Best Whitburn Podcasts (2024)

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Seascapes: Sea Beats 25:13

29d ago25:13

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Sea Beats took place throughout the summer months of 2022. Musicians Hannabiell Sanders and Yilis del Carmen Suriel (co-founders of Harambee Pasadia) worked with coastal communities and organisation Mental Health Swims across Seaham and Sunderland. Through a series of collaborative music making workshops, they helped foster new connections with the…

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Stevie Roy 3rd March 2024 – Standing in the Gap 32:01

6M ago32:01

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Stevie Roy 3rd March 2024 – Standing in the Gap by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 25th February 2024 – Stewardship 31:36

6M ago31:36

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Stevie Roy 25th February 2024 – Stewardship by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep 12. Ray Farr - The Distin Family 24:37

6M ago24:37

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In this episode I chat to banding icon Ray Farr about his research into the Distin Family and their extraodinary impact on the beginnings of the brass band movement. We discuss the groups origins, tenor horn vs. alto saxhorn, missing testpieces and the wonderful array of instruments being performed at the time. https://www.rayfarr.com/ Podcast musi…

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Jeanette Russell 18th February 2024 35:43

6M ago35:43

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Jeanette Russell 18th February 2024 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Peter Hall 11th February 2024 41:36

6M ago41:36

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Peter Hall 11th February 2024 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 4th February 2024 – Are You Desperate For God? 34:05

6M ago34:05

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Stevie Roy 4th February 2024 – Are You Desperate For God? by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 28th January 2024 – The Fruit Of The Spirit 34:55

7M ago34:55

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Stevie Roy 28th January 2024 – The Fruit Of The Spirit by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 14th January 2024 – The Sinful Nature 33:59

7M ago33:59

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Stevie Roy 14th January 2024 – The Sinful Nature by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep 11. James P Gregory Jnr - Cora Youngblood Corson 32:12

7M ago32:12

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In this episode I chat to researcher and relative of Cora Youngblood Corson, James P Gregory Jnr about her trailblazing and complex life and his ongoing discoveries into her significance in opening doors for women brass musicians. We discuss her enterprising beginnings in Anadarko, her rise to fame, jewel encrusted Euphoniums and much more. The Leg…

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Stevie Roy 7th January 2024 – Keeping In Step With The Spirit 38:38

7M ago38:38

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Stevie Roy 7th January 2024 – Keeping In Step With The Spirit by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 31st December 2023 – Reflecting On The Year 39:55

8M ago39:55

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Stevie Roy 31st December 2023 – Reflecting On The Year by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 17th December 2023 – Breaking Silence 26:16

8M ago26:16

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Stevie Roy 17th December 2023 – Breaking Silence by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 3rd December 2023 – Three Creative Acts 31:06

9M ago31:06

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Stevie Roy 3rd December 2023 – Three Creative Acts by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 26th November 2023 – Fighting To Forgive 38:02

9M ago38:02

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Stevie Roy 26th November 2023 – Fighting To Forgive by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep 10. David Hirst - The ’Celebrated’ Black Dyke Mills Band 33:56

9M ago33:56

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In this episode I chat to David Hirst about the origins of the probably the most famous brass band in the world - Black Dyke. We discuss the early contests, instrumentation, local rivalries and some of the legends of the Queensbury band in the Victorian era. The 'Celebrated' Black Dyke Mills book The Heritage Centre Roy Newsome Brass Band Archive…

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Stevie Roy 19th November 2023 – The Supremacy Of Love 31:43

9M ago31:43

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Stevie Roy 19th November 2023 – The Supremacy Of Love by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 12th November 2023 - Have You Heard 36:22

9M ago36:22

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Stevie Roy 12th November 2023 - Have You Heard by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep9. Jeremy de Korte - Postcard Perspectives 25:01

9M ago25:01

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In this episode I chat to Band Blasts from the Past blogger and postcard collector Jeremy de Korte about his own collection, Australian banding and how these cards and their messages can help us uncover the banding past. Trove - National Library of Australia and partners This episode mentions Aboriginal Mission Bands. This podcast acknowledges Firs…

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Stevie Roy 5th November 2023 - A Vandalised Image 34:19

10M ago34:19

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Stevie Roy 5th November 2023 - A Vandalised Image by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Seascapes: Whitburn Resonance 24:16

10M ago24:16

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Whitburn Resonance is a community project that focuses on the sounds of the medieval fishing village of Whitburn on the North East coast. The project aims to understand how the local soundscapes have changed over time by combining archaeological data and sonic research. The project emphasises connecting people to the area and encourages reflection …

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Stevie Roy 29th October 2023 - Made In God's Image 25:41

10M ago25:41

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Stevie Roy 29th October 2023 - Made In God's Image by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Seascapes: Sound Mirrors 23:05

10M ago23:05

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Soundmirror is a participatory artwork that listens to and reflects the soundscapes of coastal environments through the sites of First World War sound mirrors in the north east today. The online artwork created by Rob Smith invites people to add to a database of sounds and examines how ‘listening’ to the contemporary coastal environment can enable …

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Seascapes: Sea Change Lab 25:30

10M ago25:30

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Sea Change Lab is a series of creative workshops run by three different artists: Dawn Felicia Knox, Tracy Thomas, and Jo Howell. Sea Change Lab explored questions around personal connection to the coast with young people from Horden through sessions focused on visualising and looking in different ways using lo-fi, sustainable photographic technique…

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Seascapes: Queer Shores and Seas 34:30

10M ago34:30

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Queer Shores and Seas is a creative project engaging with Queer communities and allies across the Northeast, capturing shoreline stories and celebrating our Curious coastal heritage. Lead artist for this project, Lizzie Lovejoy, engaged with over 450 participants through conversations, workshops and performances. They learned and shared stories of …

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Seascapes: Coastal Cuisine 37:02

10M ago37:02

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Coastal Cuisine is a Co/Lab Sunderland project which explores the cuisines of the international communities living in Sunderland and the positive impact that has on the local foodscape. From September 2022 - January 2023, international communities in Sunderland worked with ceramicist Mary Watson and researcher Suzanne Hocknall to explore the positi…

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Seascapes: Blue Wave 28:04

10M ago28:04

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Blue Wave is a dance project that seeks to co-create an authentic connection between coastal communities and their natural marine heritage through dance. Blue Wave was co-created with female members of Friends of the Drop in for Asylum Seekers and Refugees (FODI) and Sangini (a BME-led, multicultural women’s arts organisation) and the North East Mi…

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Seascapes: Blast Beach 32:04

10M ago32:04

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Blast Beach is a multi-media based project based around and informed by interviews with communities who are living around and/or influenced by Blast Beach, Seaham. Over a 6 month period, varying individuals were interviewed to create a documentary that highlights the influence of the coast upon the people who live, and are influenced, by it. In thi…

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Seascapes: Be the Sea 39:17

10M ago39:17

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Be the Sea worked with local coastal communities to explore how we can become more capable of living with and not just on the coast - in ways that are mutually sustainable with fellow human and non-human beings? The project centred around three methods to foreground listening: Attunement: field-recording activities that zone in on the non-human sou…

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Stevie Roy 22nd October 2023 - Beliefs And Behaviours 42:02

10M ago42:02

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Stevie Roy 22nd October 2023 - Beliefs And Behaviours by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep8. David Reynolds - The Wizard & The Typhoon 29:39

10M ago29:39

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This episode I chat to founding Director of the Shildon Heritage Alliance CIC and author David Reynolds about the lives and entrepreneurial spirit of two men from a pioneering railway town who went on to create some of the brass band movements most powerful and enduring contest marches - George Allen and Thomas Bulch. The Wizard & The Typhoon websi…

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Sams Omale Sunday Service 15th October - Living A Purposeful Life 31:39

10M ago31:39

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Sams Omale Sunday Service 15th October - Living A Purposeful Life by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ray Stokes 8th October 2023 31:42

10M ago31:42

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Ray Stokes 8th October 2023 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 1st October 2023 – Three Cs That Cripple The Church 31:15

11M ago31:15

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Stevie Roy 1st October 2023 – Three Cs That Cripple The Church by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep7. Simone Rebello - The Evolution of Brass Band Percussion 29:17

11M ago29:17

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This episode I chat to Director of Percussion at the RNCM Simone Rebello about the history of percussion in UK brass bands. We talk about the journey from solitary timekeeper to incredible virtuoso soloists and vast sections, performing on a wonderful variety of instruments, and the compositions that propelled percussion forward. Simone Rebello web…

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Stevie Roy 17th September 2023 – Three People Three Prayers 38:14

11M ago38:14

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Stevie Roy 17th September 2023 – Three People Three Prayers by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 10th September 2023 – Psalm 131 40:26

11M ago40:26

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Stevie Roy 10th September 2023 – Psalm 131 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 3rd September 2023 – Humility 37:17

12M ago37:17

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Stevie Roy 3rd September 2023 – Humility by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep6. Alex Parker and Eleanor McKenzie - The Brass Band Archive 26:57

12M ago26:57

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This episode I chat to Dr Alex Parker and Eleanor McKenzie from Brass Bands England and Heritage Quay about all things Brass Band Archive. We talk about moving 6 transit vans worth of history, problematic silverware, brass band traffic jams and the mystery of the wax cylinders. The Brass Band Archive Brass Band Archive Blog Archive Catalogue Online…

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Alan Ross 27th August 2023 37:07

12M ago37:07

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Alan Ross 27th August 2023 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep5. Joanna Ross Hersey - Pioneering American Women Brass Musicians 46:05

12M ago46:05

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In this episode I chat to to the incredible Dr. Joanna Ross Hersey about her research into women brass musicians in American music, routes into the profession, the changing political and social settings, all female bands and their inspiring leaders including Helen May Butler and Cora Youngblood Corson. Joanna Ross Hersey website Cora Youngblood Cor…

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Stevie Roy 13th August 2023 - Psalm 46 45:27

1y ago45:27

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Stevie Roy 13th August 2023 - Psalm 46 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Stevie Roy 6th August 2023 - Integrity 41:48

1y ago41:48

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Stevie Roy 6th August 2023 - Integrity by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Sams Omale 30th July 2023 38:59

1y ago38:59

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Sams Omale 30th July 2023 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep4. Gavin Dixon - The Kidshifter 39:47

1y ago39:47

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In this episode I'm chatting with Gavin Dixon about his research into the G Trombone, discussing its origins, instrument manufacture in the UK and beyond aswell traditionalists and revivalists. Gavin Dixon website The Horniman Museum Arnold Myers St. Cecilia's Hall Every episode a portion of the ad revenue is donated to an organisation chosen by ou…

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Angela Thomson 23rd July 2023 36:28

1y ago36:28

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Angela Thomson 23rd July 2023 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Jeanette Russell 16th July 2023 37:48

1y ago37:48

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Jeanette Russell 16th July 2023 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep3. Robert Fraser - Whitburn Band Exhibition 30:55

1y ago30:55

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In this episode I speak to band member and archivist Robert Fraser about Whitburn Band's exhibition at the Whitburn Community Museum, some band legends and a few interesting discoveries they made along the way. Whitburn Band website Whitburn Band YouTube Whitburn Community Museum Friends of Whitburn Community Museum The Living Memory Association Ev…

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Jamie Tonge 9th July 2023 58:29

1y ago58:29

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Jamie Tonge 9th July 2023 by Whitburn PentecostalBy Whitburn Pentecostal

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Ep2. Chris Ord - The Northumberland Miner’s Picnic 34:36

1y ago34:36

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In this episode I speak bandsman and author Chris Ord about his memories and experiences of the Northumberland Miner's Picnic. We chat about band rivalry, the late great Jimmy Shepherd and how to get everyone to be your best mate in the pub on Picnic Day. Every episode a portion of the ad revenue is donated to an organisation chosen by our guest - …

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