Seth Lakeman on Dartmoor

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Seth Lakeman is the Mercury Music Prize nominated singer, fiddle player and guitarist who will forever be associated with Dartmoor. He grew up in the village of Buckland Monachorum with his two brothers Sean and Sam who are also key players on the folk scene. In this episode Seth takes Matthew to the village church to re-create his 2004 recording ""Cape Clear"", to the local school to sing “An Educated Man” and to the hills above the Burrator Reservoir where he performs “Kitty Jay”, “The White Hare” and “The Courier”. Along the way he reflects on sibling rivalry, the myths and legends of Dartmoor and his experiences of touring the world with the former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.

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0:00.0	When I think of Dartmoor, I always conjure up Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic Sherlock Holmes story,
0:06.2	The Hound of the Baskervilles, with its mysterious beast, its escaped convict,
0:10.6	and its climax in the great Grimpen Meyer.
0:13.8	Well, the prison and the bogs are still here, and the granite landscape can still seem ominous,
0:18.6	and the mythical stories still crowd in on each other,
0:21.6	providing inspiration for today's folk-on-foot guests.
0:41.1	We just come into the church at Buckland Monachorum where Seth Lakeman is practising a tune with the organist
0:46.6	and I hope that Seth's going to take us on a walk across Dartmoor
0:52.3	but first of all we have to listen to this beautiful music, don't we?
1:17.2	Music Sound fantastic to me.
1:22.3	Good morning. Wonderful to see you.
1:23.2	Who's this?
1:24.2	This is Audrey.
1:25.5	Audrey.
1:26.5	We're on the organ.
1:27.1	It's Audrey and Matthew. How lovely to meet you. Thank're on the organ. It's Audrey.
1:27.5	I'm Matthew.
1:28.0	How lovely to meet you.
1:29.7	Thank you very much for coming to play with us.
1:33.1	Seth, what was that you were playing?
1:34.8	That's a tune called Cape Clear that is very evocative of Dartmoor in this whole surrounding area.
1:40.5	And Audrey and I played that and recorded it probably 14 years ago.
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