Steve Knightley and Phil Beer met as teenagers while playing in different bands in Exeter, Devon, where they grew up. They eventually got together and for a short period played in pubs and clubs, even undertaking a disastrous summer tour of Sweden when they were both 16. As school finished, their lives went separate ways. Knightley went to university in Coventry, collected a degree and teaching qualifications, and ended up in London playing music in a rock band in his spare time. For Phil Beer the leap to professional musician was immediate. ...
Country Life was the eighth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
Country Life Show of Hands album - Track listing.
All songs written by Steve Knightley except where noted.
"Country Life" 3:58
"Hard Shoulder" 5:17
"Suntrap" 3:31
"Smile She Said" 3:52
"Reynardine" (lyrics Trad.) 3:55
"Seven Days" (Steve Knightley/Jenna Witts) 4:05
"Tommy" (Kelly Joe Phelps) 5:39
"Be Lucky" 5:08
"Drake" 3:13 ...
Cold Cuts was the third live album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
Cold Cuts - Track listing.
All songs written by Steve Knightley except where noted.
"Faith in You" 3:34
"Crow on the Cradle" (Sydney Carter) 3:57
"First They Take Manhattan" (Leonard Cohen) 4:02
"Track of Words" 3:46
"Crazy Boy" 5:39
"Lonesome Stockade Blues" (Trad arr. Steve Knightley/Phil Beer/Paul Downes) 4:13
"The Battle of the Somme" (Willie L ...
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British radio station BBC Radio 2.
The award winners are chosen by a panel of 120 experts in the field of folk music, including broadcasters, journalists, festival organisers, agents and promoters.
The award ceremony, which takes place early in February, has been presented since its inception by Mike Harding, and broadcast on BBC Radio 2. In 2004 the awar ...
The festival grew from one-day reunion events staged by the folk-rock band Fairport Convention. Members of Fairport still organise it and the band gives the closing concert, a marathon performance which lasts up to four hours.
The original one-day festival was extended to two days and, from 2000, to three days. It now takes place on the second full weekend in August and for 2005 has been re ...
