Jackie Oates

21, November 2008
Jackie has been nominated for Horizon Award and Best Traditional Track for 'Lark in the Morning' in this year's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009. This is exciting news and she's delighted that Phil Beer, her brother, Jim Moray and housemate Jim Causley also have nominations.

21, November 2008
Jackie and Belinda O'Hooley, alongside James Dumbelton and Heidi Tidow are set to play 3 gigs in Devon next weekend:

Friday 28th November: The Northbridge Inn, Exeter

Saturday 29th November: The Blue Walnut, Torquay (please book in advance)

Sunday 30th November, The Barrel House, Totnes (tickets £4 on door)

Please come along if you're free! We can guarantee you a great night of music, laughs and a luxury raffle.

21, November 2008
Jackie has been nominated for Horizon Award and Best Traditional Track at the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

20, November 2008
Catch Jackie in the December 08 issue of fRoots mag.

12, November 2008
BIRMINGHAM GLEE CLUB, 13TH NOVEMBER CANCELLED. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Jackie Oates and Belinda O'Hooley gig has had to be cancelled. Huge apologies.

10, November 2008
Jackies gigs are listed on her myspace page

06, October 2008
New photos just uploaded to the gallery.

12, June 2008
Jackie is now in the process of recording a new album with Devon trio 'Wistman's Wood'. The album is being produced by Jim Moray and features lots of original and traditional English tunes and songs.

14, May 2008
Plenty of new reviews for The Violet Hour, click on the review link above.

26, April 2008
The new album is reviewed in the June edition of MOJO. This is what it says:

"The former Rachel Unthank & the Winterset fiddler-singer has blossomed in confidence and ideas since last year's attractive but tentative solo debut. She's singing with far more belief, and with a large supporting cast offers a well-crafted, fully rounded album of mostly English trad material, with brother Jim Moray's Wishfulness Waltz the exquisite cherry on top."

16, April 2008
Dont miss Jackie on Mike Hardings BBC2 radio show tonight

08, April 2008
Jackie will be Judi Spiers studio guest on BBC Radio Devon this Wednesday(9th) at 11am

05, April 2008
New review on the Financial Times website " The album is subdued, delicate, its guest musicians hovering discreetly in the background."

28, March 2008
Tonight (Fri March 28) Jackie will be a special guest on BBC Radio Devon’s John Govier show, which starts at 10pm

28, March 2008
Jackie has recorded an interview with Mike Harding which will be broadcast on his BBC Radio 2 show on Wednesday, April 16, together with airplay for The Violet Hour

23, March 2008
Jackie's new album is reviewed in the Telegraph today.

“Full of Shirley Collins intonations, her voice is persuasively rustic and style distinctly English....” – Colin Irwin, Daily Telegraph.

11, March 2008
To buy either of my albums Chudleigh Roots now has an online store. Visit www.chudleighroots.co.uk for shop info

21, February 2008
The Violet Hour got its first national radio airing on BBC Radio 2 – Mike Harding Show. He played the opening track “Lark in the Morning” and was full of praise for the album and said he now has it on his iPod.

19, February 2008
Visit www.spiralearth.co.uk/interviews/jackie-interview.asp for an in depth interview.

19, February 2008
Welcome to my new website, watch this space for new photos, sound clips etc over the next month.

30, January 2008
I'm nominated for the Horizon Award in this year's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Yey. Very exciting. My new album, 'The Violet Hour' is very near completion and is due for release on January 28th.

30, January 2008
3rd February, I will be supporting Lau at Twickenham Folk Club. Tickets are from WeGotTickets: www.MySpace.com/TwickFolk or www.WeGotTickets.com/location/466

30, January 2008
A belated happy new year! I'm delighted that my new album, 'The Violet Hour' is now finished and has embarked on its journey to the manufacturers, from whence it should return within the month. The album features great performances by a host of wonderful friends and musicians from Devon and beyond, including the glamorous Jim Causley and Matt Norman, fellow Wistman's Woodfolk, Steve Turner and Andy Clarke, Nick Wyke and Becky Driscoll, Sean O'Shea, Phil Beer, James Dumbelton, Gris Saunderson, Nick Cooke, Jim Moray, Tim Van Eyken and Belinda O'Hooley from the far north. Once more, the album has been produced by Phil Beer and is to be released on his new label, Chudleigh Roots. There will by a launch in London sometime in early March.