Dec 15, 2022

The first show of a new year and the final part of our seasonal trilogy. Resolve to keep those spirits up.
As always, nothing in the broad church of folk related music is off limits, there's many shades of folk, ours is an eclectic mix.
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PLAYLIST:
Thea Gilmore - Sol Invictus
Amy Hopwood - The...

Dec 15, 2022

So this is Christmas and it's the first part of our seasonal trilogy. There's something for everybody to keep those spirits up.
The music is in turn traditional and contemporary, spiritual and inspirational, light and shade, sometimes darker.
A merry Christmas to y'all!
https://invisiblefolk.com/

PLAYLIST:
Daria Kulesh...

Dec 15, 2022

So this is Christmas and it's the second part of our seasonal trilogy. There's something for everybody to keep those spirits up.
The music is in turn traditional and contemporary, spiritual and inspirational, light and shade, sometimes darker.
A merry Christmas to y'all!
https://invisiblefolk.com/

PLAYLIST:
Coope, Boyes...

Nov 27, 2022

In this episode Jon talks to Tom Jones, historian in the town of Olney and trustee of the Cowper and Newton Museum. We talk about John Newton's life; what brought him to Olney, his life as a preacher and hymn writer, his relationship with Cowper and his journey from slave trader to abolitionist. This episode was recorded...

Nov 26, 2022

In this episode Jon talks to James Walvin OBE Professor Emeritus in History at York University. James is a world renowned authority on the subject of the transatlantic slave trade and has written extensively on the subject. As a young man John Newton was a sailor and rose to be captain of a ship transporting enslaved...