Folded Wing at the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards

Monday night was an exciting night for Folded Wing and the rest of the radio industry, it was of course the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards.

Folded Wing were delighted to be nominated in the “Music Radio Broadcaster Of The Year” category for Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2.

Jamie and the Folded Wing team all headed down to the Grosvenor House Hotel for the awards, suitably dressed up for the night! Jamie also played at the event and caused a bit of a stir on the red carpet when he decided to turn the tables on the press!

Here’s the photo from Jamie’s view

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The first half saw a performance from Robbie Williams and the first awards. Radio 1′s Dan and Phil walked away winners of this years first ever “Sony Golden Headphones Awards”. Danny Baker took an award for “Best Entertainment Programme” for his weekend show on 5 Live,  only a few months after leaving his BBC London slot! John Humphrys collected an award for Radio Journalism Of The Year for his interview with former BBC Director General, George Entwistle, John made a lovely tribute to the former DG in his acceptance speech.

The Folded Wing team were particularly happy to see The Listening Project take away a bronze award for “Best Speech Programme”, a project that we all particularly admire and love.

It was also fantastic to see Steve Lamacq walk away with his FIRST EVER Sony award. He was presented with a special award for his 20 years of service to radio, an award that is thoroughly deserved!

Robbie Williams performing at the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013

Following a performance from The Saturdays it was soon time for the second half of the awards featuring the category we were particularly interested in “Music Radio Broadcaster Of The Year”. Unfortunately Jamie didn’t win an award, but the whole team were delighted to see Cerys Matthews take the Gold. Cerys is an outstanding broadcaster and produces a show that we all love and listen to a lot!

Although a cliché we were incredibly happy just to be nominated in the 3rd year of doing the show with Jamie and we received some brilliant feedback from the judges…..

Jamie has become an accomplished broadcaster as well as a much loved musician. He wears his knowledge and respect lightly to deliver a show of fantastic music with energy and enthusiasm.

Folded Wing’s table number, the lucky number 68!

The second half of the awards saw Christian O’Connell win his 10th award in 10 years and Eddie Mair win “Speech Radio Broadcaster Of The Year”. Radio 4′s The Today Programme picked up “Breakfast Show Of The Year” and after a superb year with the Olympics and Paralympics, BBC Radio 5 Live won “UK Station Of The Year” .

There was also a lovely moment when Metro Radio won “Station Of The Year (1m+)”  as Programme director Chris Pegg spoke of his delight at finally winning an award after years of turning up and leaving empty handed.

It was also fantastic to see so many UK indies represented in the awards and many of them taking awards away too! And to see National Prison Radio in a couple of categorys was a great reward for the work that they do!

All in all it was a lovely night and we had a few drinks afterwards in celebration of our nomination and a wonderful evening, topped off when Jamie Cullum performed to close this years ceremony!

You can listen to some highlights of the awards here…

http://audioboo.fm/boos/1391139-sonys-2013-highlights

Congratulations to everyone that won an award and we hope to see you next year!

FW

Behind The Scenes: Folded Wing at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Last Friday was an exciting day in the Folded Wing/Jamie Cullum Show/Jazz diary, it was of course the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Jamie along with some of the Folded Wing team headed down on Friday morning to Cheltenham to record some interviews, videos and tracks to be played out on Jamie’s special Cheltenham Jazz Festival highlights show which aired last night on BBC Radio 2!

Jamie Cullum Meets Ahmad Jamal

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This week we thought we would treat you to a little preview of a special interview Jamie Cullum did recently with his favourite pianist, Ahmad Jamal! The interview will feature on Jamie’s show next Tuesday 16^th April on BBC Radio 2 at 7pm.

Jamie sits down with Ahmad Jamal at the Piano at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios where they talk about his childhood growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the incredible artists that have come out of the city.

Ahmad Jamal also talks about learning the piano from an early age and even plays a childhood favourite of his, listen to the clip below to find out what it is!

They discuss how his improvisational style has evolved, his experience playing in big bands and his feelings on being sampled by hip-hop artists.

He also talks about working on his legendary Poinciana album at the Pershing Hotel nightclub.

Ahmad Jamal also talks about what it’s been like composing more new material than ever before and describes the process of making his new Grammy Award Nominated album, Blue Moon.

So tune in next Tuesday 16^th April at 7pm – definitely an interview not to be missed!

Happy 3rd Birthday to Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2!

Tuesday marked the 3rd anniversary of the Jamie Cullum show on BBC Radio 2 and what an exciting three years it’s been!

In anticipation of this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival, the 3rd anniversary show featured a wonderful BBC archive track from Georgie Fame, who will be performing at Friday Night Is Music Night at Cheltenham this year; an event we’re very excited to be at once again!

If you missed the 3rd anniversary show then never fear, you can listen to it right here for the next 5 days.

Every Tuesday for the past three years we have had the privilege of working closely with Jamie to produce a show that not only demonstrates his love for music in general but showcases the world of jazz music that he is so passionate about. Jamie plays not only heritage jazz artists like Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday, but also exciting new talent such as Gregory Porter, Matthew Halsall and Natalie Duncan.

Over the last three years we have had the pleasure of featuring interviews with jazz legends such as Dave Brubeck, Dame Cleo Laine and Wynton Marsalis, jazz fans such as Clint Eastwood, Paul McCartney and Kate Bush, and BBC Maida Vale Live Sessions with the likes of Soweto Kinch, Robert Glasper, Jose James and many more.

Jamie Cullum and Jose James in the studio

We have also had the opportunity to take the show on the road and both Cheltenham and Newport Jazz Festivals have acted as temporary homes for the show whilst we have set up camp to record special programmes behind-the-scenes at both events.

Next week is going to be equally as exciting as we are proud to announce that we have legendary jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal on the show, one not to be missed!

Jamie meets his favourite pianist Ahmad Jamal at BBC Maida Vale Studios

Ane Brun In Session On Jamie Cullum!

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This week Jamie Cullum has two beautiful session tracks from Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun.

Ane recorded them at BBC Maida Vale with her full live band – check out the photos!

Join Jamie tomorrow from 7pm on BBC Radio 2 to hear which songs Ane recorded.

tune-yards In Session On Jamie Cullum!

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tune-yards were in session this week on Jamie Cullum’s BBC Radio 2 show. Influenced by afro-beat, jazz and traditional folk, the group has two saxophonists together with live voice and drum looping –  an amazing group to witness live!

Here are some great pictures from the session at BBC Maida Vale. Check out Merrill Garbus’ selection of loop pedals!

Catch up with the show until 20th August 2012 on BBC iPlayer.

Nostalgia 77 Joins Jamie Cullum On His Show

This week Jamie is joined by Ben Lamdin from one of his favourite electronic jazz acts Nostalgia 77. The pair chat about Ben’s journey from his record collecting beginnings, to using those found sounds to create his own music, and going on to work with some of the best names in UK jazz.

Ben also shares an exclusive first listen of a new Nostalgia 77 track fresh from the studio!

Tune in to BBC Radio 2 on 7th August 2012 to hear full interview. Until then listen to the clip below.

Melody Gardot in session on Jamie Cullum’s show!

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This week on his BBC Radio 2 show, Jamie Cullum features the American jazz singer-songwriter Melody Gardot in session at the BBC Maida Vale Studios.

Melody takes influence from blues, jazz and Latin music. Today she performs tracks from her latest album, The Absence, which was released in May.

Listen on demand on BBC iPlayer until Tuesday 3rd July.

Coming soon on Jamie Cullum’s show…Regina Spektor

We’re very excited to announce that Regina Spektor will be on Jamie Cullum’s show on Tuesday 26th July at 7pm on BBC Radio 2. In the meantime we have a little taster of the interview for you here, with Regina describing jazz to Jamie Cullum in a way that’s never been heard before…

In memory of Abram Wilson

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On Jamie Cullum’s BBC Radio 2 show tomorrow, he will be paying tribute to jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson. He sadly passed away earlier this month from cancer, at the age of 38.

In the pictures above, you can see some special moments we were blessed to share with such a great talent, from Abram’s BBC Maida Vale session and at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2012.

All our love & thoughts are with his friends & family. From everybody at Folded Wing.