And now Frank Ifield...the Cropredy connection being Stackridge, who used to perform "She taught me how to yodel".
I thought he had been brown bread for years.
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on: Today at 06:42:14 PM
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Started by Red Shoes (Caz+Mark) - Last post by Jim | ||
And now Frank Ifield...the Cropredy connection being Stackridge, who used to perform "She taught me how to yodel". I thought he had been brown bread for years. |
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on: Today at 04:53:52 PM
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Started by Alan2 - Last post by Nick Reg | ||
String Driven Thing : The Machine that Cried (Esoteric CD, 2012). This is rather good, although the CD sounds somewhat bright. Interesting sleeve essay. SDT were another band who had stuff to offer but never quite got the credit they deserved. |
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on: Today at 04:16:46 PM
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Started by Alan2 - Last post by RobertD | ||
One old, one new-
'Dangerous' Don Rich & The Buckaroos-Country Pickin' The Don Rich Anthology. At Christmas I got the Bear Family Bakersfield Sound boxset. Don was the bandleader, guitarist, fiddle player, and harmony singer with Buck Owens until a motorcycle accident killed him at a young age. Though I loved the classic Buck Owens stuff already, I didn't know much about Don, but he was arguably the star of the set, both in the number of photos of his always smiling presence, but for his musical skills which were on many of the other artists in the Buck Owens empire. I bought this one because it features him on lead vocals, but also let his fiddle work shine. Kaia Kater-Strange Medicine- released just last Thursday. For those who may not be familiar, Kaia is a Canadian singer songwriter, and talented banjo player. At a record fair a few years ago, I was struck by the vibrant sight of her previous album 'Grenades' and bought it on the spot. After just a few listens, this effort really expands exponentially from Grenades however. Mostly minimalistic music, along with Kaia's unique phrasing vocally and well crafted songs makes for a beautiful and original listen. Attached is her song 'The Internet' which I think is really provocative. https://youtu.be/5IE0F3wViDk?si=--Rv-dC8gQX_hFTp |
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on: Today at 02:28:49 PM
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Started by JJ (Joanna) - Last post by Nick Reg | ||
Right now, if mostly-folk-based festivals want to survive, I reckon they have to diversify, get some artists that will appeal beyond the folkies and embark on publicity campaigns, perhaps jointly and severally to sell themselves outside of their traditional audience. Nail. Head. And potentially lose all the attendees they already have in the first place? There's a strong danger of oversimplification here, I think.. |
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on: Today at 01:50:55 PM
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Started by JJ (Joanna) - Last post by davidmjs | ||
Right now, if mostly-folk-based festivals want to survive, I reckon they have to diversify, get some artists that will appeal beyond the folkies and embark on publicity campaigns, perhaps jointly and severally to sell themselves outside of their traditional audience. Nail. Head. And potentially lose all the attendees they already have in the first place? There's a strong danger of oversimplification here, I think.. |
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on: Today at 01:09:50 PM
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Started by JJ (Joanna) - Last post by PaulT | ||
Right now, if mostly-folk-based festivals want to survive, I reckon they have to diversify, get some artists that will appeal beyond the folkies and embark on publicity campaigns, perhaps jointly and severally to sell themselves outside of their traditional audience. Nail. Head. |
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on: Today at 12:46:07 PM
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Started by Red Shoes (Caz+Mark) - Last post by PaulT | ||
And now Frank Ifield...the Cropredy connection being Stackridge, who used to perform "She taught me how to yodel".
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on: Today at 12:15:23 PM
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Started by JJ (Joanna) - Last post by Andy | ||
By the way, no-one we spoke to thinks that paying out £200 to go to a festival "for the craic" is a good idea.
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on: Today at 12:14:21 PM
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Started by JJ (Joanna) - Last post by Andy | ||
More depression, I'm afraid, feel free to skip this.
As mentioned elsewhere, we attended a family wedding on Saturday. Chatting to fellow guests, we mentioned our festival plans for the summer. A few people of various ages from mid-20s to mid-50s asked who was headlining at each of the four festivals we're going to. First telling point was that I had to look them up online. Honestly, no-one stuck in my head. Second telling point was that most people we spoke with had never heard of almost any of the artists. Rick Wakeman caused a raised eyebrow from one older guy, but only because he was convinced Rick died years ago. One woman looked over my shoulder at the screen showing Cropredy artists and commented that if they're having a special guest and they're not selling enough tickets, you'd think the Special Guest's identity wouldn't be shrouded in secrecy. Unless they're not that special. Incidentally, it was recently suggested that the Special Guest may well be Joe Brown (again). Nice chap, but not a draw. I enthused about the New Forest Folk Festival too. Again, no-one had heard of the artists featured except for Oysterband, by one person who thought they'd broken up years ago. When I mentioned this was their farewell tour, he wasn't at all surprised. Of the Shrewsbury Folk Festival artists this year, The Longest Johns and Josh Burnell were the only artists even vaguely recognised - by two people. Spiers and Boden may be famous in some parts of the world, but not Herefordshire, it seems. Kate Rusby was recognised by a couple of people as the Beardy Folk Festival headliner, but no-one else seemed to strike a chord. Now, admittedly, this was not a gathering of folkies. Far from it, some were metalheads, most just the standard British public. Frank Turner was mentioned a few times, for instance. What this brought home to me was that the folk audience is not enlarging right now - it's shrinking as people stop going to festivals and gigs (for whatever reason, cost, age, illness, death). Right now, if mostly-folk-based festivals want to survive, I reckon they have to diversify, get some artists that will appeal beyond the folkies and embark on publicity campaigns, perhaps jointly and severally to sell themselves outside of their traditional audience. |
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on: Today at 10:35:28 AM
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Started by Red Shoes (Caz+Mark) - Last post by PaulT | ||
"Spider" John Koerner, aged 85.
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