Because of illness, Karl Dallas won’t be going to Cropredy after all so the planned Simple Gifts daily folk shows have had to be cancelled. During September the BCB Movietime, Classical Hour – Modern Masterpieces, and Swing Easy radio shows will not be broadcast, and KD will not present the Round Table talk show. Hopefully, there’ll be a … Continue reading
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Simple Gifts folk show now online on Youtube
Click HERE to watch it. Featured are the Shaker dance hymn which gives the show its name, an excerpt from The Barley Mow DVD featuring Cyril Poacher singing The Nutting Girl, video of Fairport Convention, My Evening Song, composed in 1997, Peggy Seeger singing and talking about Swim to the Star, a song from her … Continue reading
HangUPs on Air – hail and farewell
Well all right. You win. OK. I’m beginning to hate you – Hangouts on Air. In fact, I’m beginning to call you HangUPs on Air. Yes yes, I know I posted the pro’s and con’s of HOA, attempting to prove conclusively that they were going to be the next big thing. And it was all true. … Continue reading
VideoCaroline Simple Gifts folk show
Our first HOA folk show has the 19th Century Shaker dance tune, Simple Gifts, as its opening and closing music, an interview and two songs from Walter Pardon, a slideshow of Cajun photos, the Karl Dallas song, Long May the Sun Shine, accompanied by Ben Paley, and a celebration of the life of Stan Kelly, … Continue reading
Pix from Bill Leader’s “Gold” gig
Pictures from Bill’s “Gold” gig last night can be viewed on the Folk News blog. An excerpt from Mike Harding’s talk about Bill This video can now be downloaded from Youtube soon Continue reading