Loser - T0779854917Radio 2 Folk Show, 6music and Glastonbury TV presenter Mark Radcliffe invites you to an intimate evening of his own songs and accompanying stories. Previous one-man shows have concentrated on meetings with the rich and famous during his relatively illustrious broadcasting career but this time he has chosen to concentrate on deeply personal material involving lost times, lost loves, lost friends, lost relatives and lost bets. Is he, therefore, the quintessential loser? Come and witness him alone on a bare stage to find out. | |
| 20 Jan 22 | The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre, Chorlton :: V02027043599 listing details L067796160 |
| 28 Oct 21 | Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham :: V1267053430 listing details L625375954 |
| 13 Feb 20 | East Riding Theatre, Beverley :: V200120388 listing details L2109655266 |
Mark Radcliffe Presents Rachel Newton - T560400010Singer and harpist Rachel Newton draws on poems and ballads that are hundreds of years old, working them into her contemporary compositional style to create a rich sound that is ambitious, original and unique. In addition to her solo work, Rachel is a skilled collaborator and founder member of The Shee, The Furrow Collective and The Lost Words: Spell Songs. She has worked across various platforms including theatre and storytelling. To The Awe, Rachel's ambitious new album, places women at the centre of the narrative, at various stages of life and often marking a coming of age and an acquisition of power. The record is a tribute to the women who have inspired Rachel and is influenced by her recent work around the representation of women in the music industry. | |
| 25 Jun 21 | Storyhouse, Chester :: V1196088186 listing details L01055205555 |
Mark Radcliffe presents The Breath - T843169491The Breath is guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer/flautist, Ríoghnach Connolly. Based in Manchester their unique take on alt-folk journeys from lush, stirring ditties to uplifting, punch-the-air anthems. At its heart lies Ríoghnach's utterly engaging, stop-you-in-your-tracks voice and extraordinary storytelling alongside Stuart's understated brilliance and their exquisitely crafted, personal songs. The Breath appear tonight presenting material from their two Real World releases, ‘Carry Your Kin' and ‘Let the Cards Fall' bewitching collection of honest, heartfelt songs as likely to touch on childhood summers and first love as cultural dislocation, post-colonial injustices and grief. Stripped bare in an acoustic setting, it's the emotional depth of the songs and the remarkable connection the duo share on stage makes the Breath's live performance so compelling.Performer Stuart McCallum. Performer Rioghnach Connolly. | |
| 3 Jun 21 | Storyhouse, Chester :: V1196088186 listing details L1293090650 |
T756313961Mark Radcliffe is probably the best-loved radio DJ in the UK (well, alright, we might be a bit biased, but even so ... he still probably is!) and as well as being an Award winning radio presenter, currently on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2, he also hosts the BBC TV coverage of Glastonbury Festival and Sky Arts TV highlights of the Cambridge Folk Festival. He has toured the country with his bands The Family Mahone and The Shirehorese and has written a number of laugh out loud funny books about his musical life so far. In 2011 he recorded his first solo album, 'What Remains Of The Day' and published yet another book, titled 'Reeling in the Years', detailing the soundtrack to his half century on God's good earth. The biopic must surely now be an inevitability. He now leaves the comfort of his BBC studio to do some solo shows (with his multi-instrumentalist fellow Mahone, Chris Lee), hear songs, jokes, anecdotes and stories from his glittering career . | |
| 20 May 21 | Victoria Hall, Settle :: V0405905862 listing details L1673426570 |
| 29 Apr 21 | Darwen Library Theatre, Darwen :: V1588247755 listing details L0652384088 |
| 18 Feb 21 | Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham :: V1267053430 listing details L713589411 |
| 22 Oct 20 | The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre, Chorlton :: V02027043599 listing details L1674629597 |
| 29 Nov 11 | The Lights, Andover :: V01975093207 listing details L2010272417 |
| 15 May 11 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton :: V01294560265 listing details L01508444664 |
Mark Radcliffe's Galleon Blast - T01797357604Press ganged into service by an unscrupulous gangmaster from the Spanish Main (well....Knutsford actually), the swarthy seadogs of Galleon Blast occasionally get shore leave to ply their raggle-taggle trade. With a selection of rum-soaked songs and shanties, the Blasters whip up a squally strumming storm with traditional tunes, original songs and many a seafaring classic from The Dubliners, The Waterboys, The Pogues, The Fisherman's Friends and Ewan MacColl. Galleon Blast feature banjos, whistles, accordions and fiddles from members of The Family Mahone, Full House, The Bad Shepherds, The Incredible String Band and Thea Gilmore, including the Pirate DJ himself Mark Radcliffe - the Jack Sparrow of the Radio 2 Folk Show. | |
| 14 Jul 17 | Waterside Arts Centre, Sale :: V0383692381 listing details L245730087 |
and the Foes with support from Bella Gaffney - T975459608With a selection of songs to burn coffins to, these misanthropic minstrels; these downbeat Dee bank dirgesmiths; these glum-pop pall-bearers of bar-room pathos bring tales of loss, regret, ruin, heartbreak and dead dogs. The band is supported by local folk and acoustic singer Bella Gaffney. | |
| 12 Oct 13 | Otley Courthouse, Otley :: V688880113 listing details L1800525523 |
and the Big Figures - T2026989317A proper R&B band in the classic Dr Feelgood mould, The Big Figures features Radio 2 DJ Mark Radcliffe and his best mate of over thirty years P J Walmsley. The illustrious line-up is completed by three more hunks of burning Lancastrian love: 'Go-go' Johnny Jobson (harmonica), Cameron Sweetnam (bass) and Andy Hyams (drums). Feelgood afficionados will know that The Big Figures was the drummer in the original group and that explains the name of this band, rather than any reference to the middle aged spread experienced by certain members. The Big Figures are also delighted to be sharing the stage with lap steel, one man blues band Tom Doughty. A pie eating and dog walking companion of Mark's, Tom creates a unique sound and atmosphere with his orginal songwriting and range of vintage instruments.Performer Tom Doughty. | |
| 30 Jan 10 | The Met, Bury :: V476 listing details L01727330625 |
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| 1 Dec 16 | Band on the Wall, Manchester :: V469333209 listing details L0572447287 |
| 24 Nov 16 | Telfords Warehouse, Chester :: V01967347254 listing details L0391126552 |
| 28 Oct 16 | Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal :: V6 listing details L228059363 |
