Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert

Subject: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Alio
Date: 29 Apr 12 - 01:07 PM

Hi everyone,

Sounds of Folk celebrates it's 10th Birthday in May - we kept the title and theme tune all these years, even though we've been with 3 different stations, currently Oldham Community Radio, which covers the whole of Greater Manchester.
So on Sunday, May 20th we're holding a birthday party - complete with birthday cake - at Greenfield Conservative Club in Greenfield, Saddleworth, starting at 7.30. Bernard will be providing the Sound, and I'll be MCing.
All of the artists - who include Pete Abbott, Mark Dowding, Duncan McFarlane and Anne Brivonese, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham, Sid, Nine Tenths Below, 2/3 of the original Th'Antiques Roadshow, Zoe Mulford, Geoff Miller, Pete Coe, John Howarth, Hometowners - and loads more!
The concert is non fund-raising, but we're charging £5 on the door so that we can buy artists a drink. From the door charge and th sale of raffle tickets we hope to raise money for 2 charities (Oldham Community Radio, plus one which will be chosen by a member of the audience).

I'd really love to see many of you there - motorhomes are welcome in the large car park behind the club, so you're OK to stay overnight - and I want to finish the evening with a huge singaround / celebration.

If you want more info, please call me on 07923 007769, and I'll make sure you get in OK. Actually, my daughter and grandson will be on the door, so you shouldn't have a problem.

PLease come along ad support us - so many folk programmes are going by the wayside, so it's lovely to know one which is flourishing!
Ali xx

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Alio
Date: 01 May 12 - 08:15 AM

Full list of the artists appearing at our Birthday Concert - it looks as if it's going to be a really good night!

Pete Coe    Nine Tenths Below
Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham
Mark Dowding    Pete Abbott   John Howarth
The Hometowners    Zoe Mulford
Duncan McFarlane & Anne Brivonese
Gren Bartley    Sid    Jim Schofield
Nick Caffrey & Ed McGurk    Bernard Cromarty
Dylan Owen (The Bard of Oswaldtwistle)
Geoff Miller    George Critchley
Gary & Vera Aspey
+ MC Ali O'Brien (Presenter, Sounds of Folk)

Ali x

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: nutty
Date: 01 May 12 - 08:55 AM

I'd love to be there Ali but unfortunately it's not possible.
I'm sure you'll have a great night.
Give my love to all my friends - I'll be thinking of you

hazel

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Alio
Date: 01 May 12 - 12:29 PM

Thanks Hazel - I certainly will do. xx

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Bernard
Date: 15 May 12 - 07:25 AM

Not long now!

Updated list (in no particular order!):

Pete Coe, Nine Tenths Below, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham, Mark Dowding, Pete Abbott, John Howarth, Nick Dow, The Hometowners, Zoe Mulford, Duncan McFarlane & Anne Brivonese, Gren Bartley, Sid, Jim Schofield, Nick Caffrey & Ed McGurk, Bernard Cromarty, Dylan Owen (The Bard of Oswaldtwistle), Geoff Miller, George Critchley, Gary & Vera Aspey ...hosted by our own Ali O'Brien (Presenter, Sounds of Folk)!
It's also possible Desi Friel may be there with his new CD!

In all, we have 19 (yes, nineteen!) guests, each of whom will play for ten minutes.

It promises to be a great concert - and a great opportunity to meet people you may not have seen for years!

There's plenty of room, so don't worry about turning up without a ticket - if necessary, we'll hang you from the ceiling!!

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Bernard
Date: 16 May 12 - 06:29 AM

Later I'll post a list of everyone we have interviewed over the years - it reads like a 'Who's Who' of folk! Some came into the studio, some were via telephone, and some we interviewed 'on location' - the Sounds of Folk Broadside Outcasts have been to some interesting places - Lancaster Maritime Festival, Burnley Mechanics Institute, Bury Met and Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, for example!

The guests on the very first programme were Th'Antique Road Show, with a brief appearance from Clive Gregson, who called in to pre-record for the second programme! Clive was our guest this week (14th May), and you can 'Listen Again' to that programme for approximately three months - use 'select by programme' to find it.

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Bernard
Date: 16 May 12 - 06:45 PM

During our time at BBC GMR our guests included:

Th'Antique Roadshow, Clive Gregson, Strawhead, Harry Basnett, Bernard Cromarty, Elbow Jane, Shaun T. Hunter, Mark Dowding, Chris Harvey, Bram Taylor, Auld Triangle, Maggie Boyle, Joan Gallimore (RIP) Mary Humphreys & Anahata, Mike Canavan, Bob Fox, Pat & Ken Howard, Garva, Ted Edwards, Jacqui McShee, Joan Blackburn, Nigel Schofield & Neil Wayne (Transports Project), Damien Barber, Hilary Yates, Roy Clinging, Uiscedwr, Graeme Knights, Stewart Lever, John Tams, Jez Lowe, Kate Bramley, Cloudstreet, Jill Fielding, John Wright (RIP), Risky Business, Ric Sanders, John Howarth, Pete Coe, Pete Abbott, Poms from Oz, Rosie Hardman, Bandersnatch, Clive Leyland (RIP), Sad Pig, Vin Garbutt, Bernard Carney, Ross McKinlay, Julie Ellison, Nicola Lyons, Jamie Schofield, Ken Nicol, Ralph McTell, Brian Peters, Halton Soulers, Queensberry Rules, Sully, Ron Trueman-Border, Quartz, Stanley Accrington, Grace Notes, Jamie Knowles, Robin Jeffrey, Matt Walklate & Seamus Curley, Chris & Kellie While, Flossie Malavialle, James Keelaghan, Jacey Bedford, Sam Pirt, Firm Friends, Houghton Weavers, Pint & Dale, Ken Hall, Bujidao, Brian Willoughby & Catherine Craig, Howden-Jones, Colcannon, Heyfeva, Rachel Unthank, Mundy-Turner, Rosie Doonan & Ben Murray, Tom Napper, Tom Bliss, Patsy Reid, Shellback Chorus, Anthony John Clarke & Elizabeth van de Waal, Roy Bailey, Steve Tilston, Bernard Wrigley, John & Margaret Meeks (Fivepenny Piece), Dumb Jack, Quicksilver, Fiona Simpson, Phil Snell (Radio Britfolk) Jim McDonald, Steve Knightley, Liz Rosenfield, Dervish, Dulaman, Alan Bell, Peggy Seeger, Andrew Murray, Scowie, Jen Hadfield, Les Barker, Mrs. Ackroyd Band, Dom Collins, Simon Nicol, Tom Doughty, Keith Kendrick, Duncan McFarlane, Eddie Furey, Wench All, Dave Wright & Val Simpkin (Lancaster Maritime Festival), Jenny McCormick and Laura Hockenhull.

Some guests came into the studio for a live interview, some were interviewed via telephone, and some were pre-recorded in the studio, by phone or on location…

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Bernard
Date: 16 May 12 - 06:53 PM

Radio Britfolk wasn't live, but web-based podcasts.

Our only guests were Uiscedwr and Jennifer Cutting, via telephone, after this it wasn't practical to invite guests as Ali was unwell and we ended up recording most of the programmes at her house!

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Bernard
Date: 16 May 12 - 07:02 PM

Oldham Community Radio years from March 2007 to the present day:

Paul Roberts, Stanley Accrington, Mat Walklate & Matt Fahey, Elbow Jane, Mark Dowding, Chris Harvey, John Howarth, Gerry Kearns, Loctup Together, John Courtman, Stewart Lever, Geoff Miller, Scowie, Scolds Bridle, Dave Walmisley, Lesley Marsden, Paul Walker, Clive Gregson. Gary & Vera Aspey, Fiona Simpson, Jim Schofield, George Papavgeris, Better Late, Acoustic Collective, Chris & Siobhan Nelson, Les Barker, Cara Dillon, Hissyfit, Oysterband, Blue Murder, Zoe Mulford, Rachel Unthank, The Hometowners, Tony Downes, 4Square, No Fixed Abode, Malc Gibbons, Gerry McNeice, Angelcynn, Will Lang (Park Bench Social Club), JP Slidewell, Strangeworld, Wizz Jones, Derek Gifford, Duncan McFarlane, Alan Mayall (RIP), Glasson Maritime Festival, Shimeon Sutherland, Hamish Currie, Ember, Sid & Lizzie Calderbank, Michelle Holding, Jon Orpheus (Acoustic Eclectic), Tony Downes & Pete Martin (Hanky Park), Strawhead, Jenna Reid, Sarah & Mike Turner, Oddfellows (Bill Leader, John Ellis, John Howarth), Jeremy Davies, Nelson Peach, Gordon Giltrap, Twa Corbies, Dave Molloy & Pete Benbow, Pete Abbott, Trebuchet, Holding-Slidewell, Swinton Festival, Song & Story, Phil Mayer & John Denny, Garron Frith, Geoff Higginbottom, Bandersnatch, Brian Peters, Bernard Wrigley, Aidan Jolly, Lorelei Loveridge, Martin Green (Lau), Barrie Cottam, Trio Threlfall, Adrian Jolly, Peter Hood & Lynda Edwardes (Midway Folk Club), Brian Preston, Heather McNeil, Tom Bliss, Claire Mooney, Redmayne, Bernard Cromarty, Peter Fox (SAFRA), Ruth Fuga & Ken Powell, Richard Knott (Lymm Songwriting Competition Winner 2007 & 2009), Dave & Ann Howden, Paul Frost & Vincent Sheedy, Jeremy Davies, Barbara & Peter Snape, Dai Thomas, Anthony John Clarke, Niamh Boadle, The Bailey Sisters, Derek Waudby, Jackie Oates, Chris Turner, Ewan McLennan, David Ferrard, Jamie Smith & Iolo Whelan (Mabon), Martyn Joseph, Lindsay Murray, Sam Sweeney (Kerfuffle), Phil Drane, George Papavgeris, Les Pilling, Dom Collins, Stephen Paul, David Swann, Dave & Julie Evardson, Ghostsong, Jenna Witts, Jaywalkers, Emily Smith, John Boseley (The Bounty Hounds), Roy Clinging, Chris Ricketts, Ray Rooney, Don & Heather Davies (Sale Folk Club), John Owen (Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival), Sophie Parkes (For Folk's Sake), Dylan Owen (The Bard of Oswaldtwistle), Dave Minich (Cleckheaton Folk Festival), Twelfth Day, Graham Bellinger & the Deportees, David Tattersall & Freddie Openshaw, Zoe Mulford, Bruce Michael Baillie, Sara Kirkham (Goblins in the Ginnel), Jez Lowe, Bram Taylor, Ewan McLennan, Joseph Topping (Elbow Jane), Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, Mike Billington, Nick Caffrey & Ed McGurk, Emma Sweeney, Brenda Judge, Dave South, Tom Kitching & Gren Bartley, Troubadour, Emily Smith, Alan Bell, Chris Milner, Jaywalkers, Other Roads, Ewan Robertson & Rua Macmillan, Hugh Crabtree (Feast of Fiddles), Pete Coe, Trim Rig & a Doxy, Silver Dogs, Pilgrims Way, Fake Thackray (John Watterson), Thursday's Child, Kevin Tarpey & Friends (Full Circle Folk Club), Jenna Reid, Brenda Judge (Droylsden Folk Weekend), John Owen (Wirral Folk on the Coast), Meadow, Mike Katz (Battlefield Band), Tom Salter (Peatbog Faeries), Wendy & Paul Arrowsmith, Bob Fox, Martin Stimson & Roy Blick (Mossley Morris Men), Peter & Barbara Snape, Julie Matthews (All Along the Wall), Chris Stout, Roy Harper, Lucy Ward, Nick Dow, Merry Hell, Troubadour, David Ferrard, Kevin Henderson, Steve Knightley (Cecil Sharp Project), The Vanity Project, Phil Brown, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, James Lindsay (Breabach), Julia Batters (Shanty UK), Chris Rogan, Duncan McCrone and Nine Tenths Below.

A number of our guests have featured on more than one occasion, sometimes in their own right, sometimes as a member of a band, and sometimes representing a folk event or venue.

We have been privileged to launch quite a few CDs on air, most recently Nelson Peach 'Jack Frightenem', which is also our CD of the month for May 2012. The official launch is on our anniversary, May 21st!

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Bernard
Date: 20 May 12 - 05:19 AM

Not long before the Star-Studded Anniversary Concert at Greenfield Conservative Club from 7.30pm - Chew Valley Road OL3 7DB...!!

Only a fiver admission - pay on the door, don't worry if you didn't book a ticket.

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: Bernard
Date: 21 May 12 - 04:22 AM

We had a great night - well attended, and the final count of 'turns' was twenty - Stanley Accrington managed to tear himself away from his cricket match to explain the Euro crisis as only he can!

Well done to all concerned!

Subject: RE: Sounds of Folk 10th Birthday Concert
From: GUEST,AlanG at work
Date: 21 May 12 - 06:29 AM

Yes, a truely great night. Great to see so many top class performers in one concert.
Well done Ali and Bernard for putting it together, and for keeping it together.
Bernard: now the challenge is for you to book them all together for a concert at Lymm!