Back on May 15, 2015 we compiled a chart of the favourite published videos from the Whispering Bob Broadcasting Company with artists performing for The Under The Apple Tree Sessions (UTAT; a Media Entertainment Platform).
The
236 published videos generated 273,793 views on YouTube.
Coming out on top of the Apple Tree at Nos 1 & 2 were the hot UK country duo The Shires (Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes) who were out in front at No.1 with their UTAT cover of Candi Staton’s “Young Hearts Run Free” with a total of 19,231 views during its 298 days. It was followed at #2 by a live performance of their Radio 2 playlisted single “Tonight” which logged 12,011 views in 301 days.
Coming out on top of the Apple Tree at Nos 1 & 2 were the hot UK country duo The Shires (Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes) who were out in front at No.1 with their UTAT cover of Candi Staton’s “Young Hearts Run Free” with a total of 19,231 views during its 298 days. It was followed at #2 by a live performance of their Radio 2 playlisted single “Tonight” which logged 12,011 views in 301 days.
The Under The Apple Tree
Sessions
Back
in April 2015 BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris
(OBE) stated that he along with his media savvy son Miles Myerscough-Harris had filmed more than a hundred sessions and
posted them on their WhisperingBobTV
YouTube channel and on the WBBC
site
WhisperingBobTV
brings you weekly live sessions recorded ‘Under The Apple Tree‘ at their beautiful
Apple Tree Studio.
Guests join them in the studio to perform special versions of their best songs, along with covers of the first songs they learnt to play.
Just
outside their studio is an apple tree that overhangs it and in fact every now
and again there will be a loud clunk the other side of the ceiling where an
apple has dropped off the tree else there will be scratching where squirrels
are running across the roof! “It can be a little bit annoying when your
recording" shared Bob and Miles in the inaugural #UnderTheAppleTree
podcast!
Latest Under The Apple Tree
Sessions Chart
We
have now updated the chart and as of May 3, 2017 there are now 523 published UTAT session videos which
have generated over 1-million views (1,003,463)
on YouTube.
We
have logged the published dates and total number of views
compiling an exclusive chart sorted
in “most viewed” and showed the
number of days since the videos were uploaded.
As
anyone in the world with Internet access can view the YouTube videos without having to be subscribed to a Social Media
network this is the most accurate way to compile the stats.
Things
have now changed in that some of the videos are also published on WhisperingBobTV
Facebook page which generate additional
1000s of views which can be shared by the artists or fans but these figures are
hard to determine so are not included in the chart calculation but based purely
on the number of YouTube views.
Coming
out on top on the new chart are The Shires who remain at #1 with a new tally of 52,859 adding a further 33.6K views for
the cover of Candi Staton’s “Young Hearts Run Free” (first
published on July 7, 2014).
Their live performance of their Radio 2 playlisted single “Tonight” has dropped down from 2-5 having now logged 35,533 views in 1020 days.
Their live performance of their Radio 2 playlisted single “Tonight” has dropped down from 2-5 having now logged 35,533 views in 1020 days.
At No.2 with 51,774 views in just 84 days is Colter Wall performing
a live acoustic version of his song “Thirteen Silver Dollars” (published
on 8 Feb 2017)
Additional at No.4 with 40,352 views in 87 days Colter Wall posts his live acoustic version of his song 'Codeine Dream' (>> published Feb 5, 2017)
A
native of Swift Current, Saskatchewan Canada, Colter Wall's sound is described
as “comprised of resonate and raw baritone vocals, folk and bluegrass style
guitar and banjo picking, steady kick-drum stomping, and visually provoking,
storytelling lyrics”. Since debuting in 2015 with the release of his EP,
Imaginary Appalachia, WALL has received overwhelming acclaim - Steve Earle declared: "Colter Wall is bar-none the best young
singer-songwriter I've seen in twenty years," while Rick Rubin, who signed Wall to his
American Songs publishing company, proclaimed, "Colter sings and writes songs in ways seemingly lost in time. There is
an agelessness about him so unusual in someone so young."
Additionally, Wall’s song, "Sleeping On The Backtop," was
recently featured on the soundtrack of the Oscar-nominated film, HELL OR HIGH WATER (UK iTunes).
The
track has gone on to garner over one million streams on Spotify. His
anticipated self-titled full-length debut will be released May 12. (iTunes)
At No.3 with 43,776 views in 1031 days is Canadian
singer songwriter Tia McGraff with 'Long Long Time‘ (Linda
Ronstadt cover; published on July 7, 2017). Tia is currently touring the UK.
Here is the Under The Apple Tree Sessions Top 30
Artist
|
Video Title
Link in BLUE |
YOUTUBE
Total Views
|
Days Published
|
Published Date
|
The Shires
|
52859
|
1017
|
21/07/2014
|
|
Colter
Wall
|
51774
|
84
|
08/02/2017
|
|
Tia McGraff
|
43776
|
1031
|
07/07/2014
|
|
Colter
Wall
|
40,352
|
87
|
05/02/2017
|
|
The Shires
|
35533
|
1020
|
18/07/2014
|
|
Martin Barre
|
18158
|
1134
|
26/03/2014
|
|
Colter
Wall
|
15803
|
86
|
06/02/2017
|
|
Judith Owen
|
15049
|
824
|
30/01/2015
|
|
Joe Broughton
|
13023
|
996
|
11/08/2014
|
|
Danny & The Champions
|
9885
|
1148
|
12/03/2014
|
|
Danny
Worsnop
|
9559
|
72
|
20/02/2017
|
|
Jon
Fratelli
|
9165
|
656
|
17/07/2015
|
|
Liam Bailey
|
8963
|
992
|
15/08/2014
|
|
Thea Gilmore
|
8670
|
933
|
13/10/2014
|
|
Danny
Worsnop
|
8610
|
75
|
17/02/2017
|
|
John & Jacob
|
8598
|
919
|
27/10/2014
|
|
Toby
Lee (10 years old)
|
8569
|
624
|
18/08/2015
|
|
Hunter
& The Bear
|
8275
|
702
|
01/06/2015
|
|
Tia McGraff
|
8220
|
726
|
08/05/2015
|
|
Lissie
|
7680
|
1029
|
09/07/2014
|
|
Peatbog Faeries
|
7654
|
1141
|
19/03/2014
|
|
Levellers
|
7430
|
1120
|
09/04/2014
|
|
Nik Kershaw
|
7413
|
1145
|
15/03/2014
|
|
Lúnasa
|
7031
|
1106
|
23/04/2014
|
|
Gemma
Hayes
|
5977
|
572
|
09/10/2015
|
|
Blair Dunlop
|
5829
|
991
|
16/08/2014
|
|
Ward Thomas
|
5814
|
1013
|
25/07/2014
|
|
Worry Dolls
|
5795
|
1058
|
10/06/2014
|
|
The King's Parade
|
5655
|
1028
|
10/07/2014
|
|
Patch & The Giant
|
5192
|
1107
|
22/04/2014
|
The
523 videos have received a total of 1,003,463 views since the first UTAT
video was uploaded on Feb 4, 2014.
The question remains should
these videos have received a lot more views and attention?
- If you are an artist who has
appeared on an UTAT session take a look at where you figure on the chart.
- Should your exclusive video have
been viewed a lot more?
- Could you share it more across
social media on Facebook and Twitter?
- Have you embedded it on your website or newsletter?
- Could you use it as part of an EPK to help secure tour gigs?
- Many of the artists who have taken
part in the Under The Apple Tree Sessions have gone on to play the Pop Up
Stages at the C2C Country To Country Festivals at the O2 Arena.
An
example is Pop/ Soul Victoria Canal, an 18-year-old
Spanish-American singer/songwriter whose beautiful live acoustic version of her song 'Forget
My Love' (>> published 30/03/2017) received 412 Views on YouTube. Shared
on Facebook it has received 39K Views and has had over 450 shares!
Victoria Canal - Forget My Love (Live Session)
Absolutely stunning music from Victoria Canal. Have a watch of this beautiful live version of her new song 'Forget My Love' #UnderTheAppleTree:
Posted by Whisperingbobtv on Wednesday, 29 March 2017
As
a recording artist you can apply for a
session by filling out an application under the ‘contact’ section of the Whispering
Bob Broadcasting Company (WBBC) - WEBSITE
ICYMI:
Published on 11 April 2017, in this Your Life In A Song interview, broadcasting
legend Bob Harris (OBE) discusses 'Under The Apple Tree', the success of C2C,
his love for country music and the current state of the UK country scene.
Great set of UTAT Sessions yesterday with @CarolynneUK and @scottmatthewsuk @WhisperingBobTV @WhisperingBob pic.twitter.com/M3LD432YTY— WarehouseRecordingCo (@WarehouseRecCo) 29 April 2017
About WhisperingBobTV:Don't forget you can subscribe to #UTATRadio podcasts on @iTunes to automatically get new shows on your phone:https://t.co/k0xvGv1wwO— WhisperingBobTV (@WhisperingBobTV) 2 March 2017
Whispering Bob Broadcasting
Company (WBBC) was described as “a dynamic,
rapidly-growing television production unit”.
WhisperingBobTV, part of WBBC, is a channel for music lovers
everywhere. Curated by Bob Harris himself, with a focus on bringing you the best
music they possibly can via their Under
The Apple Tree Sessions, festival coverage, exclusive interviews and much
more!
About UTAT:
GOAL: Under The Apple Tree sessions are beautiful and intimate performances recorded live in the studio of Whispering Bob Harris, which just happens to be situated under an apple tree. We focus on bringing attention to amazing artists who deserve to be heard by everyone. Apply for a session at wbbc.biz
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