Folk Roots Tracks
Feb 2020
ARTIST/S
|
SONG |
CD |
NOTES
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Christy Moore |
Well Below the Valley |
Live at the Point |
Traditional, Child 21, alt version the Maid and the Palmer. References to incest & infanticide, the woman is usually blamed …. |
O’Hooley and Tidow |
Gentleman Jack |
The Fragile |
Theme song for drama of same name on BBC TV 2019 about early C19th Yorkshire lesbian gentlewoman. She was called gentleman Jack by residents of Halifax. |
Maddie Southorn |
The Murder of Maria Marten |
The Pilgrim Soul |
One of the most popular murder ballads in the English tradition, based on true story of the murder in the Red Barn, which caused a public sensation in 1827/28. |
Rhiannon Giddens & Dirk Powell |
Julie/Freedom Highway CD |
Celtic Colours International Festival here |
Album inspired by book The Slaves’ War by Andrew Ward. The Union Army is about to liberate a plantation during the Civil War. |
Fairport Convention |
The Hanging Song |
Babbacombe Lee |
1971 concept album following life story of John Lee, a servant convicted of killing his employer. But the gallows failed 3 times and the death sentence was never carried out. |
Granny’s Attic |
The Highwayman |
Wheels of the World |
Roud 490. Song found in various forms and under numerous titles, but in all cases celebrates the life of the rogue highwayman. |
Tom Russell |
Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall |
Wounded Heart of America |
2007 album. Referrence to George W. Bush era attempts to erect fence along US/Mexico border. |
The Askew Sisters |
Goose and Common |
Enclosure |
Shortened version of traditional C17th protest song against enclosures of common land in England. Hazel’s tune and Emily added cello part. |
Malinky |
Billy Taylor |
Handsel |
Roud 158, alternative titles (e.g. Bold William) and versions by many . Should really be called after the woman who initiates all the action ! Pages of notes on Mainly Norfolk… |
TRACK NAME |
ARTIST |
Billy O’Shea |
Fisherman’s Friends |
Down in the dandelions |
Siobhan Miller |
Listen to the grass grow |
Seckou Keita & Catrin Finch |
A place called England |
The Young ‘Uns |
London Blues |
Ferris & Sylvester |
Fergie McCormack |
Daiori Farrell |
Windward away |
Julie Fowlis |
Iraq |
Mary Gauthier |
House in the country |
The Albion Band |
Jacku |
Rumillajta |
On Raglan road |
Sinead O’Connor |
The boy in the gap |
Martin Hayes Quartet |
Time has told me |
Joan Shelley |
Prodigal son |
Martin Simpson |
Feb 2018
ARTIST/S |
SONG |
CD |
NOTES |
David Jones |
Us Poor Fellows |
From England’s Shore |
Also included in ‘The Transports – 2004’ Sung by Henry Cabell Snr |
Joel Griffiths |
The Robber’s Song |
‘The Transports – 2004’. |
Sung by Abe Carmen, who has chosen crime as his career |
Martin Carthy |
The Humane Turnkey 1 & 2 |
Peter Bellamy’s ‘The Transports – 1977’. |
A humane jailer makes sure that Susannah, her baby, and Henry Cabell are reunited and not separated when Susannah is transported |
Cyril Tawney |
Roll Down |
Peter Bellamy’s ‘The Transports – 1977’. |
Shanty telling the story of the voyage from Plymouth to Botany Bay |
Sam Kelly |
Little Sadie |
The Lost Boys |
Well-known American song, reworked many times, some versions going back to early C20th. Here it’s an upbeat rocker about a senseless murder… |
Cara Dillon |
Hill of Thieves |
Hill of Thieves |
Original song, by Cara and Sam Lakeman. Refers to Glenshane in N Ireland, named after a (? Jacobite) outlaw who became a notorious highway robber in C17th |
Maddy Prior, Hannah James & Giles Lewin |
Lock the Door Larriston |
3 for Joy |
Lyrics by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, song from the English/Scottish border, about the lawless centuries of the Border Reivers and their robbing and burning. |
Show of Hands |
The Bristol Slaver |
Dark Fields |
The Captain of a slave ship sings of his crimes. An African point of view is presented towards the end of the song. |
Johnny Cash |
Folsom Prison Blues |
Johnny Cash with his Hot and Blue Guitar |
Combination of ‘the train song’ with ‘the prison song’. Another senseless murder . |
Faustus |
Prentice Boy |
Broken Down Gentlemen |
Upbeat version of a traditional song (Roud 263). Original version thought to be a broadside from late C17th called The Wittam Miller. Cruel murder of a young pregnant woman, other versions The Oxford Girl, The Butcher Boy, Hanged Shall I Be. |
Emily Smith |
The Cruel Mother |
A Day Like Today |
Also known as Greenwood Sidey, the Lady of York – Roud 9.Seems to be of Scottish origins, Roud knew of 325 versions ! |
Old Blind Dogs |
The Bonnie Earl o’Moray |
Four on the Floor |
Popular Scottish ballad, perhaps dating from C17th. Child ballad 181. Based on the true story of the murder in 1592 of this popular Earl by his rival Huntly (who wasn’t punished by the King, James V1 of Scotland). |
Terry Lehns |
The Ballad of Glencoe |
Far Away From Home |
Written in 1963 by Jim McLean about the Massacre of 1692 |
Nina Simone |
I Shall be Released |
To Love Somebody |
Dylan song covered by many artists, influenced by Gospel music and ides about being released from sin. |
Lucie Jones & Seth Lakeman |
The Ballad of Midsomer County |
Digital single 2015, later CD from TV series Midsomer Murders, and on video |
Vocals by Lucie, music by Seth. Role reversal here ! |
Faustus |
While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping |
Death and other Animals |
Version of Roud 363, ‘a well loved and often sung country song’. Also sung by June Tabor, a very English song. |
Dec 2017
SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
|
Sandra |
All on a Winter’s Night |
Johnny Coppin |
All on a Winter’s Night |
Jill |
The Snows |
John Renbourn and Robin Williamson |
Wheel of Fortune |
Fran |
A Hazy Shade of Winter |
Simon and Garfunkel |
Bookends |
Debbie |
Winter Singing |
Imagined Village |
Bending the Dark |
Sue |
Scotland’s Winter |
Siobhan Miller |
Flight of Time |
Mike |
Santa Claus is Coming to Town |
John Fahey |
Video Clip |
David |
Hinge of the Year |
Emily Portman |
Hatchlings |
Sandra |
Boar’s Head Carol |
John Kirkpatrick |
Carols and Crumpets |
Jill |
Winter/Tourdion |
Emily Askew Band |
Alchemy |
Fran |
Down in Yon Forest |
Barbara Dickson |
|
Debbie |
Cold Haily Windy Night |
Imagined Village |
Bending the Dark |
Sue |
Winter |
Hilary James and Simon Mayor |
|
Mike |
On a Christmas Day |
Leadbelly |
Video Clip |
David |
The Parting Glass |
Emily Smith |
Songs for Christmas |
Nov 2017
Oct 2017
Sept 2017
PLAYLIST NO |
ARTISTE |
SONG |
ALBUM |
NOTES |
1 |
Mawkin |
I can hew |
The ties that bind |
The Mawkin website reads: “With a host of rebel rousing folk songs and instrumentals the band modernise traditional folk material with their own touchand have since excited audiences with their artillery of loud, boisterous, foot stomping live sets. Critics of the album suggested that Mawkin might fill the ‘Bellowhead shaped hole’ so it seemed only natural to support them on their farewell tour of 2016 amongst a flurry of key festivals and UK tour dates.“ |
2 |
Jake Bugg |
Lightning Bolt |
Jake Bugg |
Jake Bugg is only 23 – he took the late Sunday afternoon slot and played with just his guitar. His main influences are Don McLean, Oasis, Donovan, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, and the Everly Brothers; he also says that the American heavy metal band Metallica was a huge influence. On 28 June, Bugg performed an afternoon set on the Pyramid Stage at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival, making him the first artist that has moved from the BBC Introducing Stage to the Main Pyramid stage in successive years |
3 |
Loudon Wainwright III |
I had a dream |
single |
Try and get on YouTube. LW says “Initially I didn’t want to write a song about Donald Trump but, sometimes, in the course of human events, things get so weird that you can’t look a gift horse in the mouth, especially if the horse has a real mouth on him” |
4 |
Oysterband |
A river runs |
Diamonds on the Water 2014 |
The band formed under the name Oyster Ceilidh Band and played purely as a dance band at first. The name Oyster comes from the group's early association with the coastal town of Whitstable in East Kent, known for the quality of its oysters. |
5 |
Sharon Shannon |
Blackbird |
A woman’s heart |
Sharon Shannon is at the head of a list of Irish musicians spearheading a broadening of traditional music horizons. Thoroughly versed in Irish music, she has not been afraid to mix different styles into her playing. This one’s an instrumental. |
6 |
Beoga |
Dolans6a.m |
How to tune a fish |
This one’s also an instrumental. `Beoga’s sound is firmly rooted in the Irish traditional genre. Beoga made their Glastonbury debut on Sunday night as they joined Ed Sheeran on stage during his headlining set. The five-piece have previously collaborated with the award-winning singer on his latest album 'Divide' - producing two tracks with the star, Nancy Mulligan and Galway Girl. |
7 |
Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party |
The Lover’s Ghost |
Orfeo 2012 |
Fay is also a lecturer in Ethnomusicology and Music Management at the University of Sheffield. She assembled The Full English Band, pulling together half a dozen of the top talents on the English folk music circuit for an evening of songs and tunes drawn from these unique collections. They include legendary players Seth Lakeman, Martin Simpson, Nancy Kerr, Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron and double bassist Ben Nicholls. Her longstanding band, The Hurricane Party, expands to include members of The Full English, including fiddle, concertina, banjo, guitar, percussion and bass |
8 |
Lau |
Save the bees |
Race the Loser |
Lau is a British folk band from both Scotland and England, formed in 2005. Named after an Orcadian word meaning "natural light", the band is composed of Kris Drever (guitar, vocals), Martin Green (accordion, piano, electronics) and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle). To date, the band has released four studio albums and a live album. Their arrangements constantly leap and dip in unexpected contours, with sharp mood swings and subtle nods to rock, jazz improvisation and other areas beyond the beyond. |
9 |
The Eskies |
Fever |
After the sherry went round |
A folk quintet from Dublin, The Eskies have done things the traditional way; hitting the road in a clapped-out van in search of adventure, playing countless shows around Ireland and Europe. They've been surprising audiences with their witty lyrics, banter, and a quirky, quizzical, frolicking approach to songwriting. It's one that joyfully marries 1920’s woodwind interludes with guitar feedback, and jailhouse memorandums that refuse the salvation of the lord. “After many years of deliberation we've settled on a description of us as 'sea-soaked gypsy-folk' but you really have to listen for yourself” |
10 |
Frank Turner |
The next storm |
Positive songs for negative people |
From East Meon – now 36 He spent eight years building a cult following on the back of his earnest folk-punk rebel songs (covering such topics as atheism, drinking himself half to death and the emancipating power of rock'n'roll), To me it’s debatable whether Frank Turner is “folk” – he says that punk was more of an influence on him. Whatever- he was a very enjoyable act, standing in for Olivia Newton John (???). “You’re the one that I love” got everyone joining in |
11 |
Bokante |
Zye Ouve, Zye Feme |
Strange circles |
They are a newly-formed international music ensemble. Rich in the sound of both delta and desert, the unusual but evocative instrumentation blends musical worlds to convey an urgent message of social awareness against the rising tide of exclusion and human indifference. The word bokanté means “exchange” in Creole, the language of vocalist Malika Tirolien’s youth growing up on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Now living in Montreal, she stands among 8 musicians from 4 continents, each one accomplished in their own right . |
12 |
Cara Dillon |
The parting glass |
Hill of thieves |
Born in County Derry in 1975, Cara has risen to become one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish song anywhere in the world. Possessing a rare and unique voice that has been lauded since her very beginnings winning the All Ireland singing trophy aged only 14. Together with her husband and musical partner, Sam Lakeman, she has successfully steered an eclectic musical path defying the typical pigeonholes that hinder most artists in her genre. Celebrated for entwining traditional and contemporary elements she has earned both commercial success and astonishing critical acclaim. Recent years have seen her return wholeheartedly to her Irish roots creating fresh interpretations of traditional standards with stunning results. |
Aug 2017
July 2017
May 2017
Song |
Singer |
Source |
Cluck Old Hen |
Andy |
|
Turkey in the Straw |
Andy |
|
Corpus Christi Carol |
Mara |
Images |
The Magpie’s Nest |
Shirley Collins |
Sweet Primroses |
The Blackest Crow |
Tim O’Brien, Dirk Powell, John Herrman |
Songs from the Mountain |
White Birds |
Altan |
The Widening Gyre |
The Kookaburra laughs |
John Ashe |
Australia Our Land, Our Music |
What Did the Buzzard say to the Crow? |
Hobart Smith |
Hobart Smith In Sacred Trust |
Echo mocks the Corncrake |
Ossian |
Ossian |
Follow the Heron |
Karine Polwart |
Scribbled in Chalk |
Waxwing |
Olivia Cheney |
The Longest River |
The Necklace of Wrens |
The Gloaming |
The Gloaming |
Little Birdie |
Sarah Jarosz |
Sing me home Silk Road Ensemble |
The Grey Cockerel |
Salsa Celtica |
Folk Awards 2007 |
Wild Goose |
Kate Rusby |
Sleepless |
Lark’s march |
Martin Hayes |
Martin Hayes Under the Moon |
Red Kites |
Spiers & Boden |
Through & Through |
April 2017
March 2017
ARTIST/S |
SONG |
CD |
NOTES |
Leveret |
The Rising Sun |
In the Round |
Sam Sweeney, Andy Cutting and Rob Habron ‘rediscovering and re-imagining tunes from archive sources…a massage for the ears’. |
Bella Hardy |
The First Light of the Morning |
With the Dawn |
A reflective song from this creative and original singer songwriter. |
Ben Walker and Josienne Clarke |
The Banks of Sweet Primroses |
YouTube |
Sung live at BBC2 Folk Awards 2015. Traditional song, Roud 586, many versions of lyrics but tune remains much the same. |
Battlefield Band |
The Yew Tree |
Anthem for the Common Man |
Written by Brian McNeill, song about the longevity of the yew tree and the sights it has witnessed. |
Martin Green, (Becky Unthanks, Adam Holmes) |
Strange Sky |
Flit |
A collaboration Between Green and many artists including Karine Polwart. Work inspired by experiences of human migration and refugees around the world. Performed at Celtic Connections 2017. |
Julie Fowlis |
Blackbird |
Cuilidh |
Sung here in Scots Gaelic but to commemorate anniversary of Beatles White Album |
Emily Portman |
Grey Stone |
The Glamoury |
A haunting song of the natural and supernatural worlds, its focus on the seashore. |
The Gloaming |
Samhradh, Samhradh (Summer, Summer) |
The Gloaming |
Iarla O Lionaird sings of the coming of summer in a reimagined version of a traditional Irish Song |
Drams Ceilidh Band |
Strip the Willow |
YouTube |
A traditional country dance , originating from Scotland. |
Tom Russell |
Bucking Horse Moon |
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs |
Evocative song of a man reflecting on his past life and love in the American West. Full of images from nature. |
Show of Hands |
The Oak |
Best of Show of Hands |
Steve Knightley’s lyrics celebrating the oak tree and its important place in our culture |
The Full English |
Linden Lea |
The Full English |
Folk-inspired classical music by Vaughan Williams re-absorbed into the folk idiom. |
Bob Dylan |
Thunder on the Mountain |
Modern Times |
There had to be one track referring to the wildness of nature, even if metaphorically… |
June Tabor & Oysterband |
The Leaves of Life |
Ragged Kingdom |
Roud 127, an English spring time carol ballad referring to the Crucifixion, collected by Cecil Sharp and later Vaughan Williams. Also known as the 7 Virgins. |
Jan 2017
VIRTUE |
SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
Chastity |
My Thing is my Own |
Isambarde |
Living History |
A bawdy ballad, from around 1700 |
Patience |
Pledging my Time |
Bob Dylan |
Blonde on Blonde |
A man is willing to wait and hope! |
Kindness |
Witch of the Westmorelands |
Barbara Dickson |
From the Beggar’s Mantle |
Kind animals help a wounded knight |
Temperance |
Brightly Beams/Pull for the Shore |
Fisherman’s Friends |
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends |
Re-working of an old Methodist Hymn |
Prudence |
Beware, Oh Take Care |
The English Country Blues Band |
Unruly |
Never Trust Men! |
Justice |
The Sky Above, the Mud Below |
Tom Russell and Rambling Jack Elliot |
The Wounded Heart of America |
Chilling tale of two horse Thieves |
Faith |
Nsalamo |
Namvula |
Shivezwa |
Song about Namvula’s great-grandmother, sang in the Lenje language |
Courage |
Jack Crawford |
Bob Fox and the Hush |
Dark to the Sky |
A local hero, who ‘nailed his colours to the mast’! |
Humility |
Don’t let it Trouble Your Mind |
Rhiannon Giddens |
Tomorrow is My Turn |
An unselfish lady offers to end a relationship |
Diligence |
Billy Far Out |
Andy Irvine and Rens Van Der Zalm |
Parachilna |
Car trouble! |
Charity |
King Henry |
Steeleye Span |
Below the Salt |
Can the King meet all the creature’s wishes? |
Hope |
Pendle Hill |
Merry Hell |
Blink…and you miss it |
Never give up |
Dec 2016
December 2016 – Songs We Like |
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SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
|
David |
If I Lose |
Martin Simpson and Dom Flemons |
A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites |
American versions of English songs and English versions of American songs |
Sue |
Little Sadie |
Martin Simpson and Dom Flemons |
A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites |
|
Mike |
It’s All Over Now Baby Blue |
Joan Baez |
Baez Sings Dylan |
She helped kick-start his career and they were briefly lovers. |
Fran |
First Happiness of The Day |
Francoise Hardy |
The Real Francoise Hardy |
Love song by the French singer-songwriter |
Debbie |
Song of Welcome |
Live |
Sung by the staff at camp in West Africa |
|
Malcolm |
Ramble Along the Viking Way |
David and Julie Everdson |
A Ramble On the Viking Way |
|
Sandra |
Merrily Kissed the Quaker |
Mervyn Mewis |
Heartwood |
Music played on a handmade hammer dulcimer |
David |
Manchester’s Improving Daily |
Edward the Second |
Manchester’s improving Daily |
Folk/Reggae version of Manchester broadside ballads |
Sue |
Painted Lady |
Jon Boden |
Painted Lady |
Solo album |
Mike |
Si Tu Dois Partir |
Fairport Convention |
Unhalfbricking |
French/Cajun style version of the Bob Dylan song |
Debbie |
Something in the Ether |
Fish and Bird |
Something in the Ether |
Canadian group |
Malcolm |
The Fowler |
Patti Read |
Voices |
Version of Molly Bond |
Fran |
I Never Will Marry |
Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt |
Simple Dreams |
Traditional song with many versions |
Sandra |
The Wrong Bus |
Bob Fox |
War Horse |
Jez Lowe song set in WW1 |
David |
I Want You |
Burma Orchestra Sang Wang |
Another world – a Tribute to Bob Dylan |
Exotic and unusual! There are two versions of the song on the CD. |
Mike |
Song To Woody |
Bob Dylan |
Bob Dylan |
To Woody, Cisco, Sonny & Leadbelly to. |
Mike |
Tangled Up In Blue |
Bob Dylan |
Blood On the Tracks |
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for Dylan! |
Nov 2016
Artist |
CD |
From |
Song name |
Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabete |
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2006 (1) |
Mali |
Ai Ga Bani |
Femi Kuti |
Day by Day |
Nigeria |
Day by Day |
Amadou and Mariam |
Dimanche à Bamako |
Mali |
M’Bifé |
Simentera |
Essential Guide to Africa 2 |
Cape Verde Islands |
Oxi Nao |
Angelique Kidjo |
Logozo |
Togo |
Sénié |
Tony Allen |
Awards for World Music 2003 (2) |
Nigeria |
Eparapo |
Fatoumatou Diawara |
Fatou |
Mali/Cote d’Ivoire |
Clandestin |
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba |
Jama Ko |
Mali |
Moustafa |
Nuru Kane |
Think Global West Africa unwired |
Senegal |
Toub |
Djeli Moussa Diawara and Bob Brozman |
Think Global West Africa unwired |
Guinea/USA |
Kanun |
Dobet Gnahore |
The very best of West Africa |
Ivory Coast |
Youne |
Ishmael Lo |
The Balladeer |
Senegal |
Rero |
ET Mensah |
Rough Guide to West African Gold |
Ghana |
Ghana Guinea Mali |
Kasse Made Diabete with Toumani Diabete |
Awards for World Music 2003 (1) |
Mali |
Fununésaya |
Orchestra Baobob |
Awards for World Music 2003(2) |
Senegal |
Jin Ma Jin Ma |
King Mensah |
Simply World African Moves |
Togo |
Biova |
Oct 2016
SEA SONGS |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
Mingulay Boat Song |
Richard Thompson |
Rogue’s Gallery |
Composed originally by Hugh Richardson of Glasgow in 1938 as a choral work |
Billy O’Shea |
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends |
Proper Job |
Pressgang song written by Canadian singer/songwriter Bill Hawkins |
Lord Franklin |
A.L.Lloyd |
Sailors’ songs and Sea Shanties |
True story of expedition which disappeared in Baffin Bay in 1845 on search for the North West Passage |
Sir Patrick Spens |
Martin Simpson |
True Stories |
Scottish maritime disaster of late 13th century still remembered |
Grey Funnel Line |
Maddy Prior and June Tabor |
Silly Sisters |
Song by Cyril Tawney about life in the modern navy |
Ballina Whalers |
Paul Sartin, Saul Rose, Benji Kirkpatrick |
Faustus |
Whaling from Australia. Written by Harry Robertson from personal experience |
Little Pot Stove |
Nic Jones |
Penguin Eggs |
Freezing existence of the men who maintained the whaling fleet. Also by Harry Robertson |
Bonny Ship the Diamond/Egyptian Reggae Medley |
Walking With Ghosts |
Fresh Handmade Sound : From Source to Sea |
Old Scottish song remembering the whaling fleet lost in Melville Bay in 1830 |
Pay me my money down |
Bruce Springsteen |
Seeger Sessions |
Pay the stevedores before you leave port! |
Hog-Eye Man |
Martin Carthy |
Rogue’s Gallery |
Shanty of negro origin about river boatmen in America. Deep-sea sailors added obscene verses, now censored! |
John Kanaka |
Fisherman’s Friends |
One and All |
Hawaiian sailors in Pacific all called “Kanaka” (Hawaiian man) as English could not pronounce their names |
Essequibo River |
Jackie Oates and Belinda O’Hooley |
Fresh Handmade Sound ; From Source to Sea |
Originally a negro riverboat song. Essequibo River is in Guyana, so the song is probably from West Indies |
Coast of High Barbary |
Joseph Arthur |
Rogue’s Gallery |
Song about defeating pirates, sung by American singer-songwriter who performs as a one-man band incorporating looping and distortion techniques. |
Lowlands Away |
Rufus Wainwright, Kate and Anna McGarrigle |
Rogue’s Gallery |
Sailors sang about the supernatural, mermaids and ghosts. |
Donkey Riding |
Great Big Sea |
Road Rage |
Donkey riding refers to ships being pulled through the Panama Canal by a steam donkey engine |
Boston Harbour |
The Watersons |
Sailors’ Songs and Sea Shanties |
Very popular song in 1860’s, with a “Bow Wow” chorus borrowed from a music-hall song |
Rolling Down to Old Maui |
Todd Rundgren |
Son of Rogue’s Gallery |
Traditional sea song, about a whaling ship returning to Hawaiian island of Maui after a season in Kamchatka Sea |
Sept 2016
Track |
Song title |
Artist |
Album |
1 |
Roots |
Show of Hands |
Witness |
2 |
I Drink |
Mary Gauthier |
Mercy Now |
3 |
Carey |
Joni Mitchell |
Blue |
4 |
John Barleycorn |
Imagined Village |
Imagined Village |
5 |
Three Drunken Maidens |
Steeleye Span |
Harvest of Gold |
6 |
Moonshiner |
Bob Dylan |
Bootleg Series V. 1 – 3 1961 -1991 |
7 |
Drunken Angel |
Lucinda Williams |
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road |
8 |
Rare Old Mountain Dew |
Kick Up The Dust |
Heroes Of The Ships |
9 |
Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off |
Joe Nichols |
III |
10 |
Am I Drinking Enough |
Mad Dog Macrea |
Sophisticated Hat Manoeuvres |
11 |
All For Me Grog |
The Watersons |
Early Days |
12 |
WhiskyYou’re The Devil |
Bella Hardy |
Battleplan |
13 |
Drunken Mouse |
Uiscedawr |
Everywhere |
14 |
Whiskey Is The Life Of Man |
Bellowhead |
Pandemonium – The Essential Bellowhead |
July 2016
June 2016
ARTIST/S |
SONG |
CD |
NOTES |
Karen Matheson |
Canan Nan Gadheal (Language of the Gaels) |
Vol 1 Original Transatlantic Sessions Bain/Ungar |
A song to celebrate the survival of the Gaelic language in the lands of the west. |
Martin Hayes |
The Lark’s March/Kilfenora Jog |
Under the Moon |
Traditional tune played by Irish fiddle virtuoso. |
Karan Casey/James Taylor |
The King’s Shilling |
Vol 1 Transatlantic Sessions 4 Douglas/Bain |
Traditional sounding song written by Scots folk musician Ian Sinclair in the 1970s. |
Bella Hardy |
The Herring Girl |
Songs Lost and Stolen |
Song about the lives of the herring girls who were famous for their speed and skill in the fishing industry of 19th and early 20th. |
Eliza Carthy and the Ratcatchers |
Gallant Hussar |
Rough Music |
Traditional, from various parts of England. Will there be a happy ending for the Maid and the Hussar ? |
Oysterband |
A River Runs |
Diamonds on the Water |
|
Old Blind Dogs |
Lads o the Fair |
The Gab o’ Mey |
About a traditional fair at Falkirk in Scots English. About the weavers, farmers, peddlars , dames and lassies who travel miles to the fair. |
The Full English/Seth Lakeman |
Stand by your Guns |
The Full English |
Traditional/Lakeman. Depicts a battle at sea, played out verse by verse. Text included on broadsides found across the country in 1800s. |
| Chieftains and Carolina Chocolate Drops | Pretty Little Girl with the Blue dress on | Voices of Ages | Vintage Appalachian string band music from the Smithsonian archives. |
| Kathryn Roberts and Kate Rusby | The Queen and the Soldier | Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts | Version of Suzanne Vega’s song. |
| Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker | Anyone But Me | Fire and Fortune | A spurned lover sings a dark yet beautiful song. Award winning duo at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 |
| Lynched | Father had a Knife Salonika (anti recruiting song in WW1) |
Cold old Fire | Dublin band, originally on the punk scene. A semi- nonsense song learnt from a Traveller activist, Jasper Derby Smith. Many versions of the song from 1830s onwards. Performed 2015 on Jools Holland’s Later. Also at Sidmouth 2015. |
| Nordic Fiddlers Bloc | Un-named Shetland Reel | Recording made at Shetland Folk Festival 2014 | Trio from Sweden, Norway and Shetland |
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman |
Tomorrow will Follow Today | Tomorrow will Follow Today | Voted best duo in BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013 |
| The Furrow Collective | Hind Horn | At Our Next Meeting | Many variants of this song in Child’s English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Based on medieval romances about the legendary King Horn. |
May 2016
SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
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Fran |
May Song |
Martin Carthy |
Because it’s There |
Down With May |
Clype |
Clype |
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Flowers of May |
Bella Hardy |
Songs Lost and Stolen |
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Sue |
Swinton May Song |
Brass Monkey |
Folk Awards 2005 |
May Song |
New Scorpion Band |
Folksongs and Tunes from the British Isles |
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Cambridgeshire May Carol |
Shirley Collins |
The Sweet Prim-Roses |
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Malcolm |
Spring theme |
Beethoven |
Pastoral Symphony |
Spring |
Vivaldi |
Four Seasons |
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Sandra |
Broomfield Hill |
Bellowhead |
Hedonism |
‘Twas on One April Morning |
Show of Hands |
The Long Way Home |
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Padstow |
Steeleye Span |
Tempted and Tried |
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Mike |
Love and Affection |
Joan Armatrading |
The Very Best Of |
Shake Sugaree |
Rhianna Giddings |
Tomorrow is my Turn |
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It Ain’t Me Babe |
Sandy Denny |
Sandy Denny |
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David |
Summer is a-comin’ |
Merry Hell |
The Ghost in our House and other stories… |
Wild Mountain Thyme |
Edward II |
Zest |
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Gallop Hey |
Oysterband |
Before the Flood |
April 2016
SEASON |
SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
All Year |
Barleycorn |
Tim Van Eyken |
Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves |
An allegory for the farming year |
Winter |
The Jolly Ploughboy |
Sproatly Smith |
Times is ‘n’ Times Was (Download only) |
A ploughman’s lot is a happy one |
Spring |
The Hills of Greenmore |
Steeleye Span |
Hark! The Village Wait |
A hare hunt |
Spring |
Summer is Icumen In |
Richard Thompson |
1000 Years of Popular Music |
The Cuckoo brings in the Spring |
Spring |
I’d Rather be tending My Sheep |
The Furrow Collective |
At Our Next Meeting |
A Shepherdess looks after her flock |
Spring |
Searching for Lambs |
John Jones |
Rising Road |
A Shepherdess meets her true love |
Summer |
Tractor Girl |
Helen Dorothy |
Watching Ghosts…and other Stories |
A day in the life of a driver of an agricultural vehicle |
Summer |
Rosebud in June |
Steeleye Span |
Below the Salt |
Time to work and play |
Summer |
Harvest Song: When we gets up in the Morn |
Watersons |
Frost and Fire |
Harvest Time – sound the horn! |
Autumn |
The Nutting Girl |
Morris On Band |
Morris On |
Be careful when out nutting… |
Autumn |
Hallows’ Eve |
Show of Hands |
The Long Way Home |
Time to remember those who have gone before |
Winter |
Cob A-Coaling |
Watersons |
Voices: English Traditional Songs |
Celebrate Bonfire Treason Day! |
Winter |
The Wassail Cup Carol |
John Kirkpatrick |
Carolling and Crumpets |
Drink this before wassailing! |
Winter |
Old Mother Eve |
Emily Portman |
Hatchlings |
Subversive version of the Adam and Eve story – apparently an apple wassailing song from Somerset |
March 2016
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band |
‘O For a 1000 Tongues To Sing’ |
Sing Lustily & With Good Courage |
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band |
‘How Firm A Foundation’ |
Sing Lustily & With Good Courage |
Big Bill Broonzy |
‘This Train’ |
Club Montmartre 1956 Vol. 1 |
Staple Singers |
‘Will The Circle Be Unbroken’ |
Freedom Highway |
Pete Seeger |
‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’ |
American Favourite Ballads |
Professor Johnson |
‘Give Me That Old Time Religion’ |
Le Gospel (1939-52) |
Alison Krauss |
‘Down To The River To Pray’ |
O Brother, Where Art Though? |
James Shorty, Viola Congregation |
‘Jesus On The Main Line’ |
Roots of Drone |
The Carter Family |
‘Keep On The Sunny Side’ |
Can The Circle Be Unbroken |
Blind Willie Johnson |
‘You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond’ |
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson |
The Highwaymen |
‘Michael Row The Boat Ashore’ |
The Complete Hits 1961 |
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes |
‘Get Away Jordan’ |
Gospel With Dorothy Love Coates |
Hank Williams |
‘I Saw The Light’ |
Forever Hank Williams |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
‘Didn’t It Rain’ |
The Best of Rosetta Tharpe |
Rhiannon Giddens & The Carolina Chocolate Drops |
‘Up Above My Head’ |
Tomorrow Is My Turn |
February 2016
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January 2016
SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
Sailor ain’t a sailor |
Fisherman’s Friends |
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends |
Life as a sailor is very different nowadays! |
Hangin’ Johnny |
Great Big Sea |
Road Rage |
Hanging on lines to haul them in. Johnny lists the people he would like to hang |
Sally Racket |
A.L. Lloyd |
Sailors’ Songs and Sea Shanties |
Typical call and response song for hauling lines |
Away haul away |
Stan Kelly |
Sailors’ Songs and Sea Shanties |
Another call and response song |
Paddy Doyle |
Ewan McColl |
Sailors’ Songs and Sea Shanties |
Bunt Shanty for reefing sails, sung in unison |
Blood Red Roses |
Sting |
Rogue’s Gallery |
Hauling song from the whaling fleet – the roses refer to Redcoat soldiers |
Little Sally Racket |
Bellowhead |
Hedonism |
Musicians having noisy fun |
Haul Away Joe |
Fisherman’s Friends |
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends |
A hearty hauling shanty |
Boney was a Warrior |
Jack Shit |
Rogue’s Gallery |
Napoleon’s life story |
The Wild Goose |
Kate Rusby |
Ten |
Sea shanty turned into an evocative love song |
Santy Anna |
A.L. Lloyd |
Sailors’ songs and Sea Shanties |
Capstan shanty celebrating the Mexican general Santa Anna who fought the Americans in 1847 |
General Taylor |
Richard Thompson, with Jack Shit |
Son of Rogue’s Gallery |
Capstan shanty about the opposing U.S. general, who won the battle in 1847 |
Roll the Old Chariot |
Stan Hugill |
Tape recording |
Catchy song with a runaway chorus, sung when raising the anchor |
New York Girls |
Cyril Tawney |
Nautical Tawney |
Warning about sailors being tricked by the ladies of the night |
Rio Grande |
Michael Stipe and Courtney Love |
Son of Rogue’s Gallery |
An outward bound song |
Shenandoah |
Fisherman’s Friends |
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends |
A river boat song from North America adopted by the British sailors |
Poor Old Horse |
Albion Band |
Rise Up Like the Sun |
Sung at a ceremony after one month at sea |
Leave Her Johnny |
Stan Hugill |
YouTube clip of festival performance |
Final song of the voyage, sung while bringing the ship into harbour |
December 2015
SONG |
ARTIST |
NOTES |
Haika Mutil |
Mikel Laboa |
Song from Basque country |
Danzas Vascas |
Basque dances – Jota (similar to Morris) and Sardana |
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Music from Navarra |
Pamplona bull running festival |
|
Cumpanero dame tira |
Nuberu |
Protest song from miners of Asturias |
Cantar del home solu |
Anabel Santiago |
Song about mining from Asturias |
Dama d’Arago |
Catalan folk song |
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Canto del averan que perdio la guerra |
Llan de Cubel |
Things disappearing from Asturias |
Xota la punta |
Tejedor |
Young group singing traditional songs |
Tu gitana |
Luar na Lubre |
Group from Galicia liked by Mike Oldfield |
Triste y sola |
Tuna |
Group of University students serenading the ladies |
Quimera |
Paco Pena |
Andalucia- flamenco and gypsy heartland- fusion of flamenco music and dance with African slave rhythms |
Triana |
Miguel Poveda |
Traditional flamenco |
Canta los Poetas album |
Paco Ibanez |
Poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca put to music |
El Amor Brujo |
Manuel de Falla |
Film by Saura- wedding peasant song and grandmothers’ dance |
La Saeta |
Joana Jiminez |
Lament sung during Holy Week parades in Seville |
November 2015
October 2015
October 2015 - Arrivals and Departures |
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SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
Standing At My Window |
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman |
Hidden People |
An unwelcome visitor is expected |
April Come She Will |
Simon and Garfunkel |
Sounds of Silence |
A summer love affair |
Tonight We Ride |
Tom Russell |
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs |
Jailed cowboy sings of the old days, and plans to escape |
Bury Me Naked |
Merry Hell |
Head Full of Magic, Shoes Full of Rain |
A funeral plan |
In Heaven there is no Beer |
Brave Combo |
Polkas for a Gloomy World |
Speculation? |
Hind Horn |
The Furrow Collective |
At our Next Meeting |
Traditional song from 13th Century, with a happy ending (for some!) |
No Man’s Mama |
Carolina Chocolate Drops |
Leaving Eden |
Happy song about divorce |
The Postman’s Knock |
The Albion Band |
Rise Up Like the Sun (2003 re-issue bonus track) |
Jolly song with a Morris tune, vocals by John Tams |
It Was Only a Gypsy |
Jake Thackray |
The Very Best of Jake Thackray |
A policeman and his wife discuss their day |
Kiss and Say Goodbye |
Kate and Anna McGarrigle |
Kate and Anna McGarrigle |
A welcome visitor is anticipated |
1952 Vincent Black Lightning |
Richard Thompson |
Action Packed: the Best of the Capitol Years |
A girl, a boy, and a very special motorbike |
The Final Trawl |
Emily Smith |
Echoes |
The final day’s work of a fishing boat |
The William Patel Overture |
The Mrs Ackroyd Band |
Oranges and Lemmings |
Les Barker suggests a way to get rid of unwelcome visitors |
September 2015
September 2015 Bringalong |
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SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
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Jill |
Learn to Hambo/Eric Stevenson of Crookhill |
Andy May Trio |
About Time |
David |
The Baker’s Daughter |
Merry Hell |
The Ghost in our House and other stories…. |
Fran |
Donal McGillavry |
Silly Wizard |
Best of Silly Wizard |
Sue |
The Scarborough Settler’s Lament |
Barluath |
At Dawn of Day |
Yvonne |
Without Blame |
Ismael Lo with Marianne Faithfull |
Jammu Africa |
Sandra |
We’re Here |
Spooky Men’s Chorale |
The Spooky Man in History |
Jill |
Six Months in a Leaky Boat |
James Brothers |
James Brothers |
David |
Me and my Sister the Moon |
Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston |
Sing a Full Song |
Fran |
Hamnataing |
Fiddlers Bid |
Hamnataing |
Sue |
Bonnie Susie Clelland |
Rachel Hamer Band |
Rachel Hamer Band EP |
Yvonne |
What he Wrote |
Laura Marling |
I Speak because I can |
Sandra |
Early Air/Tullochgorum |
Kathryn Tickell and the Side |
Kathryn Tickell and the Side |
July 2015
SCOTTISH FOLK |
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ARTIST/S |
SONG |
CD |
NOTES |
Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham |
Western Lilt |
Spring the Summer Long |
Traditional dance tunes arranged and played by 2 of Scotland’s finest folk musicians |
Lori Watson/Rule of Three |
Maggie |
“3” |
Lyrics from a poem written by the Ettrick Shepherd, James Hogg |
Fiddlers Bid |
Yellow Stockings |
Hamnataing |
Set of traditional Shetland Tunes |
Old Blind Dogs |
Johnny o’Braidislee |
Five |
Scottish traditional song, a poacher meets his doom. |
Claire Mann & Aaron Jones |
Fortune’s Wheel |
Secret Orders |
Modern take on a traditional song by Scots based duo |
Maggie MacInnes |
Leaving Mingulay |
A Fagail Mhuighalaigh |
Tune by Celtic harpist and Gaelic singer from isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides |
Jim Reid |
The Norland wind |
I saw the wild geese flee |
Setting of a Violet Jacob poem about longing for one’s homeland . |
Capercaille |
Coisich a Ruin (Come on my love) |
Dusk til Dawn |
A ‘waulking’ song, work song for the beaters of the cloth making Harris Tweed |
Karine Polwart |
Tinsel Show |
Traces |
Unexpected beauty of the light show produced by BP petrochemical plant at Grangemouth inspired this song |
Duncan Chisholm |
Lorient Mornings |
Farrar |
Another of Duncan’s beautiful tunes inspired by his love of his homeland in the Highlands |
Silly Wizard |
The Queen of Argyll |
The Best of Silly Wizard |
Often mistaken for a traditional song, written in early 1980s by Andy M. Stewart |
Julie Fowlis |
Turas san Lochmor |
Cuilidh |
Song from Uist, Outer Hebrides |
Aly Bain, Jerry Douglas, Phil Cunningham |
Loch Katrine’s Lady |
Transatlantic Sessions, S6, V2 |
Tune by Phil, part of celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Walter Scott’s poem, The lady of the Lake |
Emily Smith |
A Day Like Today |
A Day Like Today |
Emily’s song of love betrayed, yet defiant |
Eddi Reader |
Brose and Butter |
Sings the Songs of Robert Burns |
Burns’ adaptation of an old Ayrshire ballad, full of bawdiness and innuendo! |
Lau |
Butcher Boy |
Lightweights and Gentlemen |
Traditional folk song with modern arrangement |
June 2015
SAD LOVE STORIES |
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Norma Waterson |
April Morning |
Bright Shiny Morning |
Topic |
Brian Peters/Jeff Davis |
Earl Brand |
Sharp's Appalachian Harvest |
Pugwash |
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson |
The Nightingale |
The Gift |
Topic |
Christy Moore |
Bogie's Bonnie Belle |
Common Ground |
EMI |
Sinead O'Connor |
On Raglan Road |
Common Ground |
EMI |
Brian Kennedy |
As I Roved Out |
Common Ground |
EMI |
Brass Monkey |
Riding Down to Portsmouth |
The Complete Brass Monkey |
Topic |
Ed McCurdy |
Josie |
Constant Sorrow |
One Day Music |
Niamh Parsons |
A Kiss in the Morning early |
Heart's Desire |
Green Linnet |
Nic Jones |
Billy Don't You Weep for Me |
Folk Awards 2007 |
BBC |
The Blue Sky Boys |
The Banks of the Ohio |
American Murder Ballads |
Not Now Music |
Bryony Griffiths and Will Hampson |
The Constant Lovers |
Lady Diamond |
Selwyn Music |
Spiers & Boden |
Courting too slow |
Bellow |
Fellside |
Norma Waterson |
Once in a Blue Moon |
A Woman's Voice |
Topic |
May 2015
Cattle Call : Early Cowboy Music and its Roots |
|
Cattle Call |
Tex Owens |
Blue Yodel Blues |
Ray Whitley |
Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie |
Carson Robinson |
Cool Water |
Sons of the Pioneers |
I’m an Old Cowhand |
Tex Ritter |
Cowboy Blues |
Jean-Jacques Miteau |
Oklahoma Hills |
Jack Gutherie |
Cowboys Lament |
Burl Ives |
When I was a Cowboy |
Leadbelly |
Ghost Riders in the Sky |
Roy Rogers |
Tie a Knot in the Devils Tail |
Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee |
La Cucaracha |
Los Panchos |
Little Joe the Wrangler |
Jules Verne Allen |
Lone Star Trail |
Ken Maynard |
When the Cactus is in Bloom |
Jimmie Rodgers |
Chisholm Trail |
The Tex-I-An Boys |
Tumbling Tumbleweed |
Roy Rogers |
Home On the Range |
Roy Rogers |
Cowboy Camp Meeting |
Sons of the Pioneers |
Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild, Wild Women |
Sons of the Pioneers |
Dear John |
Hank Williams |
Tex-i-An Boys |
Tex-i-An Boys |
I Want to be a Cowboys Sweetheart |
Patsy Montana |
Na He Hee |
Sons of the Pioneers |
Tennessee Waltz |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
Sourwood Mountain |
Carolina Chocolate Drops |
March 2015
‘1649 AND ALL THAT’
DATE |
SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
1649 |
The World Turned Upside Down |
Oysterband |
The Shouting End of Life |
The Civil War: The Diggers |
1932 |
You Can(Mass Trespass 1932) |
Chumbawamba |
A Singsong and a Scrap |
Kinder Scout mass trespass |
1830 |
Captain Swing |
Roy Bailey |
Coda |
The Swing Riots |
1973 |
Part of the Union |
Strawbs |
Bursting at the Seams |
Industrial relations in the 70s |
1985 |
Hearts of Coal |
Albion Band |
Happy Accident |
The miners’ strike |
1649 |
Bonnie Bessies |
Eddi Reader |
Freeborn John (concept album by Rev Hammer) |
The Civil War: The women’s protest against the imprisonment of John Lilburne, leader of the Levellers |
1700… |
Jewel in the Crown |
Fairport Convention |
Jewel in the Crown |
The building of the British Empire |
1707 |
Rogues in a Nation |
Old Blind Dogs |
Five |
The Act of Union with Scotland – Scottish folk song from a poem by Robert Burns |
1880s |
Stand by Your Guns |
The Full English |
The Full English |
A sea battle, from a broadside ballad |
1797… |
The Isle of France |
Ian King |
Panic Grass and Fever Few |
A transportation song with a happy ending |
1415 |
The Grey Goose Wing |
Ray Cooper |
Tales of Love, War and Death by Hanging |
The Battle of Agincourt: 600th Anniversary this year |
February 2015
ROGUES AND VILLAINS
SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
The Black Freighter |
Steeleye Span |
Gale Force Ten |
A servant fantasizes about being a villain |
Three Jolly Burglars |
Vin Garbutt |
Street Cries |
A break-in goes wrong |
The Unwelcome Guest |
Billy Bragg and Wilco |
Mermaid Avenue |
An American Dick Turpin |
Mc Pherson’s Rant |
Ray Cooper |
Tales of Love, War and Death by Hanging |
A time change seals his fate |
Geordie |
Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer |
Child Ballads |
His wife arrives too late |
Jesse James |
Bruce Springsteen |
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions |
The murder of a folk hero |
Jack Hall |
Sam Carter |
The No Testament |
Gallows song written by himself |
The Ups and Downs |
Steeleye Span |
Parcel of Rogues |
Beware of drover lads! |
Dick Turpin |
Pete Morton |
Trespass |
A rich man is deceived and robbed |
Australia |
Tim Van Eyken |
Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves |
An ineffective highwayman is led astray by a woman |
While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping |
June Tabor |
Airs and Graces |
A poacher is successful |
Poppy Day |
Steve Knightley |
Cruel River |
A drug dealer on the M4 corridor |
Smugglers |
The Men They Couldn’t Hang |
Tales of Love and Hate |
A rousing song about everyone’s favourite rogues! |
January 2015
John Ball |
Norma and Lal Waterson |
Topic A True-Hearted Girl |
1381 |
The World Turned upside Down |
Dick Gaughan |
Topic Handful of Earth 1981 |
1649 |
Digger’s Song |
Chumbawamba |
Topic English Rebel Songs 1381-1914. |
1988 |
Jerusalem |
Bob Davenport |
Topic The Common Stone 2004 |
1804 |
The Rich Man and the Poor Man |
Bob Miller |
The Little Red Box of Protest Songs We Shall Be Free |
1932 |
Joe Hill |
Paul Robeson |
Voice & Vision |
1956 |
Strange Fruit |
Billie Holliday |
The Essential Billie Holiday |
1938 |
This Land is Your Land |
Woody Guthrie |
The Very Best of Woody Guthrie |
1940 |
Uncle Sam Says |
Josh White |
The Little Red Box of Protest Songs We Shall Be Free |
|
I’m on my way |
Ernie Lieberman |
The Little Red Box of Protest Songs We Shall Be Free |
|
Jim Crow |
The Union Boys |
The Little Red Box of Protest Songs The House I live in |
1944 By Seeger and Hays |
Freedom Road |
Josh White |
The Little Red Box of Protest Songs The House I live in |
|
Unity Rhumba |
Goodson & Vale |
The Little Red Box of Protest Songs The House I live in |
|
Hammer Song |
Weavers Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman. |
The Little Red Box of Protest Songs We Shall Be Free |
1949 |
Dominion of the Sword |
Martin Carthy |
Right of Passage 1989 |
1686 |
Blezamuo |
Aznach Ensemble |
Songs of Defiance: Music of Chechnya |
|
The Troubles of Erin |
Vin Garbutt |
Word of Mouth |
1999 |
Country Life |
Show of Hands |
Country Life |
2003 |
Has Been Cavalry |
John Boden |
Songs from the Floodplain |
2009 |
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You |
Woody Guthrie |
The Very Best of Woody Guthrie |
1940’s |
December 2014
Tracks Played on PLACES Theme 2 |
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Alabama Bound |
Leadbelly |
American Folk & Blues Anthology |
Wild Rover |
Belshazzar’s Feast |
Find the Lady |
London |
Thea Gilmore |
Don’t Stop Singing |
Memphis Tennessee |
Sandy Denny |
Sandy Denny Studio Outtakes |
Jotabé |
Susana Seivane |
Susana Seivane |
The Humours of Tullycrine |
Threepenny Bit |
Cartography |
Big Rock Candy Mountain |
Harry McLintock |
O Brother Where Art Thou? |
Follow the Heron |
Karine Polwart |
Rough Guide to Scottish Folk |
Baker Street |
Gerry Rafferty |
City to City |
Mouse on a Hill |
Warner Williams and Jay Summerour |
Classic African-American Ballads |
Ismael Drame |
Toumani Diabeté |
Toumani Diabeté |
The Leaving of Liverpool |
The Dubliners |
Dubliners Essential Collection |
Dirty Old Town |
Ewan McColl |
Black & White : Definitive Collection |
Full Moon Down Under |
Wendy Stewart & Gary West |
Rough Guide to Scottish Folk |
Rangoon |
Kan |
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Nina Wara |
Rumillajta |
Hoja de Coca |
Palaces of Gold |
Martin Simpson |
Voice and Vision |
As Joseph was a-walking |
Annie Lennox |
Christmas Cornucopia |
San Francisco Bay Blues |
Jesse Fuller |
San Francisco Bay Blues |
November 2014
‘PLACES’ theme November 2014 |
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SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
COMMENTS |
Venezuela |
Rita Connolly |
Rita Connolly |
A beautiful song about a sailor ashore. |
Jacku |
Rumillajta |
Hoja De Coca |
Music of the Andes |
Mauritania |
Laye Sow |
Acoustic Africa |
Music from Senegal |
Bound for Botany Bay |
John Doyle |
Shadow and Light |
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Will ye go to Flanders? |
Karine Polwart |
Fairest Floo’er |
|
The Whole Wide World |
Bad Shepherds |
Yan, Tyan, Tethera Metheral |
Folkie version of Punk classic |
Yeovil Town |
Show of Hands |
Cold Frontier |
A really bad experience! |
Girl from the North Country |
Bob Dylan |
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan |
|
Rocky road to Dublin |
Chieftains |
Long Black Veil |
Traditional but with the Rolling Stones |
Lisdoonvarna |
Christy Moore |
Ride on |
|
Newcastle |
Richard Crouch |
Stepping out |
|
St. Olav’s Gate |
Tom Russell with Nanci Griffith |
Tom Russell Anthology Veteran’s Day |
Nordic re-make of ‘Brief Encounter’? |
Yarmouth Town |
Nic Jones |
Unearthed |
Sometimes the natives are friendly! |
Padstow |
Steeleye Span |
Another Parcel of Steeleye Span |
|
Annan Water |
Kate Rusby |
Hourglass |
A tragic song from the Scottish Borders |
Portobello Terrace |
Tom Robinson |
Cooking Vinyl Sampler 1993 Vol 2 |
|
Lady of York |
Bryony Griffith with Will Hampson |
Lady Diamond |
|
Chinatown |
Hot Club of Cowtown |
Swingin’ Stampede |
A swinging finale! |
October 2014
October meeting : Folk & Roots on Radio, TV and Film |
|
The Weavers Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 |
Music documentary |
Pete Seeger / Sony Terry / Brownie McGhee Rainbow Quest TV Series 1965/6 |
‘Rock Island Line’ |
Rev. Blind Gary Davis 1967 TV footage |
‘If I Had My Way’ |
Tom Paxton & Pete Seeger Rainbow Quest TV series 1965/6 |
‘Rambling Boy’ |
Bob Dylan at Newport Folk Festival 1964 with intro. by Pete Seeger |
‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ |
Dave van Ronk guitar playing video tutorial |
‘Green, Green Rocky Road’ |
Woody Gutherie BBC Children’s Hour interview in1944 |
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Sonny Boy Williamson 1963 onwards, US Folk, Blues & Gospel Tours |
‘Keep It To Yourself’ |
Sister Rosetta 1964 US Folk, Blues & Gospel Tour Manchester railway station concert |
‘Didn’t It Rain’ |
Paul Simon 1986 Graceland Concert – South Africa |
‘Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes’ |
Madeline Peyroux JoolsHolland ‘Later’ TV |
‘Careless Love’ |
Joni Michell BBC TV concert |
‘California’ / ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ |
Ian Campbell Folk Group Pathe News 1964 Christian Aid Week |
‘Were You There’ |
Martin Carthy / Davy Graham / Rory McEwen 1964ATV Hullabaloo |
‘My Girl’ |
Long John / Davy Graham 1969 ATV Hullabaloo |
‘Carless Love’ |
Fotheringay with Sandy Denny 1970 Music promo video |
‘Memphis Tennessee’ |
Steeleye Span Record promo video 1975 |
‘All Around My Hat’ |
September 2014
ARTIST/S |
SONG |
CD |
Jack the Lad |
Sailed the Seven Seas |
Rough Diamonds |
Frogmorton |
Shipwreck (Roll Along) Grace Darling |
At Last |
Jeremy Taylor |
Jobsworth |
(You Tube) |
Bushwackers Band |
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda |
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda |
Brenda Wooton |
Cornish folk song |
Crowdy Crawn |
Five Hand Reel |
My Love is like a red red rose |
Earl of Moray |
Fred Wedlock |
Handier Household Help |
Frollicks |
Ralph McTell |
From Clare to Here |
Right Side Up |
Bert Jansch |
Yarrow |
Moonshine |
Lindisfarne |
Lady Eleanor |
The Charisma Years, Disc 1 |
Gryphon |
The Ploughboy’s Dream |
Midnight Mushrumps |
Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick |
Byker Hill |
Byker Hill |
Steeleye Span |
The Wife of Ushers Well |
All Around My Hat |
Silly Sisters |
The Game of Cards |
Silly Sisters |
July 2014
WORK PROGRAMME NOTES
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School Days over Time to don the moleskin trousers and go to work down t’ pit.
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Blackleg Miner Trad C19th song from Northumberland
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The Blacksmith/ Black Smithereens Really just an opportunity to play Planxty
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Jolly Tinker Instrumental version without the somewhat saucy lyrics
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The Lazy Farmer A ribald tale about a work-shy agriculturalist
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Love on a Farmboy’s Wages Pop meets folk; this reached no 50 in 1983’s singles chart
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The Barley & the Rye A silly old cuckold, a rampaging wife & a young rake
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Jolly Waggoner and
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The Molecatcher 2 trad songs from the excellent ‘The Liberty to Choose’
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The Old ‘Arris Mill Song local to the girls at a Manchester mill
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Doffin’ Mistress She who oversaw the young factory girls in the spinning sheds as she changed (doffed) the bobbins, ready to be sent to the weavers. Possibly originating in N Ireland.
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Eli the Barrow Boy A rather sad contemporary song with a trad feel from an indie Oregon band
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Vulcan/Steelos 2 songs of the steel by John Tams
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Compliments of your Waitress Treat your waitress kindly or beware the consequences!
June 2014
SIN |
SONG |
ARTIST |
CD |
NOTES |
VARIOUS |
The Seven Deadly Sins |
The Kipper Family |
Fresh Yesterday |
Practice makes perfect! |
JEALOUSY |
Cold Kisses |
Richard Thompson |
Action Packed – The Best of the Capitol Years |
Not a wise choice of boyfriend! |
ANGER |
Lord Maxwell’s Last Goodnight |
June Tabor |
Ashes and Diamonds |
Courtly lyrics tell of a bitter and bloody feud |
GLUTTONY |
J Edgar |
Ry Cooder |
My Name is Buddy |
A very hungry pig (apparently) |
LUST |
Maud and Cecil |
The Cecil Sharpe Project |
The Cecil Sharpe Project |
An entertaining little ditty with no basis in fact! |
PRIDE |
A Truckload of Art |
Terry Allen |
Lubbock on Everything |
Pride comes before a fall! |
GREED |
Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed |
Show of Hands |
Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed |
Bankers and politicians in the firing line. |
SLOTH |
Why Don’t You Do Right? |
Carthy, Hardy, Farrell, Young |
Laylam |
A lazy man will not do right! |
ALL EXCEPT SLOTH |
Mr Bad Example |
Warren Zeevon |
Mr Bad Example |
A Serial Deadly Sinner! |
BONUS TRACK |
Closing Time |
Fairport Convention |
Jewel in the Crown |
Will they be capable of doing any sins? |
May 2014
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An Seisiun |
The Star of the County Down |
In Session |
Barking Spider |
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Danu |
County Down |
The Road Less Travelled |
Shanachie |
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Paul Brady |
Sergeant McBride |
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady |
Mulligan |
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Martin Hayes |
Bill Malley’s Barndance |
Under the Moon |
Green Linnet |
5 |
Sean Keane |
Man from Connemara |
All Heart, No Roses |
Cross Border |
6 |
Kevin Crawford |
Season of Mists |
Irish Music – The Rough Guide |
World Music Network |
7 |
Mary McPartlan |
As I roved out |
The Holland Handkerchief |
McP Productions |
8 |
Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Michael McGoldrick, Jim Murray |
Billy in the Low Ground |
Tunes |
Daisydiscs |
9 |
Colum Sands |
Tandragee |
Live in Concert |
Spring Records |
10 |
Niamh Parsons |
The Flower of Magherally O |
Blackbirds & Thrushes |
Green Linnet |
11 |
Michael Mc Goldrick |
Freefalling |
Folk Awards 2011 |
Properfolk |
12 |
Donal Maguire |
The Star of Sunday’s Well |
The Star of Sunday’s Well |
Rossendale Records |
13 |
The Gloaming |
Hunting the Squirrel |
The Gloaming |
Brassland |
14 |
Altan |
An Feochan |
The Best of Altan |
Green Linnet |
15 |
Kathleen O’Sullivan |
The Bold Rogue |
Born on St Patrick’s Day |
LoLa Records |
16 |
The Fureys & Davey Arthur |
Love is Pleasing |
The Best of the Fureys and Davey Arthur |
Music Club |
April 2014
ARTIST |
SONG |
CD |
NOTES |
High Spen Sword Dancers |
Sword Dance 1929 |
DVD: Here’s Health to the Barley Mow |
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Bacup Coconut Dancers |
Coconut Dance 1930 |
DVD: Here’s Health to the Barley Mow |
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Coconut Dancers |
Coconut Dance |
YouTube |
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Loreena McKennitt |
Beltane Huron Fire Dance |
YouTube: Parallel Dreams |
Inspired by Huron festivities and Gaelic Beltane celebrations |
Beltane Border Morris (South Devon) |
Beltane Fire Dance |
YouTube |
Performed at Teignmouth Folk Festival 2013 |
Gjallarhorn |
Lille dansa (Dance a little) |
Sjofa |
A frisky polska from Sweden |
Oysterband |
The Old Dance |
Step Outside |
Trouble in the Garden of Eden! |
Steeleye Span |
The Dark Morris |
Wintersmith |
Collaboration with Terry Pratchett of his book ‘Wintersmith’ |
Peter Bellamy |
Slip Jigs and Reels |
Wake the Vaulted Echoes |
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Julie Fowlis |
Puirt-a-Beul set |
Cuilidh |
Mouth Music |
Kerfuffle |
Dance Little Maid/Monster of Polska |
Kerfuffle K2 |
Swedish Dance music |
Chumbawamba |
Dance, Idiot, Dance |
Folk Against Fascism |
fRoots magazine compilation |
Norma Waterson |
On Friday he’s Fred Astaire |
The Very Thought of You |
The Legend lives on! |
The Shee |
Tom Paine’s Bones |
Different Season |
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Spiers and Boden |
Rochdale Coconut Dance |
The Works |
Not the same tune as the coconut dances above! |
Fiddler’s Bid |
Seven-step Polka |
Naked and Bare |
A Shetland Dance |
3Mustaphas3 |
Maramures Zydeco |
Play Musty for Me |
Romano-Hungarian dance tune travels to Louisiana for an inter-continental knees-up! |
March 2014
MUSIC OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
ARTIST |
SONG |
CD |
NOTES |
The Hush |
Here’s the tender coming |
Dark to the Sky |
Press gangs were taking men for the Navy |
Barbara Dickson |
Recruited collier |
From the Beggar’s Mantle |
The Army was recruiting with equally dubious methods |
John Tams |
Spanish bride |
John Tams- the definitive collection |
Ladies were not only left behind in England |
Chumbawamba |
Learning to love |
A Singsong and a Scrap |
Perhaps some of the ladies were not quite so heartbroken |
Steeleye Span |
The Victory |
Storm Force Ten |
1805 – Nelson wins and dies at Trafalgar |
Nic Jones |
Warlike lads of Russia |
Unearthed |
1812 – Napoleon makes the mistake of attacking Russia |
Watersons |
Bonnie Light Horseman |
For pence and spicy ale |
A lament for the soldier fallen in battle |
Mrs Ackroyd Band |
Unigate Milkman |
Yelp! |
A lament for the milkman fallen in battle |
Jim Moray |
18th Day of June |
Skulk |
1815 – Battle of Waterloo |
The Wilsons |
18th Day of June |
Voices |
A rousing a capella account of the battle |
Little Johnny England |
Plains of Waterloo |
Tournament of Shadows |
Will loved ones return now the war is ended? |
Bellowhead |
Spectre Review |
Matachin |
Is Bonaparte really gone for good? |
February 2014
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January 2014
RICHARD THOMSON CONCERT DVD 1000 Years of Popular Music : Tracks Selected
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December 2013
Our Christmas meeting was spent listening to seasonal songs and carols and included the following tracks –
ARTIST |
SONG |
CD |
NOTES |
Imagined Village |
Winter singing |
Bending the Dark |
Folk/World Music group celebrate the British winter |
Joglaresa |
Cold, haily, windy night |
In Hoary Winter’s night |
The wild weather persuades the girl to let her lover in, but she curses it when he proves unfaithful. |
Home Service |
Snow falls |
Home Service Live 1986 |
Keep looking forward to Spring! |
Paul Simon |
Under African skies |
Graceland concert |
Not everyone has snow at Christmas! |
Ian Campbell Folk Group |
The Snow is Falling |
The Times they are a’ changing |
Popular 60’s Folk group bring back memories |
Hradistan Cymbalon Band |
Co se stalo prikodilio |
Czech Christmas song |
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Hradistan Spiritual Kvintet |
Bim Bam |
Vanocni Koncert (Christmas concert) |
Czech version of “He comes from the Glory” |
Annie Lennox and the African Children’s Choir |
As Joseph was a walking (Cherry Tree Carol) |
A Christmas Cornucopia |
Verses celebrate and emphasise the lowliness of the birth “of Christ the Heavenly King” |
Terry Allan |
Xmas on the Isthmus |
Salivation |
Bored, homesick soldiers spending Christmas on duty |
Watersons |
Sound, sound your instruments of joy! |
Frost and Fire |
Eighteenth century Christmas anthem |
Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band |
On Christmas night (Sussex Carol) |
A tapestry of carols |
Traditional carol from Gloucestershire and Sussex |
The Weavers |
Go where I send ye (One for the itty bitty baby) |
The Weavers at Carnegie Hall |
Gospel favourite from 50’s American folk group |
Erin Bode |
Coventry Carol |
A cold December night |
Lullaby from a medieval play |
John Kirkpatrick |
Chuckling hens |
Carolling and Crumpets |
A defiant and irresistible call for Christmas charity |
Blind Joe Death |
Santa Clause is coming to town |
Christmas Soli |
John Fahey aka ‘Blind Joe Death’ was a pioneer of American blues & folk. |
Karine Polwart |
Merry Xmas Everybody |
Merry Xmas Everybody – download single |
A beautiful version of the well-known Slade anthem |
Coope Boyes and Simpson |
While shepherds watched |
Fire and Sleet and Candlelight |
The “sweet chiming Christmas bells” version. |
Coope Boyes and Simpson |
Drive cold Winter away |
Fire and Sleet and Candlelight |
A grand finale to the afternoon! |
Fairport Convention & Co. Playlist November 2013
Fairport Convention, a folk-rock group formed over 40 years ago and still going
strong, are one of the best-known and loved British groups on the folk music
scene. They have had an interesting history and numerous personnel changes and
off-shoots. This programme followed the group from its formation in 1967 to
Richard Thompson's departure in 1971 with examples of Fairport's own songs and
those of individual members and their bands such as the ever-popular Steeleye
Span. Part 2 to follow later in next year!
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Fairport Convention | White Bicycles |
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Fairport Convention | Cropredy Box Set |
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Fairport Convention | History of F.C. |
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Dave Swarbrick | Rags,reels & airs |
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Fairport Convention | Liege & Lief |
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Steeleye Span | A stack of Steeleye Span |
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The Bunch | Rock On |
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Morris On Band | Island Folk Box Set |
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Fotheringay | “2” |
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Fairport Convention | By Popular Request |
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Richard Thompson | Henry the Human Fly |
In October 2013 David presented a set of tracks on the theme of 'Journeys'.
ARTIST |
SONG |
CD |
NOTES |
The Mrs Ackroyd Band (vocals Pete Morton) |
Another Train |
Yelp |
A journey begins – but not just yet! |
Matapedia |
Kate and Anna McGarrigle |
Matapedia |
An exhilarating car ride to catch a boat |
Richard Thompson |
Walking the Long Miles Home |
Action Packed |
A walk in the dark musing on lost love |
Bruce Springsteen |
Erie Canal |
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions |
Tribute to the mules that pulled the barges |
Roy Bailey |
Road to Dundee |
Below the Radar |
An uneventful meeting |
Chumbawamba |
Words Flew (right around the world) |
The boy bands have won. If… |
Bertolt Brecht’s words live on despite exile |
Terry Allen |
Wolf man of Del Rio |
Lubbock (on everything) |
American Road movie |
Blyth Power |
On the Viking Station |
On the Viking Station |
A dangerous voyage during the Cod War |
Albion Band |
House in the Country |
Rise up like the Sun |
Travelling the by-ways in a horse-drawn caravan |
Bob Fox |
Champion at keeping them Rolling |
Dreams Never Leave You |
Truckers on the Motorways |
Mitch Benn |
Motorway Food |
Where Next… |
A cautionary tale |
Handsome Family |
The House Carpenter |
The Big Session Volume One |
A horrifying voyage ends in tragedy |
Ray Cooper |
The Highwayman |
Tales of Love, War and Death by Hanging |
Some journeys never end… |
Our September meeting was spent listening to a selection of tunes and songs chosen by members of the group.
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Fran’s Choice |
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| June Tabor and Oysterband | Bonny Bunch of Roses | Ragged Kingdom |
| Kate Rusby | A Rose in April | Hourglass |
| Fairport Convention | Crazy Man Michael | Liege and Leaf |
Jill’s Choice |
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| Moulettes | Sing Unto Me | The Bear’s Revenge |
| Jerry Douglas | King Silkie | Traveller |
June Tabor/ Iain Bellamy/ Huw Williams |
As I Roved Out | Quercus |
Sandra’s Choice |
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| Merry Hell | The Butcher and the Vegan | Blink…and you miss it |
| Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain | Melange | Live In London |
Sue’s Choice |
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| Duncan Chisholm | Unknown Air | Affric |
| Colum Sands | Look Where I’ve Ended Up | Live in Concert |
| Niamh Parsons | Syracuse | Heart’s Desire |
David’s Choice |
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| Isambarde | Outlandish Knight | Living History |
| Merry Hell | Let’s not have a Morning After (Until we’ve had a Night Before) | Head Full of Magic, Shoes Full of Rain |
| Hot Club of Cowtown | Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight | Swingin’ Stampede |
The August 2013 meeting was a translantic session.
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Draggle Tail Gypsies Benji Kirkpatrick |
Song Links Fellside
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Clayton Boone Skip Boone |
Song Links 5 Fellside |
Prickle Eye Bush Spiers & Boden |
John Spiers & Jon Boden Bellow
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The Maid Freed from the Gallows Tim Eriksen |
Song Links 3 Fellside |
Soldier’s Joy Shetland Fiddlers |
Shetland Fiddlers Leader 1973 |
Soldier’s Joy Tommy Jarrell |
Sail Away Ladies LP 1976 |
Emmet Lundy |
LP Fiddle Tunes from Grayson County, Virginia |
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Bob Dylan |
House of the Rising sun 2CD Set Feb 2013 |
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1961 Vol 2
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Four Nights Drunk Steeleye Span |
The Lark in the Morning
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‘Seven Yellow Gipsies’ Shirley Collins |
The Power of the True Love Knot
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Rockabilly Crazy Days |
‘Gypsy Davey’ Chris Barber Skiffle Group |
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