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English Accents and Dialects - The Anglo Files Radio Show - Final Episode (2007) 

Digging through my archives recently I found a recording of the final episode of “The Anglo Files” dated March 2007.
Now that Facebook enables access to the world, I thought it would be a fun to share it , since it features ordinary English people talking about themselves in some of the wonderful regional English accents and dialects that I have known all my life.
So I added a few vintage pics and made it into a video. The opening tune is The Hesleyside Reel played by Tim Van Eyken.
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BBC Radio 3 Late Junction 

Large bouquet for Fiona Talkington for an airplay of The Bolinder Boatman (off the new Two Ravens album) on her Saturday night show Late Junction in early January. DIdn't hear it myself as I was in New Zealand at the time but had an email of congratulations from the Dave & Mary Goulder estate in Scotland that put a smile on my dial for a week. Late Junction is best described as a 'laid back eclectic show', I've listened in a few times and just love the 'chocolate-box' music selection. The major interest is…Read more

Radio Gloucester 

What a nice bloke Johnny Coppin is. Kind comments about my new Two Ravens CD today. As well as "really enjoying the album" he found a slot to play my version of 'The Bolinder Boatman' by Ian Woods. Either tune in on Sunday at 3pm or if you can't, replays are available on the BBC iPlayer for the following 6 days. A really well presented show and a good smount of English stuff too. Thanks Johnny. Phil
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