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In The Footsteps Of Ewan MacColl
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Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe and Bob Fox
A selection of songs from the 2006 BBC Radio Ballads
Dates * The Project * Video
May - 2023
3rd - CUBLEY HALL
PENISTONE - www
4th - CUSTOMS HOUSE
SOUTH SHIELDS - www
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5th - HARTHILL VILLAGE HALL
NR SHEFFIELD 0114 2352850
6th - WYCHWOOD FOLK CLUB
OXFORDSHIRE - www
7th - TREDEGAR HOUSE FESTIVAL
9th - STANLEY ARTS - CROYDON - www
10th - THE FLEECE INN
BRETFORTON - WORCS - www
11th - ST PETERS CHURCH
BELPER - DERBYSHIRE - www
12th - NETTLEHAM VILLAGE HALL
Nr. LINCOLN EMAIL
13th - STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE - www
14 TOPSHAM FOLK CLUB MATTHEWS HALL
DEVON - www
15 NETTLEBED FOLK CLUB
THE LEFT WING, THE BUTLER, READING - www
16 CAST - DONCASTER
SOUTH YORKSHIRE- www
17 THE BRINDLEY THEATRE
RUNCORN - CHESHIRE - www
19 ST EDITH FOLK CLUB
SEVENOAKS - KENT - www
20 CORN HALL
DISS - NORFOLK - www
21 LEEK ARTS FESTIVAL
FOXLOWE ARTS CENTRE - STAFFS - www
22 THE CRESCENT YORK - www
24 ALNWICK PLAYHOUSE
NORTHUMBERLAND - www
25 THE WITHAM BARNARD CASTLE
COUNTY DURHAM - www
26 OTLEY COURTHOUSE
WEST YORKSHIRE - www
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27 MUSIC IN ULPHA - THE BROWFOOT ROOM
ULPHA, CUMBRIA - - www
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About the project
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EWAN MACCOLL……and what hugely influential footsteps they are!
In the 50s and 60s Ewan MacColl along with Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger created the groundbreaking Radio Ballads broadcasts for the BBC Home Service covering a variety of subjects and using an audio documentary format to highlight the experiences of real people weaving the voices of rarely-heard communities with songs written from and about their recorded interviews, the first time regional accents had been heard on BBC Radio!
There were eight original programmes and they were masterpieces of radio producing many songs that have since become folk classics.
More info here
Almost half a century later, in 2006, a new set of Radio Ballads were commissioned by BBC Radio 2 using the same format but this time involving a whole team of stellar musicians, singers and songwriters from the folk/acoustic/roots music scene under the guiding hands and watchful eyes of producer John Leonard and musical director John Tams.
More info here
Now three members of that team, Bob Fox, Jez Lowe and Julie Matthews, have put together a selection of songs from the 2006 new Radio Ballads for a concert performance IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EWAN MacCOLL.
All three are consummate engaging performers of meaningful songs and stories and are multi-instrumentalists whose skills have been honed by decades of live touring throughout UK, Europe, Canada, U.S.A, Australia and New Zealand. They have all recorded extensively, worked in collaboration with many of the top folk roots artists and bands as well as having highly successful solo careers and are well loved and respected by audiences and colleagues alike.
Expect to be entertained and enlightened by songs of joy, love, hardship and humour.
More information on the artists can be found at the following websites
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