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Podcast 45 – Romford Folk Club Finale

Andy Roberts — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:34:58 +0000

Andy Roberts podcast episode 45 presents the final set of original songs from the guest night at Romford Folk Club back in April 2011. The audio is taken with thanks from Johnnie Durrant’s digital audio recorder, placed strategically on a mic stand in front of the performance space.

Here’s the download and play link etc:

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Andy Roberts Podcast #45 Shownotes

Show Notes for Podcast 45

The Rowan Tree
The Last Nail
The Wreckers Prayer
Cajun Cooking Song with Ritchie on violin
The Last Subway Home

Acoustic Guitar Podcasts: Episode #19

Andy Roberts — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:07:51 +0000

Episode #19 in Andy Roberts series of acoustic guitar podcasts was recorded on Tuesday 9th November 2011 and published today on the 10th.

Inspired by friends’ lists of 15 songwriters tagged and copied in Facebook, I played songs by Neil Diamond, Steve Tilston, Andy Roberts, Loudon Wainwright and a bonus track Roy Harper song at the start of which there’s an unfortunate inbound telephone ringtone but I didn’t let that faze me at all, oh no. If you do happen to be listening on an iphone or in a house then the effect could be unpredictable.

Here’s the stuff:

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19 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 19.mp3

Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 19 Show Notes

“I’m a Believer” – by Neil Diamond
“One Man Band” – Music and lyrics by Steve Tilston
“The Rowan Tree” – Music and lyrics by Andy Roberts

“Samson and the Warden” – Music and lyrics by Loudon Wainwright
“Migration” – Music and lyrics by Andy Roberts
“I’ll See You Again” – Music and lyrics by Roy Harper

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Episode 5 Andy Roberts Folk Music Podcast

Andy Roberts — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:13:38 +0000

Episode 5 of the weekly podcast series features 6 acoustic songs with more of a traditional folk music feel to them. Four are my own compositions written in a way that harks back to the traditional English folk song, or maybe British in some cases. It used to be a bit of joke to to an introduction long the lines of “This is a traditional song that I wrote” as if that is such a fake thing to do but these days it’s become more normal thanks to the efforts of folk singers such as Kate Rusby, Tom Bliss and many others brought up in the traditional scene for whom its natural to write songs in that style.

The rest of my songs would need be described as “Contemporary Folk” which probably means they sound like they were written in the 1970s, and some of them were…

Anyway, here is the podcast player and download link followed by this week’s show notes

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 23.8Mb in size and 25 minutes 40 seconds in duration from this link

05 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 5.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 5

Podcast Episode 5 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 5 published on August 4th 2010. All songs performed with the six string Ibanez acoustic guitar

Sitting on top of the World – by Andy Roberts
The Wreckers’ Prayer – by Andy Roberts
The Rowan Tree – by Andy Roberts
Captain Coulston – Traditional / Steeleye Span
Cajun Cooking Music – by Andy Roberts
Old Paint - Traditional

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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.