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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012 nominees announced
Posted on November 20th, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
BBC Radio 2 has announced their Folk Awards 2012 nominees and folk lovers are now looking forward to the February event. For the the first time, the awards show will be held outside of London at The Lowry, Salford.
And the nominees are (drumroll please)…
FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
Jon Boden
Jackie Oates
Emily Smith
June Tabor
BEST DUO
Tim Edey & Brendan Power
Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell
Spiers & Boden
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight
BEST GROUP
Bellowhead
The Home Service
June Tabor & Oysterband
The Unthanks
BEST ALBUM
Last – The Unthanks
Purpose & Grace – Martin Simpson
Ragged Kingdom – June Tabor & Oysterband
Saturnine – Jackie Oates
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
‘The Herring Girl’ – Bella Hardy
‘Last ‘– Adrian McNally (performed by The Unthanks)
‘On Morecambe Bay’ – Kevin Littlewood (performed by Christy Moore)
‘The Reckoning’ – Steve Tilston
BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK
‘Bonny Bunch of Roses’ – June Tabor & Oysterband
‘Lakes of Ponchartrain’ – Martin Simpson
‘Maids When You’re Young’– Lucy Ward
‘Sweet Lover of Mine’ – Emily Smith
HORIZON AWARD
Megan Henwood
Lady Maisery
Pilgrims’ Way
Lucy Ward
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Andy Cutting
Tim Edey
Will Pound
Martin Simpson
BEST LIVE ACT
Bellowhead
The Home Service
Peatbog Faeries
The Unthanks
BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD
Sunjay Brayne
Blair Dunlop
Ioscaid
Graham Mackenzie
For more information, please visit the Radio 2 website.
‘World of Music’ is back on ‘shed’ule
Posted on August 11th, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
Mark Coles – the former presenter of BBC World Service’s World of Music – has set up his own studio and is starting a broadcasting revolution… from his garden shed!
Recent dramatic BBC cuts have stripped the World Service of one of its best loved music programmes, World of Music, after more than 20 years on the air. Former presenters of the show included the late Charlie Gillett and Coles, who broadcast the last ever edition of the show at the end of March.
Now Coles returns to the airwaves with a brand new programme called The Shed: A Whole New World of Music, which can be streamed via Coles’ website. Often referring between the music to his small patch of broad beans and the pest problems his garden faces, the programme is much more intimate and charming. As Coles says “the new show is a back to basics approach after the high-tech studio approach of the BBC. It’s deliberate, I love the informality recording in a shed brings. It seems to suit the music. Those listening seem to like the concept too… ‘the new pirate radio,’ ‘the start of a broadcasting revolution’ have been just a couple of the reactions so far.”
The show is only in its third week, but Coles has already received a great response. Receiving hundreds of emails and roughly the same number of Facebook impressions, word of mouth is spreading quickly. It was also recently announced that Coles will be airing the programme on World Radio Switzerland, part of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. You can catch the show starting next week on Wednesdays at 7:06pm on WRS via DAB+, cable, satellite, internet streaming or on 101.7 FM in the Geneva region. Coles hopes to have the show aired on more broadcasters in the future, so (forgive the cliché) stay tuned!
What’s next for Coles and The Shed? “In the future, I hope to have interviews on the programme – if I can manage to lure musicians away from the usual London studio set up.”
You can hear Mark Coles presenting The Shed: A Whole New World of Music on his website: www.markcolesmusic.com
Become a fan of the programme on Facebook: www.facebook.com/shedmusic
A new BBC Four series charts the impact of Latin music on US popular culture
Posted on January 20th, 2010 in World Music by Songlines.
In the last half century, Latin music has risen from the barrios of New York, Los Angeles, Miami and the Mexican border cities to become a defining sound of the new USA and the world beyond. A new four-part BBC Four series – Latin Music USA – screening in January and February, reveals the stories behind this rise and the music and stars it has created.
The first part focuses on the moment when Carlos Santana brought Latin blues to Woodstock in 1969 and turned the heads of a generation. Part two charts the rise of salsa from Havana clubs to New York’s mighty Fania Records with music from Ruben Blades, Willie Colon, Johnny Pacheco and others. The third programme looks at the ever-evolving music of the Mexican borderlands with acts like Los Lobos, Ritchie Valens, Santana and Linda Ronstadt. And the final part reveals the rise of Gloria Estefan’s Miami sound, which paved the way for Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Shakira and the new Latin sound of reggaeton. In its breadth, this series pays tribute to a Latin music scene that is fast coming to define modern pop music today.
Two concerts curated in association with the BBC will take place at London’s Barbican on January 24-25 to complement the series
