Jackie Oates

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Jackie Oates
Jackie Oates 2010.jpg
Oates in 2010
Background information
Born1983 (age 4041)
Congleton, Cheshire, England, UK
Origin Brocton, Staffordshire
Genres Folk
Occupations
  • Musician
  • music teacher
Instruments
Years active2003–present
Website jackieoates.co.uk

Jackie Oates is an English folk singer and fiddle player.

Contents

Life

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.

Performing with John Spiers at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival in 2021 Purbeck Valley Folk Festival 2021 - Jackie Oates & John Spiers (51407571771).jpg
Performing with John Spiers at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival in 2021

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

Solo albums
With other acts

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References

  1. 1 2 Rogers, Jude (5 January 2012). "Jackie Oates: the new face of folk". The Guardian . Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2003 – the finalists. BBC press release, 5 December 2003. Accessed 27 September 2008
  3. "BBC Radio 2 – Folk Awards 2008 – winners and nominees". BBC Radio 2 . 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. "10th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards" (Press release). BBC. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. Jackie's Violet Hour. BBC Devon. Created 31 January 2008, last updated 10 April 2008. Accessed 27 September 2008.
  6. Gallacher, Alex (20 March 2015). "Jackie Oates New album & Tour: The Spyglass & The Herringbone". Folk Radio UK . Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  7. Spencer, Neil (19 August 2018). "Jackie Oates: The Joy of Living review – moody and affecting". The Observer . Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  8. Oates, Jackie (28 July 2022). "Jackie Oates: The making of 'Gracious Wings'". Tradfolk. Retrieved 6 April 2023.