With the festival taking place this weekend (Saturday 25 May) the show celebrates the ‘Village Mentality’ theme of this year’s festival.

Presented by Field Day and Eat Your Own Ears main man Tom Baker the latest show has been assembled between Tom and his partner, Natalie. The theme of the show is ‘Salad Days’, celebrating all things spring at the very heart of the village green. Music comes from The Jam, Tom Waits, Wynton Marsalis and Field Day acts King Krule and Vondelpark.

We also have an exclusive interview with Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing. Playing on the Shackwell Arms stage at the festival on Saturday, Jack talks about the success of his latest album ‘Nocturne’ and reveals his influences, from Talking Heads to Fleetwood Mac.

Folded Wing have also just made our latest Tuned In To The Future show. The latest episode is a behind-the-scenes look at Field Day Radio, from how the show started to how it’s put together and what we hope to see from the show in the future. Tom talks about his journey as a presenter and both the Folded Wing team and Tom reveal some of their highlights from the show so far.

To listen to Episode 14 of Field Day Radio click here>

To listen to Tuned In To The Future click here>

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 >

]]> http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/2013/05/09/jamie-cullum-on-bbc-radio-2-at-cheltenham/feed/ http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/2013/04/24/jamie-cullums-jazz-at-the-movies/ http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/2013/04/24/jamie-cullums-jazz-at-the-movies/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:32:47 +0000 foldedwing http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/?p=3034 Our next BBC documentary series starts this Monday, 29th April on BBC Radio 2 at 10pm, in which presenter Jamie Cullum gets to talk about two of his greatest passions – jazz and films.

In the two-part series ‘Jazz at the Movies’, Jamie celebrates the work of his favourite directors, and looks at the stories behind some of the best films with jazz as their subject, or jazz on their soundtrack.

“I fell in love with jazz and movies at about the same time”, says Jamie, who studied film at Reading University. “In fact, it was great films that first made me want to look into jazz music.”

Jamie’s very personal journey takes him from Al Jolson to Spike Lee, looking along the way at the films of Duke Ellington, Clint Eastwood and Jean-Luc Godard. And he gets to meet the man behind one of his favourite films of all time, “The Fabulous Baker Boys”.

Jamie visits the Los Angeles hotel where that movie’s iconic ballroom scene was set and even, through the magic of radio, gets to perform a duet with its star, Michelle Pfeiffer.

He talks to Clint Eastwood about rebuilding the music of Charlie Parker for his biographical film “Bird”; and to the legendary trumpeter Terence Blanchard about working with Spike Lee, and teaching Denzil Washington how to hold a trumpet properly. He also meets French jazz legend Martial Solal, responsible for the haunting soundtrack to the mould-breaking “Breathless (A Bout De Souffle)”.

“I love the work of Woody Allen, film noir and the French New Wave, so these programmes are an opportunity for me to show what happens when great jazz and great films meet.”

Part 1 of ‘Jazz at the Movies’ is broadcast on Monday 29^th April at 10pm, and Part 2 is on Monday 6^th May at 10pm.

For more info click here >

To read a preview on the LondonJazz blog click here >

To read a review in The Metro click here >

Watch Clint Eastwood talking jazz with Jamie here >

Presented by Field Day and Eat Your Own Ears main man Tom Baker the latest show represents Field Day’s dance side and features an exclusive in-depth interview with London’s hottest electronic duo of the moment Mount Kimbie, plus brand new music from their forthcoming album ‘Cold Spring Fault Less Youth’ on Warp Records.

Tom also chats to Johnno Burgess, the man behind the Bugged Out! tent at Field Day, about working with Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers and how Bugged Out! all began.

And we are lucky enough to have an exclusive mix by the Hessle Audio record label, featuring tracks by Objekt, Pearson Sound, Pangaea and Untold.

Plus there’s music by Todd Edwards, Bobby Tank, Disclosure, TNGHT and Kwes…

To listen to Episode 12 click here >

The 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards nominations took place today and Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 has been nominated in the ‘Music Radio Broadcaster Of The Year’ category!

Alongside Jamie, other nominees in this category include Cerys Matthews (BBC 6 Music), Johnnie Walker (BBC Radio 2), Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie (BBC 6 Music) and Suzy Klein (BBC Radio 3 & Radio 4).

Big congratulations to Jamie and all the team, and best of luck to all of this year’s nominees. The awards ceremony takes place on 13^th May at London’s Grosvenor House, so we best get some tickets!

This week we also celebrated the 3^rd birthday of Jamie’s show being on Radio 2, so it’s celebrations all round!

For more info about the Sony nominations click here >

To listen to this week’s Jamie Cullum show click here >

Our show The Selector for The British Council is teaming up with The Crypt Studios in London for a series of exclusive live filmed sessions with up-and-coming bands and artists.

The “Amped…” sessions will be hosted online on http://selector-radio.com and http://thecryptsessions.com, and broadcast on The Selector’s sister stations in 39 countries to an estimated worldwide audience of around 3 million people.

Once a month, The Selector will take a band to The Crypt Studios to record a three track live session for later broadcast. One of the tracks will be filmed by The Crypt Studios team, along with an interview by The Selector presenter Goldierocks.

The first of the “Amped…” sessions features Tribes, Best New Band nominees at the 2012 NME Awards.

Watch ‘Amped…’ Session 1 with Tribes here >

Listen to Tribe’s 3 track session on The Selector here >

Presented by Twin B, ‘Gangs on Film’ delves into the grimy side of East London to look at the portrayal of gangs on TV and in films.

The ‘hood’ genre has been particularly popular in productions such as ‘Top Boy’, ‘Sket’ and ‘Anuvahood’ in recent years. In this programme, we explore the major themes of this genre such as drug culture, girl gangs, riots and football hooligans and ask whether these films give a realistic portrayal of gangs.

‘Gangs on Film’ features Plan B, Ashley Walters, Noel Clarke and Adam Deacon among others, and will be available to listen to until this Sunday, 7th April.

You can listen to the programme here >

]]> http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/2013/04/03/listen-again-to-gangs-on-film-on-bbc-1xtra/feed/ http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/2013/03/26/episode-10-of-field-day-radio-is-live/ http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/2013/03/26/episode-10-of-field-day-radio-is-live/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:57:16 +0000 foldedwing http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/?p=3002 Episode 10 of Field Day Radio is LIVE!

Presented by Field Day and Eat Your Own Ears main man Tom Baker the latest show features an exclusive in-depth interview with legendary rock drummer Ginger Baker, who is renowned for his work with seminal bands Cream and Blind Faith as well as with Afrobeat creator Fela Kuti.

In this interview Ginger takes us on an incredible journey through his life: back to his school days when he used his desk as a drum kit, to the musicians he admires, to his times with Cream and all the way to Africa (he lived in Nigeria for 6 years).

Plus there is music from King Krule, Jagwar Ma, Metz and Happa; Four Tet’s brilliant remix of Justin Timberlake’s ‘Suit & Tie’, classic tracks by Cream and Fela Kuti, as well as a live recording of the Miles Davis Quintet performing ‘Bitches Brew’ back in 1969.

Episode 11 of Field Day Radio will be going live at the start of April and will feature an in-depth interview with Stealing Sheep. Watch this space for more details!

To listen to Episode 10 click here >

Our recent BBC Radio 4 documentary ‘The Etymology of Entomology’ has been chosen as BBC Radio 4’s Documentary of the Week!

In this programme zoologist Dr. George McGavin delves into the strange, and often bizarre, names given to insects.

There are flies named Pieza kake (piece of cake) and S. beyonceae after the singer; beetles with political connections - A. hitleri, A. Bushi, A. cheneyi and A. rumsfeldi; even entomologists who name discoveries after romantic conquests.

George takes us into the complex and intriguing world of the taxonomist. From the 18th century father of modern taxonomy Carl Linnaeus, to the present day, he explains why naming the things that surround us is the foundation of all science.

Produced by Folded Wing’s Andrea Rangecroft, this is one not to be missed!

Until Friday 22nd March download it here >

‘The Etymology of Entomology’, our first documentary for BBC Radio 4, will be broadcast next Saturday, 9 March at 10.30am.

In this programme zoologist Dr. George McGavin delves into the strange, and often bizarre, names given to insects.

There are flies named Pieza kake (piece of cake) and S. beyonceae after the singer; beetles with political connections - A. hitleri, A. Bushi, A. cheneyi and A. rumsfeldi; even entomologists who name discoveries after romantic conquests.

George takes us into the complex and intriguing world of the taxonomist. From the 18th century father of modern taxonomy Carl Linnaeus, to the present day, he explains why naming the things that surround us is the foundation of all science.

Produced by Folded Wing’s Andrea Rangecroft, this is one not to be missed!

For more on The Etymology of Entomology click here >

Chosen in The Radio Times’ Top 5 shows here >