Sounds/Radio 3 Music Planet Flamenco Road Trip; Lopa Kothari presents the best roots-based music and Betto Arcos explores the Flamenco scene. 12 days left to listen Toumani Diabate; Lucy Duran joins Kathryn Tickell to remember the late Toumani Diabate, the great Malian kora player who died earlier this year. 19 days left to listen Buzz' Ayaz; Lopa Kothari with the best roots-based music from across the world - and a live session of Eastern-Mediterranean psychedelia from Buzz' Ayaz. 26 days left to listen 19 October 2024 21:30 Indigenous Voices of the Americas; Kathryn Tickell with music from Brazil, Georgia and Togo plus a Road Trip exploring the indigenous voices of the Americas. 26 October 2024 21:30 Live from WOMEX; Lopa Kothari is live from worldwide music expo WOMEX, this year taking place in Manchester. BBC Sounds/Radio 2 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe Acoustic sounds, with Sam Carter in session. 9 days left to listen Folk goes pop. 16 days left to listen Autumn migrations, and guest Johnny Flynn. 23 days left to listen 09 October 2024 21:00 Canadian Kaia Kater in session. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 13 Oct 24 - 06:02 AM BBC Radio 4 10:00am Sunday 20 October Desert Island Discs; Shirley Collins. First broadcast Sunday 6 Aug 2023 Shirley was born in Sussex in 1935. She can still recall how her grandfather used to sing folk songs to comfort her while they were sheltering during German air raids in the early 1940s. Alongside her career as a singer, in the 1950s she travelled to the American South with Alan Lomax, where they made field recordings of blues and folk musicians, helping to create a significant archive. Later in her performing career, Shirley found that she could no longer sing, following a distressing betrayal in her private life. She stepped away from music and was silent for many years, taking on other work, including a stint in a job centre Then, in her 80s, she found her voice again. In 2016 she released her first new album after a gap of almost four decades, and she has since released two more albums. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 17 Oct 24 - 12:43 PM The new series(monthly Oct-March) of Orkney Folk Music on Radio Scotland started with Jennifer [Wrigley] talks to Orkney piper, fiddle player and composer Andy Cant about his music and influences and hears the tunes which have shaped his musical journey. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00931r9/episodes/player |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 18 Oct 24 - 09:31 AM BBC iplayer (yes, TV!) Peter, Paul and Mary: Rhythm on Two Part Two Available until Monday 1:30am https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00233z5/peter-paul-and-mary-rhythm-on-two-part-two Second part of a concert given by well-known American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary during a visit to the UK in 1983. Recorded on location at the Southport Theatre. First shown 9:45pm 26 Nov 1983 Joni Mitchell in Concert Available for 23 days https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0023sy2/joni-mitchell-in-concert?at_mid=GT5khuymAE&at_campaign=Joni_Mitchell_in_Concert&at_medium=display_ad&at_campaign_type=owned&at_audience_id=SS&at_product=iplayer&at_brand=m0023sy2&at_ptr_name=bbc&at_ptr_type=media&at_format=image&at_objective=consumption&at_link_title=Joni_Mitchell_in_Concert&at_bbc_team=BBC A performance from 1970 by celebrated singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, which includes her songs Both Sides Now, California, Big Yellow Taxi and Chelsea Morning. First shown 10:15pm 9 Oct 1970 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 18 Oct 24 - 10:27 AM BBC iplayer cont'd To find more concerts briefly available, click on 'More like this' at the bottom of the above pages. Including; Folk America at the Barbican Judy Collins Available until Sun 10:30pm First shown 22 Apr 2009 Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2015: 8. Kate Rusby Available until Mon 12:30am |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 18 Oct 24 - 04:09 PM BBC iplayer The Tales of Folk https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/m0023m3p Including Tonight in Person Judy Collins. 1966 concert by American folk singer Judy Collins. Available until Sun 11:01pm Featuring Turn Turn Turn, Hey Nelly Nelly and My Rambling Boy. Her first visit to England. First shown 10:20pm 2 May 1966 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,Steve Shaw Date: 19 Oct 24 - 04:38 AM Thanks for pointing me to Joanie, henryp. Just half an hour, but a truly sublime half-hour. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 20 Oct 24 - 07:22 AM Thank you, Steve. And available on BBC iplayer for 21 days! BBC iplayer The Tales of Folk - Several of these concerts will expire late tonight! I found them tucked away on BBC iplayer - I certainly didn't see any publicity for them. And it appears that there was a series of similar concerts in September that I missed completely! A concert by well-known American folk singers Peter, Paul and Mary, recorded on location at the Southport Theatre. From 1983. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00233z2/peter-paul-and-mary-rhythm-on-two-part-one?seriesId=unsliced Peter, Paul and Mary: Rhythm on Two; Part One Expires tonight 1:01am https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00233z5/peter-paul-and-mary-rhythm-on-two-part-two?seriesId=unsliced Peter, Paul and Mary: Rhythm on Two Part Two Expires tonight 1:30am |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 20 Oct 24 - 12:27 PM BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk BBC Sounds 4 days ago · Browse all Folk radio shows, podcasts and mixes in BBC Sounds. See what's new, what's popular, or browse by a-z. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 21 Oct 24 - 11:51 AM Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016 Sweet Mother KD "Laura Barton sorts through myth and misdirection to tell the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holiday. Karen was a mesmerising singer, the queen of Greenwich Village. Playing 12-string guitar or long-neck banjo, she sang blues, folk, country, pop, Motown – re-making each song in her own inimitable, heartbreaking style. She was never known as a songwriter in her lifetime, but rather as an interpreter of other people’s songs. Dalton's sometime harmonica player Bob Dylan wrote in his memoir, "my favourite singer was Karen Dalton... she had a voice like Billie Holiday's and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed and went all the way with it." She went all the way with it. Karen Dalton went so far that it seems not many people were prepared to follow and her life story is peppered with gaps and sadness, a catalogue of tall tales left in her wake. She was married and divorced twice, with two children, while still in her teens. Some say she was half-Cherokee, that she kidnapped one of her own children and ran away to New York City. Some say that she had to be tricked into recording her first album, and that her missing teeth came at the hands of a jealous lover. Some say she was homeless, penniless and that she died of AIDS on the New York streets. That particular detail happens not to be true, but what is certain is that she was a powerful singer and performer who – whether through disinterest on her part, lousy timing, bad luck or bad habits – never really realised her potential. The mysteries that surround her life may be part of the reason for a recent resurgence of interest in Karen Dalton. In the last few years, several CDs of reissued and previously unreleased material have appeared. But there’s been another, more illuminating, if bitter-sweet, reinvention as well. After Karen Dalton’s death, her papers came into the possession of her friend Peter Walker. Contained in these folders, among the transcriptions of traditional songs, mementoes, doodles and fragments, are a number of original poems and songs that shed a new light on a performer previously only known for giving heart-breaking voice to other people’s material. Featuring: Sharon Van Etten Dan Hankin, Josh Rosenthal Peter Stampfel Peter Walker Producer: Martin Williams" |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 21 Oct 24 - 11:45 PM BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jrvkbj Attenborough Available for over a year History of the BBC; David Attenborough and the Natural History of Folk 1953 2 minutes Sir David Attenborough recalls accidentally blowing the programme budget for Song Hunter on train fares from Scotland. Alan Lomax had arranged for six women from Benbecula to come to London to perform their wauking songs. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Oct 24 - 12:16 AM BBC Sounds Music Planet: Road Trip North Carolina 07 December 2018 Available now 14 minutes https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06txym1 North Carolina Old-style traditional musician Riley Baugus reports from the Blue Ridge Mountains with a banjo-fuelled, foot-stomping road trip through the Appalachians |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 22 Oct 24 - 06:04 AM On BBC Radio 4 Extra this afternoon. Available on BBC Sounds now. The Physicist's Guide to the Orchestra "In 1945, Benjamin Britten wrote The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, showing off the instruments of the orchestra in a short film. Viewers are taken through each section of the orchestra accompanied by a narration which describes the different sound quality of instruments: 'Clarinets ... make a beautifully smooth, mellow sound', flutes have a 'sweet voice' and the oboe has a 'plaintive quality.' Trevor Cox looks at the physics behind the way orchestral instruments produce their unique sound. How is the sound produced, and how much does the material from which the instrument is made affect the sound? Trevor Cox is Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford. He talks to scientists who have studied musical instruments: * David Sharp from the Open University * Mike Newton at Edinburgh University * Jim Woodhouse of Cambridge University Members of the BBC Philharmonic provide the players' perspective. Producer: Nick Holmes An R&M North production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2012." |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Oct 24 - 10:47 AM BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js87mj Attenborough Available for over a year History of the BBC; David Attenborough and the Natural History of Folk: Drinks on Set 2 minutes. David Attenborough recalls the negotiations to allow alcohol on set for Song Hunter. 1953 The broadside Up to the Rigs of London Town is a song from the repertoire of Harry Cox. E.J. Moeran collected it from him in 1924, and Peter Kennedy recorded him in his home in Catfield in October 1953. Charlie Wills also sang Up to the Rigs of London Town, in The Sun, Powerstock, Dorset, in August 1956, recorded by Mervyn Plunkett. Another version, recorded by Bill Leader, was published in 1972 on the singer’s eponymous Leader album, Charlie Wills. From Mainly Norfolk. Thank you, Reinhard. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Oct 24 - 06:00 PM BBC Sounds History of the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0js828j Attenborough David Attenborough, World Music Collector: Tracking down folk singer Margaret Barry Available for over a year David Attenborough recalls the making of the television programme Song Hunter. 1 minute BBC Sounds History of the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jrvkk1 Jaws harp Sound Archive: Jaws Harp Available for over a year Recording of jaws harp played by man from the Chimbu district, Wahgi Valley, New Guinea. 1:06 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Oct 24 - 06:28 PM BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe Wednesday 9pm 23 October An acoustic treasure trove Mark shares new releases by Joachim Cooder, Angeline Morrison, Laura Marling and Ross Ainslie. There's also a 1960s home demo by a teenage Sandy Denny and a chance to hear Cerys Hafana singing live in Germany. Also, Tom Besford from SoundRoots tells Mark about the global music festival, WOMEX, which starts in Manchester tonight. 30 October Acoustic sounds, with treats from WOMEX This week, Mark plays Halloween-themed tracks by Bellowhead and Tunng. There's also a chance to hear live music from the global music festival and expo, WOMEX, which happened in Manchester last week. 6 November London duo Stick In The Wheel play live The London duo, Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter, perform songs from their latest album, A Thousand Pokes. Stick In The Wheel are renowned for their distinctive takes on urban life, past and present. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 22 Oct 24 - 07:11 PM Thanks for those David Attenborough clips. Good excuse to revisit the complete programme : David Attenborough - World Music Collector - 2016 David Attenborough reveals a side of himself that nobody knows, as a collector of music from all over the world. We hear the stories that surround it, and the music itself. One of David Attenborough's first projects was 'Alan Lomax - Song Hunter', a television series he produced in 1953-4. The famous collector of the blues and folk music of America gathered traditional musicians from all over Britain and Ireland and, for the first time, they appeared on television. David loved the music, the people and, inspired by Lomax, he became music collector himself. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0857wv1 and the shorter David Attenborough's Global Mixtape - 2018 Music Planet Sir David Attenborough first became nationally known as the presenter of BBC TV's Zoo Quest, a series based on expeditions to catch exotic animals for London Zoo. The programmes ran from 1954 to 1963, and in his spare time during the filming, Sir David made sound recordings of the local music. In this Music Planet Mixtape, Sir David introduces some of his favourites. His picks include sparkling harp playing from Paraguay, the chanting of his team's luggage-carriers in New Guinea and the funeral gongs of the Dyak people in Borneo. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06vz9sk |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 23 Oct 24 - 07:36 PM OK, Cult not Folk! ;) This short series is being repeated at the moment. Cutler the Lax - 2014 Legendary Scottish surrealist Ivor Cutler,,,, Episode 1 - ,,, provides disappointment for cavemen and a cheap alternative to liquor. Episode 2 - ,,, discovers ancient Egyptian music and what the Dutch think of British pubs. Episode 3 - ,,, samples the archives and enjoys some Marabut music and a jolly Japanese ditty. episodes guide www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vczg2/episodes/guide |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Oct 24 - 09:35 AM Thank you, Freddy. The two Attenborough programmes are far more useful than all my clips! I think the Margaret Barry concert was at the Bedford Arms, which we used to visit when my son lived in Balham. There are two editions of David Attenborough on Desert Island Discs. Just search for them on Google; Saturday 10 March 1979 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mxny Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist David Attenborough. Sunday 29 January 2012 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01b8yy0 For the 70th anniversary edition of Desert Island Discs, Sir David Attenborough chooses his eight tracks, book and luxury item for the desert island. Presented by Kirsty Young. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 26 Oct 24 - 07:13 AM Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008, repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra this week and available on BBC Sounds for the next 29 days Freedom Song "When celebrated African-American contralto Marian Anderson was refused permission to sing at Washington's Constitution Hall in 1939, the result was a free concert at the Lincoln memorial. 75,000 people gathered to hear Anderson's solo recital. Tony Phillips tells the story of a remarkable event where the worlds of high art and civil rights were brought together. Produced at BBC Manchester by Ekene Akalawu. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008." |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 27 Oct 24 - 02:25 AM On BBC Radio 4 Extra Billy Bragg's Changing Times Episode 1 available on BBC Sounds for 29 days So Much To Protest About "1.. So Much To Protest About Billy Bragg's Changing Times Episode 1 of 3 These are fractious times. But there have been fractious times before. And of all the ways of looking at history, the instinctive reactions of artists, specifically musicians, to changing times, is one of the most fascinating. From Hamish Henderson to Tom Robinson, the Sex Pistols to U2, and more recently Radiohead and Stormzy, protest music has come a long way. In the first of three programme, Billy Bragg takes time to savour and share the stories of great moments where musicians were inspired by unfolding events to protest, to perform and to preach of an alternative way. Along the way there are contributions from authors, artists and academics who have seen technology transform the way in which people create and listen to protest songs. And there will be a chance to hear from those producing protest music in the era of Brexit, Trump and fake news. Featured programmes: ‘SONGLINES: Freedom Come All Ye’ [07/07/2009 BBC Radio Scotland] ‘WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?: The Golden Age of Protest Songs’ [28/09/2016 BBC Radio 2] ‘IS PROTEST MUSIC DEAD?’ [26/01/2016 BBC Radio 1 & BBC 1 Extra] Producer: Dan Quick Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2019." |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 27 Oct 24 - 08:22 AM BBC Radio 6 Music Sunday 27 October 10:00 to 13:00 Cerys Matthews plays a wide spread of music, including an interesting selection of folk music. Rachel Newton and Mairearad Green perform Jolene in session! See playlist on programme website. As the clocks go back, join Cerys for an immersive listen celebrating the changing seasons and the Celtic New Year live from Glasgow. With guests Kelly MacDonald, Great British Menu winner and Michelin-starred chef Lorna McNee, and author Ian Rankin. Plus music and conversation from musicians from all over Scotland, including Rachel Newton, Mairearad Green, Pictish Trail and Jacob Alon. This programme features binaural sounds and may be best listened to with headphones for the full immersive experience. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 02 Nov 24 - 05:01 AM Previously broadcast o BBC Radio 4 in 2021 & 2023. Soul Music - The Parting Glass "The Parting Glass Soul Music "But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise And you should not I'll gently rise and softly call Goodnight and joy be to you all" The Parting Glass was written in Scotland and has criss-crossed the Irish Sea, becoming a popular song among Celtic peoples around the world. Folk singer Karine Polwart, talks of its fragile beauty as a song that can be a rousing drinking song at the end of the night but equally a poignant farewell at a funeral. For Alaskan Fire Chief Benjamin Fleagle, there was no more fitting song to honour his mentor and colleague at his Fire Department when he passed away over a decade ago. Alissa McCulloch 'clung' to the song when she heard the Irish singer Hozier sing a version of it at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. At the time, Alissa was mentally unwell at home in Australia and was admitted to hospital where she listened to the song over and over finding comfort in its timeless beauty. After Canada's worst mass shooting in its history, Pete MacDonald and his sisters recorded an acapella version of the song as a musical tribute to those who lost their lives. It's a tradition in Nova Scotia to sing in the kitchen at parties, wakes and celebrations and they wanted to pay their respects to the dead. Irish singer Finbar Furey has performed the song with his band the Fureys and talks about its appeal not only in Scotland and Ireland but throughout the Scots-Irish diaspora. Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact Producer for BBC Audio in Bristol: Maggie Ayre First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2021." A lot of, if not all, previous episodes from the series Soul Music, are available to listen to on BBC Sounds. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Nov 24 - 04:29 PM BBC Radio 6 Music Stories Another chance to hear a series assessing Bob Dylan's career at the end of three decades - 1969, 1979 and 1989 - and, with the help of those who have worked with and written about the enigmatic star, exploring the ways in which he re-invented himself at those times. Tonight! 1:00am Wednesday morning; Part 1 Bob Dylan - Changing Times - 1969 - Nashville Skyline. Having been out of the public eye for quite some time, Dylan returned with a new album, a new sound and new look in 1969. The album Nashville Skyline surprised many with its simple country-tinged songs. He appeared on Johnny Cash's TV show and chose to return to the concert stage not at Woodstock, but at the Isle of Wight Festival. Tonight! 2:00am Wednesday morning; Part 2 Bob Dylan - Changing Times - 1979 John Wilson looks back to 1979 when once again Bob Dylan marked the end of a decade by making some major changes in his life and career. He embraced Christianity, spent several months in Bible School and recorded a Gospel album, Slow Train Coming. Wednesday night 1:00am Thursday morning Part 3 Bob Dylan - Changing Times - 1989 John looks back at 1989 and the album Oh Mercy, which was seen as a comeback and was the first album Dylan had written entirely himself for four years. Recorded in an imposing house in New Orleans and produced by Daniel Lanois (who had been recommended to Dylan by Bono), it was a return to form. Wednesday night 2am Thursday morning Nashville Cats: The Making Of Blonde On Blonde In February 1966, Bob rolled in to Nashville to work on his seventh studio album. Following only partially successful sessions in New York, the decision had been taken to relocate to the Colombia label's Music Row studios. Bill Nighy presents the definitive story of what really went down on tape, and in the studio, during the recording of Bob Dylan's classic album Blonde On Blonde. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 06 Nov 24 - 12:48 PM Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 last Saturday Soul Music - America "America is Anita's all singing, all dancing number from the musical West Side Story. The Puerto Rican Sharks gang argue over whether America is a great place to live, an argument still being played out by migrants today. With contributions from young migrants to the US as well as an actress who has performed the song in a UK production and a Puerto Rican man who watched Rita Moreno performing the role growing up, and went on to study the musical as an academic in the United States. Including an interview with Rita Moreno originally broadcast on BBC 100 Women in Conversation in 2023 Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Heaven" |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 06 Nov 24 - 02:48 PM I'll just tag on this Bernstein\West Side Story from the same series, 2016. Somewhere - 2023 Soul Music - Series 3 Leonard Bernstein's hit from West Side Story, that yearns for a better world, has come to have special significance for many. From Mary Wilson of the Supremes who found it a fitting tribute to Martin Luther King, to the mother who sings it at the end of long frustrating days with her beloved autistic son. Plus, Stephen Sondheim and Bernstein's daughter Nina discuss writing the lyric and the relatively bad critical response to it. Also taking part: Mary Dhonau Peter Dhonau Humphrey Burton Steve Nallon Clive Snelling Adrienne Snelling Graham Clarke Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076bpw |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 06 Nov 24 - 04:00 PM Polly Hitchcock - 2024 Radio nan Gàidheal NB 95% in Gaelic; some music occasionally in the background & two or three short clips. Availabe to about 25th November 2024.
google translation In 1951, an American woman came to live in the islands for a short time. It was Polly Hitchcock and her friends who brought a recording machine, interested in the music and heritage of the islands, and a desire to record some of the islanders. It was there that the doctor's house recorded Dalabrog[South Uist] for the most part - songs, pipe tunes, lead songs - and an album with some of the songs was published in 1952, after she returned to the States. Including Iain Ruadh, An Eòsag, Iain Peter, Archidsy and Keit MacDonald, Rena MacLean and plenty of others, let's say it's a great album to listen to today. But as Kenneagh Smith is learning in this program, there is plenty more that has been recorded in the archive of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington until now. Rona Lightfoot is the only one who is looking for herself and her parents in the records; and Cailean MacLean - the son of Dr. MacLean with whom Polly was making her recordings - speaks of him as his mother, Rena, used to remember him as Hitchcock, who herself played it for her. We will also hear from Polly Hitchcock's own family in America. A unique look at South Uist 70 years ago, and the attractiveness of an American singer who was housed there by the doctor in 1951. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00243r5 BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a Scottish Gaelic language radio station owned and operated by BBC Scotland. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,Steve Shaw Date: 06 Nov 24 - 05:48 PM "America" from West Side Story has long been one of my desert island eight. "Somewhere" would also be in the eight except that I've had to opt for diversity in my choices... |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 10 Nov 24 - 05:31 PM A podcast! American Railroad: The Podcast A Limited Series Podcast from Silkroad and PRX Embark on "American Railroad," a five-episode podcast hosted by Rhiannon Giddens that seeks to right historical wrongs by highlighting the untold stories and unheard voices from the diverse communities that built America’s railway systems. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: DaveRo Date: 11 Nov 24 - 04:44 AM https://www.silkroad.org/american-railroad-podcast That page also tells us what PRX is. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 12 Nov 24 - 09:10 AM Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets - Isle of Man Poetry Extra - November 2024 Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets - Isle of Man [2019] Actor and writer Catherine Harvey returns to her family roots in the Isle of Man. She explores the voices of Manx dialect and language speakers, whose words are influenced by the Celts and Norsemen. Catherine concentrates her search in two areas - the north of the island where her family are from and the west, an area associated with the speaking of Manx Gaelic. She looks at the work of TE Brown, who is still thought of as the island’s national poet, and the writers who were part of the Manx Cultural Revival. In St Johns, she meets Dr Breesha Maddrell, Director of Culture Vannin, to discuss the influence of Manx Gaelic on the dialect of the island, before travelling north to talk to cultural activist, Bob Carswell, and members of The Michael Players – the only organisation in the world regularly performing plays in Manx dialect. Meanwhile, Catherine asks the current Manx Bard, Annie Kissack, if the dialect and language spoken on the island today has changed – and whether one of them has ultimately triumphed. A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2019. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024wwx The original series of 'Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets' 2018_2022: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3m9sh/episodes/guide A few clips are available permanently www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3m9sh/clips Randomly a programme gets repeated as part of the series Poetry Extra. They might come up with a search for "Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets""Poetry Extra"site:bbc.co.uk |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 20 Nov 24 - 09:56 AM BBC Sounds Radio 4 Extra The Gospel Truth 18 November Alvin Hall investigates the commercialism in gospel music. He looks at Sam Cooke and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Tomorrow he looks at the career of Aretha Franklin. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 20 Nov 24 - 02:57 PM Tonight! 9:00pm 20 November BBC Radio 2 Folk Show Gary Innes and Rabbie Burns' violin This week, Gary Innes from Mànran talks about their new sound and the plan to put Rabbie Burns' personal violin on stage in Glasgow and New York. Plus the usual blend of classic tracks, exciting new releases and news from the folk world. I remember seeing a neglected instrument with broken strings on display at the cottage where Robert Burns was born! Could that be the one? Saturday 14 Dec 2024 02:00 - I assume that's on Saturday night after midnight. But you don't have to stay up late, it's repeated in its usual slot at 21:00 Wednesday 18 Dec 2024 Festive fireside folk. Warming seasonal sounds from the folk and acoustic world. The Unthanks lead us into a winter fantasia that includes two Sheffield pub carols, a snapshot of Christmas in prison, and a pre-dawn Welsh plygain song. Fisherman's Friends, naturally, see some ships, and the Tannahill Weavers provide a hogmanay essential. Steeleye Span pay tribute to the king of birds, and Paul Brady and Andy Irvine sing a classic song set on a Christmas morning. We hear a poem read by John Tams and a song recorded by Sufjan Stevens as a Christmas gift to his family. The Chieftains and Elvis Costello paint a picture of Boxing Day excess that some might recognise... |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 23 Nov 24 - 04:39 AM Available for the next 30 days The Musical Human by Michael Spitzer (Omnibus) "Professor Michael Spitzer brings together archaeological, sociological and historical observations - along with theories from biologists and musicologists - to tell the story of what his sub-title boldly claims to be A History of Life on Earth. Spitzer gained his degree at Merton, Oxford, and then his PhD at Southampton. He is Professor of Music at the University of Liverpool. Previously he taught for 20 years at Durham University. An accomplished pianist, Spitzer is a world-leading authority on Beethoven, but he also writes widely on the philosophy and psychology of music. Omnibus of five parts read by Simon McBurney. Abridged and produced by Jill Waters. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021." |
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