Matt Quinn

Crap sleep patterns means I find myself at 6:30am listening to a 12mins unaccompanied performance of Lord Bateman which is going into this week’s episode of @intheroud.bsky.social.

Have run out of films to watch? No, but I’m just getting a head start on an already packed day.

The problem with trying to have a proper indoors day off after being away for a few days and getting home late, is that there’s no food in the house, and because it’s a Sunday, the shops don’t open until 10am or 11am.

I did not think this through…

Busy day prepping for this gig.

Filling in for Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne in the Angeline Morrison & the Sorrow Songs band.

Old pal @elizacarthy.bsky.social will also be doing the gig.

It’s for the BBC Proms, and will be broadcast live on Radio 3. Tune in at 5:30pm this Saturday (26th July).

How does the Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship (Roud 36) link to the Hebrew Bible? Find out on the current episode of my podcast, @intheroud.bsky.social

Gearing up for teaching my 7th (out of 10) session for the EFDSS Monday Folk Singers course.

Am I prepping? Or am I procrastinating by listening to the soundtrack to the bafflingly genius live-action musical adaptation of Popeye (1980) starring Robin Williams & Shelley Duvall?

I’ve been sent a review copy of a new dense academic folk book to read because I’m interviewing the author on the podcast soon.

But it’s an ebook that I can only open on my laptop. So I have to spend EVEN MORE time in my day staring at my computer screen. Great…

How I spent my afternoon.

Digitising a LP soundtrack (which never got a CD reissue) to a musical which barely anyone’s heard of.

Peter Bogdanovich, directer of What’s Up, Doc? (the greatest comedy film ever) made a 1975 musical film using Cole Porter songs. Everyone hated it, it’s wonderful!!!

Feeling good about my life at the moment.
The podcast is going well, I’m singing at folk festivals with Culverake, I’ve been properly back in my diet for a few weeks (lost half a stone again).

Plus the weather’s nice so taking a post lunch stroll up to my nearest trig pojnt outside Stocksbridge.

Image shows a screenshot of Matt Quinn and Helen Lindley recording another episode of the In The Roud folk song podcast. Helen is on the left of the image and is wearing a white t shirt, silver pendant and a white, yellow, and green paisley jacket (part of her large collection of patterned jackets!) Matt is on the right of the image wearing headphones and a black T-shirt shirt. Both are sitting in front of microphones.

No sooner has season 4 episode 2 of the @intheroud.bsky.social folk song podcast been released than @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social asked me back to record another one! They're great fun to do, even if we always spend so much time talking that Matt has a huge editing task 😂
##folkmusic #InTheRoud

Season 4 is well and truly underway now.

Episode 2 out today!

Season 4 starts today!! And thrice huzzah!!!

S4/E1 – Roud 31: THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH
Historical guest: Sandra Kerr
Singer guest: Chris Foster

Available from wherever you get your podcasts.

Not entirely sure how I’ve managed to live all this time and I’ve never seen Dead Poets Society.

Time to right that wrong.

#NowWatching

Classic!!

I know there were great horrors released in every year, but 1973 seems to be particularly important.

3 phenomenal works of horror cinema.

I’ll be seeing The Wicker Man in a few weeks, so tonight’s it’s a double feature of Don’t Look Now and The Exorcist here in the Quinn House.

Unto the Sky, by Culverake 0 track album

culverake.bandcamp.com/album/unto-t...?

My harmony trio Culverake have made our debut album!!!

Major thanks to everyone who helped out with our Kickstarter campaign.

Now it’s available to preorder on CD and LP.

Officially releases on 1st October with a big launch tour.

Link in the thread

Waay too hot today. So I’m in a huge air conditioned room to watch the opening day release of the latest Marvel film.

Over a year ago, I decided to do every walk in this book from shortest to longest.

I did 5 of them, and then stopped for no real reason.

The weather is splendid today, so I’m going to pick up where I left off.

Today Matthew, I’m going to walk around Tittesworth Reservoir (4.5 miles).

Hope it goes well. I’m sorry to miss it. I run a brand new gig series in Sheffield, and we’re doing 2nd Sundays which happens to clash with your gig this time. See you the next time.

Hell yes! I’ll be going to as many of these as possible.

Time for a Chinese 1987 cop thriller sequel.

Woke up this morning with an urge to deep clean the kitchen. Halfway through now. Not sure what came over me…

Cinema double bill this evening.

Been looking forward to these two films for ages.

Jeez! It doesn’t start till 3pm…

I wont be getting there until 2:55pm. 😂😂

It’s the Sheffield Sessions Festival starting at 3pm today until the end of Sunday.

I’m running:
Today: Welcome Sing 3pm - 6pm at Kelham Island Tavern
Saturday: Quebecois Tunes (with Will Allen) 3pm - 5:45pm at Kelham Island Tavern.
Sunday: Ballads 3pm - 5:45pm upstairs at the Harlequin.

Ooh cool! Always wanted to see that one. I’m a bit behind at the moment. Just watched Imitation of Life for the first time.

Wasn’t prepared for how emotional that one was going to be.

Driving to Sussex today, so that I can drive me and dad to his ceilidh gig in Bristol on Saturday, which I am depping for one of the other members.

The band is melodeons (dad) plus fiddle, harmonica/percussion, banjo and bass. But which instrument am I depping for this time?

Find out on Saturday!!

Oh good, a sleepless night right before going to see a near 3hr, very slow, 1965 Polish drama at the cinema.

Thanks works/brain!!!

Weight loss update. I accidentally put a stone back on earlier this year.
But it’s now April and I’ve managed to get rid of approx half a stone again.

Good job too because this silver jacket is my all time favourite jacket (and I’ve owned lots of jackets).