BBC FOLK AWARDS ~ BEST LIVE ACT
Comedian Stewart Lee explores and celebrates, rather than mocks, the morris and other traditional English dances.
BBC Radio 2 Monday 12th December 10.00 -11.00pm – LISTEN AGAIN
‘Strictly’; ‘Britain’s Got Talent’; ‘So You Think You Can Dance’… there is extraordinary enthusiasm for dance in many forms.… Read more
By Mark Durberville, co-presenter of The Durbervilles Folk & Roots Show, BBC Radio Leeds.
You may not be aware of the full implications that are facing folk radio shows in the light of the recently announced big BBC budget cuts.… Read more
Our newest member of The Demon Barber Roadshow, Tanisha Allman, has won the Cheshire & Lancashire Clog Dancing Championships for the 2nd year in a row!… Read more
September
16th – The Forum, Barrow In Furness
18th – Grand Opera House, York
20th – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
22nd – The Cresett, Peterborough
23rd – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
October
8th – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
November
19th – The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
For those of you who have been wondering where our radio show had gone…it’s been to Sheffield!
Apologies for the lack of action in July but we’ve been working on a double edition for Dave Eyre who has been allowing guest DJs to take a spin on his Thank Goodness It’s Folk show.… Read more
It’s been a while since we had a fancy dress party and what better honour than to finish up Towersey Village Festival with one!… Read more
We recently came across Chris Moyles Hip Hop Morris Battle video on you tube and thought it quite funny, although not quite as funny as the Harvestival one done last year.… Read more
A few weeks ago we held our 4th inter-school rapper championships!
The competition was held at Shawland’s Primary School in Barnsley with special guests Ivor Allsop and The Earl of Scarborough!… Read more
Multi-instrumentalist & singer with Belshazzar’s Feast, Dr Faustas and Bellowhead, Paul Sartin talks about whether Glastonbury Festival does what it says on the packet
After my previous, and only experience of Glastonbury, I swore I’d never go again for love nor money.… Read more
We’ve been headhunted!
David Crickmore from the Durberville’s Folk & Roots Show on BBC Radio Leeds was so impressed/traumatised by our previous shows that he felt an uncontrolable urge to take us under his wing.… Read more
TGP has recently launched it’s own website with full Autumn tour dates
Check it out!
Niamh Parsons has come to be known as one of the most distinctive voices in Irish music. Her voice has drawn comparisons to such venerated singers as Dolores Keane, June Tabor and Sandy Denny.… Read more
I first discovered folk music through the songs of Buffy St Marie. The first of her songs I heard was ‘Now that the buffalo’s gone’ and then ‘The Universal soldier’.… Read more
Having had my 1st novel, ‘All For Poor Jack,’ published last year, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is how different writing a book must be from writing a song.… Read more
A week or so John contacted me asking if I would be interested in helping set up a discussion to look at ways to raise the profile and support the UK folk club scene.… Read more
Well where to begin with Royal Traditions… Jon and I moved to Sheffield and loved the session/dancing/singaround scene, which is frankly brilliant with great singers from Crucible hosting various song and tune sessions and a long-term singers club at Raise the Roof providing great places to go and sing. … Read more
Hello again.
In my last post I told the tale of how I unexpectedly and very rapidly got involved in folk music.… Read more
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