Disco Kings - The Vinyl Thread ep.42

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week the Disco Kings are visiting us, with groovy gold, funky frankincense and melodic myrrh. 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 42 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/disco-kings-the-vinyl-thread-ep42/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 26th December 2021. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Supernature - Cerrone
2. Cream (Always Rises To The Top) - Gregg Diamond & Bionic Boogie
3. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
4. The Good The Bad And The Ugly - Gaz
5. In The Forest - Baby'O

Next week we have Songs of Resistance on the Vinyl Thread. Join  us then.

Choirs and Voices - The Vinyl Thread ep.41

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have vinyl that features choirs or vocal ensembles. 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 41 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/choirs-and-voices-the-vinyl-thread-ep41/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 19th December 2021. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Carmina Burana, Symphonic Metamorphosis - Carl Orff, The Atlanta Symphony Chorus And Orchestra and The Atlanta Boy Choir
2. Antiphonal Psalmody. Lumen Ad Revelationem. Nunc Dimittis - The Choir Of The Carmelite Priory (London)
3. Vendome - The Swingle Singers With The Modern Jazz Quartet
4. Thou Hast Vouchsafed The Good Thief Paradise - Likostoyanie Chamber Choir
5. Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss and The First Baptist Choir Of White House, Tennessee
6. Zoopsya Zilinkudza - Golgotha Choir
7. Tregnale Malika Moma / Dva Kornie - Trio Bulgarka

Next week we have vinyl from the kings of Disco.

Ireland - The Vinyl Thread ep.40

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have a fine selection of Irish vinyl for you to enjoy. 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 40 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/ireland-the-vinyl-thread-ep40/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 12th December 2021. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Rocky Road to Dublin - The Dubliners With Luke Kelly
2. Wednesday Week - The Undertones
3. The Famine Song - The Go Lucky Four
4. Drumin Donn Dilis - Peg Power
5. She Walked Through The Fair - Eileen Donaghy
6. Are you there Moriarity - Joe Lynch
7. Big Decision - That Petrol Emotion
8. Whiskey, You're The Devil - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

Next week we have vinyl featuring Choirs and Voices.

Vagabondo - The Vinyl Thread ep.39

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have vinyl tunes from the open road, with wanderers, peddlers and tramps amongst our selection. 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 39 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/vagabondo-the-vinyl-thread-ep39/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 5th December 2021. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Aunty Susanna - Kovács Apollónia, Madarász Katalin, Gaál Gabriella
2. Oh, Ah, Rosalie - Kovács Apollónia, Madarász Katalin, Gaál Gabriella
3. The Two Peddler Men - Achilles And Frank
4. Taconeo Por Fandangos - La Cordobesa
5. Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher
6. Kuroz Variations - Primas Stefan And His Royal Tziganes
7. Les Gitans - Les Compagnons De La Chanson
8. The Tramps Song - Peter Dawson

Next week Natalie and I have vinyl from Ireland to share with you. Have a great week ahead.

European Poetry Festival 2021 - Swedish Poetry

Simon Tyrrell (left) and Freke Räihä (right) 

Kristian Carlsson & Stephen Emmerson
Pernilla Bergland & Colin Herd
Anna M. Svensson-Stoltz & Maria Celina Val
Freke Räihä & Simon Tyrrell
Agnieszka Studzinka and Fiona Larkin
Nina Fidry, Sophie Shine and Emily Baldwin
Katerina Koulouri 
Introduced by SJ Fowler

November Thursday 25th 2021
Town House Building : Courtyard 

SJ Fowler

Visiting contemporary Swedish poets presented brand new performance collaborations with British-based counterparts, made for the night to a packed out audience at Kingston University’s RIBA award winning Town House. Students of Kingston University also presented new collaborations to support the visiting poets / Supported by the Swedish Embassy UK.

https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/

Maria Celina Val (left) and Anna M. Svensson-Stoltz (right) 

The next Writers Kingston event is on December Tuesday 14th 2021 (7pm start), Town House Building : Courtyard Venue, Kingston-upon-Thames. Free entry. Including new performances from New performances and readings from Maria Celina Val, Lucy Furlong, SJ Fowler, James Knight, Silje Ree, Patrick Cosgrove, Nina Fidry and Marcia Knight-Latter.

There will also feature a performance by the sound poetry group The Popogrou Antichoir (Lucy Furlong, Ailsa Holland, Simon Tyrrell, Martin Wakefield, SJ Fowler, Patrick Cosgrove, Bob Bright, Lisa Blackwell, Chris Kerr, Bob T. Bright).

https://www.writerskingston.com/

Jilted - The Vinyl Thread ep.38

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have music for the forlorn, for those of you who have lost in love and have lived to tell the tale. 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 38 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/jilted-the-vinyl-thread-ep38/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 28th November 2021. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Jilted John - Jilted John
2. Help Me Rhonda - The Beach Boys
3. It Should Have Been Me - Yvonne Fair
4. THE BITTEREST PILL (I EVER HAD TO SWALLOW) - THE JAM
5. It's My Party - Lesley Gore
6. Jilted Again - The Collins Coins
7. My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars

Next week our theme is Vagobondo, so expect songs from the World's open roads.

Martin Nickless plays Benny Goodman

Paul Morgan

Martin Nickless - clarinet
Bruce Boardman - keys
Paul Morgan - bass
Rod Brown - drums

17/11/2021

Twickenham Jazz Club welcomed the Martin Nickless Quartet for a night of tunes made famous by Benny Goodman.

Martin Nickless

Martin Nickless is a clarinet and saxophone composer and arranger. He has worked with various groups including Glen Miller UK, the Pasedina Roof Orchestra and the Chris Barber jazz band. Nickless has played for many West End shows, and sessions for composer Stanley Myers, as well as touring with Jack Jones, Frankie Vaughan & Norman Wisdom.

Bruce Boardman

Benny Goodman (1909-1986) was an American jazz clarinettist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". Wikipedia

Rod Brown

Train Tracks - The Vinyl Thread ep.37

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have a selection of choo choo tunes for you to enjoy. 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 37 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/train-tracks-the-vinyl-thread-ep37/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 14th November 2021. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Larry Grayson -  Whistlestop
2. Burt Bacharach - Trains And Boats And Planes 
3. James Moody - Last Train From Overbrook 
4. Petros Anagnostakis, Roula Kalaki and Tassos Giannopoulos - A Train
5. The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra – Chattanooga Choo Choo
6. The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' 

Next week our theme is Jilted, for all the forlorn lovers who have loved and lost.

Cover Art - The Vinyl Thread ep.36

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we return to a favourite theme. We have six new artists to share with you, the cover art they created, and the music they represented. 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 36 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/cover-art-the-vinyl-thread-ep36/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 14th November 2021. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Close Quarters - Joe Newman And His Band
2. Catch - The Cure
3. Something’s Coming - André Previn And His Pals
4. Hot Potatoes ‎- Johnny Dodds and Blind Blake
5. Right Now Baby - Lung Leg
6. Standing On The Verge (Of Gettin' It On) (Long Version) - Platinum Hook

Next week, all aboard the vinyl express, our theme will be Trains. Choo Choo tunes!