Folkmusic with Poetry broadcast until 15/12/2013 on 96.5 FM
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| Occupation | Australian Community Radio Programme on Folk, traditional and Classical Music with Poetry |
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| Location | Horsham, W. Victoria, Australia |
| Introduction | The presenter / producer of the programme is Richard also known as Rjn, Gypsy Jack and Richard John. I have broadcast something in the order of 3000 hours on various community radios in Australia. |
| Interests | Folk Music, Traditional Music, Classical Music, Poetry. |
| Favorite Movies | Why watch movies when the biggest, brightest visuals and most exciting scripts are in my brain? Besides which it reduces the time available for listening to folk music. Ok I do sometimes watch movies. |
| Favorite Music | To all of the following I thank for many hours of pleasure and raison d'etre: - First and foremost are Allan Bell, Pete Rogers, Brian Osborne and Stuart Robinson of the "Taverners Folk Group" and their club in Blackpool, Lancashire. From the Australian scene came John Warner with some wonderful new ballads and making today's songs for tomorrow's heritage, Iain Campbell Smith for some amazing ballads waiting to be recognised and become tomorrow's heritage, Linda Campbell & John Gaydon particularly for keeping Victor Jara's Songs Alive, Cathy O'Sullivan, Alan & Thalia Musgrove for collecting and writing gobsmacking material, Iain MacLeod for his big box keeping Highland airs and tunes alive, Cloudstreet for resurrecting some old material so harmoniously, Wallis & Matilda for the poems of Banjo set to music, Keith McKenry MC Performer & Poet for opening my ears to the possibilities, Fay White for writing & singing about everyday VIP's like the SES worker and CFA boys & girls, John Dengate for being so jingoistic about his ancestry - and a great yarn spinner and poetry performer, Evan Mathieson for keeping Harry Robertson's songs alive, Jason & Chloe Roweth for sticking at it and now being at the front, John Hospodaryck for his great Australian-Baltic heritage songs, Lionel Long a much neglected singer. Harry Boardman for doing for Lancashire..., Ivan Rebroff not just a voice but a promoter of his ancestral folk music from Russia, Uilick O'Boyle and The Settlers for the ballads of the Snowy Mountain's Scheme, Margaret Walters, Rum - the Belgian Folk Group of the 1970's advancing the genre, Alan Stivell for Celtic brilliance from Brittany, Paul Robeson for singing the people's songs, Harry Belafonte for popularising them, Continued in the "Favourite Books Box" |
| Favorite Books | Favourite Artistes: Utah Phillips for the long memory, Slask Polish Folk & Dance Organisation - I just wish that I knew the Polish tongue, Jake Thackray awaiting to be accepted as heritage, Paul Simon, Jimmy Shand for his recorded legacy, The Chieftains for reigniting Irish tradition, five penny piece more Lancashire "lovelies", The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem for a different introduction to Irish music, Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie for leading me astray in my youth (now you are just part of my world heritage), The Dubliners for a lot of "Irish music hall", Paddy Reilly for some great renditions of the ballads, The Rankin Family keeping Scottish heritage alive in Canada, Judy Collins for Marat Sade, Tarawathie & the Pirate Jenny, Hordern Raikes for a lot of my Lancashire heritage, The Bolton Bullfrog - Bernard Wrigley for more Lancashire heritage, Brian Dewhirst another great Lancashire Collector, Wongawilli for keeping alive great Australian heritage songs & dance, Maddy Prior another Blackpool born, High Level Ranters for their North East England heritage, The Furey Brothers with the pipe and Irish songs & tunes to replay, The Spinners for performing the programme's theme song "The Family of Man", Alan Bell for the closing theme "So Here's to You", Cosmetheka for "Music Hall", Rolf Harris - probably Australia's best ambassador & a wonderful folk-music performer, Ted Egan - another of Australia's living legends, The Corries for a different take on Scottish culture, Alex Campbell, Eric Bogle for his encouragement and some great ballads, Vince Brophy for his early works and songs creating Australian future heritage, Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl for performing and resurrecting the tradition & Radio Ballads, All Classical Music Composers and particularly those who similarly understood the value of folk-music, All the Anonymous contributors to my heritage of folk-music - I sincerely thank you all. |