TalkAwhile - The Folk Corporation Forum

According to the blurb about this evening's Mark Radcliffe show, Fairport will be doing a live session on his show on 23rd January.

Just bumped this up to remind people :

Wednesday 23rd January at 7.00pm on Radio 2

The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe

"Mark presents his new folk and acoustic show from Salford Quays including a live session from legendary folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention"


Also Peggy is on the Tom Robinson Show on Sat 26th January on BBC Radio 6 at 9pm

Thanks. Had forgot about this, just put the iplayer on.

We got plugged (sort of) on Radio 2 :D :D :D

Ooops, have I missed owt   ???

Did anyone catch the name of the Simon Emmerson project that he played earlier? It was rather good and I would like to investigate further.

i think it was something like "Fresh Handmade Sound"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LUSH-Fresh-Handmade-Sound-Source/dp/B004X5YD7Y

Thanks chaps. A rather odd product now that I have looked into it but I might take a punt on one to see what it is like.

I was about to ask the same thing, certainly interesting, the Bert Lloyd track sounded great.

It's a really good album, worth getting.

More importantly, what do Fairport get up to on the programme?  Worth a listen?

yes very definitely worth a listen.
they played Sir Patrick Spens, Walk a While and Motl
simon

Thanks, Simon... will whir radioplayer into action after the footy's over  :)

they were their usual affable selves and if you need to hear them do Spens, , walk awhile and ledge again then its required listening

I hear you, Jimbo.

What a great version of 'MOTL' !

The lads sounded really good. They always seem to be in really good form around this time of year.

Pleasant listen.
 Enjoyed Spens and the other 2 are special songs, especially MOTL which I am sure most of us have heard an awful lot.
I would be interested in a new listener to the programme/ folk music reaction to them.
i thought Radcliffe talked/spluttered too much through the interview but Peggy was able to say Cropredy is not a folk fest so if you don't like the line up go to the bar or do something else......which seems fair enough.
Obvious plugs for Cropredy and the tour, which is why they were there, so again fair enough. Nice plug for FakeThackray.
Nothing to do with Fairports but cos it's live Radcliffe does seem to be turning it in to a request show. ' for Nick and Debbie who are having consexual sex in Burnley, here's Bob Fox.'
We were supposed to be away next month. We're not and I'm wrestling whether to go and see FC at De Mont. I do want new stuff. I do want to be surprised. I know I'm not going to get it.
Pleasant.
Imust get a copy of Jim Moray;s Skulk and i loved the Simon Emmerson stuff.

I think we got a mention just before 'Sir Patrick'.
The 'lively' discussions about the Cropredy lineup were alluded to, "Talkawhile indeed".

I was s urprised at how good Fpt sounded. On the one hand they ough t to, after all these years of practice, on the other, we've all heard enough vintage bands sounding tired and lacklustre to know how disappointing they can be.

I left the FM steam radio on for Janice Long afterwards, and was agreeably surpsised by a track by the band : I am Kloot. There's so much music out there, new and not so, that it's easy to ignore it-  then something like that pops up.

I suspect that this is the wrong year to hope for new stuff. I think this is likely to be one of the band's quiet years after a busy "anniversary" year last year.

It is only two years since Festival Bell. I reckon we are at least a year away from another one though I guess they may start debuting a couple of new songs on the tour.

Walkawhile got played on the Chris Evans breakfast show this morning (09:21) ... that's some premium airplay that is. Well done boys.  :)

Made my drive through the ice and snow much more enjoyable  :)

If you just want to hear fairport go to the BBC music showcase pagehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/music/showcase/clips/p0145tg9/in/justadded/justadded where you can hear the 3 tracks. There is also an archive session there recorded live in session at the BBC on 18th March 1969.

Tracklisting:
- Autopsy
- Cajun Woman
- Percy's Song
- Si Tu Dois Partir

I enjoyed their set but - and it may just be me - the music seemed a little hurried, especially Patrick Spens, it felt a tad rushed.

Still, good to hear them sounding on decent form, albeit without a leccy ...

DA

Was it the original version or the version from the Mark Radcliffe show?

with the greatest of respect,, it seems some of you lot are never satisfied
simon

According to the wife they played Meet on the Ledge on Jeremy Vine.

Hear hear

I know this board can be on the cynical side, but the comments about Fairport in this thread all seem to be very positive.  ???

I can only agree, sometimes even TAW is positive and receptive.

I listened, enjoyed Sir Pat, mentally danced to WalkAWhile (the first Fairport track I ever heard) and thought MoTL should be saved for Crops (a personal foible), but was ok.

I used the feature on the BBC iPlayer which allowed me to listen to just the FC music bits. I thought it was very sprightly - there's no new album to plug and so I thought the choice of a folk track, a hit and an anthem to play on the country's biggest radio station was, not necessarily inspired, but certainly pragmatic. Having CL in the band does rather feel to me like there's an insider in terms of fandom when it comes to suggesting the set list (I did catch a brief comment by them regarding being surprised by a couple of the most popular suggestions for By Popular Request, which indicates that they might not be quite as certain of what their hardcore audience wants as they might like to think they are) but that the three songs they played all had the hallmark of RT imprinted firmly upon them just goes to show what a very long shadow he's cast over the years.    

Listened to this on iPlayer this morning. not bad, but it would have been great to hear the band talk more.

This from facebook this morning:

Ahoy Fairport-spotters!! Broadcasting House. Session & interviews with @WhisperingBob and Johnny Walker this afternoon.

Sounds interesting...

I completely forget to tune in to Mark Radcliffe last week, and having lost the sound facility on my computer, I am unable to listen again on i player. Bah! The good news is that my trusty IT person Nick is on his way to sort the thing out very soon. Hurrah!  :D