A wealth of talent...

...on the show today. And extremely entertaining and informative everyone was.

Live in the studio!

Pic by Martin Hodge: left to right: Sam Green, Tobias ben Jacob, Ben Morgan Brown

Sam Green sang and played Like A Fella

Sam has been busy organising the Exmouth Fringe getting a wide range of performers at pubs and other venues throughout the seaside town. The main Exmouth Festival takes place in Manor Gardens in the centre of town.

Tobias ben Jacob & Ben Morgan-Brown performed Mercury Rising and I Won't Let You Down

Tobias and Sam are half of an exciting band Lampliter who will be performing at Exmouth Festival and other festivals throughout the Summer. Download Flowers Of The Arab Spring from their website, enjoy it and be sure that all donations for the download go to the charity Red Crescent.

Colin Wilson pictured left sang and played Your Life

Jerry Cahill pic below by Roxanne Royer in the Phonic FM studio 
He played for us El Levante and The Enchanter

Colin & Jerry are two of the many artists performing at Bradninch Festivall

Recordings played

Jerry Cahill..Irishman In The Cupboard..Armchair Traveller

Eric Ness..Wait

Cole Stacey..Just A Little Deeper..Changing Faces

Lara Conley..Slow Jim..Apple Tree

Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin..Cape Wrath..Singing The Bones

Tobias Ben Jacob..Whispering Wind..Hard Times In Old London City
Eliza Carthy..Little Gypsy Girl..Anglicana
Colin Wilson ..Never Ending Road..Cloudburst. A remastered version of the single from the 70s, reissued as a limited edition on CD. See The Boys From Melbourne Street website for details.
Colin Wilson ..Flower Girl..Cloudburst

Rory McLeod..Come With Me When I Go..Lullabies For Big Babies

Sounds Of The Seventies featured three artists who are 70 this week: Martin Carthy, 
Bob Dylan and Phonic FM blues star Ian McKenzie:

Brass Monkey feat. Martin Carthy..The Maid & The Palmer..Classic Carthy

Bob Dylan..Working Man's Blues No. 2..Modern Times

Ian McKenzie and friends..Whistling Blues..Last Chance

We spread the word about Exeter Respect and Phonic FM's amazing promotions

Listeners heard too about Circus Brittanica at Exeter's BikeShed Theatre on Thursday 9 June. This is Shaun McCarthy's drama about immigration and xenophobia in the circus, featuring circus acts and skills. A highly innovative production, directed by David Lockwood.

Festivals, drama, samba, Celtic art. It's all happening!

This Wednesday 11 May we had a special Festival Showcase from 15:00 to 16:00 (listen again here) and The Multifarious Mix between 17:00 and 18:00. With lots of special guests.

The festivals featured were Tivvyfest, Exeter Respect and Bradninch Festival. For full details of these festivals click on each picture.

Tivvyfest Community Festival continues until 23 May

Exeter Respect:

Warm-up Party 3 June; Respect in the Park 4 & 5 June; Closing Party 5 June

Bradninch Festival 10-12 June

Colin Wilson and Kevin Spiers not only enthused about Bradninch Festival but entertained us by singing, respectively, Band Of Brothers and The Passion Within. Many thanks to them.

Recordings played in Festival Showcase (All artists except the first listed are performing at at least one of the above festivals)

Afrocubism..Bensema..AfroCubism

Jim Causley..Old Uncle Whiteway..Dumnonia

The Boys From Melbourne Street..Breathless..A Walk In The Park

Cole Stacey..Annabelle..download

Reg Meuross..Sail away No More..All this Longing

Nick Wyke & Becki Triscoll..Barnstaple To Umberleigh..The Black Tree

On The Multifarious Mix we welcomed Joe, Jason and Judith.

Joe Selman Leava performs with SourDough Theatre Company. Their new play Red Oleanders had a well received debut at Dartington Hall last weekend and is running at The Bikeshed Theatre in Exeter from 12 to 14 May.

Jason Summers shared his enthusiasm for Exeter's premier samba band Street Heat who are celebrating their 20th Birthday with a samba celebration - together with other sambista - at Exeter Quay this Saturday. Follow the link on the pic for more info.

Judith Richardson-Dawes is running a Celtic Illumination workshop on Tuesday 24 May (11 to 16:30) at Castle Drogo. I list here details from the National Trust's Castle Drogo website with booking details.

Lines Traced By Angels Celtic Art Workshop with Judith Richardson-Dawes

Create a unique design inspired by The Books of Kells using the Celtic Half Uncial Script. Create your

own greeting card and illuminate it with raised gold. Includes coffee, lunch and tuition.

£35: specialist materials provided. Booking is essential: castledrogo@nationaltrust.org.uk or 01647 43330601647     

Recordings played on The Multifarious Mix
Street Heat..Cacophony / Samba Reggae / Felix / Carnival Samba..Street Heat
Asha Bhosle & Shujaat Khan..Humre Naina..Naina Ke
The Chieftains..Planxty Brown, The William Davis's, Lady Wrixon..A Chieftains Celebration
Hilary Boxer & David Cottam..Planxty Irwin..Nocturne
Sarana VerLin..Today..Bats And Butterflies
Billy Brandt..Wind Through The Pines..Live At Billy's Basement

On the line...

..today was Claude Bourbon, a singer, guitarist, songwriter who was born in France and now lives in the south of England. He has 2 engagements in Devon this week: Thursday 5 May at the Blue Walnut Cafe, Torquay from 19:30 and Friday 6 May in The B-Bar @ The Barbican Theatre, Plymouth. A nice guy and a superb musician.
Picture from www.claudebourbon.org by Bruno Cornil

Joe Selman Leva talked about 2 shows at Dartington Hall and the Bikeshed Theatre, Exeter. Joe performs with the SourDough Theatre Company. They are premiering Red Oleanders at the Tagore 150 Festival in Dartington this weekend and then bringing it to the Bikeshed next week. Written by Rabindranath Tagore in the 1940s, it's a play exploring the themes of the need for freedom against oppression and the power of love in the face of adversity. Jerri Daboo, Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter is the director and it is the first time SourDough have used an outside director. For details of dates and times of performances, see the relevant websites: Tagore 150 Festival and the Bikeshed Theatre: Red Oleanders

Looking ahead, SourDough Theatre Company present New Blood in June. More info here.

The final performances of The Dumb Waiter by Pinter are at the Bikeshed Theatre this week. Details here.

Matt Newbury publicised events at Exeter's Northcott Theatre.

I can personally recommend Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory's production of Comedy Of Errors which is running at the Northcott until Saturday. A magnificent production in the round and superbly cast.

Amongst other events there, later in May, Sell A Door Theatre Company present Frank Wedekind's controversial play A Spring Awakening, as a musical. It's had several top awards and has become a cult musical. There are also productions for children coming up. Look at the complete Northcott Theatre programme on their website.

Music played
Owiny Sigoma Band..Here On The Line..Owiny Sigoma Band
Claude Bourbon..English Dance / There's Somebody Missing / I Need Shelter..We'll Meet Again
Billy Brandt..Ain't Gonna Run..Live From Billy's Basement
Gotan Project..?
Kirsty McGee..Coffee Coloured Strings
Oi Va Voi..Dror Yikra..Laughter Through Tears
Heidi Talbot..Willie Taylor..The Last Star
Jim Moray..Home Upon The Hill..Modern History
Sarana VerLin..Sally Hitched A Ride..Live From Billy's Basement
Jackie Leven..Kings Of Infinite Space..Oh What A Blow That Phantom Dealt
James Taylor..Something In The Way She Moves..Classic Songs
Yonderboi..Ohne Chantouse..Shallow & Profound
The Angel Brothers..Django..Django's Caravan
John Tams..Unity (Raise Your Banners High)..Three Score & Ten
Blue Murder..No One Stands Alone..Three Score & Ten
Kathryn Williams..Hollow..Leave To Remain
Ojos De Brujo..Rumba Del Adios..Aocana
Radio Tarifa..Osu..Cruzando El Rio