Like Blackpool Went Through Rock
Sean Street recalls the Radio Ballads, a series which began in 1958, mixing original voices and sounds with specially composed music to document ordinary people's lives.
Sean Street recalls the Radio Ballads, a series which heralded a completely new form of radio feature making which began in 1958. Mixing original voices and sounds with specially composed music, producer Charles Parker and folk singers Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger eloquently documented the lives of people who, up to that point, had rarely been heard on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. Charles's daughter Sara recounts how the series began and its continuing influence on programme makers and listeners.
Radio 4 on Music
Re-releasing music documentaries from the Radio 4 Archive.
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Radio 4 on Music
From Armstrong to Zappa - music documentaries from the Radio 4 archive.
