This month’s edition of The Eclectic Light Show comes live from The Cambridge Folk Festival with interviews from many of the festival stars including The Unthanks, Kathryn Tickell, Jack Ritter and the magnificent Richard Thompson plus at least two celebrity guests. Nicola and Mandy will bring you the weekend’s sights, sounds fashions and fads and … [Read more...]
The Eclectic Light Show: Woodstock Revisited
With Glastonbury still ringing in our ears, we remind ourselves of where the festival culture began 50 years ago at Woodstock, as we celebrate with some of the artists who appeared and those who stayed away, including interviews with Melanie, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Roger McGuinn and Billy Cox from Jimi Hendrix’s band. With the war in Vietnam … [Read more...]
The Eclectic Light Show: Maddy Prior & Jacqui McShee
We celebrate two pioneering women in a very special interview this month. Mandy Morton sits down with Maddy Prior from Steeleye Span and Jacqui McShee from Pentangle to talk about their memories of 50 years in the Folk Rock movement. In an unedited conversation Jacqui and Maddy discuss the highs and lows of fronting their bands, their music and … [Read more...]
The Eclectic Light Show: KT Tunstall
In the May edition of ELS there’s an extended interview with Scottish rocker KT Tunstall. In a no holes barred conversation she talks about her latest album WAX, lyrics and life in general. Nicola takes us to the Sandham Memorial Chapel in Hampshire to celebrate the artist Stanley Spencer’s war masterpiece in the company of the National Trust’s … [Read more...]
The Eclectic Light Show 07/04/2019
Nashville star Gretchen Peters discusses her latest band line up for her UK tour, art and her fantasy line up. British actress Jane Asher talks about Noel Coward, social media and The Archers. Plus reviews of Loreena McKennitt at THe Royal Albert Hall, Equus on tour and Pet Sematary and we preview Ralph McTell for The Cambridge Folk Festival 2019. … [Read more...]
The Eclectic Light Show: Seth Lakeman
Mandy talks to folk superstar Seth Lakeman about life on the road in Robert Plant’s band and the characters on his latest album. Nicola delves behind the scenes of The Archers with Cambridge dramatist Nick Warburton, whose adaptation of The Canterbury Tales aired at Christmas. Plus reviews of three Queens and a controversial French novelist. … [Read more...]
The Eclectic Light Show: Stephen McGann & Wayne Sleep
In the December edition, we talk to Stephen McGann (Dr Turner) about the new series of Call the Midwife and the Christmas special. Wayne Sleep, who is appearing in Aladdin at the Cambridge Arts Theatre talks about the people he’s worked with including Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev and Diana, Princess of Wales, the writer broadcaster Barry Forshaw … [Read more...]
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