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John Tams (born 16th February , 1949 ) is an English actor, singer, songwriter and musician. John Tams was a member of Derbyshire folk group Muckram Wakes in the 1970s, then worked with Ashley Hutchings as singer and melodeon-player on albums including 'Son of Morris On', and as a member of the Electric Folk group Albion Band . Splitting with Hutchings in the 1980s, he formed Home Service . He is now a solo performer, either fronting a folk-rock band or in a duo with Barry Coope . John has released three solo albums to date, 'Unity' (2001), 'Home' (2002) and 'The Reckoning' (2005); all of which have met with critical acclaim. At the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, John won Album of the Year for 'The Reckoning', '''Best Traditional Track''' (for 'Bitter Withy') and '''Singer of the Year'''. John is the only artist to have won the Album of the Year award twice, the first time was with his first solo album 'Unity' in 2001. John Tams may be best known to the general public through having played one of the supporting roles in the ITV drama series , a whimsical, sober, steady hand in the 95th Rifles; always ready with a deadly eye behind a Baker Rifle , a folk remedy for an ailment, or a song for a weary heart. John was a Musical Director and actor at the National Theatre from 1976 to 1985 and then again from 1999 to 2001, working on such shows as The Mysteries, Larkrise to Candleford, Glengarry Glenross, The Crucible, Golden Boy, The Good Hope and The Mysteries Revival in 1999. He was a member of the creative team headed by Bill Bryden. In 1996, Tams collaborated with fellow ''. In 2006 he became musical director of the BBC Radio 2 2006 Radio Ballads, an updating of Ewan MacColl 's Radio Ballad s. The series was short-listed for two Sony Radio Awards in 2007. In the event it won a Sony Gold Radio Academy Award for Song of Steel and a Bronze award for Thirty Years of Conflict. It has just been nominated for a pretigious Clarion Award. The song Steelos, written by Tams for the Song Of Steel episode of the 2006 Ballads, was nominated Best Original Song at the 2006 Radio 2 Folk Awards. Currently John is working on a stage version of Steelos to be performed at The Magna Centre in the Rother Valley in 2009. He worked on John McCusker's commission 'Under One Sky' alongside Graham Coxon, Roddy Woomble, Julie Fowlis and others. He is also working as Music Consultant at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Holding Fire (opens July 2007) and on Warhorse (opens Oct 2007) at the National Theatre. Early in 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University which will be presented in November 2007. He is married to Sally Tams, who also works as his manager and they have a daughter, Rosie. REFERENCE http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/radioballads/2006/songwriters.shtml The John Tams official website: http://www.johntams.co.uk/ Topic Records: http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/ |
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