1. John Tams was born on 16 February 1949 and is an English actor, singer, songwriter, composer and musician born in Holbrook, Derbyshire, the son of a publican.
33 Facts About John Tams
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John Tams co-wrote the music for each film alongside Dominic Muldowney.
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John Tams was a member of Derbyshire folk group Muckram Wakes in the 1970s, then worked with Ashley Hutchings as singer and melodeon-player on albums including Son of Morris On, and as a member of the British folk rock group Albion Band.
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In 2015 it was announced that John Tams was retiring from Home Service.
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John Tams was born in Holbrook, Derbyshire, the son of a publican.
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John Tams left school at 15 without any qualifications and went to Chesterfield Technical College where he spent two years on a GCE course, concentrating on the arts.
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John Tams first worked as a reporter for the Ripley and Heanor News, and then as an editor on the Belper News - where he notably interviewed the then deputy prime minister George Brown - and for the Alfreton Observer.
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John Tams worked for BBC Radio Derby and BBC Radio Nottingham, and as a freelance reporter for the Melody Maker and the New Musical Express.
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John Tams was a member of Derbyshire folk group Muckram Wakes in the 1970s, then worked with Ashley Hutchings as singer and melodeon-player on albums including Son of Morris On, and as a member of the British folk rock group Albion Band.
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In 2015 it was announced that John Tams was retiring from Home Service.
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John Tams spent many years working at the National Theatre as a Music Director and as an actor.
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John Tams appeared in the ITV series Sharpe as Chosen Man Daniel Hagman for five years, and co-wrote the music with Dominic Muldowney.
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In December 2009, John Tams released a single of "Love Farewell" with the Band and Bugles of the Rifles.
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John Tams is recipient of many awards and honours including six BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; he has been nominated for an Olivier Award for War Horse and was part of the creative team that won Best Play at the Tonys on Broadway.
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John Tams has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the University of Sheffield Hallam and Derby.
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John Tams is currently working on Jericho for ITV as both an actor and with music.
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John Tams is regarded by many as one of the unsung heroes of folk music.
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John Tams's song "Rolling Home" is sung across the world.
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John Tams was a musical director and actor at the National Theatre from 1976 to 1985 and then again from 1999 to 2001, working on such shows as The Mysteries, Lark Rise to Candleford, Glengarry Glenross, The Crucible, Golden Boy, The Good Hope and The Mysteries Revival in 1999.
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John Tams was a member of the creative team headed by Bill Bryden.
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John Tams worked as a music consultant at Shakespeare's Globe on Holding Fire, and collaborated with Adrian Sutton on the music for War Horse at the National Theatre.
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John Tams co-wrote the music for each film alongside Dominic Muldowney.
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John Tams has released three solo albums to date, Unity, Home and The Reckoning ; all of which have met with critical acclaim.
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At the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, John Tams won Best Album for The Reckoning, Best Traditional Track and Folk Singer of the Year.
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John Tams is the only artist to have won the Album of the Year award twice, the first time was with his first solo album Unity in 2001.
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John Tams has now received ten nominations, resulting in six BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
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The book accompanying the Topic Records 70th anniversary boxed-set Three Score and Ten lists Unity as one of its classic albums, and two of John Tams's tracks appear in the collection: Bitter Withy from The Reckoning is track 16 on the first CD; and Unity from Unity is track one on the fifth CD.
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In 2006 John Tams became musical director of the BBC Radio 2 2006 Radio Ballads, an updating of Ewan MacColl's Radio Ballads.
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Currently, John Tams is working on a stage version of Steelos to be performed at the Magna Centre in the Rother Valley in 2009.
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John Tams worked on John McCusker's commission 'Under One Sky' alongside Graham Coxon, Roddy Woomble, Julie Fowlis and others.
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In November 2007 John Tams was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University, then in January 2009 another Honorary Doctorate from Derby University.
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In November 2015 John Tams was presented with a Gold Badge from the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
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John Tams is married to Sally Ward, a Derbyshire Funeral Celebrant.