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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 30 Oct 23 - 04:59 AM Monday 30 October 9am BBC Radio 4 Start the Week The singer Natalie Merchant, writer Michel Faber and teacher-cum-broadcaster Jeffrey Boakye discuss the power of music with Kirsty Wark. Wednesday 9pm BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show 25 October Texas troubadours and a Suffolk hero 25 days left to listen 1 November 8 November Listeners choose Joni Mitchell songs that mean the most to them, creating an ultimate playlist to celebrate her 80th birthday. Thursday 4pm BBC Radio 4 Legend - The Joni Mitchell Story Join Jesca Hoop for an intimate journey through the life and music of Joni Mitchell, as we explore the life beyond the legend. 2 November 1 of 6 The Urge for Going 9 November 2 of 6 Lady of the Canyon 16 November 3 of 6 Blue |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: DaveRo Date: 03 Oct 23 - 03:10 AM These local folk programmes ceased in most of England years ago. Radio London (Mike Sparrow - not just folk), Radio Oxford (Roger Watson), 3-Counties Radio (? Meek and Phil Richards) and most recently Radio Kent (Doug Welch). Genevieve's was always the most ideosyncratic. Perhaps she'll start a podcast - Mike Harding has stopped his. (And sold his bass concertina!) They survived - indeed were revived after the first set of cutbacks - in Shropshire and Mereseyside, and a new programme started in Sheffield. Doug Welch now publishes his whats-on on Facebook, BTW: kentsundayfolk |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 21 Oct 23 - 08:41 AM The Ciderhouse Rebellion - Oct 2023 Genevieve Talks Folk "We were there within the first 8 bars doing things that shouldn't have been possible." Master accordionist Murray Grainger and fiddle player Adam Summerhayes tell Genevieve what makes their relationship so special. 9 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gmpsm7 Chloe Matharu - Oct 2023 Genevieve Talks Folk Genevieve Tudor talks to Chloe about her career as Navigational Officer and how it inspired her career as an award-winning singer-songwriter and harpist. 9 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gkzzmd What is modern folk music? - Jan 2023 The World at One Highlights Imar's Mohsen Amini & Georgie Gage of The Deep Blue on the evolution of folk. 5 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dxrm4b ,,, don't shoot the messenger ;) |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 12 Oct 23 - 08:35 AM 90% chat but might be of interest Radio Scotland - October 2023 Folk Festival Eva Runciman looks back at the [Shetland] 2023 Folk Festival. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04kk263/episodes/guide two episodes available for ~three weeks |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 11 Oct 23 - 07:26 PM Guitar Legends 10th October 2023 - BBC Radio Scotland Caroline Moyes explores the legacies of Peerie Willie Johnson and Ian Bairnson. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rd9f first item available for 4 weeks |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 10 Oct 23 - 11:48 AM Front Row - BBC radio 4 - Mon 9th Oct 2023 Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening’s new album, Cloud Horizons, fuses synthesizers with a bone flute, a sistrum – very old Egyptian instrument - and lyrics based on an inscription in Latin carved on a stone in Northumberland nearly 2 millennia ago. Kathryn talks to Samira about this ancient Northumbrian futurism and plays her smallpipes, live. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001r7qr first item \ starts @ ~1minute |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 02 Oct 23 - 07:03 PM Sadly it looks like Genevieve Tudor's Sunday Folk programme on BBC Radio Shropshire is due to end. Last episode Sunday 8th October 2023 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7lt/broadcasts/upcoming Radio Cambridgeshire's The Folk Show had its last episode on the 24th September. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06j49wd/episodes/player Tim Walker's Folk on Radio Lincolnshire has another couple of episodes scheduled; 8th & 15th October www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09czfyb/broadcasts/upcoming Various articles written about bbc cutbacks www.google.com/search?q=bbc+reducing+local+radio+programmes Some quotes collected by RadioToday The changes to Local BBC Radio have been debated in Parliament with the house ruling for the BBC to reconsider the decision to reduce local output. Rt Hon Sir Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead brought forward the motion and started by saying, in his constituency, BBC Three Counties will turn into BBC Eight Counties on the weekend under current plans. Sir Mike said: “This is about people. The way that the HR department have handled this is absolutely appalling for a public body. “This house will not tolerate the undermining of local radio in our constituencies.” Andy Carter, MP for Warrington South and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Radio, added: This house expects Ofcom to regulate the BBC, to ensure it robustly holds to account the management of the BBC for delivering local services.” Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields: “Disgracefully, it was through the pandemic that the BBC started these cuts asking over 100 staff to take voluntary redundancy, stripping back the schedules, forcing all shows to have four hour slots, with solo presenters. “This set the scene to make the cuts they want to make now and merging everything from 2pm onwards. For the nation’s flagship broadcaster to introduce these changes without consulting the fee paying public is pretty appalling.” Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KC MP for South Swindon said: “Without local radio then local people are not going to be informed.” The Conservative MP paid tribute to community radio station Swindon 105.5 but said the BBC has an obligation to provide a local public service. Many MPs promoted the benefits of local radio including having local conversations with local people, local weather being provided, engagement with listeners and local journalists providing local news – although these elements will still be heard on each local service albeit for fewer hours each day. Local radio stations will continue to provide local news, and local programmes for eight hours per weekday, although the majority of the discussion assumed the entire network was being closed down. Over 20 MPs from all over the UK debated the issue for almost two hours, all agreeing the planned reductions to local programmes will cause a substantial change to the network. In closing, Sir Mike Penning said: “This is what Parliament is about. Parliament has come together on a motion to tell the BBC what they are doing is wrong. The BBC are independent of government, but they are not independent of this house. “The BBC cannot ignore the motion before the house today and if they do it will be at their peril.” https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/parliament-local-radio-debate-the-bbc-will-ignore-this-motion-at-their-peril/ |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 27 Sep 23 - 07:23 PM Ken Loach on Gerrard Winstanley BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives - 2023 Veteran British film director Ken Loach nominates the 17th century radical pamphleteer and and leader of the Diggers, Gerrard Winstanley. With Emeritus Professor of Early Modern history, Ann Hughes. Presented by Matthew Parris and produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Ellie Richold www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qtc5 28 minutes |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: Rain Dog Date: 10 Sep 23 - 02:11 AM BBC Radio 4 Seek the Light "Award-winning folk musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the natural world around a theme of light." Last episode on BBC Radio 4 today at 13.30 The previous 2 episodes are available for the next month. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 17 Oct 23 - 02:15 PM 17 October 19.15 BBC Radio 4 Front Row - and BBC Sounds Singer Cara Dillon is known globally for her interpretations of traditional Irish songs. As she performs at the Belfast International Arts Festival, she explains why she’s taking a new direction with her upcoming album, the first time she’s released an album of original songs. And also 9 October Front Row BBC Sounds Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening’s new album, Cloud Horizons, fuses synthesizers with a bone flute, a sistrum – very old Egyptian instrument - and lyrics based on an inscription in Latin carved on a stone in Northumberland nearly 2 millennia ago. Kathryn talks to Samira about this ancient Northumbrian futurism and plays her smallpipes, live. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Oct 23 - 05:31 AM BBC Radio 4 10.30 Saturday morning A new series of Soul Music Today I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston Then Somewhere from West Side Story Defying Gravity from Wicked Days by The Kinks Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 12 Oct 23 - 02:20 PM 12 October 19.15 BBC Radio 4 Front Row - and BBC Sounds Martin Hayes has gone from playing the fiddle in his father’s ceilidh band in County Clare to performing for President Obama at the White House. Martin brings his band, The Common Ground Ensemble to perform in the Front Row studio. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST Date: 12 Oct 23 - 03:27 AM Thanks |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 29 Sep 23 - 11:28 AM I've come across a couple more programmes with Robert Macfarlane. You can find them on BBC Sounds BBC Radio 3 The Essay First broadcast January 2021. First Flight The Frozen River Episode 1 of 5 BBC Radio 3 Private Passions First broadcast in July 2013. Robert Macfarlane |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 19 Sep 23 - 03:42 AM Today 19 September 16:00 BBC Radio 4 The Compass Crossing the Cuillin Mountains In this two part series, we accompany the writer and mountaineer Robert Macfarlane on his attempt to complete the Cuillin Ridge. This expedition marks twenty years since his first book 'Mountains of the Mind' in which he tries to understand the human fascination with mountains. Along the way, he muses on the ways in which these particular mountains have been explored imaginatively and in reality. The reality for Robert is both challenging and wonderful. Two modern works are weaved throughout Robert's journey. The words of the great late Gaelic poet Sorely MacLean who knew these mountains intimately and wrote of them in his long poem, 'The Cuillin'. And the more recent musical work of fiddler and composer Duncan Chisholm and his album 'Black Cuillin'. We also feature brand new music from Duncan Chisholm and Gaelic Singer Julie Fowlis. Plus a song with lyrics by Robert Macfarlane based on his experience of the Ridge. Presented by Robert Macfarlane Produced by Helen Needham Mountain Guide - Richard Parker Readings by Julie Fowlis and Sorley MacLean Music by Duncan Chisholm, Julie Fowlis and Donald Shaw Mixed by Ron McCaskill A BBC Scotland Production made in Aberdeen for BBC Radio 4. Tuesday 26 September 16:00 BBC Radio 4 The Inaccessible Pinnacle Before Breakfast Crossing the Cuillin Mountains Robert Macfarlane crosses the iconic Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Sep 23 - 05:53 AM I don't know how folky this will be - if at all. Simon Armitage and the band do perform in clubs. Saturday afternoon 15:00 16 September 2023 Drama on 4 The Ballad of Eldon Street - an unnatural history. A new form of radio ballad to mark the centenary of Radio Drama on the BBC. The story of this iconic Barnsley street told by the people who know it best, interwoven with specially composed songs written by LYR - Simon Armitage, Patrick J Pearson and Richard Walters. With Malcolm Bird, Ann Bunting, Alison Dixon, Wayne Johnson, Tegwen Roberts, Peter Roberts and Steven Skelley. Music performed by Simon Armitage, Patrick Pearson, Richard Walters, Matt Taylor, Beth Bellis and Mike Monahan. Produced by Susan Roberts A BBC Drama North Production |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Nov 23 - 12:44 PM https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk Folk shows Two pages of links to recent folk shows on national and local BBC radio, with further links to earlier episodes still available. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Nov 23 - 05:14 PM Thursday 4pm BBC Radio 4 Legend - The Joni Mitchell Story Join Jesca Hoop for an intimate journey through the life and music of Joni Mitchell; 2 November 1 of 6 The Urge for Going Available now on BBC Sounds 9 November 2 of 6 Lady of the Canyon Available now on BBC Sounds 16 November 3 of 6 Blue 23 November 4 of 6 Refuge of the Roads 30 November 5 of 6 Dog Eat Dog 7 December 6 of 6 The Circle Game |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Nov 23 - 01:07 PM BBC Sounds Radio 6 6 Artist Collection 16 Oct 2012 Available for 16 days Johnny Walker's Long Players Johnnie Walker & David Hepworth examine Joni Mitchell's classic 1971 LP Blue. BBC Sounds Radio 4 Blue: Pain and Pleasure 17 Jun 2021 Available for over a year Marking the 50th anniversary of the release of Joni Mitchell's seminal album Blue, Laura Marling tells the story behind the writing and recording of the album, and explains why Blue is regarded by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Nov 23 - 12:13 PM BBC Radio 2 Front Row 7.15pm Tuesday 7 November 2023 Billy Bragg, Booker author Paul Murray, Feminist art of the 1970s |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Nov 23 - 12:04 PM BBC Sounds Radio 6 6 Music Artist Collection Joni Mitchell Available for 16 days! Johnny Walker's Long Players 16 Oct 2012 Available for 16 days Johnnie Walker & David Hepworth examine Joni Mitchell's classic 1971 LP Blue. Joni Mitchell at the BBC 02 Feb 2023 Available for 16 days Joni Mitchell in session for the BBC from 1968 & 1972. Joni Mitchell at TV Centre 17 Oct 2023 Available for 16 days Joni Mitchell performing live at TV Centre in 1970. Joni Mitchell Live at Wembley 17 Oct 2023 Available for 16 days Joni Mitchell recorded live at Wembley Arena in 1983. The Joni Mitchell Playlist 17 Oct 2023 Available for 16 days The music of Joni Mitchell chosen by Jess & Camilla from The Staves. BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 Joni Mitchell Taught Me How To Feel 7 months left to listen Music writer and broadcaster Ann Powers explores Joni Mitchell’s impact on her fans and on songwriting. From 2018. Joni Mitchell: Verbatim 04 Nov 2023 Available for over a year Joni Mitchell's influential life and career, told in her own words. BBC Radio 2 Tracks of My Years 05 Nov 2023 Available for 28 days In this special edition we will be celebrating Joni Mitchell's 80th birthday. BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show 08 November 2023 then BBC Sounds for 4 weeks This week, listeners choose Joni Mitchell songs that mean the most to them, creating an ultimate playlist to celebrate her 80th birthday. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Nov 23 - 05:55 AM BBC Radio Scotland Travelling Folk available now; Día de los Muertos; Anna explores the traditional music of Mexico on their Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). 27 days left to listen Grammy Award winners Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi in session. 20 days left to listen Highlights from the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year semi-finals. 13 days left to listen 20.00 Thursday 09/11/2023 21.00 Thursday 16/11/2023 20.00 Thursday 23/11/2023 Many clips - of all kinds - available on the website. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 04 Nov 23 - 09:04 PM Dave Webber - Nov 2023 Genevieve Talks Folk Dave’s been part of the folk tradition for a long time, singing all over the UK and the United States with his wife Anni Fentiman. Since retiring he’s moved to the country and spends more time looking after his bees and wild flowers. 4½minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gqkrq2 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Nov 23 - 04:26 PM BBC Radio 4 4 November Loose Ends Available on BBC Sounds for over a year. Barrie Rutter, Eliza Carthy, Richard Bean, Leah Brotherhead, Kat Hudson, Chiedu Oraka, Kofi Smiles, Clive Anderson. Eliza Carthy sings Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - at 14 minutes - from The Wassail tour with Jon Boden. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Nov 23 - 02:01 PM BBC Sounds Radio 2 In Concert Joni Mitchell and James Taylor performing in October 1970. Released on Saturday 4 Nov 2023 Available for 29 days Marking her 80th birthday on 7 November, this archive concert recorded at the BBC's Paris Studios in London's Lower Regent Street, captures Joni along with her guest James Taylor at an early point in their musical careers. Saturday 4 November 20:00 BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 Joni Mitchell: Verbatim Previously unheard interviews, studio out takes, rare demo recordings and archive dating back to Mitchell’s very first radio interview recorded in 1964. Wednesday 8 November 9pm BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show Listeners choose the Joni Mitchell songs that mean the most to them. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 04 Nov 23 - 10:55 AM Is piping folk? ;) I just noticed this series of eight programmes that some might be interested in. NB only temporarily available, two only for two days. The Piping Season Gary West follows the fortunes of Scotland's pipers from this year's World Championships to the top solo competitions in Scotland. With a special guest each week, Gary explores eight fundamental ingredients that make the piping world unique. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001r0ww The weekly piping programme seems to be Piping Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kvzf |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Nov 23 - 01:05 PM Joni Mitchell was born on 7 November, 1943; the BBC celebrates her 80th birthday. Thursday 4pm BBC Radio 4 Legend - The Joni Mitchell Story Join Jesca Hoop for an intimate journey through the life and music of Joni Mitchell; 2 November 1 of 6 The Urge for Going 9 November 2 of 6 Lady of the Canyon 16 November 3 of 6 Blue Saturday 4 November 20:00 BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 Joni Mitchell: Verbatim Previously unheard interviews, studio out takes, rare demo recordings and archive dating back to Mitchell’s very first radio interview recorded in 1964. Wednesday 8 November 9pm BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show Listeners choose the Joni Mitchell songs that mean the most to them. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,Anne Lister sans cookie Date: 30 Oct 23 - 12:08 PM "Private Passions" on Radio 3 on Sunday was Chris Addison, who chose Eliza Carthy as one of his favourite pieces of music, and talked of being "something of a folkie". |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 30 Oct 23 - 11:49 AM I dont think this series has been mentioned & it didn't come up in the BBC 'folk' category. Blas Ceoil - Radio Ulster ,,,starts your weekend in style, featuring new releases, gig guide details and live acoustic sessions to keep. (in Gaelic ~75:25(?) chat:music) episodes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cmsk6/episodes/ video and audio clips www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cmsk6/clips |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 30 Oct 23 - 04:59 AM Monday 30 October 9am BBC Radio 4 Start the Week The singer Natalie Merchant, writer Michel Faber and teacher-cum-broadcaster Jeffrey Boakye discuss the power of music with Kirsty Wark. Wednesday 9pm BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show 25 October Texas troubadours and a Suffolk hero 25 days left to listen 1 November 8 November Listeners choose Joni Mitchell songs that mean the most to them, creating an ultimate playlist to celebrate her 80th birthday. Thursday 4pm BBC Radio 4 Legend - The Joni Mitchell Story Join Jesca Hoop for an intimate journey through the life and music of Joni Mitchell, as we explore the life beyond the legend. 2 November 1 of 6 The Urge for Going 9 November 2 of 6 Lady of the Canyon 16 November 3 of 6 Blue |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 29 Oct 23 - 09:39 PM Polly Bolton - Oct 2023 Genevieve Talks Folk - Radio Shropshire Folk singer Polly Bolton talks to Genevieve about her new project, "An acre of land" a collection of folk songs rooted in south Shropshire and The Marches. 10 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gp3zn6 (^ This is the Shropshire Polly Bolton, not the Polly Bolton who sings with The Trials of Cato https://youtu.be/o5GR7vl_Xvk&t=0m39s) |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 23 Oct 23 - 07:13 PM Genevieve's podcast page is https://m.mixcloud.com/Genevieve_Tudor/ & facebook announcements page https://facebook.com/groups/genevieve.tudor/announcements (the playlist might be buried in the ordinary posts somewhere) |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 21 Oct 23 - 08:41 AM The Ciderhouse Rebellion - Oct 2023 Genevieve Talks Folk "We were there within the first 8 bars doing things that shouldn't have been possible." Master accordionist Murray Grainger and fiddle player Adam Summerhayes tell Genevieve what makes their relationship so special. 9 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gmpsm7 Chloe Matharu - Oct 2023 Genevieve Talks Folk Genevieve Tudor talks to Chloe about her career as Navigational Officer and how it inspired her career as an award-winning singer-songwriter and harpist. 9 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gkzzmd What is modern folk music? - Jan 2023 The World at One Highlights Imar's Mohsen Amini & Georgie Gage of The Deep Blue on the evolution of folk. 5 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dxrm4b ,,, don't shoot the messenger ;) |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 17 Oct 23 - 02:15 PM 17 October 19.15 BBC Radio 4 Front Row - and BBC Sounds Singer Cara Dillon is known globally for her interpretations of traditional Irish songs. As she performs at the Belfast International Arts Festival, she explains why she’s taking a new direction with her upcoming album, the first time she’s released an album of original songs. And also 9 October Front Row BBC Sounds Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening’s new album, Cloud Horizons, fuses synthesizers with a bone flute, a sistrum – very old Egyptian instrument - and lyrics based on an inscription in Latin carved on a stone in Northumberland nearly 2 millennia ago. Kathryn talks to Samira about this ancient Northumbrian futurism and plays her smallpipes, live. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Oct 23 - 05:31 AM BBC Radio 4 10.30 Saturday morning A new series of Soul Music Today I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston Then Somewhere from West Side Story Defying Gravity from Wicked Days by The Kinks Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 12 Oct 23 - 02:20 PM 12 October 19.15 BBC Radio 4 Front Row - and BBC Sounds Martin Hayes has gone from playing the fiddle in his father’s ceilidh band in County Clare to performing for President Obama at the White House. Martin brings his band, The Common Ground Ensemble to perform in the Front Row studio. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 12 Oct 23 - 08:35 AM 90% chat but might be of interest Radio Scotland - October 2023 Folk Festival Eva Runciman looks back at the [Shetland] 2023 Folk Festival. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04kk263/episodes/guide two episodes available for ~three weeks |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST Date: 12 Oct 23 - 03:27 AM Thanks |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 11 Oct 23 - 07:26 PM Guitar Legends 10th October 2023 - BBC Radio Scotland Caroline Moyes explores the legacies of Peerie Willie Johnson and Ian Bairnson. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rd9f first item available for 4 weeks |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 10 Oct 23 - 11:48 AM Front Row - BBC radio 4 - Mon 9th Oct 2023 Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening’s new album, Cloud Horizons, fuses synthesizers with a bone flute, a sistrum – very old Egyptian instrument - and lyrics based on an inscription in Latin carved on a stone in Northumberland nearly 2 millennia ago. Kathryn talks to Samira about this ancient Northumbrian futurism and plays her smallpipes, live. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001r7qr first item \ starts @ ~1minute |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: DaveRo Date: 03 Oct 23 - 03:10 AM These local folk programmes ceased in most of England years ago. Radio London (Mike Sparrow - not just folk), Radio Oxford (Roger Watson), 3-Counties Radio (? Meek and Phil Richards) and most recently Radio Kent (Doug Welch). Genevieve's was always the most ideosyncratic. Perhaps she'll start a podcast - Mike Harding has stopped his. (And sold his bass concertina!) They survived - indeed were revived after the first set of cutbacks - in Shropshire and Mereseyside, and a new programme started in Sheffield. Doug Welch now publishes his whats-on on Facebook, BTW: kentsundayfolk |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 02 Oct 23 - 07:03 PM Sadly it looks like Genevieve Tudor's Sunday Folk programme on BBC Radio Shropshire is due to end. Last episode Sunday 8th October 2023 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7lt/broadcasts/upcoming Radio Cambridgeshire's The Folk Show had its last episode on the 24th September. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06j49wd/episodes/player Tim Walker's Folk on Radio Lincolnshire has another couple of episodes scheduled; 8th & 15th October www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09czfyb/broadcasts/upcoming Various articles written about bbc cutbacks www.google.com/search?q=bbc+reducing+local+radio+programmes Some quotes collected by RadioToday The changes to Local BBC Radio have been debated in Parliament with the house ruling for the BBC to reconsider the decision to reduce local output. Rt Hon Sir Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead brought forward the motion and started by saying, in his constituency, BBC Three Counties will turn into BBC Eight Counties on the weekend under current plans. Sir Mike said: “This is about people. The way that the HR department have handled this is absolutely appalling for a public body. “This house will not tolerate the undermining of local radio in our constituencies.” Andy Carter, MP for Warrington South and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Radio, added: This house expects Ofcom to regulate the BBC, to ensure it robustly holds to account the management of the BBC for delivering local services.” Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields: “Disgracefully, it was through the pandemic that the BBC started these cuts asking over 100 staff to take voluntary redundancy, stripping back the schedules, forcing all shows to have four hour slots, with solo presenters. “This set the scene to make the cuts they want to make now and merging everything from 2pm onwards. For the nation’s flagship broadcaster to introduce these changes without consulting the fee paying public is pretty appalling.” Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KC MP for South Swindon said: “Without local radio then local people are not going to be informed.” The Conservative MP paid tribute to community radio station Swindon 105.5 but said the BBC has an obligation to provide a local public service. Many MPs promoted the benefits of local radio including having local conversations with local people, local weather being provided, engagement with listeners and local journalists providing local news – although these elements will still be heard on each local service albeit for fewer hours each day. Local radio stations will continue to provide local news, and local programmes for eight hours per weekday, although the majority of the discussion assumed the entire network was being closed down. Over 20 MPs from all over the UK debated the issue for almost two hours, all agreeing the planned reductions to local programmes will cause a substantial change to the network. In closing, Sir Mike Penning said: “This is what Parliament is about. Parliament has come together on a motion to tell the BBC what they are doing is wrong. The BBC are independent of government, but they are not independent of this house. “The BBC cannot ignore the motion before the house today and if they do it will be at their peril.” https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/parliament-local-radio-debate-the-bbc-will-ignore-this-motion-at-their-peril/ |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 29 Sep 23 - 11:28 AM I've come across a couple more programmes with Robert Macfarlane. You can find them on BBC Sounds BBC Radio 3 The Essay First broadcast January 2021. First Flight The Frozen River Episode 1 of 5 BBC Radio 3 Private Passions First broadcast in July 2013. Robert Macfarlane |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 27 Sep 23 - 07:23 PM Ken Loach on Gerrard Winstanley BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives - 2023 Veteran British film director Ken Loach nominates the 17th century radical pamphleteer and and leader of the Diggers, Gerrard Winstanley. With Emeritus Professor of Early Modern history, Ann Hughes. Presented by Matthew Parris and produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Ellie Richold www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qtc5 28 minutes |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 19 Sep 23 - 03:42 AM Today 19 September 16:00 BBC Radio 4 The Compass Crossing the Cuillin Mountains In this two part series, we accompany the writer and mountaineer Robert Macfarlane on his attempt to complete the Cuillin Ridge. This expedition marks twenty years since his first book 'Mountains of the Mind' in which he tries to understand the human fascination with mountains. Along the way, he muses on the ways in which these particular mountains have been explored imaginatively and in reality. The reality for Robert is both challenging and wonderful. Two modern works are weaved throughout Robert's journey. The words of the great late Gaelic poet Sorely MacLean who knew these mountains intimately and wrote of them in his long poem, 'The Cuillin'. And the more recent musical work of fiddler and composer Duncan Chisholm and his album 'Black Cuillin'. We also feature brand new music from Duncan Chisholm and Gaelic Singer Julie Fowlis. Plus a song with lyrics by Robert Macfarlane based on his experience of the Ridge. Presented by Robert Macfarlane Produced by Helen Needham Mountain Guide - Richard Parker Readings by Julie Fowlis and Sorley MacLean Music by Duncan Chisholm, Julie Fowlis and Donald Shaw Mixed by Ron McCaskill A BBC Scotland Production made in Aberdeen for BBC Radio 4. Tuesday 26 September 16:00 BBC Radio 4 The Inaccessible Pinnacle Before Breakfast Crossing the Cuillin Mountains Robert Macfarlane crosses the iconic Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Sep 23 - 05:53 AM I don't know how folky this will be - if at all. Simon Armitage and the band do perform in clubs. Saturday afternoon 15:00 16 September 2023 Drama on 4 The Ballad of Eldon Street - an unnatural history. A new form of radio ballad to mark the centenary of Radio Drama on the BBC. The story of this iconic Barnsley street told by the people who know it best, interwoven with specially composed songs written by LYR - Simon Armitage, Patrick J Pearson and Richard Walters. With Malcolm Bird, Ann Bunting, Alison Dixon, Wayne Johnson, Tegwen Roberts, Peter Roberts and Steven Skelley. Music performed by Simon Armitage, Patrick Pearson, Richard Walters, Matt Taylor, Beth Bellis and Mike Monahan. Produced by Susan Roberts A BBC Drama North Production |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: Rain Dog Date: 10 Sep 23 - 02:11 AM BBC Radio 4 Seek the Light "Award-winning folk musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the natural world around a theme of light." Last episode on BBC Radio 4 today at 13.30 The previous 2 episodes are available for the next month. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 15 Aug 23 - 04:04 AM Cropredy 2023 Radio Oxford www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g4tvk8 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 12 Aug 23 - 06:39 AM BBC Sounds Desert Island Discs Shirley Collins, folk singer 22 days left to listen https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pf7y Shirley Collins Shirley Collins first enjoyed success as one of the leading figures in the British folk revival of the 1960s. She initially performed with her sister, Dolly Collins, and also collaborated with other folk luminaries to create some of the era’s most beloved albums. In the past decade she has made an acclaimed return to the concert stage and the recording studio. Shirley lives in Sussex, not far from her childhood home. 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. DISC ONE: Chiling O Guiry - Concerto Caledonia DISC TWO: The Birds in the Spring - The Copper Family DISC THREE: Who Would True Valour See - Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band DISC FOUR: Dear Father, Pray Build Me a Boat - Sheila Smith DISC FIVE: 61 Highway Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell DISC SIX: Poor Sally Sits a-weeping - Dolly Collins DISC SEVEN: A Heart Needs A Home - Richard & Linda Thompson DISC EIGHT: Going Home - Mark Knopfler BOOK CHOICE: A collection of Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson LUXURY ITEM: A solar powered fridge filled with Italian Ice cream and two lipsticks CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Poor Sally Sits a Weeping |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 10 Aug 23 - 06:10 AM BBC Radio Scotland Travelling Folk Available now on BBC Sounds; Gareth Williams: Songs From The Last Page; 23 days left to listen New feature Back Tracks continues plus composer and musicians Gareth Williams joins Anna live to talk about his latest album. Back Tracks and Éadaoin Ní Mhaicín in Session; 16 days left to listen Folky Rewind; 9 days left to listen News of Travelling Folk's Edinburgh Festival show 2023 & The Official Folk Album Chart; 2 days left to listen Today 10 August BBC 8pm Radio Scotland; Peatbog Faeries & The Official Folk Album Chart 17 August At the Edinburgh Festivals; Anna hosts an evening of live music from the heart of the Edinburgh Festivals featuring Deirdre Graham, Tide Lines, Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards & Kinnaris Quintet |
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