Rory McLeod's guest appearances

Rory McLeod

The Upnote Podcast

C86 Show - Indie Pop

Happy Hour Harmonica Podcast

Redd Kross

Steve Howe

James Butler

Lucy Porter

Jim Jones

David Thomas

Dave Hopkins

Nathan Chan

James Dean

John Gill

Les McKeown

Tim Palmer

Nick Lowe

Will Taylor

John Campbell

OwlTail

Emily Rho

Pocket concerts, a refreshingly intimate and exciting atmosphere for live performance, was founded by violist Rory McLeod and pianist Emily Rho in the city of Toronto! This power couple has built a remarkable artistic network fixated around community, live music, and unique concert experiences! Come learn all about how they got started, the challenges along the way, and why they believe in the transformational power of music! Be sure to visit www.pocketconcerts.ca to learn more! 

Pocket concerts, a refreshingly intimate and exciting atmosphere for live performance, was founded by violist Rory McLeod and pianist Emily Rho in the city of Toronto! This power couple has built a remarkable artistic network fixated around community, live music, and unique concert experiences! Come learn all about how they got started, the challenges along the way, and why they believe in the transformational power of music! Be sure to visit <a href="http://www.pocketconcerts.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.pocketconcerts.ca</a> to learn more!

Episode 48 - Pocket Concerts: Rory McLeod & Emily Rho

Rory McLeod in conversation with David Eastaugh Rory McLeod (born 1957) is a British folk singer-songwriter from London. He grew up in Camberwell before moving to Northolt and later West Kilburn. His career has included being a fire eater and circus clown[3] and his performances include storytelling in the tradition of the traveling minstrel or troubadour, and playing a wide range of instrumentsincluding guitar, harmonica, trombone and his personally-made stomp box. WoMAD have said: "With Rory McLeod, you get the music of the world in one suitcase.[...] You can hear flamenco, calypso, blues and Celtic influences in his music, all wrapped together in an inimitable style". He has recorded and toured with (then) fellow Cooking Vinyl artist Michelle Shocked. He also performed on Puddle Dive, the 1993 album by fellow singer-songwriter, Ani DiFranco. In 1996, McLeod's song Invoking the Spirits, which was inspired by time he spent in Zimbabwe, was a BBC Radio 4 "pick of the week". McLeod played the theme tune for the TV animation series, Creature Comforts.Martin Newell has described McLeod as "a feral folk musician of enormous talent", and writing in The Guardian Robin Denselow called him a "rousing harmonica player and guitarist". In 2002, McLeod was the winner of the Best Live Act title at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. McLeod played harmonica on Nizlopi's 2008 album, Make It Happen.

Rory McLeod in conversation with David Eastaugh Rory McLeod (born 1957) is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_people" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">folk</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">singer-songwriter</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London</a>. He grew up in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camberwell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Camberwell</a> before moving to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northolt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Northolt</a> and later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kilburn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">West Kilburn</a>. His career has included being a fire eater and circus clown<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_McLeod_(singer-songwriter)#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[3]</a> and his performances include storytelling in the tradition of the traveling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">minstrel</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadour" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">troubadour</a>, and playing a wide range of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instruments</a>including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">guitar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonica" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">harmonica</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trombone</a> and his personally-made <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomp_box" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stomp box</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Music,_Arts_and_Dance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WoMAD</a> have said: "With Rory McLeod, you get the music of the world in one suitcase.[...] You can hear flamenco, calypso, blues and Celtic influences in his music, all wrapped together in an inimitable style". He has recorded and toured with (then) fellow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_Vinyl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cooking Vinyl</a> artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Shocked" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michelle Shocked</a>. He also performed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddle_Dive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Puddle Dive</a>, the 1993 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">album</a> by fellow singer-songwriter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ani_DiFranco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ani DiFranco</a>. In 1996, McLeod's song Invoking the Spirits, which was inspired by time he spent in Zimbabwe, was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC Radio 4</a> "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_of_the_Week_(radio)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pick of the week</a>". McLeod played the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theme tune</a> for the TV animation series, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_Comforts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creature Comforts</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Newell_(musician)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Newell</a> has described McLeod as "a feral folk musician of enormous talent", and writing in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Guardian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Denselow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robin Denselow</a> called him a "rousing harmonica player and guitarist". In 2002, McLeod was the winner of the Best Live Act title at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_2_Folk_Awards#2002" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards</a>. McLeod played harmonica on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizlopi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nizlopi</a>'s 2008 album, Make It Happen.

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Rory McLeod in conversation with David Eastaugh

Rory McLeod in conversation with David Eastaugh

Rory McLeod in conversation