Mar 5, 2021
In this edition of Live in Music, I'm
talking with Loz Kingsley and Vo
Fletcher, Mandolin and Guitar players of great skill and
experience. I met this pair, I think, back in 1974, when they were
doing a session at the old BRMB Radio. They were no slouches then,
and they've only got better since. Vo plays with a bewildering
number of talented people all over the midlands and beyond, and he
gets together with Loz, who only returned to live work with
Rhino and The Ranters, for regular and highly
enjoyable sessions in some of the nicest boozers in the region. And
of course, having spent nearly a year in lockdown, that's something
I and many others have missed enormously.
They have, as you might expect, mighty track records, which you'll
hear about. There's also some super live guitar and mandolin work
to be enjoyed in this episode, along with a taster from Loz's new
album, Vintage Mandolin.
Of course, references abound. To learn more about the music, the
instruments and the musicians in this podcast, check the
companion Radio To Go blog post. 'A Life in Music: Vo and
Loz', which you can find here.
One further footnote: the intro and outro flourishes I'm using in
this series of Lives in Music podcast come from Vo himself. I asked
him for a bit of live impro, and this was the
result.
The Lives in Music Podcast series has been
running for about two years now. These are interviews with local
musicians, looking at how music has shaped them throughout their
lives. Series 3
also looks hard at how lockdown has had an impact. There are some
lovely stories. To see all the artists, here's a link to
every episode.
Vo Fletcher photo credit: Colston Halls