Jackie Oates is an English folk singer and fiddle player.
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| Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Congleton, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Origin | Brocton, Staffordshire |
| Genres | Folk |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Website | jackieoates |
Life edit
Oates was born in Congleton in Cheshire in 1983 but grew up in Staffordshire. At the age of 18, she moved to Devon to study English literature at Exeter University and was based in Devon until 2011, when she moved to Oxford[1] where she lives with her young family. She was a member of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset between 2003 and 2007.
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She was a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2003,[2] and was one of the nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards "Horizon Award" in 2008,[3] going on to win that award in 2009,[4] as well as the award for best traditional track for her recording of "The Lark in the Morning".
She has performed as part of the folk trio Wistman's Wood and sung with Morris Offspring and The Imagined Village. More recently, she has performed with John Spiers of Bellowhead, with whom she recorded the album, Needle Pin, Needle Pin in 2020.
Her brother is the singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, Douglas Oates - better known as Jim Moray,[1] and they have guested on each other's albums.[5]
Discography edit
- Solo albums
- Jackie Oates (Hands On Music HMCD25, 2006)
- The Violet Hour (Chudleigh Roots CR002, 2008)
- Hyperboreans (One Little Indian TPLP1034CD, 2009)
- Saturnine (ECC Records ECC004, 2011)
- Lullabies (ECC Records ECC009, 2013)
- The Spyglass & The Herringbone (ECC Records ECC015, 2015)[6]
- The Joy of Living (ECC Records ECC018, 2018)[7]
- Gracious Wings (self-release, 2022)[8]
- With other acts
- Cruel Sister – Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (Rabble Rouser RR005, 2005)
- Bending The Dark – The Imagined Village (ECC Records ECC006, 2012)
- Wings (EP) – with Megan Henwood (2016)
- Needle Pin, Needle Pin – with John Spiers (2020)
References edit
- ^ a b Rogers, Jude (5 January 2012). "Jackie Oates: the new face of folk". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2003 – the finalists. BBC press release, 5 December 2003. Accessed 27 September 2008
- ^ "BBC Radio 2 – Folk Awards 2008 – winners and nominees". BBC Radio 2. 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "10th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards" (Press release). BBC. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Jackie's Violet Hour. BBC Devon. Created 31 January 2008, last updated 10 April 2008. Accessed 27 September 2008.
- ^ Gallacher, Alex (20 March 2015). "Jackie Oates New album & Tour: The Spyglass & The Herringbone". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Spencer, Neil (19 August 2018). "Jackie Oates: The Joy of Living review – moody and affecting". The Observer. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Oates, Jackie (28 July 2022). "Jackie Oates: The making of 'Gracious Wings'". Tradfolk. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
