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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · 9d

The album launch tour with Culverake continues today with a sold out private house concert.
Then Sheffield (Weds), Hartlepool Folk Festival (Fri/Sat) and Newcastle (Sun).

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · 14d

“There was a fish… in the percolator!”

#TwinPeaksRewatch

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · 16d

Now you can be bombarded with my podcast in the physical world as well as the digital world…

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · 16d

We’ve now got a double sided flyer, and a banner too!!

Spread for the word to be spread!!!

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · 24d

Exciting to be co-organising this sold out gig in Sheffield tonight.

A double headliners: Peta Webb & Ken Hall and The Wilsons.

This is a relatively new venture for me and some friends.

The New Musical Traditions Club.

8 times a year on 2nd Sundays. The best in traditional song and music.

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · 27d

They’re both released today, so I think it’s a new Downton Abbey movie/new Spinal Tap movie double bill kinda day!

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · 28d

I'm so excited about this!!

In The Roud - On The Road!!!

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · 29d

Big news! In September, we’ll be at the Traditional Music Day in Stowmarket, doing our first live episode!

It’ll be recorded it all and will be on our Patreon a few weeks later and then in place as S17/E4. We’re thrilled to doing a live in person episode and there are plans for more next year.

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Everyman Folk Club @everymanfolkclub.bsky.social · Aug 31

🌱 In the new year, we have an exhilarating evening with Pagoda Project, before exceptional musician, Steve Turner returns in February. George Sansome & @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social join us together in an exciting collaboration in March.

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jul 29

Crap sleep patterns means I find myself at 6:30am listening to a 12mins unaccompanied performance of Lord Bateman which is going into this week’s episode of @intheroud.bsky.social.

Have run out of films to watch? No, but I’m just getting a head start on an already packed day.

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jul 27

The problem with trying to have a proper indoors day off after being away for a few days and getting home late, is that there’s no food in the house, and because it’s a Sunday, the shops don’t open until 10am or 11am.

I did not think this through…

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jul 22

Busy day prepping for this gig.

Filling in for Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne in the Angeline Morrison & the Sorrow Songs band.

Old pal @elizacarthy.bsky.social will also be doing the gig.

It’s for the BBC Proms, and will be broadcast live on Radio 3. Tune in at 5:30pm this Saturday (26th July).

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jul 8

How does the Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship (Roud 36) link to the Hebrew Bible? Find out on the current episode of my podcast, @intheroud.bsky.social

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · Jul 7

Late announcement, brand new episode out last week.

S4/E6 – Roud 36: CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN’S COURTSHIP
Historical guest: Steve Roud
Singer guest: Barbara Snape

Available from wherever you get your podcasts.

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jun 23

Gearing up for teaching my 7th (out of 10) session for the EFDSS Monday Folk Singers course.

Am I prepping? Or am I procrastinating by listening to the soundtrack to the bafflingly genius live-action musical adaptation of Popeye (1980) starring Robin Williams & Shelley Duvall?

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jun 23

I’ve been sent a review copy of a new dense academic folk book to read because I’m interviewing the author on the podcast soon.

But it’s an ebook that I can only open on my laptop. So I have to spend EVEN MORE time in my day staring at my computer screen. Great…

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jun 11

How I spent my afternoon.

Digitising a LP soundtrack (which never got a CD reissue) to a musical which barely anyone’s heard of.

Peter Bogdanovich, directer of What’s Up, Doc? (the greatest comedy film ever) made a 1975 musical film using Cole Porter songs. Everyone hated it, it’s wonderful!!!

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jun 10

Feeling good about my life at the moment.
The podcast is going well, I’m singing at folk festivals with Culverake, I’ve been properly back in my diet for a few weeks (lost half a stone again).

Plus the weather’s nice so taking a post lunch stroll up to my nearest trig pojnt outside Stocksbridge.

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 8

No sooner has season 4 episode 2 of the @intheroud.bsky.social folk song podcast been released than @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social asked me back to record another one! They're great fun to do, even if we always spend so much time talking that Matt has a huge editing task 😂
##folkmusic #InTheRoud

Image shows a screenshot of Matt Quinn and Helen Lindley recording another episode of the In The Roud folk song podcast. Helen is on the left of the image and is wearing a white t shirt, silver pendant and a white, yellow, and green paisley jacket (part of her large collection of patterned jackets!) Matt is on the right of the image wearing headphones and a black T-shirt shirt. Both are sitting in front of microphones.

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jun 4

Season 4 is well and truly underway now.

Episode 2 out today!

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · Jun 4

New episode out today!

S4/E2 - Roud 32: KEMPY KAY
Guest: @helenlindley.bsky.social

Available from wherever you get your podcasts.

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In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · May 28

Season 4 starts today!! And thrice huzzah!!!

S4/E1 – Roud 31: THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH
Historical guest: Sandra Kerr
Singer guest: Chris Foster

Available from wherever you get your podcasts.

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · May 16

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · May 10

Not entirely sure how I’ve managed to live all this time and I’ve never seen Dead Poets Society.

Time to right that wrong.

#NowWatching

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · May 9

Classic!!

Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · May 8

I know there were great horrors released in every year, but 1973 seems to be particularly important.

3 phenomenal works of horror cinema.

I’ll be seeing The Wicker Man in a few weeks, so tonight’s it’s a double feature of Don’t Look Now and The Exorcist here in the Quinn House.

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · May 2

culverake.bandcamp.com/album/unto-t...?

Unto the Sky, by Culverake

0 track album

culverake.bandcamp.com

Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · May 2

My harmony trio Culverake have made our debut album!!!

Major thanks to everyone who helped out with our Kickstarter campaign.

Now it’s available to preorder on CD and LP.

Officially releases on 1st October with a big launch tour.

Link in the thread

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · May 1

Waay too hot today. So I’m in a huge air conditioned room to watch the opening day release of the latest Marvel film.