Mar 14, 2023
Jon Bickley talks to community leader Pauline Stepney for an ongoing podcast series marking the 250th anniversary of the writing of Amazing Grace. Its author John Newton was a slave trader and later an abolitionist. We all know that Amazing Grace is universally loved but how do we view the slave trade today? We asked...
Mar 7, 2023
Jon Bickley talks to arts and community leader Sharon de Leonardis for an ongoing podcast series marking the 250th anniversary of the writing of Amazing Grace. Its author John Newton was a slave trader and later an abolitionist. We all know that Amazing Grace is universally loved but how do we view the slave trade...
Mar 3, 2023
Jon Bickley talks to musician Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne for an ongoing podcast series marking the 250th anniversary of the writing of Amazing Grace. Its author John Newton was a slave trader and later an abolitionist. We all know that Amazing Grace is universally loved but how do we view the slave trade today? We...
Mar 2, 2023
It's been 3 years since the Invisible Folk Club last convened in 'face to face' mode. We've all learned new skills since then, online recording certainly enabled us to carry on in the face of adversity.
It was great to be back with David Gunawardana, an old friend of Invisible Folk, and to welcome a new face in Sue...
Feb 11, 2023
'Grace Will Lead Me Home' is where Invisible Folk look at John Newton's life and work and what it means today. We create new arrangements of some of his Olney Hymns (including Amazing Grace), we learn about his life including his involvement in slavery and his later campaign to abolish the trade. We ask people what is...