Old Tunes Fresh Takes

The podcast where we learn old tunes, record fresh takes of them, and encourage you to do the same. This is for musicians of all styles and abilities

Lyke Wake Dirge // Martin Green - pt 2 09/26/2021

Lyke Wake Dirge // Martin Green - pt 1 08/29/2021

Lyke Wake Dirge // Martin Green - pt 1 This episode we're joined by Martin Green who is challenging you to reimagine Lyke Wake Dirge, an ancient funeral chant about the soul’s journey through purgatory. Martin is a multi-award winning musician and composer who has collaborated with many artists and musicians including the likes of Eliza Carthy, Joan Baez, Anais Mitchell and Aidan Moffatt. As a member of Lau he has won four BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Best Group and in 2015 he was nominated in the Best Musician category. In 2019 he won the Ivor Novello award for his sound walk “Aeons” that was part of The Great Exhibition of the North. We first came across Martin’s work in his 2015 show Flit, a multimedia, collaborative song cycle on the theme of migration. As a performer steeped in traditional music but with a process informed by sampling, electronics, and interdisciplinary storytelling, we wanted to get his insight on how he traverses these multiple planes Check out Martin’s recent project The Portal /// TAKE PART /// Charts: (.pdf) Playlist: of existing versions of Lyke Wake Dirge. Martin will be back to listen to your takes in the second part of this episode released on Monday 27 September. If you’d like to be included in the podcast then try and get your version to us by Monday 20th September to get your versions included in the podcast. if you have any questions. /// COMMUNITY /// If you’re interested in getting deeper into the conversation, come and . There’s been some amazing chats over the last month with people sharing demos, feedback and ideas. /// MUSIC CREDITS /// 10:54 - Strange Sky - Martin Green (featuring Becky Unthank) [From Flit] 17:10 - Etteridge - Martin Green (featuring Brìghde Chaimbeul) [From The Portal] 19:46 - A Place Of Crisps And Pianos - Martin Green 28:48 - Lyke Wake Dirge - The Young Tradition 34:30 - Lyke Wake Dirge - Martin Green (featuring Becky Unthank) 39:41 - A Lyke Wake Dirge - Alasdair Roberts 42:06 - Dirge from Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings - Benjamin Britten (featuring Peter Pears) 43:45 - Lyke Wake Dirge - Trumpets of Death 46:55 - Lyke Wake Dirge - Tom Chapman, Claire Chapman and Dave Allen (members of the Lyke Wake Walking Club) | | Latest news and more at Hosted by and /episode/index/show/oldtunesfreshtakes/id/20298986

Iwe Kiko // Olugbenga Adelekan - pt 2 08/23/2021

Iwe Kiko // Olugbenga Adelekan - pt 1 07/26/2021

Iwe Kiko // Olugbenga Adelekan - pt 1 This episode we're joined by Olugbenga Adelekan who is asking you to reimagine Iwe Kiko, a traditional Yoruba song about agriculture and remembering tradition in an increasingly urbanised world. Olugbenga is a Brighton based DJ, producer and musician, perhaps best known as the bassist in Metronomy and a one half of 'sleek, sci-fi influenced pop' duo Eku Fantasy. He's worked with the likes of Damon Albarn, Paloma Faith and La Roux as well as remixing tracks for Laura Marling, Janelle Monae, Mew, Alt-J, Depeche Mode and the Scissor Sisters as well as co-producing a track on Solange’s A Seat At The Table. His childhood was split between Nigeria and the Netherlands, before moving to the UK where he finished school in South London and then studied at King's College, Cambridge. We were interested to hear about Olugbenga’s approaches to music production, and also how growing up in different cultures informs his attitudes towards tradition and traditional music. Check out Eku Fantasy’s music /// TAKE PART /// Charts: (.pdf) Playlist: of existing versions of Iwe Kiko. Olugbenga will be back to listen to your takes in the second part of this episode released on Monday 23 August. If you’d like to be included in the podcast then try and get your version to us by Monday 16th August to get your versions included in the podcast. if you have any questions. /// COMMUNITY /// If you’re interested in getting deeper into the conversation, come and . There’s been some amazing chats over the last month with people sharing demos, feedback and ideas. /// MUSIC CREDITS /// 6:28 - Living On The Outside - Eku Fantasy 11:30 - Reset - Three Trapped Tigers [Olugbenga Edit] 14:37 - Divine - Laura Marlin [Olugbenga Remix] 22:25 - Iwe Kiko - Ayomide Dosumu 30:35 - Iwe Kiko - Stephen Ayodotun 35:55 - Ise Agbe - Deepest [ft. Kdsky] 42:16 - Iwe Kiko - Jumbo Aniebiet 46:43 - Iwe Kiko - ITCellos Latest news and more at Hosted by and /episode/index/show/oldtunesfreshtakes/id/19923119