News - John Kirkpatrick

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25 May 2007:

JK FLOODS AIR WAVES!

Next Tuesday, May 29th, I shall be making a brief appearance on Radio 4's "Making History" programme at 3.00 p.m. I shall be cunningly disguised an an expert on the concertina and its use on board sailing ships in the good old days. This is following on from a previous item where they trotted out the myth, largely inspired by the stories of Captain Pugwash, that no sailor would leave shore without a concertina in his kit-bag to accompany his shanties and what-not. An irate listener wrote in saying this wasn't so, and I am the sage being wheeled out to back up their views.

History will be made in more ways than one, as I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've had to talk and play the concertina with the phone rammed into my neck. Watch out for next season's smash hit - "The Concertinist Contortionist".

Obviously an essential listen for all enthusiasts of the concertina, or of shanties, or of pirates, or just people who like their entertainment in joined up sentences! It will be available on Listen Again, in case you can't believe what you're hearing the first time.