The final part of he story considers the choices made by women's barbershop groups, how conventions have changed, and the growth of musical education among Barbershop singers. We also look head to an uncertain future.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 28 - History Part 3 - A Long Road

In this edition LABBS has become the first all-women's Barbershop organisation to sign an affiliation agreement with the Barbershop Harmony Society. Former LABBS chair Nancy Philbin discusses what it means for her 2200 members. And promoting diversity in British Barbershop - we speak to Laurence Hasson, vice-chairman of BABS about how he plans to make the organisation more inclusive.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 29 - LABBS And BHS

In this edition we celebrate The Cambridge Chord Company's 30 years of creative achievement and contest success, following the sad news that the Chorus is to disband.  Plus how innovation and Zoom has helped LABBS thrive through lockdown, and a lookahead to two forthcoming virtual Barbershop Conventions.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 30

As lockdown rules relax and singers begin to gather again in outdoor spaces we meet two quartets, Indigo League (pictured) and One Foot in the Stave, whose videos have been acclaimed. You can also find out about ambitious plans from the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 31 - Together again!

The first full-length in-person British Barbershop convention since 2019. Hear songs and words from International Seniors champions One Foot In The Stave and much more from excited participants from across the UK

The Chord Radio - Live on Friday at BABS Sing 2022 in Harrogate

More from BABS in Harrogate, their first convention in three years - with new  men's quartet champions Limelight, Sound Hypothesis, Crown Derby, and international seniors champions One Foot In The Stave.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 36 - Part 2.  From BABS 22 in Harrogate

In this edition we travel to Helsingborg for the European Barbershop Convention with BABS mixed chorus EQ Rendezvous and their co-founders Delyth and Dick Knight. This is the story of their week amid talented friends from across The Continent.

Edition 37 - EBC - Delyth's Diary

A celebration of Barbershop Harmony and the first convention since the pandemic for Sweet Adelines Region 31. Hear from a range of participants including Fortuity Quartet, chorus champions Forth Valley and the surprise winners of the quartet contest, Muddy Stilettos

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 38 - SAI Region 31 Convention 2022

The proposal to merge LABBS and BABS, the two largest of the three British-based barbershop organisations, would be the biggest change to the hobby since 1976 . Natalie Feddon and Alan Hughes, chairs of the two groups talk about the proposed merger and what it might mean.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 39 - Proposed Merger Between BABS and LABBS

During the Coronavirus Pandemic the Collective Virtual Choir became a lifeline for thousands of people around the world seeking to sing with others while confined at home. As well as producing a wealth of choral videos, the Collective offered companionship, inspiration and countless opportunities for joint rehearsal and coaching.  In August 2022 more than 100 members met in person for the first time in Leicester, for a weekend of song led by the choir's founder,  UK Barbershopper Simon Lubkowski.  It's a continuing story, as we hear in this special edition.

Special Edition - The Collective Live

With six choruses, some of them almost fifty years old, the city of Bristol has long been a powerhouse for barbershop Harmony in Britain. This is the first in a short series of podcasts in which we'll visit some of the Bristol Choruses as they prepare for one of their biggest concerts ever in November 2022.

Edition 41 - The Bristol Choruses Pt 1

Our second of three visits to the city of Bristol to meet The celebrated Great Western Chorus who've been entertaining audiences for almost 50 years, and Bristol A cappella, who broke new ground almost a decade ago as as one of the UK's first mixed-voice Barbershop choruses.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 42 - Bristol Pt 2.

Our third visit to Bristol to meet the members of the Fascinating Rhythm Chorus. We find out how they're looking to the future, and we meet the musical director of Black Sheep Harmony ahead of the Big Bristol Barbershop Bonanza Concert on November 19th.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 43 - Bristol Part 3

Listen to a spectacular concert featuring Bristol's seven Barbershop and close harmony choruses. The Big Bristol Barbershop Bonanza took place on November 19th 2022 and stands as a celebration in song as the choruses pick up the threads after the years of Covid restrictions. The choruses featured include Avon Harmony, Bristol Fashion. The Great Western Chorus, Fascinating Rhythm, Bristol A Cappella, Black Sheep Harmony and the Bristol Mix - along with a grand finale featuring a combined choir of 175 singers

The Big Bristol Barbrshop Bonanza

The White Rosettes, Meantime Chorus, In House and Limelight Quartets were all gold-medal winners at LABBS and BABS in 2022. Listen as they appear together for the first time, along with Trailblazers Quartet, at a concert in West Yorkshire featuring some of the very best of British Barbershop, and raising funds to compete in future international BHS contests in Louisville and Cleveland. The concert was recorded at Pudsey Civic Hall on April 22nd 2023.

Concert Special -  The Road To Internationals

Join us for an exciting weekend of song at Warwick as we hear from Gold medal -winning quartet Sound Central,  Champions Lace City Chorus and International Queens of Harmony The Ladies. There may also be the odd sea-shanty in the mix.

Recorded at SAI Region 31 Convention in Warwick

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 47 - SAI Region 31 Convention 2023

The British Association of Barbershop Singers returned to Bournemouth in their 49th year. Hear from contest winners The Cottontown Chorus and Trailblazers Quartet, as well as many others who sang beside the sea.

Harmony UL Podcast - Edition 48 - BABS Convention 2023

In this 50th edition we check out the Barbershop Harmony scene in Norfolk and Suffolk, visiting the choruses Norwich Harmony, Fine City Chorus and the recently-formed East Coast Collective.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 50 - East Anglia Special

Hot Ticket, the first ever LABBS mixed-quartet champions discuss a year of sometimes nail-biting competition, their own concert and an exciting new podcast in which they meet other young quartets from around the world.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 51 - Hot Ticket Quartet

Why do so many people spend time learning so many songs for a weekend of what's been described as quartet speed-dating? Come with us to visit the recent UK Harmony Brigade at Nottingham University and find out why so many are happy to go to extreme effort to join the fun.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 52 - UK Harmony Brigade

As British Barbershop celebrates 50 years as an organised movement we travel to Reading to visit one of the founding clubs. BABS acting chair Shanna Wells looks ahead to convention celebrations and explains why this year's Harmony College may have to move mostly online. 
And we meet the quartet at the heart of a cliffhanger in Britain's favourite TV soap.

Best of British Barbershop

Harmony UK Podcast - Edition 53

Join the audience in Leicester for a special fundraising concert to mark the 50th anniversary year of the British Association of Barbershop Singers. The concert features the first performance in several years for the BABS Quartet Champions Chorus. You'll also hear from past quartet gold-medallists Limelight and Sound Hypothesis and from the talented mixed-voice chorus Lux A Cappella.  
If you'd like to donate please visit: https://www.singbarbershop.com/pages/donate

Concert Special - BABS BQC and Guest Quartets

In this edition we meet two gold medal-winning Iberian quartets; Metropolitan Union of Barcelona and 351 from Lisbon.
We look ahead to this year's convention in Sheffield of Sweet Adelines Region 31, and we hear the story of the legendary Schmitt Brothers, four celebrated singers whom some believe set the template for what it means to be an international champion quartet.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 54 - Quartets New And Old

Celebrating fifty years of organised British Barbershop with UK singers past and present at SING24 in Harrogate and special guests from the US Music City Chorus and Instant Classic Quartet

BABS Convention 1974 - Newcastle

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 55 - BABS 50th Anniversary Convention

Join us for a South Coast celebration with Spinnaker Chorus and friends as hey mark 20 years of harmony with a party and a concert which includes Afterglow and High Tea.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 56 - 20 years of Spinnaker Chorus

In this edition we look forward to a new chapter for Fortuity Quartet and look ahead to the 2024 LABBS Convention. 
There's the latest research into the history of gender-roles in Barbershop and we meet the UK chorus helping recreate the sounds of choral music as heard in the time of Henry VIII

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Harmony UK Podcast Edition 57

News and interviews recorded in Bournemouth at the Ladies' Association of British Barbershop Singers Annual Convention. 
Featuring chorus champions Amersham A Cappella, quartet champions Muddy Stilettos and many more.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 58 - LABBS Convention 2024

A very special Barbershop concert recorded in Cardiff as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Great Western Chorus of Bristol. Featuring The Newfangled Four, GWC and three more quartets; In The Wings, Bagatelle and DV8. Your MC is Oli Goodall.

Concert Special - The Great Western Chorus of Bristol and The Newfangled Four

The latest from the UK's exciting Barbershop Harmony scene including;
A world top-ten place at SAI Convention for Nottingham's Lace City Chorus. 
The Newfangled Four bring their distinctive brand of musical comedy to Wales.
And why BABS has declared 2025 an "Year of Harmony".

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 59 - Harmony, Comedy Engagement and Success

The story of those passionate individuals who brought the love of Barbershop Harmony Singing to the UK, and founded the first singing groups., and the first Barbershop organisation.

Harmony UK Podcast Edition 26 - The History of British Barbershop, Part 1 - Beginnings.

1974 saw the creation of the first ever British Barbershop organisation. In this second podcast about the origins and history of UK Barbershop singing we trace the events of that year, including an inauguralConvention in Newcastle-On-Tyne

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