June Tabor & Oysterband swept the board with 3 awards - Best Group, Best Album & Best Traditional Track and June was named as Folk Singer of the Year - quite a haul.

Hearty congratulations from all at Park Street Music!

Park Street Music patron Ray Cooper's "Oysterband has picked up three nominations in this year's BBC Folk Awards taking place at The Lowry Theatre, Salford on Wednesday 8th February.

Nominated in the Best Group, Best Album and Best Traditional Track categories, June Tabor & Oysterband could be going home with quite a collection of gongs!

Furthermore June Tabor is nominated for Folk Singer of the Year.

We wish them all the very best of luck and will be listening in on the night.

For more information and a complete list of nominees

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bljzz

You'll be able to watch the ceremony live either on your TV or computer. Just press the Red Button from any BBC TV Channel, or go to bbc.co.uk/radio2, from 7.30pm on Wednesday.

Watch live on the Radio 2 homepage, 7.30pm, Wednesday 8 February

An audience and a living room was all that was required for Ray "Chopper" Cooper to perform a fundraising initiative on behalf of Park Street Music CIC.  Cooper bassist and cellist from the established folk rock group Oysterband performed a solo house concert during a night off from the band's Ragged Kingdom Tour.  The evening of entertainment was a showcase of songs from Cooper's solo album "Tales of Love War and Death by Hanging." The intimate and enthralling performance captivated the audience imagination as both original compositions and arrangements of traditional works were accompanied by historical tales about heroes, villains and laments.

Park Street Music would like to thank Ray for his kind support and generosity and look forward to the return concert! Further information relating to Ray can be obtained from: 

http://www.oytsouth.org/raycooper.asp or www.myspace.com/raycooperchopper

[Jacqui Norton November 2011]

Patrons

We are delighted to announce that Christopher Maughan and Ray Cooper have accepted our invitation to be patrons of Park Street Music.

You can read more about them on the "Our Patrons" page.

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Park Street Music Director, Jacqui Norton invites you to trek with her across the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside with the aim of raising money for Park Street Music!

Over four days in 2012 (Saturday 16th June, Sunday 17th June, Saturday 23rd June and Sunday 24th June), Jacqui will be walking the Northamptonshire section of the Nene Valley Way.  She will be walking a total of  almost 68 miles and would like supporters of Park Street Music to keep her company along the route.

The route has been broken down into 5 sections, but individuals can join her for as little or as long as they wish, and in doing so help raise much needed funds for our non-profit organisation. 

Badby to Kislingbury – 11.4 miles
Kislingbury to Cogenhoe – 10.5 miles
Cogenhoe to Irthlingborough – 13.8 miles
Irthlingborough to Barnwell 18 miles
Barnwell to Wansford – 14 miles

“Described as England’s most beautiful, undiscovered county….”

“The varied route leads you in the footsteps of Mary Queen of Scots and poet H.E. Bates, through bluebell woods, past havens for wildlife and into charming stone villages where you can rest to enjoy local produce in traditional English pubs…” (Northamptonshire County Council).

Exact details such as start times and start location (Jacqui may walk in the direction of Wansford to Badby for instance) are yet to be confirmed, but if you, your family or friends are keen walkers and would like to know more, please email info@parkstmusic.com

More details about this interesting pathway:

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/paths/name/n/nene

http://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Nene+Way

One easy way for you to support us is  by collecting your used stamps and sending them to "Park Street Music Stampede" at our usual address. For each kilo received we can turn them into a few pounds towards our fundraising target of £10,000!

The emphasis on Sunday will be wall-to-wall live music.

line up to include:

Bollywood and Street Dancers

Uncle Ray

Lauren Hyde Band

Shirin

Cheryl Cole tribute

The Boy George Experience

The Sensations

Katie Perry tribute

Legend