For Andy Roberts Podcast #32 we have the full set of songs performed live in front of an audience at the Four Seasons Folk Club, in West London on Saturday February 5th, 2011. This was the billing:
Four Seasons Folk Club, Polska YMCA, 20 Gunnersbury Ave., London, W5 3QL. Nearest underground Ealing Common, District & Piccadilly lines. Saturday, 5th February. Concert begins at 7pm sharp and finishes at 10pm. Featured artists will be Ian Martin, Andy Roberts, Smolowik, Smolen (with P. Smolen and A Kotowicz).
4 Seasons Folk Club
So the soundtrack on the podcast features six songs, all written by Andy Roberts and played on the siz string Ibanez acoustic guitar, this time tuned to concert pitch which made for some different interpretatios of the songs. Some are played with a capo on the fifth fret, others open.
Here’s the web player, download link, tracklist and show notes for Podcast Episode 31:
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Podcast Episode 32 Show Notes
Show notes and information for Andy Roberts Acoustic Guitar Podcast Episode 32:
Episode 32 Recorded live at 4 Seasons Folk Club on February 5st, published on February 8th 2011.
1) Cormorants
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
2) Yellow Boat
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
3) The Rowan Tree
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
4) The Last Nail
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
5) The Last Subway Home
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
6) The Wreckers Prayer
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Four Seasons Folk Club – Andy Roberts Podcast #32
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Last Nail
Last Tuesday I rushed out from finishing my podcast Episode 15 and caught the train to Romford, just like so many times on Wednesdays, except this was to visit Romford Folk Club. It’s always on Tuesdays, so not the best fit with the weekly podcasts, but I’ve proven that it can be done in time without even missing the opening number. The guest artists were supposed to be from Yorkshire but because of some hiccup, a couple of musicians who normally host the folk club at Lee On Sea, Mick and Pete stood in at short notice and entertained all with a hearty selection of mostly Irish and Australian folk songs.
I’ll be playing a guest spot myself at the Romford Folk Club in April next year, the 5th I think, but on Tuesday I played one Andy Roberts original song, The Last Nail.
The Romford Folk Club meets on Tuesdays at 8.00pm downstairs at the Sun, London Road, Romford RM7 9QA
The Last Nail Lyrics
Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill
That’s where they built the boatyard, and the structure stands there still.
Not much boat building happens now, just repairs and fitting out
but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can hear the old boatbuilders shout:
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.Our grandfathers put up the boatyard, to build the fishing fleet,
more than fifty boats in the harbour, and shops all down the main street
then the steam age brought in the drifters,
boat builders became engineers
Now the wind blows straight through the boatyard,
there’ll be no more boat building here
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.With a keen eye for staying in business, they switched over to build leisure craft
And the weekend yachtsmen snapped them up, no expense spared fore or aft
Then wooden hulls went out of fashion, the order book emptied last year
So the bankers foreclosed on the boatyard,
and there’ll be no more boatbuilding here
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.Now the Vikings invented the clinker for both strength and shallow seas
and the herring boats followed the coastline, until the canning ships found the key
There’s a regatta here every August, and the whole village turns out again
But the Sea Queen’s no real competition, and it’s guaranteed to rain
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill
that’s where they built the boatyard, and the skeleton stands there still.
No more boat building happens now, not even fitting out
but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can still hear the old boys shout:
Will you pass the last nail over, we’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
11 : Podcasting Andy Roberts Music
Podcasting a day early with the Andy Roberts music podcast Episode 11
So this week’s podcast was recorded a day early, on the Monday instead of Tuesday, not that that will make much difference to podcast subscribers, who mostly seem to like to download the show about one week after it’s been published, but for those of you who might on occasion turn up for the live show at 7.00pm, I won’t be there at all some Tuesdays, and this was one of them.
Knowing that I was effectively playing to an absent live audience had a curious effect on the performance, which I would describe as slightly more random in a creative sort of way, but Linda described as “less in the flow”. I was worried that it wouldn’t be good enough for me to want to put out at all, so I carried on after the half hour but in the end that just made it a bit more difficult to edit down to size, something I’d prefer not to do really.
So the original full length video file saved over on Ustream is not worth keeping really, due to the failing daylight at this time of year on a cloudy September evening, and me not having bothered to find the lamp. I kind of like lurking in the dark though
Andy Roberts is being kept in the dark
is the tracklist of links and show notes for Podcast Episode 11:
Standard Podcast [00:29:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 28.8Mb in size and 29 minutes 57 seconds in duration from this link
10 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 11.mp3
Podcast Episode 11 Show Notes
Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 11 broadcast on September 13th, published on September 14th 2010.
1) Century
A Millenium song written by Andy Roberts around 1980
“Century is my song for the Millennium, written in the early eighties looking forward to the year 2000. It’s called “Century” because the term Millennium wasn’t so much in use then, nobody much had started thinking about it yet, and I was still writing COBOL computer programs with 2 digit years”
2) I Am The Way
Song by Loudon Wainwright after Woodie Guthrie’s “Standing Down in New York Town”. Just noticed I played this not long ago, in podcast 7 oh well.
3) You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Bob Dylan Song from Greatest Hits Vol 2
4) Mondura Dam – Andy Roberts song
I may have played this recently, not sure now, but anyway here it is again but this time on the 12 string guitar. Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts.
5) Norwegian Wood – Beatles
I kind of love/hate this song, so I’m trying to reinterpret it. The video below will be from a live performance at Havering Folk Club
6) Me and my Friend the Cat
One of the early songs by Loudon Wainwright – performed on his birthday. Happy birthday Loudon. Next time I’ll remember the lyrics, OK.
Each week is a bit different, and this one was slightly random.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Andy Roberts Podcast on the PodcastBlaster Podcast Directory
Podcast title Andy Roberts Website URL http://andyroberts.me Description Andy Roberts, songwriter, singer and acoustic guitar player. Download music podcast, live streaming, videos and albums. Updated Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:21:10 +0000 Image
I suppose it's worth adding the Andy Roberts podcast RSS into a few of the higher profile podcast directories. Maybe some people use these portals for discovering new podcasts to subscribe to. And it's a link. So long as I mention the main site at http://andyroberts.me during the podcast itself from time to time without getting in the way of the music.