Did other members hear the recent playing of 'Do You Dream In Colour' on Guy Garvey's Radio 6 Sunday afternoon programme on (I think) August 30th? The track was selected by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage who chooses a must listen to album each week and selects a track to play. Simon introduces the album and spoke about buying the 'Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam' album and offered some background into its creating / recording in a small village hall? Interestingly Guy Garvey had not heard of Bill and was going to investigate further music of his! I don't know whether the programme is available to listen to on a playback facility - possibly BBC Sounds?
I also recall that Simon's chosen album the week before was David Sylvian's 'Gone To Earth' and the track chosen was one with Bill on guitar?
Just watched an interview with Simon Armitage on BBC News.
Today is National Poetry Day and Simon has written a poem about Covid and the lockdown to commemorate the event. He seems like a nice guy. 😉
Simon Armitage also did a series of programmes on Radio 4 interviewing a variety of musicians and people working in the arts about their lives and careers etc. The interviews were carried out in his garden shed near Huddersfield. I would suggest Bill puts his name forward to be on the programme, as Simon is obviously a fan! I am sure it would be a very good listen and a great chance to promote his music and Yorkshire!
I am pleased Steve has managed to locate the Guy Garvey programme information.
It’s the Yorkshire connection 🙂
Extremely flattered that Simon Armitage chose 'Do You Dream In Colour' as his choice for the show, could hardly wish for a finer endorsement. Many thanks, Simon!
And I hope that Guy Garvey does indeed take time to investigate my work, particularly the more recent recordings. To hear some of the newer tracks on the radio would be great and a welcome antidote to the predictable 'Ships In The Night' single. 😉
I listen to 6 Music virtually every day. It’s a great station. I‘m so surprised that GG isn’t already a huge fan of BBD/Red Noise/Bill’s solo work. I know Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie are fans of Bill. As an aside, I got Chris Hawkins to play Maid In Heaven for me on his ‘Exit Music’ feature recently!
Good find Martin its @ approx 18 minutes and 50 seconds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000m46h