Last week was a busy week for Folded Wing as we prepared to head down to the 2013 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. On Friday 3 May, Jamie and the team headed down to Cheltenham to gather content for our Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 Cheltenham Jazz Festival Highlights show.
The highlights show, which featured interviews with Laura Mvula, Georgie Fame and was presented by Jamie backstage at the festival, aired on Tuesday 7 May at 7pm and is available on the iPlayer until 7pm on 14 May. There is a podcast of the show available until 14 May too.
This year we also filmed some of the interviews; Jamie spoke to Georgie Fame backstage at the festival at his Hammond organ. That same night Radio 2 celebrated 70 years of Georgie Fame in a special edition of Friday Night Is Music Night and in their chat Jamie reflected on Georgie’s long and distinguished career and Georgie reminisced about his nights spent at the legendary Flamingo club.
Jamie also spoke to up-and-coming singer Laura Mvula. After a hectic year for the singer, the pair reflected on the whirlwind her career is currently going through. The pair also performed a duet of ‘Sad Sad World’ together at the festival.
The show also featured some live tracks from the festival recorded by BBC Radio 2, including 3 tracks from Georgie Fame, a track by Madeleine Peyroux and Jamie’s duet with Laura Mvula.
We have written a blog all about the day at the festival with some behind-the-scenes pictures of Jamie and the Folded Wing crew.
The shows are available to listen back to on the iPlayer and you can also get the Jamie Cullum show podcast, which features highlights from the festival.
Next week on the Jamie Cullum show on BBC Radio 2, Jamie will have GoGo Penguin in session, tune in at 7pm on Tuesday 14 May to hear that.
To listen back to the Cheltenham show click here >
Read our blog about the day here >
Download the Jamie Cullum on Radio 2 podcast here >
Watch Jamie talking to Georgie Fame backstage here >
Watch Jamie talking to Laura Mvula backstage here >
