Times a-Changin' - The Vinyl Thread ep.55

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have vinyl that all features songs with changing times and tempos. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 55 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/times-a-changin-the-vinyl-thread-ep55/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 27th March 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Some Velvet Morning - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
2. Live And Let Die - Wings
3. Lord Randall, My Son - Josh White
4. Cabaret - Liza Minnelli
5. Shuggie - Foxygen
6. Alabama-Song - Lotte Lenya

Next week we mine the verdant Welsh valleys for vinyl nuggets.

Sampson Low Student Pamphlet Launches - Writers' Kingston Poetry

Stanimir Dimitrov

Sampson Low Student Pamphlet Launches
14th March 2022
Town House Building : Courtyard Venue, Kingston University, UK

Kayona Daley

Writer's Kingston Pamphlets
man/ia – Stanimir Dimitrov https://sampsonlow.co/2022/03/15/man-ia-stanimir-dimitrov/
AQUA & LUNA – Kayona Daley https://sampsonlow.co/2022/03/15/aqua-luna-kayona-daley/
Smrt – Safia Kamel  https://sampsonlow.co/2022/03/15/smrt-safia-kamel/

Safia Kamel

Designed to evidence the remarkable contemporary and innovative poetry being written by current and recent Kingston University Creative Writing students, this series of beautifully designed pamphlets each features a suite of poems, most often on one theme or in one style, by a solo author. The series mark the first publications of many poets who are very likely to be significant presences on the UK scene and beyond in the coming years.
www.writerskingston.com

Readings from Kingston students past and present

Julia Rose Lewis

Julia Rose Lewis is the author of Phenomenology of the Feral (KFS 2017) and co-author with James Miller of Strays (HVTN 2017).  Miscellaneous is her fifth pamphlet after: Zeroing Event (Zarf 2016), Exhalation Halves Lambda (FLP 2017), How to Hypnotize a Lobster (2018), and Archeology and the Beast (Luminous Press 2018). 
Review of Miscellaneous

Marcia Knight-Latter

Marcia Knight-Latter is a poet and writer. She studied Creative Writing with Psychology at Kingston University. She published the pamphlet Ramblings External with Sampson Low in 2019 and has performed her poetry at venues such as Rich Mix, Rose Theatre and The Museum of Futures.

Ariel Bertelsen

Ariel Bertelsen is an Icelandic writer, with Spanish background, living in London.

Richard Howson

Readings from The Book of Penteract
by Teo Eve, Susie Campbell, Chris Kerr and SJ Fowler

SJ Fowler

THE BOOK OF PENTERACT presents our biggest project to date - a 200 page, full-colour, hardback anthology featuring 45 of the most exciting poets currently working in the fields of constrained, formal, and visual poetry. This is a casebound edition, with a striking red ribbon bookmark and black and red head and tail-bands.
https://penteractpress.com/store/the-book-of-penteract 

Chris Kerr

Susie Campbell

Teo Eve

Suntrap - Twickfolk

Sara Byers

Suntrap
Sara Byers - Vocals, Guitar, Accordion, Banjo, Whistle
Mary Wilson - Vocals, Violin, Mandolin,
Sue Graves - Vocals, Guitar, Ukulele
John Sandall - Violin, Viola, Cello, Vocals
Tom Evans - Double bass, Accordion, Guitar, etc

Tom Evans 

Twickfolk
The Cabbage Patch Pub, 67 London Road, Twickenham, Middx. TW1 3SZ
https://www.twickfolk.co.uk/
13th March 2022

Suntrap are an English five-piece folk band specialising in a unique musical experience of folk-inspired traditional, original and contemporary songs featuring entrancing harmonies. 

Sue Graves 

Their fifth CD, Northern Lights, was released at TwickFolk on 22nd September 2019. The album captures as live a sound as possible and is be the first recording featuring Sue Graves, John Sandall and Tom Evans. We have recreated the band’s live sound by recording in the round, using a forest of microphones rather than layering up the songs in a studio.

Mary Wilson

Sara and Mary began singing together after meeting at Cecil Sharp House in 1996. The following year they made their first demo at Dave Pegg's Woodwork Studios and Suntrap have gone on to make four highly regarded CDs, the most recent of these released on Fellside Recordings. Sue, known as the ‘Surrey Nightingale’ is a stunning addition to Suntrap’s powerful vocal harmony sound. John, a virtuosic, irrepressible fiddler and Tom Evans, musical meister of everything complete the Suntrap sound.

Suntrap have played all over the UK and Europe at major folk festivals, folk clubs and art centres. The band have been privileged to open Cambridge and Warwick Folk Festivals.
http://www.suntrap.org/

John Sandall 

David Gunawardana, Doves Vagaries and Whiteland & Gilchrist - Twickfolk

David Gunawardana

13th March 2022. Supporting Suntrap.

Twickfolk
The Cabbage Patch Pub, 67 London Road, Twickenham, Middx. TW1 3SZ
https://www.twickfolk.co.uk/

David Gunawardana
There is a magical gentleness about David Gunawardana's music. Capturing spirits from his Sri Lankan roots, he sparks them into meandering dancing lights, and tales that glow in the imagination. 
https://www.davidgunawardana.com/

Doves Vagaries

Doves Vagaries
Duo Sarah Pavey and Chris Evans with songs and music spanning 12th to 19th centuries. 
https://www.dovesvag.co.uk/

Lynne Whiteland 

Lynne Whiteland & Hector Gilchrist
Lynne Whiteland has been singing all of her life. She got my first guitar at the age of 11, and has spent the last 40 years making music with the English folk music ensemble Tudor Lodge.
Website

Ayrshire-born, Surrey based, Scottish folk singer, Hector Gilchrist has been a popular performer on the Folk scene since the 1960s. A favourite at Twickfolk. www.hectorgilchrist.co.uk

World of Sinatras - The Vinyl Thread ep.54

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have 7 bands or musicians who have been compared to, or named after, more famous performers. We have the likes of The Cockney Sinatra, The Ethiopian Elvis and even the Danish Doris Day. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 54 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/world-of-sinatras-the-vinyl-thread-ep54/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 20th March 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Tu Vis Ta Vie Mon Couer - Charles Aznavour
2. Feqer Feqer Nèw - Alemayehu Eshete & The Polyversal Souls
3. Mein Erster Weg - Udo Jürgens
4. Quando Vedrai La Mia Ragazza - Little Tony
5. Uh, Jeg Ville Ønske Jeg Var Dig - Birthe Wilke Med Radio-Danseorkestret
6. Óh, Mondd - Illés Együttes
7. No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti - Matt Monro

Next week the Times are a-Changin' with vinyl that all features songs with changing times and tempos.

Lists - The Vinyl Thread ep.53

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have a selection of vinyl tunes that all feature lists. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 53 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/lists-the-vinyl-thread-ep53/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 13th March 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1.Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part Three) - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
2. You're The Top - Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra (vocal by Peggy Healy & John Hauser)
3. Disappointing - John Grant
4. Can U Dig It? - Pop Will Eat Itself
5. Slow Train - Michael Flanders And Donald Swann

Next week we enter the alternative universe of worldwide comparisons with the likes Cockney Sinatra, The Ethiopian Elvis and even the Danish Doris Day.

Spotlight - The Vinyl Thread ep.52

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we cast the spotlight on seven actors and actresses, with music from the films they starred in. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 52 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/spotlight-the-vinyl-thread-ep52/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 6th March 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist

1. Eric Winstone - From Russia with Love
2. Noel Harrison – Los Molinos De Tu Espiritu
3. Julie London – Cry Me A River 
4. Isaac Hayes – Title Theme (Tough Guys) 
5. Ennio Morricone - L’Homme A L’Harmonica 
6. Amalia Rodrigues - Solidao 
7. Chris Isaak – Wicked Game 

Next week we have vinyl that features lists.