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Podcast 43 – Romford Folk Club 12/04/11

Andy Roberts — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:03:16 +0000

Podcast 43 is made from the first part of the soundtrack of the April 12th gig at Romford Folk Club

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Andy Roberts Podcast #43 Shownotes

Show Notes for Podcast 43

Podcast 40

Andy Roberts — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:24:01 +0000

Podcast 40 is from part 2 of last Sunday’s afternoon session with more rehearsals of old songs as a trial for April 12th and a cover of Bob Dylan’s Hurricane – just because there’s time enough.

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Andy Roberts Podcast #40 Shownotes

Show Notes for Podcast 40

Orbit Tower

#39 – Rehearsals Part 1

Andy Roberts — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:05:57 +0000

Five songs from the Sunday afternoon session rehearsal for the Romford Folk Club date on April 12th 2011.

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Andy Roberts Podcast #39 Shownotes

Show Notes for Podcast 39

The Dream is Over – Andy Roberts music and lyrics
Time for The Music – Andy Roberts music and lyrics
Hold On Below – Andy Roberts music and lyrics
Work is Done – Andy Roberts music and lyrics
Waiting – Andy Roberts music and lyrics

Episode 29 – Standing Up

Andy Roberts — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:10:13 +0000

Episode 29 of the Andy Roberts Podcast is just a little bit shorter than usual, with 5 songs performed standing up. Sorry about the creaking floorboards!

Here’s the web player, download link, tracklist and show notes for Podcast Episode 29:

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29 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 29.mp3

Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 29 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 29 broadcast on January 18th 2011, published on January 19th 2011.

1) Hold On Below

Words and Music by Andy Roberts, from the album The Andy Roberts Tapes

2) Sitting On Top Of The World

Words and Music by Andy Roberts, from the album Gernika

3) Memphis Tennessee – Chuck Berry

4) Mazet – Andy Roberts

Words and Music by Andy Roberts, from the album The Andy Roberts Tapes

5) Don’t You Grieve – Roy Harper

Live at Havering Folk Club

Andy Roberts — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:21:17 +0000

Mostly I’ve been documenting which songs I’ve played at Havering Folk Club on which dates over on the Andy Roberts Music blog on blogspot but I decided a short while ago that I’d start putting those posts here instead, I just haven’t stuck to it very well! The idea was that by tagging posts with song titles, I’d be able to look up very easily and keep track of which songs I’m playing mor often than others, and help me seek out those elusive numbers that I’ve forgotten about for long enough that they suddenly seem fresh and new all over again. But the tagging system never works out quite as tidily as you might imagine, and the dates become a bit blurry as the habit of reporting promptly wears off.

So one date that was remarkable was the date when the Australian duo Cloudstreet came to the Golden Lion to do a long awaited guest spot for Havering Folk Club. Wednesday 15th September. They didn’t disappoint, it was one of the most enjoyable evenings we’ve had there over the years, and I even managed to track down their own blog afterwards so I can keep up with where they are touring, ready for next time they are in the local area.

cloudstreet

As one of only a small number of floor spot artists I had the chance to play two songs, and these were:

Joan of Arc

Sometimes this happens, and my voice hadn’t warmed up in time for the first song, so I’ve trashed the video and instead here is the song as performed for podcast episode 10. I think I’ll leave this one for a while now.

Followed by The Cajun Cooking Cajun Music song.

There’s a nice bright image on that video, thanks to Linda innovating with the video settings on her relatively new stills camera.

Over 100 downloads for #12 in one week

Andy Roberts — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:46:23 +0000

Podcast Episode 12 has been the first episode to achieve over 100 downloads within a week, before the next episode is even recorded. Now 100 may seem like a very small number compared to some of the big multi-artist curated podcasts out there, but for me it’s a milestone which represents a steady growth in the reach of the music over the weeks and now months that I’ve been keeping going at this, every week without fail.

Of course without much tangible feedback, there’s no way of telling how many people actually listen, whether multiple listens to one download or some who collect files and never get around to listening at all, it’s all a bit of a mystery so all we have to go on for now are the numbers.

I’ve noticed that youTube are now allowing uploads more than 10 minutes long, which means that the version of The Same Old Rock which is on podcast 12 can be put up there, whereas before it would have been just a little to long to scrape in. So tonight for Episode 13 I think I may do two more longer songs, both my own.

See you on Ustream at 7.00pm Tuesdays

Episode 9 Back from France

Andy Roberts — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:40:03 +0000

A couple of hours back from France, I still wanted to do the weekly podcast but episode 9 nearly got lost forever due a glitch with Ustream. This morning is had processed OK though, so here we have the Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 9 with some new and old songs as usual. I’m still working on the combined song about the walk and the rain, with the six string open tuned in D minor, so I had a go at that one live to kick off the show last night. There’s still more work to be done, but it seems to be a slow process with this one.

The other songs are all played on the 12 string guitar again.

So here are the links for Podcast Episode 9:

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 27.9Mb in size and 29 minutes long from this link

09 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 9.mp3

There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Video Podcast Episode No 9

Podcast Episode 9 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 9 broadcast on August 31st, published on September 1st 2010.

Working Title: Changes

Unfinished work with lyrics and music by And Roberts

Biggleswade Stomp

Just a quick blast of the Biggleswade stomp by Andy Roberts and Gaseous Mass

Reason To Believe

An old favourite song by Tim Hardin, which you may know as the A side of Maggie May by Rod Stewart.

San Fransisco – Maxime le Forestier

My favourite song to sing in French, by one of France’s best loved singer songwriters from the 1970s.

Mazet – Andy Roberts

After meeting up with one of my old pals from the Cafe Mazet last week after 30 years, I couldn’t resist playing this one.

Now That I’m Living Here – Andy Roberts

Another Andy Roberts Revival song, I had to relearn the chords to this one last year but ever since have kept it high in the repertoire.

Episode 7 Andy Roberts Music Podcast

Andy Roberts — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:41:32 +0000

Episode 7 of the weekly Andy Roberts music podcast series features the 12 string guitar again, with three original self written songs, and three others by Michael Chapman, Cat Stevens and Loudon Wainwright. We had some problems with the live Ustream again this week, problems with time taken to login, with the chat room stopping working and with interruptions to the listener stream but the recording happened fine so the audio podcast and indeed the saved video file are unaffected. I would like to be able to provide a better live experience though, with fewer barriers to interaction so I may well start to try out some alternatives to Ustream as soon as possible, for example Bambuser.

If you have any suggestions for alternatives to Ustream, or ways to improve it then please come forth in the comments here.

Here are the links for Podcast Episode 7:

Subscribe to the podcast RSS feed using the url:

http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast

Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/andy-roberts/id378470885

You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 26.2Mb in size and 28 minutes 36 seconds in duration from this link

07 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 7.mp3

There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Video Podcast Episode No 7

Podcast Episode 7 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 7 broadcast on August 17th, published on August 18th 2010.

All songs performed with the 12 string vintage Guild acoustic guitar except 06 on the Ibanez 6 string

Postcards from Scarborough – Michael Chapman

Postcards is probably Mike Chapman’s most frequently covered songs, and I enjoy playing it on the 12 string guitar, flat picking style.

The video below is from Havering Folk Club, January 2009 or possibly August 2008.

Shifting Sands – Andy Roberts

Here’s an old demo video of Shifting Sands which was the first song in a sequence which I now refer to as “the Spanish songs” or the album Gernika

Wild World – Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam

This is an old busking song which has some nice runs on the 12 string guitar.

The placeholder video is a six string version, which I’ll replace later.

The Last Nail – Andy Roberts

The Last Nail – info

I am The Way – Loudon Wainwright

From Attempted Moustache

The Loudon Wainwright Special was episode 4

Winter in Andalucia – Andy Roberts

Winter in Andalucia ( or Andalusia ) is one of the songs on my Sampler CD

I wonder if it might be good to have a simple index of which songs on each podcast somewhere, without the notes and videos etc. just for reference.

Episode 2 – Summer Holidays Podcast

Andy Roberts — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:00:30 +0000

Hello again, I hope you’re enjoying the summer, no matter what. And this week is for the summer holidays edition of the Andy Roberts Podcast – episode 2.

Here’s the online podcast player for listening to Episode 2:

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 27Mb in size and just under 30 minutes in duration from this link

02 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 2.mp3

If you must, the full video file of the broadcast is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Episode No 2 Video

Podcast Episode 2 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 2 published on broadcast July 13th and recorded on July 11th 2010.

There were 4 songs recorded during this show, 2 using a 12string acoustic guitar, one on the Chines 6 string and one tune on the Turkish Saz.

Mondura Dam

Title: “Mondura Dam”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on Album 1

Mozambique – Bob Dylan

Title: Mozambique
Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan and Jaques Levy, interpreted by Andy Roberts

Yellow Boat

Title: “Yellow Boat”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Sitting On The Bank

Title: “Sitting On The Bank”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Istankoy

Title: “Istankoy”

Music by Andy Roberts

Andy Roberts Podcast Prototype No 2

Andy Roberts — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:42:50 +0000

Subscribe in iTunes to the podcast feed using the url

http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast

Here’s the podcast player for listening online to my Andy Roberts podcast prototype number 2:

You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 26Mb in size and just under 30 minutes in duration from this link

AndyRobertsPodcastprototype2.mp3

The full video file of the show is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Podcast Prototype No 2 Video

Podcast Prototype 2 Show Notes

Show notes and information for prototype 2 broadcast and recorded on June 15th 2010.

There were five songs performed during this show, including one instrumental, all using the 12 string guitar.

Waiting

Title: “Waiting”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

The Nutmeg Tree

Title: “The Nutmeg Tree”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on Album 1

Mazet

Title: “Mazet”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

Instrumental

Title: “Intrumental”
Music by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

I Shall Be Released

Title: “I Shall Be Released”

Song and Lyrics by Bob Dylan 1967

Interpretation Andy Roberts

Andy Roberts YouTube

Andy Roberts — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:49:44 +0000

In 2009 I added over 100 videos to the Andy Roberts Music youTube account, in fact the number is 108. These are the six which are currently leading the table of most views, although it should be noted that each video was uploaded at different times during the year.

One More Cup of Coffee – Bob Dylan – Andy Roberts Music

3,592 views
2 months ago

Andy Roberts – Highway Blues – Havering Folk Club

732 views
11 months ago

San Francisco – Andy Roberts song by Maxime le Forestier

662 views
4 months ago

Andy Roberts Dead Skunk Havering Folk Club

531 views
10 months ago

Cajun Music Cajun Food

482 views
9 months ago

The Wreckers Prayer – Andy

438 views
10 months ago

Andy Roberts Webcasts

Andy Roberts — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:16:59 +0000

Andy Roberts Tuesday Webcasts

Andy Roberts does a weekly music webcast on a Tuesday Evening at 7.00pm UK time, every week. The idea behind this is to build up a regular discipline of performance, with a sense of audience including online interactions, to have fun, to rehearse songs which may be performed at Havering Folk Club on a Wednesday or elsewhere, and to document examples from the repertoire for the Andy Roberts Music youTube channel.

OK, so if you want to listen in and maybe join the live real time conversation on a Tuesday evening then all you have to do is get yourself over to ustream.tv and the Andy Roberts Music channel

You don’t have to log in just to listen, but if you do then you can join in the banter, be seen, and even make requests which stand a good chance of being granted.

Tuesday 29th September Andy Roberts Show

There should be a written report appearing here on the AndyRoberts.ME blog within a few days of each show, which might include embedded video from either the YouTube Channle or the Ustream saved videos, whichever is most appropriate at the time. So for example, on Tuesday 29th September we had a fun time with a session that lasted overall for nearly an hour including two new songs for the webcast, one of which was only recenty written by Andy Roberts, and the premier also of a new instrument the Saz. Here are some of the highlights from the Andy Roberts webcast show earlier this evening then:

Home – Andy Roberts plays Roy Harper

There’s usually a Roy Harper song each week and this week it was “Home”, which is perhapas not one of Roy’s best ever compositions but it’s kind of funky to rock to sometimes. This take didn’t make it to youTube.

Motel Blues – Andy Roberts plays Loudon Wainwright

Motel Blues was one of Loudon Wainwright’s most popular songs at the time of Album 2 and it was one of the first performed live by Andy Roberts outside of the New Folk Cottage in Truro. It hasn’t seen the light of day at Havering Folk Club yet for some reason, but has featured in the Tuesday webcast before now.

Deep River Blues

Another first, in which Andy Roberts has a go at playing the delta blues classic “Deep River Blues” learned by ear from having heard Wizz Jones sing it somewhere. Check out some of teh other versions of this song on YouTube, especially Leo Kotke and Doc Watson.

Andy Roberts Plays The SAZ

At last, after months of messing about Andy finally gets his Turkish SAZ back in tune and plays some of the improvised tunes developed for the instrument. The Saz has seven strings arranged into three groups.

New Andy Roberts Song : The Rowan Tree

Here it is, the new song by Andy Roberts which is called “The Rowan Tree” and tells the tale of four witches.