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Peter Doherty With NME Radio - Part Two

Peter Doherty With NME Radio - Part Two

Peter calls Marianne Faithfull a despicable old hag in Part Two of our exclusive NME Radio interview.

Backstage with Peter Doherty

Backstage with Peter Doherty

We catch-up with Pete Doherty at his solo gig on the Shockwaves NME Awards Show 2009.

Peter Doherty Interview - Part Three

Peter Doherty Interview - Part Three

Pete discusses his birthday, forthcoming tour and strained relationships in part three of our NME Radio session.

Babyshambles Walk Onstage at Benicassim 2009

Babyshambles Walk Onstage at Benicassim 2009

Join Peter Doherty and his band behind the scenes and follow them out onto the stage.

Peter Doherty Interview

Peter Doherty Interview

In an exclusive studio clip given to NME.COM by his record label, the ex-Libertine discusses his new solo album 'Grace/Wastelands' and performs new track 'Last Of The English Roses'.

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Peter Bellamy - The Sheperd of the Downs

Peter Bellamy - The Sheperd of the Downs (04:48)

Peter Bellamy - The Sheperd of the Downs

Peter Bellamy : The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate

Peter Bellamy : The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate (02:36)

Taken from Peter Bellamy's long unavailable 1970 album of the same name, the sleeve-notes to which read: 'The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate - Straight from the Bellamy family repertoire. The words from a Randolph...

Peter Bellamy - The Transports

Peter Bellamy - The Transports (07:54)

BALANCED FOR HEADPHONES The magnificant and sadly missed Peter Bellamy (1944 - 1991) RIP This piece features some highlights from Peter Bellamy's classic ballad opera - The Transports (1977 and 2004) Performers here...

Back to the Army Again   Rudyard Kipling  Peter Bellamy

Back to the Army Again Rudyard Kipling Peter Bellamy (04:25)

One of my favourites of Bellamy's settings--goes at quite a clip. If people want to find it done properly (ie done by someone who can actually sing), it's on one of Bellamy's Kipling records (which I *think* are out...

Chicken on a Raft - The Young Tradition

Chicken on a Raft - The Young Tradition (03:29)

The Young Tradition:- Peter Bellamy Royston Wood Heather Wood Song compiled by Cyril Tawney Chicken on a Raft = Scrambled Egg on Toast Dabtoes = Able Bodied Seamen Dustmen = Engineers Pusser = Chief Petty Officer ......

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Peter Bellamy Biography

Peter Franklyn Bellamy (8 September 1944 - 24 September 1991) was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition but also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs and concert halls. He committed suicide in 1991.

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Peter Bellamy's Best Songs

  • 1. Down The Moor
  • 2. Nostradamus
  • 3. Down By The Green Groves
  • 4. Santa Fe Trail
  • 5. The Maid Of Australia
  • 6. The Shepherd of the Downs
  • 7. Rag Fair
  • 8. A Ship To England Came
  • 9. Old Brown's Daughter
  • 10. The Poacher's Fate
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