Episode 60: Becky Unthanks
Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Kat Rulach
4.8 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Becky Unthank is a folk musician best known for performing with her elder sister Rachel in The Unthanks. As well as singing and touring, she is also mum to 3 year old Wren who she says she loves hanging out with, like a little buddy. We talked about her childhood which was steeped in folk music from her musical parents to summers spent at folk festivals. She described the frankly sublime-sounding experience of harmonising, especially with her sister. We also talked about the joy of her recent move to the country, as well as her excitement about getting back on the road with her band.
I spoke to Becky a couple of months ago when she was just about to run an online version of one of her Northumberland singing weekends. But now, at time of podcast, she is just about to go back on tour (and I’m on the road at the moment, too!) x
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Sophia Lusbexter and welcome to Spinning Plates, the podcast where I speak to |
| 0:09.6 | to busy working women who also happen to be mothers about how they make it work. |
| 0:14.4 | I'm a singer and I've released seven albums in between having my five sons aged 16 months to 16 years, |
| 0:20.4 | so I spin a few plates myself. |
| 0:21.6 | Being a mother can be the most amazing thing, |
| 0:24.6 | but can also be hard to find time for yourself and your own ambitions. |
| 0:27.6 | I want to be a bit nosy and see how other people balance everything. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to spinning plates. |
| 0:45.3 | Hey guys, greetings from a surprisingly blue-skied day. It's, um, golly, what the hell day is it? |
| 0:49.3 | It's Thursday. |
| 0:51.3 | I've just done my first three dates of the tour, but actually it's also the end of a six-day run of pretty solid work, because we did two days rehearsal, Friday, Saturday. |
| 1:05.9 | Then on Sunday we did a gig in Humphurth, up in New Yorkshire as a sort of rehearsal gig then first night of the tour |
| 1:12.8 | was Monday in Birmingham then Bexhill and last night bath and today day off so I'm just |
| 1:21.5 | walking back from school around I got off the tour bus at eight and then I got out the house with |
| 1:27.2 | the kids at half past eight dropped the primary |
| 1:30.4 | and the nursery are now oh my little feet they're sore my feet are sore i need a little rust um |
| 1:39.8 | i'm looking forward to doing not very much today. |
| 1:50.0 | I need a little rest so that I am fit and well for Warrington tomorrow, Sheffield on Saturday, |
| 1:54.0 | and just onwards really. |
| 1:56.0 | We've got 14 dates ahead, |
| 1:59.0 | but the first three shows have been actually amazing, really, really good. |
| 2:03.4 | So I'm feeling really excited. |
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