Ooh, the great countertenor. I’ll have a look for that.
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Yes, I do…
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Only a few of the older broadcasts of Singing Together survived. Jarvis Cocker made a 58 min programme for Archive on 4. Singing Together link
Singing Together ran from 25 September 1939 to 29 March 2001, with repeats until 25 June 2004.
This was never on my radar … strictly a R4 listener
It lasted much longer than I thought, I was a listener (not a participant, I was known as one of the grunters, which has scared me to this day) in the 1960’s when it was part of the Schools Broadcast Service.
Or am I thinking of something else?
I heard it as part of the Schools service in the 1960s. We lads enjoyed ‘Hearts of Oak’ Wikipedia give an account of its various incarnations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Together_(radio)
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Currently in the middle of the Med on a cruise but this will be a priority when I return.
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Troy Donockley & Dave Bainbridge When Worlds Collide 2005 Some folk here ‘The Great Silkie Of Sules Skerry’ and ‘Trip To Athlone / The Handsome Young Maidens’, ‘Greenfields Of Canada’ featuring Troy on Uileann Pipes. Folk Rock. Away from folk Donockley can be found on Auri lll, Candles & Beginnings which is just out.
Swarbrick/ Swarbrick11 compilation via Qobuz. 1996. From LPs 1976-1977.
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle, viola, mandolin
Beryl Marriott: piano
Martin Carthy: guitar
Simon Nicol: guitar, bass
Dave Pegg: bass
Bruce Rowland: tambourine, snare drum, tenor drum
Savourna Stevenson: clarsach
Kate Graham: fiddle
Roger Marriott: melodeon
Alan Robertson: accordion
Legendary fiddler and reputed to be the first English folk fiddler to go electric.
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A beautiful cover of Richard Thompson’s ‘Beeswing’ sung by Laura Quirke, filmed in Parkfield, CA during the 2018 Féile Parkfield residency. Laura together with Claire Kinsella make up Lemoncello.
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Sunday morning, the sun is bright; I’ve walked the dog and had breakfast.
This music takes me back to the 90’s, balmy Sundays in Prague, with an early brunch at one of the Irish bars hidden away from the tourists.
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From the album Live, Love, Larf & Loaf Richard Thompson’s ‘Drowned Dog, Black Night’
French Frith Kaiser Thompson 1987.
John French – drums, vocals
Fred Frith – bass guitar, violin
Henry Kaiser – guitar
Richard Thompson– guitar, vocals
First time I’ve listened to this. They recorded one other album. Invisible Means
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Two of my favourite albums. Live, Love, Larf and Loaf has my favourite cover of Surfin’ USA and a great Okinawan folk song.
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At 84 he’s been nominated for the Mercury prize. I’ve not heard Transform me the into a Fish, but I did hear him on stage at Ashley Hutchings’s bash. I thought then it was time for a dignified retirement.
Jacob Alon – In Limerence (mentioned up thread) is also nominated.
CMAT may do well? Not folk!
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