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Folk on Foot
website, YouTube and podcast feed. Commissioned by English Folk Expo and
compiled by the Official Charts Company.
See which albums have made the Official Folk
Albums Chart this month, with Folk on Foot. Packed with stories, music and
insights, this is always a joy to watch. You might also spot us making an
appearance this week…
Free to access, but you can support the podcast by becoming a patron.
Topic Records recently launched a new Spotify playlist called ‘Folk
Discovery’ which features new and not so new folk songs they
are currently enjoying. The playlist isn’t just limited to Topic artists and
includes folk music from around the UK, Ireland and further afield. Topic will
be keeping it regularly updated so make sure to follow on Spotify and check back in to
explore the world of folk.
Working River is an open-ended joint project between the General Federation of Trade Unions Educational Trust and Folktree Recordings designed to collect and popularise music and verse, recording the lives and deeds of those who live and work around the Thames, one of the most famous rivers in the world.
The CD (£12.99 inc P & P) can be purchased here: https://gftu.org.uk/shop/
Imagining Ireland: Martin Hayes - National Concert Hall Dublin - Tuesday 8 December 8pm
The sound of a fiddle is is more that just the instrument itself, it is the instrument in relationship to the space in which it is being played; the room is also your instrument. I love playing the National Concert Hall. It inspires me and draws music out of me in a way that allows me to explore the subtle and powerful beauty of the melodies with real freedom. I will be accompanied by two wonderful musicians: Pianist, Cormac McCarthy and Concertina/Harmonium and Bouzuki player, Brian Donnellan. I look forward to exploring these melodies and sharing with you the background, history and stories of the tunes and the people behind them." Martin Hayes
Rooted in the classical, folk and contemporary worlds, Martin Hayes founded the seminal Irish-American supergroup The Gloaming, whose self-titled debut album won the Meteor Choice Music Prize for Best Irish Album. Their global touring has included more than a dozen shows at Dublin’s National Concert Hall as well as performances at London’s Royal Festival Hall and Barbican. Hayes has collaborated with everyone from Bill Frisell and Yo-Yo Ma to Sting and Paul Simon. Hayes' long-term creative partnership with Dennis Cahill also saw the duo perform for President Obama at the White House.
The concert will be available to tickets holders for 48 hours following the performance
Supported by Davy as Innovation Partner. Imagining Ireland is a partnership collaboration between NCH and Culture Ireland. Supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
TICKETS FOR THE STREAM ARE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA DICE.FM
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8.00 pm Friday 18 December – Martin & Eliza Carthy
Martin Carthy and his twice Mercury nominated daughter Eliza Carthy, join forces to perform for you.
Martin is a legendary ballad singer and guitarist who has influenced a generations of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, while Eliza has been twice-nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and a multiple-award winner at the BBC Radio Two Folk awards.
An Introduction to Nic Jones
The 14th release in Topic’s acclaimed ‘An
Introduction To…’ series celebrates the classic English folk singer,
fingerstyle guitarist and fiddle player, Nic Jones. Compiled by Nic
himself, the album includes sleeve notes by Colin Irwin (fRoots/The Guardian)
and two previously unreleased 2013 studio tracks, ‘Now’ and ‘I Only Spoke
Portuguese.’
Nic Jones has won awards galore, has made some fantastic albums and played with the likes of June Tabor, Martin Carthy, Richard and Linda Thompson, Peter Bellamy and Shirley Collins to name but a few. There is no doubt he would have made even more fantastic music had it not been for a tragic car crash that robbed this world of his magic touch. 1980 saw the release of his classic album Penguin Eggs on Topic Records but less than two years later, fate took a disastrous turn. After a gig and while traveling home his car collided head-on with a brick lorry. Virtually every bone in his body was broken. The shock waves reverberated around the entire folk world. The battle to rebuild his body and his life was long and tortuous. He would never play again, that was for sure.
Except. Except, eventually – well, almost thirty
years eventually – he did.
Coerced, encouraged, protected and inspired by his remarkable wife Julia, he
was able to put the pieces back together again. First lured to play a few
festivals and then in 2013 with the help of his son Joe Jones and Belinda
O’Hooley, record a few new studio tracks, two of which appear on this release
for the first time.
Nic insisted on compiling this introduction to his
work, a mix of material from the Topics classic Penguin Eggs and Game Set Match
albums, tracks included are ‘Humpback Whale’, ‘Seven Yellow Gypsies’, ‘Dives of
Lazarus’ as well as the magical never released before 2013 studio recordings of
‘I Only Speak Portuguese’ and ‘Now.’
I think it’s best to have Nic have the last word.
“I think this selection of tracks represents very
well my working repertoire during the years I was a professional performer. In
music, I have always liked stories, encapsulated in a rhythmic way. I have
enjoyed the visions, true or false, black or white, philosophical or emotional,
played to the best on my old guitar… So here are a few of those songs that will
take you all around the world and, hopefully, set your own visions alight” – Nic
Jones January 2019
Jackie Oates & Megan Henwood On Line Show - Saturday 14 November 2020
Multi award winning contemporary folk duo Jackie Oates and Megan Henwood meld together their love of storytelling, songwriting and melody with their voices and acoustic instruments, resulting in a fresh sound that combines both reworked traditional folk song with original and contemporary material. Their individual musical backgrounds are quite different yet their voices blend effortlessly, sensitively backed by viola, guitar, and sometimes piano.
The pair met at Nettlebed Folk Club in Oxfordshire, already admiring one another’s work – they began playing music together shortly after and Jackie contributed heavily on Megan’s last album ‘Head Heart Hand’. Since then they have been working together on new material and experimenting with arranging traditional and contemporary songs to fit their musical vision. Working with producers Pete Brown and Tom Excell they have recorded a 5 track EP entitled ‘Wings’ which features their haunting adaption of Brain Bedford’s poignant song ‘What’s The Use Of Wings?’.
After their duo performance at Folk Weekend: Oxford was scuppered by Covid (although we had a lovely shared set of solo songs instead!) we are delighted that Jackie and Megan will be back performing together for us, live to your living rooms.
Start date: 14 November, 2020 Start time: 20:00 GMT End time: 22:00 GMT
Martin Simpson celebrates the release of his new album, Home Recordings, this Friday with an online album launch. See below for details and links to buy tickets.
Will Pound on line Wednesday 11 November - 8pm GMT
Live to Your Living Room
Known for being one of the finest melodeon and harmonica players of his generation, Will Pound is a master of his craft who isn’t afraid to push boundaries. He’s toured everywhere from Europe to Australia, but for this concert he’s heading straight to your living room.
Tickets £14, with options to pay a bit more or less depending on your circumstances. Gig is streamed via Zoom.
Thursday 5 November is Write a Song for Lincolnshire Finals Night
This time there will be no performance with an audience , but remember to tune into
BBC Radio Lincolnshire 94.9 7pm -
10pm
to hear the Final listed songs and see if you
can pick the Winner. Also special sets from Show of Hands &
Trackdogs.
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