Grace Petrie is a folk singer, songwriter, and activist from Leicester, UK. She first exploded on to the national protest scene in 2010 with the emotive anthem Farewell to Welfare, which captured perfectly the spirit of the new wave of dissent

Low Culture Podcast S2E5 – Anna Roberts-Gevalt

May 30th, 2017 59m 53s

Anna Roberts-Gevalt is one half of the duo Anna and Elizabeth. They combine a deep understanding of traditional balladry with performance and visual art, experimental music, and spoken word story telling. They are currently recording their thir

Low Culture Podcast S2E4 – Jenny M. Thomas and Dan Witton

Apr 25th, 2017 50m 46s

Bush Gothic are a trio from Melbourne, Australia, reinventing Australian folk song to reclaim it as a progressive force. Jenny M. Thomas started as a solo fiddle-singer, before adding the rhythm section of Dan Witton and Chris Lewis, first as ‘

Low Culture Podcast S2E3 – Jim Causley

Apr 11th, 2017 55m 20s

Jim Causley has been a fixture of British folk since the mid 2000s. He was nominated for Folk Singer Of The Year at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and his albums setting the poems of Charles Causley (a distant relation) and Jack Clemo have t

Low Culture Podcast S2E2 – Anaïs Mitchell

Apr 4th, 2017 55m 17s

Anais Mitchell is a singer and songwriter from Vermont, now resident in Brooklyn. Her album Hadestown featured Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver), Ani Di Franco and Greg Brown (amongst others) and is now a Broadway show in collaboration with director

Low Culture Podcast S2E1 – Sam Sweeney

Mar 28th, 2017 1h 4m

The Low Culture Podcast returns with Sam Sweeney. One of the most popular and respected folk musicians of the younger generation, he is best known for his superlative fiddle playing with Leveret, Bellowhead and Eliza Carthy’s Wayward Band. He i

Low Culture Podcast S1E10 – Upcetera Special!

Jul 22nd, 2016 1h 20m

Jim talks to Folk Witness’ Mark Dishman in this special episode. Upcetera is released on September the 30th 2016, and is available to pre-order and download now fromhttps://jimmoray.co.uk/

Low Culture Podcast S1E9 – Sam Carter

Jul 12th, 2016 1h 4m

Jim talks to guitarist, singer, songwriter and False Lights colleague Sam Carter about songwriting, the height of your guitar strap and his new album How The City Sings.

Low Culture Podcast S1E8 – Amy Mason

Jul 5th, 2016 59m 47s

Writer and Performer Amy Mason won the Dundee International Festival book prize for her first novel ‘The Other Ida’ in 2014, and her shows Mass and The Islanders (with music by Jim and Eddie Argos) were produced by Bristol Old Vic, the latter w

Low Culture Podcast S1E7 – Stick In The Wheel

Jun 28th, 2016 1h 8m

Jim talks to Ian and Nicola from London band Stick In The Wheel. Stick In The Wheel formed in 2012 to “play the music of our people”. Their first album “From Here” was the winner of the fRoots Critics Poll and they’ve been nominated four times

Low Culture Podcast S1E6 – Daoiri Farrell

Jun 21st, 2016 58m 19s

Jim chats to Irish singer and bouzoukist Daoiri Farrell, and hears a song from his next album.

Low Culture Podcast S1E5 – Nancy Kerr

Jun 14th, 2016 1h 3m

Jim talks to award winning singer, fiddle player and songwriter Nancy Kerr about songwriting, traditional forms, growing up in the Northumbrian tradition and diversity in song.

Low Culture Podcast S1E4 – Tim Chipping

Jun 7th, 2016 1h 6m

In this episode Jim talks to writer Tim Chipping. Tim has written for NME, The Guardian, MSN, Channel4 and, for the last three years, fRoots magazine. He has over a thousand books about Bob Dylan (probably).

Low Culture Podcast S1E3 – Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker

May 31st, 2016 1h 1m

This week I talk to Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker. Over the course of their first four albums they’ve steadily built their audience, while gaining critical acclaim at the same time. Newly signed to Rough Trade records, their fifth album will b

Low Culture Podcast S1E2 – Lynched

May 24th, 2016 58m 41s

This week I talk to Ian and Radie from Dublin band Lynched. Following on from a few talking-point appearances at UK festivals in 2015, and their appearance on BBC2’s Later With Jools Holland they’ve become everyone’s favourite new band. Watch t

Low Culture Podcast S1E1 – Jon Boden

May 17th, 2016 51m 29s

In episode one of the Low Culture Podcast I speak to former Bellowhead frontman and composer Jon Boden about ownership of traditional songs, creating your own style, and life after the behemoth that is (was?) Bellowhead!

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