Podcasts about Bellowhead

JB starts and finishes with Bellowhead, and features the like of Bob Dylan, Laura Marling and Imar in between!

This week we conclude our two-part feature Trad. Arranged By. The program features traditional folk players who've expand the style, including Bellowhead, Pentangle, Brass Monkey and others. Explore new traditions … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysRichard Thompson / “Dundee Hornpipe-Poppy Leaf Hornpipe” / Strict Tempo / ElixirSteeleye Span / “The Blacksmith” / Hark! The Village Wait / SanctuaryLaura Smyth & Ted Kemp / Wild Rover” / The Poacher's Fate / Broken TokenJohn Kirkpatrick / “Here's Adieu to Old England” / From Here: English Folk Field Recordings / From HereThe Albion Country Band / “Morris Medley” / Battle of the Field / BGOShirley Collins and the Albion Country Band / “Van Dieman's Land” / No Roses / CastleRichard Thompson / “New Fangled Flogging Reel-Kerry Reel” / Strict Tempo / ElixirBellowhead / “Go My Way” / Broadside / NavigationPeter Bellamy / “Oak, Ash and Thorn” / Electric Eden / UniversalThe Pentangle / “The Cuckoo” / Basket of Light / TransatlanticBroom Bezzums / “Alston Flower Show-Stagshaw Bank Fair-The Lads of Alnwick” / Wine From A Mug / SteeplejackBrass Monkey / “The Handweaver and the Factory Girl” / The Complete Brass Monkey / TopicPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

JB with a great mix of all the best in Folk from the likes of Kathryn Tickell and the Darkness, Bellowhead and Christine Collister with Olive Knight.

JB celebrates Word Whisky Day with songs inspired by a drop of the craythur . . from the likes of Bellowhead, Ruth Keggin and Rachel Hair and Mississippi Fred McDowell

Great sounds from JB's deck from the likes of Ryan Young, Chris Wood, Kathryn Tickell and Bellowhead

In this week's episode Esther & Susie showcase talents even they didn't know they had. And they probably don't. Let's just say, Eminem does NOT need to worry... They discuss talent v success, and if baby is born with it or if it's maybe-learnt. Again, Eminem does not need to worry! Thankfully someone with a tangible talent is their special guest this week. Namely, musician Sam Sweeney. Sam has been described as 'one of the defining English fiddle players of his generation' (Mark Radcliffe) and this was cemented when he won Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award in 2015 - his fourth time of being nominated. He is a veteran of folk juggernauts, Bellowhead, former and inaugural Artistic Director of the National Youth Folk Ensemble, a founder member of ground-breaking trio Leveret as well as a passionate and experienced educator. He has collaborated, recorded and performed with The Full English, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings, Fay Hield and Emily Portman as well as creating his own theatre production Made In The Great War. Sam's first two albums, The Unfinished Violin (Island Records) and Unearth Repeat (Hudson Records) were received with international acclaim. Sam is currently touring his third solo album, Escape That - tour dates. Sam's chat with the gals is wide-ranging and hugely entertaining. He tells them about joining the biggest folk band in the world aged 18, and how it feels to rock (folk) out at the Royal Albert Hall. He talks about his experiences in movies - Disney's live action 'Little Mermaid', and Richard Curtis's 'About Time'. There are some super questions from our wonderful listeners, and, as an extra treat, Sam performs live on the podcast! LTO's first live musical performance and it is magical. (Sam is available to tour when you need him, Arcade Fire - just putting that out into the universe!) With sketches, live music, surprising rapping and a joyful interview, this is an episode to savour. We hope you enjoy it!   OTHER USEFUL LINKS: SPIRO Watch - We Wish To Be Absorbed   Sign up to be an LTO Patron now at: Patreon.com/LimitedTimeOnlyPodcast LTO now has a PATREON page which means you can become an LTO Patron. Patrons get a raft of lush stuff including exclusive bonus content and access to exclusive LTO live events online and in-person. The next Patron-only LTO Live Online event is later this month! Details on Patreon! Susie & Esther are thrilled to be back in your ears. And over on Patreon too! Limited Time Only. A pick-me-up in podcast form.   Instagram @limitedtimeonlypodcast Twitter @limitedtimepod Facebook Limited Time Only Podcast Email: limitedtimepodcast@gmail.com   Music by Joel White aka Small Plates Listen to his music on Soundcloud Other sound effects from https://freesound.org

  "Mists Among the Stones" is borrowed from a song title on this week's songlist. As a mid-winter mist settles over our lands the session includes tunes and songs from the UK's Salt House, "Fallow Ground" from John Spiers &  Jon Boden, the band Bellowhead, a trio including Mike McGoldrick, John Musker & John Doyle, the band Runa, Coscán, Sam Sweeney, the Poppy Seeds, The Furrow Collective, Moore, Moss & Rutter. Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

Jack Rooke drew on his own life for his hit Channel 4 sitcom Big Boys which focussed on an unlikely friendship between two first year university students – both working class with one struggling to explore his gay sexuality and the other an apparent Jack-the-lad who is really anything but. As Big Boys returns for a second series, he talks to Samira about making comedy out of loss, mental health, and male friendship.Musician Eliza Carthy is Front Row's wassail Queen as she sings live on the programme some traditional songs from Glad Christmas Comes - her new album with Jon Boden lead singer of Bellowhead. Her performance joins in with many others happening across the country this month to mark the January ritual of blessing fruit trees in hope of a bountiful harvest.Simon Broughton reports from the Mugham festival of music and poetry in Baku, Azerbaijan. Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer: Tim Prosser

This week, John brings you another superb selection including music from Bellowhead, Bella Gaffney, The Olllam and also a cracking track from John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson.

Film and TV composer Debbie Wiseman OBE and musician and fiddler Sam Sweeney, formerly of the folk group Bellowhead, join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they choose the next five tracks, in the penultimate episode of the current series. This week's journey takes us from a popular Sunday evening TV theme to an Etta James classic via the 1984 Winter Olympics. Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye The five tracks in this week's playlist: Pop Goes Bach (the Ski Sunday theme) by Sam Fonteyn We Will be Absorbed by Spiro Ponto Das Caboclas by Moça Prosa Boléro by Maurice Ravel I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James (Jeffrey) Other music in this episode: Mack the Knife by Louis Armstrong Alleluia by Debbie Wiseman, sung by The Ascension Choir A far l'amore comincia tu by Raffaella Carrà Bach Street Prelude. performed by Vanessa-Mae Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding I've Been Wrong So Long by Bobby Bland

JB heads off to the Big Apple, enjoys some Bellowhead, unearths a little Leveret and recaptures the banjo . . .

Episode 8 of the second series of The Old Songs Podcast, supported, so very kindly, by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, is an unusual one as it focuses on an old tune rather than an old song. Prepare yourself to delve into the background of one of the most well-known Morris dancing tunes, 'Princess Royal'. Joining Jon Wilks to discuss the tune is one of the country's finest melodeon players, John Spiers, or "Squeezy" as he's fondly known as on the English folk scene. Many of you will know Squeezy as a founding member of Bellowhead, not to mention a myriad of other bands he steps in and out of when the road calls. Over the course of an hour or so, the pair look at the history of 'Princess Royal' tune. Did it start life as an accompaniment to English Morris dancing, or does it stretch further back and over greater distances than that? Squeezy tells us a bit about growing up, somewhat hesitantly, in the Morris tradition, and talks about the difference between being a musician performing this tune on stage and a musician playing for a Morris side. He explains what a jig is, what a reel might be, how to recognise a slow, and who's wearing the trunkles in this relationship? Squeezy mentions video clips and different versions throughout, which we have listed and embedded below. LinksOver the course of the episode, John Spiers and Jon Wilks mention the following things:The English Folk Dance and Song SocietyThe story of Cecil Sharp and Headington Quarry MorrisMat Green (Magpie Lane) playing and dancing 'Princess Royal' on YoutubeTrack listingJohn Spiers playing the Abingdon version on the Spiers and Boden album, Bellow, 2003Spiers & Boden playing the Bampton version on their album, Vagabond, 2008Magpie Lane playing 'Princess Royal' on their 2006 album, The Oxford RambleClannad playing 'Mrs McDermott' on their 1973 album, ClannadMat Green of Bampton Lane, performing the tune while dancing a jig (see above)The Unthanks singing 'The Scarecrow Knows' from the soundtrack to the TV series, Worzel Gummidge, released in December 2022Jim Moray singing ‘Gypsies' from his 2003 album, Sweet England'Princess Royal' from Morris On, released in 1972A snippet of Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr performing the B part on their 1995 album, The Shape of ScrapeJohn Spiers performing an exclusive version of the North Leigh version, spoken about in an earlier part of the conversationFor more info on John Spiers, head to johnspiers.co.uk.

Bellowhead, Martin Carthy, Clash Vooar and Pauline Scanlon amongst others. Oh - and did John mention Bellowhead?!

A concert calendar of folk and roots music in Vancouver, a bunch of new releases, R.IP.s to country music legend Loretta Lynn (90), and to Paul Sartin of UK bands Bellowhead and Faustus (51), and a look at Cape Breton's Celtic Colours Festival, which is now underway. Incredible, since it's only a few days since Fiona smashed through there.

Matthew Bannister on Dame Hilary Mantel (pictured), the Booker prize winning novelist best known for the Wolf Hall trilogy. John McVicar, the former armed robber who studied sociology in prison and became a writer and broadcaster. Joyce Reynolds, the eminent Cambridge classicist who specialised in the study of epigraphs and taught Dame Mary Beard who joins us to remember her. The multi-instrumentalist and singer Paul Sartin, a key figure on the English folk scene and member of the band Bellowhead. His band mate Sam Sweeney pays tribute. Producer: Neil George Interviewed guest: Laurie Taylor Interviewed guest: Dame Mary Beard Interviewed guest: Sam Sweeney Interviewed guest: Jon Wilks Archive clips used: Company Pictures/ Playground Entertainment/ BBC, Wolf Hall – E01 Three Card Trick 21/01/2015; BBC News, interview with Hilary Mantel 03/05/2020; BBC Radio 4, Front Row – extended interview with Hilary Mantel 05/06/2012; BBC Radio 4, The Reith Lectures – Hilary Mantel 13/06/2017; Polytel/ The Who Films, McVicar (1980) UK TV Trailer; BBC One, Straight Talk – John McVicar interview 09/05/1980; BBC Radio 4, Six Men – John McVicar interview 20/04/1986; Loftsingers Andover, Andover Museum Loft Singers Promo 13/10/2018.

This week's Dum Tee Dum is a repeat of the Sunday omnibus music, a fabulous rendition of Berwick Green from the very talented Paul Sartin and the group Bellowhead. Sadly Paul suddenly died this week and we wanted to pay homage to this fabulous musician. On this episode we'll hear from Jen,in her car, Claire Astbury, Christine Armstrong (formerly cycling Christine) and Drew in the Tokyo office!Plus: Tweet of the week from Purple Pumpkin And we have a social media round-up from Witherspoon FB roundup and welcoming new members of our FB group.Please call into the show using this link: https://www.speakpipe.com/dumteedum Do keep your call to a maximum of two minutes. The minimum age for contributors is 18.To support the show visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/dumteedum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month's Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features an interview with Bernard Butler about his stunning number one album with Jessie Buckley “For All Our Days That Tear The Heart”. “We made this album for love,” Bernard tells host Matthew Bannister as he reveals the recording process started at his kitchen table and continued in his attic. There's also music from Manran, Bellowhead, The Wilderness Yet, Katie Doherty and the Navigators and Rusty Shackle. Plus all the latest gig news and details of a new Folk on Foot episode featuring a mass trespass. --- Delve deeper into the Folk on Foot world and keep us on the road by becoming a Patron—sign up at patreon.com/folkonfoot. You can choose your level and get great rewards, ranging from a stylish Folk on Foot badge to access to our amazing and ever expanding Folk on Foot on Film video archive of more than 150 unique performances filmed on our travels. Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot

Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of our country's greatest ever composers. Born 150 years ago in 1872, he is known for creating a sense of Englishness in twentieth century music by drawing on his love of folk song, Tudor church music and landscape, in pieces like the perennially popular The Lark Ascending and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Samira Ahmed explores his musical language and revels in live performance with her guests, the solo violinist Jennifer Pike , baritone Roderick Williams, Paul Sartin of the folk band Bellowhead, Kate Kennedy from Oxford University, and composer, writer and pianist Neil Brand.

Raynor Winn's best-selling book “The Salt Path” tells how she and her husband Moth became homeless just as he was diagnosed with a terminal neuro-degenerative disease. Despite this, they set off to walk the 630 challenging miles of the South West Coast Path which stretches from Minehead in Somerset along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall to Poole Harbour in Dorset. The redemptive story of their dogged determination, loving relationship and close connection with the natural world made the book a best seller. And now Raynor has teamed up with Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band (featuring Hannah Martin and Philip Henry of Edgelarks, John Spiers of Bellowhead, guitarist Roger Flack and percussionist Sacha Trochet) to create a new show called Saltlines - which combines traditional music from the South West Coast with new words about the area. In this episode, host Matthew Bannister gets the great privilege of attending rehearsals in a village hall near Exmouth, and then walking the Coast Path with Raynor. --- Access exclusive films of Raynor Winn and the Gigspanner Big Band along our walk, along with over 150 performances from dozens of artists, by signing up to Folk On Foot On Film: https://www.folkonfoot.com/watch We rely entirely on support from our listeners to make Folk on Foot. So please consider becoming a patron. You'll make a small monthly contribution and get great rewards. Find out more at www.patreon.com/folkonfoot. Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot --- Follow Raynor Winn at https://twitter.com/raynor_winn Find out more about the Gigspanner Big Band at https://www.gigspanner.com/gigspanner-big-band

I didn't have to travel far to meet this week's guest, my friend, kinda neighbour and fellow Whitchurch Folk Club organiser, Paul Sartin. In the wider folk world he's probably best known as a member of Faustus, Belshazzar's Feast and, or course, a former member of Bellowhead. But it's Paul's encyclopaedic knowledge of traditional folk music, and, in particular, songs from in-and-around Hampshire, that make episode 5 of The Old Songs Podcast particularly special. Regular listeners will notice that we've returned to a few topics we've already covered, and we re-meet characters that have cropped up before, but it's so worth it when you're with someone as scholarly as Paul. In particular, it's his knowledge of the folk song collecting process that took place close to 120 years ago. As a direct ancestor to Edith Sartin and Marina Russell, two particularly noted source singers, Paul has spent a lot of time looking at the biographical detail of these people and what these songs meant to them. While we're ostensibly discussing ‘An Acre of Land', the song allows us to touch on a variety of other old songs. In the course of this episode you'll hear performances from Eliza Carthy & the Gift Band, PJ Harvey, Martin Carthy, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Tom Newman, Spiers & Boden, and, of course, the mighty Faustus. Here, then, is my friend and yours – Paul Sartin, freshly dosed on good coffee, hoeing down hard on ‘An Acre of Land'. Who featured in this ‘An Acre of Land' podcast?A quick recap of the songs you've just heard. Clicking on the links below will take you to places to buy the songs.The podcast opened with ‘An Acre of Land', performed by Faustus on their eponymous album.You heard Eliza Carthy & The Gift Band taking on ‘The Elfin Knight', which appeared on the Anchor album.PJ Harvey sang ‘Acre of Land' with Harry Escott on a standalone single.You heard Martin Carthy's seminal performance of ‘Scarborough Fair' from his debut album.Cohen Brathwaite-Kilcoyne's brilliant, rousing performance of ‘Country Carrier' is from his solo album, Outway Songster.The source singer you heard was Tom Newman, singing ‘All For Me Grog' or ‘My Old Hat That I Got On' to Mike Yates. For more on this song, see my blog post.Spiers and Boden performed ‘The Quaker / Brighton Camp' on their Through and Through collection.And the two songs you heard from Faustus were, of course, ‘An Acre of Land' and a clip of ‘Next Stop: Grimsby' (which I mistakenly called ‘Last Stop: Grimsby' – my apologies, both from their Faustus album (see the link above). That's all for this week's episode. See you in a couple of weeks with… well, you'll have to wait and see. So many people to speak to, so little time! 

Brand new and fabulous 'God Cast' Interview with former Bellowhead front man Jon Boden, who is about to go on tour with his musician partner John Spiers.

There's some excitement in the world of English traditional music: Spiers and Boden have reunited, recorded a new album and are embarking on a month long tour. Squeezebox player John Spiers met fiddle player Jon Boden in a pub session twenty years ago and quickly established themselves as a duo playing English music, winning a devoted following and several awards. They formed the hugely successful 11-piece folk big band Bellowhead, but separated in 2014 and didn't play together again until this year. Spiers and Boden talk about their new album, Fallow Ground, explain how they find old tunes, and write new ones. And they play two tunes inspired by ancient English places. A DCMS Report has called for a “complete reset” of the music industry following an investigation into the economics of music streaming services. Reporter Melanie Abbott describes the impact that streaming and new forms of music distribution have had on the earnings of artists and why the Government have accepted the recommendation to refer major music groups to the Competition and Markets Authority. Although written before the pandemic and the rise of working from home culture, Calvin Kasulke's novel, Several People are Typing is set entirely on the Slack chat of staff working at a small advertising agency. He joins us to discuss how our online versions of ourselves can interact with our physical lives, as well as the complexities of writing as an online bot. We talk to another of the authors shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2021. Danny Rhodes's story ‘Toadstone' tells the story of a man returning to the village of his childhood, and looking to his own future. Danny Rhodes is a novelist and a lecturer in creative writing. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Sarah Johnson

The Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features Jon Boden talking about the Bellowhead re-union, Katherine Priddy on her long awaited debut album and an interview with Lady Nade featuring an unexpected interruption. Plus music from Gwenifer Raymond, Peter Bruntnell, Chloe Foy and MG Boulter. --- Access over 100 performances from dozens of artists, by signing up to Folk On Foot On Film: https://www.folkonfoot.com/watch We rely entirely on support from our listeners to make Folk on Foot. So please consider becoming a patron. You'll make a small monthly contribution and get great rewards. Find out more at www.patreon.com/folkonfoot. Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot

The wonderful English fiddle player Sam Sweeney has been a key member of Bellowhead, Leveret, Eliza Carthy's Wayward Band and many other collaborations. He's also made two acclaimed solo albums and was the inaugural artistic director of the National Folk Youth Ensemble. We start this episode with some rousing tunes in the Prince Albert Pub in Stroud, featuring Rob Harbron on concertina and Miranda Rutter on fiddle. Then it's off for a walk at Stroud Slad Farm which inspired Sam to write many tunes. We end up at the top of Swift's Hill, with magnificent views of the surrounding countryside and Sam playing the tune of the same name.  Along the way he tells stories of his hero Dave Swarbrick, his unfinished First World War violin and learning to play the bagpipes in six weeks. --- Access six exclusive films of Sam performing along our walk, along with over 100 other performances from dozens of artists, by signing up to Folk On Foot On Film: https://www.folkonfoot.com/watch We rely entirely on support from our listeners to make Folk on Foot. So please consider becoming a patron. You'll make a small monthly contribution and get great rewards. Find out more at www.patreon.com/folkonfoot. Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot

Interview highlights from Wickham Festival 2014, featuring Hugh Cornwell, Hazel O'Connor, Bellowhead, John Jones and Altan. (Part 2/2) Twitter: @festivalwickham Instagram: @wickhamfestival

The Rule Breakers Podcast 25.12.2020Lexi’s Christmas Day Annual Special of ‘The Rule Berries’ playing Christmas Classics of Past and Present ❄️With #Records from Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Loose Tapestries, Pearl Jam, The Beatles, The Ramones, Bellowhead, Jim Moray, The Pinx, The Staves, Bob Dylan and The UnthanksThis Special's Playlist:Elvis Presley - Santa Claus Is Back In TownStevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To MeThe Beatles - Christmas Time Is Here AgainThe Ramones - Merry Christmas I Don't Want To Fight TonightBellowhead - Jingle BellsLoose Tapestries - Can't Wait For ChristmasJim Moray - Oh, Come EmmanuelNelson Can - On Christmas Night, Solstice In SightPearl Jam - Someday At ChristmasThe Madeline Rust - This Time Next YearThe Pinx - I'll Be Your Santa, BbayBob Dylan - Must Be SantaThe Staves - Home Alone, TooAnnie Lennox - Got Rest Ye Merry GentlemenThe Unthanks - 2000 MilesChris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling

Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. If we were able to step inside the parlours and drawing rooms of the eighteenth century we’d find homes busy with home-made culture - book groups and tea table parties; amateur dramatics; groups of women reading and weeping their way through popular sentimental fiction; children stumbling through poems before their maiden aunts, and men at punch parties singing songs about dogs. We used to read aloud, and we used to do it together, at home. This event, presented by Professor Abigail Williams, gives us a glimpse of that older world of domestic culture and performance, with some thoughts on its revival in the current climate. In a short 'masterclass' with Giles Lewin, Abby will also give some tips on what eighteenth-century reading aloud might have looked and sounded like. Biographies: Abigail Williams is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at St Peter's College, University of Oxford. Her monograph on reading aloud, The Social Life of Books was published by Yale in 2017. She is currently working on a book on the history of misreading. Giles Lewin is a performer and composer, primarily a violinist, specialising in medieval music and the traditional music of Europe and the Middle East.He has written and performed music for theatre and radio, and played on many film and television scores. He is a founder member of the folk band Bellowhead, and the early music groups The Dufay Collective, Alva, and The Carnival Band.

Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. If we were able to step inside the parlours and drawing rooms of the eighteenth century we’d find homes busy with home-made culture - book groups and tea table parties; amateur dramatics; groups of women reading and weeping their way through popular sentimental fiction; children stumbling through poems before their maiden aunts, and men at punch parties singing songs about dogs. We used to read aloud, and we used to do it together, at home. This event, presented by Professor Abigail Williams, gives us a glimpse of that older world of domestic culture and performance, with some thoughts on its revival in the current climate. In a short 'masterclass' with Giles Lewin, Abby will also give some tips on what eighteenth-century reading aloud might have looked and sounded like. Biographies: Abigail Williams is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at St Peter's College, University of Oxford. Her monograph on reading aloud, The Social Life of Books was published by Yale in 2017. She is currently working on a book on the history of misreading. Giles Lewin is a performer and composer, primarily a violinist, specialising in medieval music and the traditional music of Europe and the Middle East.He has written and performed music for theatre and radio, and played on many film and television scores. He is a founder member of the folk band Bellowhead, and the early music groups The Dufay Collective, Alva, and The Carnival Band.

AL Kennedy won the Costa Prize 2007 for her novel Day. She talks about her new book of short stories, the aptly named We Are Attempting to Survive Our Time – a powerful collection about characters living on the edge, from a woman finally snapping at a white man's racist tirade at a zoo, to the host of a podcast revealing why she is haunted by the state of New Mexico. Sam Sweeney, fiddle player in the trio Leveret and formerly of Bellowhead, has just released his second album, Unearth Repeat. It is, he says, is an un-concept album, where he simply plays the music he loves. He tells Samira what he means and plays a tune. As our routines are changed beyond recognition, what happens to regular activities like listening to podcasts and radio? Initial statistics suggest that most podcast listening is down, while radio listening is up. Podcasters Caroline Crampton and Joseph Fink consider what this means for listeners and for the people who make audio. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Dymphna Flynn Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant Image: AL Kennedy Credit: Geraint Lewis 2013

Join Michael Litten "The Last DJ" for an in-depth discussion.Featuring a variety of songs.Sponsored by From The Earth BrewingTheme music provided by Peter PerkinsSpecial Thank You to Lucy Piller/ARN Entertainment for providing the talent Jamie Williams and the Roots Collective exist on an imaginary tightropestretching between The Rolling Stones and The Eagles. Settled into the current super-tight lineup after many years and hundreds of shows the band is on fire right now, bringing their own style of Country Blues, Rock & Americana. Playing festivals, theatres, clubs & pubs including a couple of recent rapturous nights at London's legendary 100 Club their ethos is always to have fun and make sure the crowd does too. This is not a band that stands onstage staring at their (red) shoes. They’ve shared line-ups with likes of Bellowhead, Wilko Johnson, The Darkness, The Pretty Things, Jefferson Starship, Eric Burdon, Carl Palmer, The Blues Band, Stray, David Knopfler, The Quireboys, Dr Feelgood, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, The Yardbirds, Eddi Reeder & the Animals to name but a few. www.jwroots.co.uk

Pop queen Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English folk star Jon Boden and exciting young jazz pianist Elliot Galvin are our guests this month. Some of the most successful performers are the shapeshifters – the artists who can reimagine their songs for all kinds of line-up from big bands to duos and trios… from playing solo to fronting a full blown orchestra. In this episode of Backstage, Sophie Ellis-Bextor describes what it’s like to sing her disco and house hits in front of a conductor; folk singer-songwriter Jon Boden explains why he loves flipping from performing solo tours to taking big bands like Bellowhead and the Remnant Kings on the road; and we ask pianist Elliot Galvin why he keeps returning to the classic jazz trio.

In his latest film, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Dustin Hoffman plays an old, bitter, self obsessed sculptor, whose children from several marriages nonetheless crave his approval. He and the director, Noah Baumbach, discuss grumpiness, fatherhood and the nature of success with Kirsty Lang.In St Ives the Tate is about to reopen with refurbished rooms rehung with wonderful work, by international artists - Rothko, Gabo, deKooning - and those working there who achieved such status - Hepworth, Lanyon, Wallis. The writer on art, Michael Bird, who lives in St Ives, follows the conversation between these works with the artistic director, Anne Barlow and curator Sara Matson. He has a preview, too, of Tate St Ives' beautiful new gallery, a feat of engineering years in the making. It is cut into the hill, yet still illuminated with the natural light of St Ives that drew artists there to begin with.Singer and multi-instrumentalist Jon Boden caused some consternation when he decided to leave Bellowhead, the 11 piece folk big-band that brought traditional music and sea shanties to Glastonbury, Later with Jools Holland and the London Palladium, and the group dissolved. He has just released a solo album, Afterglow. He performs live with a string trio and talks about this work which is very different from Bellowhead, a cycle of his own songs charting a fleeting romance in a ruined city. And Annette Bening has her say about Harvey Weinstein. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Julian May.

Charlotte Church reveals plans to conquer the world with a barrage of EPs, while Bellowhead ponder their relationship to Mumford & Sons, and play for us in the studio