25 June 2006

The featured album was THE FOLKWAYS YEARS 1955 - 1992 by PEGGY SEEGER www.pegseeger.com (Smithsonian Folkways), an anthology of tracks taken from albums released on the Folkways label with several previously unreleased live recordings.  A fine collection of traditional and original songs on the themes of love and politics.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

PRETTY SARO;  LADY, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY?;  THE SQUIRE AND THE COLIC;  GONNA BE AN ENGINEER;  NOBODY KNEW SHE WAS THERE

FARE YOU WELL / Iona / A Celebration Of Twenty / www.ionamusic.com

THE PETRIFIED MAN / The Waybacks / From The Pasture To The Future / Compass

FEZEKA'S / Fiddler's Bid / Naked & Bare / Greentrax

* THE SPRING JAUNT / Dave de Hugard / Magpie Morning / Sandstock Music

HU HEJ, HUMMEL I AE VAND / Kristian Bugge / Kristian Bugge / www.kristianbugge.com

* THE WINDMILL RUN / Wongawilli / After The Tradition / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au

THE GOLD RING / John Carty / Yeh, That's All It Is / Shanachie

GARROTIN / Sabugo Tente Firme / The Bagpipes Of Spanish Asturias / ARC Music

* THE STOCKMAN'S CHEQUE / Loaded Dog / A Coastline Facing West / hugatree@iinet.net.au

THE TRAIL TO MEXICO / David Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic / The Saloon Sessions / Centerfire Music

JOCK MACGRAW / various / Scottish Drinking And Pipe Songs / Legacy International

GONE FISHING / Flook / Haven / Flatfish

POLLY ON THE SHORE / Martin Simpson / The Bramble Briar / Topic

FELJOTT A NAP / Czokolom / May I Kiss Your Hand / Arhoolie

* THE COLONEL & THE CLOWN / Enda Kenny / Here & There / www.endakenny.com.au

KATE DALRYMPLE / Tony Cuffe / The Clear Stream / Greentrax

* AWAY IN THE DISTANCE / Nigel Foote / Home By Dark / www.folksinger.com.au

ELY PARKER / Battlefield Band / The Road Of Tears / Temple Records

18 June 2006

The featured album was WELL REMEMBERED SHORE by FRESHWATER TRADE (www.freshwatertrade.ca) Canadian trio presenting a CD of traditional and original songs and tunes associated with the Great Lakes region. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

COME GET YER DUDS IN ORDER;  THE TWO AMANDAS;  ITCHY FINGERS;  HEAVE HER UP;  STRIKE THE BELL

* TRUE BELIEVERS / Eric Bogle / Other People's Children / Rouseabout

LEMONADE AND BUNS / Kila / Lemonade And Buns / Kila Records

* SHEEP SHEEP DON'TCHA KNOW THE ROAD / Steve Tallis / Jezebel Spirit / Zombi Music

TWINS' DANCE PARTY / John Williams & Dean Magraw / Raven / Compass

HO RO CHANEIL CADAL ORM / Ishbel Macaskill / Macnas / Macmeanmna

BLACK DIAMOND STRINGS / Guy Clark / Merlefest Live! 2003 / www.merlefest.org

FJUKANDE SKYER / Marylands / www.folkogdans.no / Norwegian Traditional Music and Dance Association

TRAIN SONG / Eliza Carthy / Angels & Cigarettes / Warner

ASTURIAN WAY / Flook / Haven / Flatfish

150 DAYS OUT FROM VANCOUVER / Tom Lewis / Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer / Self Propelled Music

LONE PRAIRIE and BARBARA ALLEN / Matt Brown / Lone Prairie / 5 String Productions

* FURTHER UP THE MOUNTAIN / Greg Champion / Shady Tree / www.gregchampion.com.au

SHAKE A LEG and THE BOLD PRIVATEER / John McCusker / Goodnight Ginger / Compass

WABASH CANNONBALL / The Chieftains and friends / Another Country / RCA Victor

I'LL TELL ME MA / Sinead O'Connor / Sean-Nos Nua / Hummingbird Records

TATWS PENFRO / Crasdant / The Music Of Wales - The Folk Collection / Sain

* MURRUMBIDGEE FLOOD / Alan Scott / Battler's Ballad / Fanged Wombat Productions

WAVES OF FREEDOM / Eric Andersen / The Street Was Always There / Appleseed

THE BLARGE INN / John Carty / Yeh, That's All It Is / Shanachie

11 June 2006

The featured album was THE BAGMAN'S GAZETTE by ALAN MUSGROVE with Bob McInnes & Friends  (private release www.tradandnow.com/shopping)  This newly released album contains eighteen ballads and parodies from across the Australian tradition, most drawn from published collections, and some occasional 'reconstruction work' to expand incomplete texts, with the comprehensive sleevenotes explaining how the folk process has affected the songs.  The album is a valuable addition to the list of recordings of Australian songs.  The following tracks ( all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS;  BOOZING;  TWO LITTLE KANGAROOS;  WHERE THE
FRASER RIVER FLOWS;  BUMP ME INTO PARLIAMENT;  BULLSHIT BILL

RIDIN' THAT BLUEGRASS TRAIN / Sam Bush / Laps In Seven / Sugar Hill

OUT IN AUSTRALIA AT LAST and THE PATAGONIA ISLANDERS / Battlefield Band / The Road Of Tears / Temple Records

GO TO TOWN / Emily Smith / A Different Life / White Fall Records

* VENEZUELA / O'Leary & Hildebrand / Together Again Again / greganol@optushome.com.au

TAMRIN / Charbel Rouhana / The Art Of The Middle Eastern Oud / ARC Music

CAPE BRETON SONG / Capercaillie / Delirium / BMG

LULA WALLS / Tim Grimm / Names / Wind River

JOHN DOHERTY'S / M.Moloney, E.O'Donnell, S.Egan / 3 Way Street / Green Linnet

SPOONFUL / Tangleweed / Just A Spoonful / Squatney Records

THE CAMPANERO / Helge Arildso with Cztery Refy / Shanghaied Crew / self published

BONNACKS OF BEER MEAL / Puirt A Baroque / Kinloch's Fantasy / Marquis Classics

UNCLE RAT / Altan / The Blue Idol / Virgin Records

WILLOW CREEK / Steve Tilston / Of Many Hands / ADA Recordings

WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN / Ninepenny Marl / Simple Gifts / Folk Sound Records

VALSE CLOG / Matapat / 2 1/2 / Intermede

I'D LIKE TO BE IN TEXAS WHEN THEY ROUND UP IN THE SPRING / David Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic / The Saloon Sessions / Centerfire Records

ROUNDING THE HORN / Martin Simpson / The Bramble Briar / Topic

JOHNNY HENRY'S / At The Racket / Mirth-Making Heroes / Racket Records

THE VODDY GIRDERS / Tony Cuffe / The Clear Stream / Greentrax

4 June 2006

The featured album was CHORUS OF REBEL VOICES, a compilation album of mostly Canberra based performers produced in 2002 by the producers of the Rebel Chorus program on Canberra Community Radio 2XX. www.2xxfm.org.au   The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

OPEN COUNTRY (Fred Smith);  DEPORTEES (Steve Russell with Pete West); REMINGTON RIDE (Fretful);  ANCESTORS (The View From Here);  ANZAC HERO (Mick O'Leary);  MY COUNTRY (Caution Horses)

* BAIL UP / Parradiddle / Wait Till The Word Gets Around / Pumphandle

THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME / Steve Tilston / Of Many Hands / ADA Recordings

LAUGH AND GROW FAT / The Ill-Mo Boys / Laugh And Grow Fat / Vigortone

MAGDALEN LAUNDRY / Annie Grace / Take Me Out Drinking Tonight / Greentrax

FLACO'S POLKA AND ROSS'S REEL / Kevin Macleod / Springwell / Greentrax

LEI 'AWAPUHI / Bob Brozman & Led Kaapana / Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection Volume 2 / Dancing Cat

TAE THE BEGGIN' and DUNCAN JOHNSTONE / Ossian / Dove Across The Water / Iona

BAMFIELD'S JOHN VANDEN / The Bills / Let Em Run / Borealis

DIHY / Mahaleo / A World Out Of Time / Shanachie

DONE WITH BONAPARTE / Niamh Parsons / Heart's Desire / Green Linnet

MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME / Ry Cooder / Ry Cooder / Warner Archives

THE FOXHUNTER / Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington / Fortune Favours The Merry / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

JOHN PARFIT / Martin Carthy / Signs Of Life / Topic

GLEN ECHO JIG / The Reckless Ramblers / Lowdown Hoedown / Black Socks Press

FIEL ENAMORADO / Las Perlas del Son / Si Senor / Corason

BUCKING BRONCO / David Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic / Cowboy Ceilidh / Centerfire Music

* FLIGHT OF THE SEA SLUG / David Hyams / Knowing The Place / www.milestogo.com.au

ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS / Caroline Doctorow / Bob Dylan Uncovered / Parradiddle Records

IBIAS / Felpeyu / Tierra / Fono Astur

28 May 2006

The featured album was DECEIVING BLUES by ORVILLE JOHNSON, JOHN MILLER & GRANT DERMODY  (Orb Discs)  www.orvillejohnson.com  This is a great collection of acoustic folk blues tracks, including several interesting reworkings of familiar songs.  Straight up and down arrangements, clear vocal lines and good live production make this a very enjoyable album.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

MOTHER EARTH;  STEWBALL;  SOUL OF A MAN;  BULL DOZE BLUES;  POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON

FEZEKA'S / Fiddlers Bid / Naked & Bare / Greentrax

HERE'S A HEALTH / Cara Dillon / After The Morning / Shock

* THE TRAVELLING POST OFFICE / Bill Scott / The National - 35 Years Of The National Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.asn.au

* ANOTHER BROKEN PROPHET / Al Ward, Dan Johnson & Don Hopkins / The National - 35 Years Of The National Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.asn.au

JOE YATES' HORNPIPES / Adrian Barker & Ben Stephenson / Undertones / Tradsville

PA' GOZAR / Ruben Gonzalez / Chanchullo / World Circuit

* THE WATER LILY / Kate Fagan / The Songs Of Chris Kempster / www.chriskempster.net

ASHTABULA / David Francey / The Waking Hour / Shock

ROSE OF ARANMORE / Johnny Connolly / An Mileoidean Scaoilte / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

AN TOILEAN UR / Sile Shigley / Sean-Nos Cois Locha / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

DEN TOPPEDE HONE OG NR.7 / Anders Loager & Jan Ilso / Folk & Roots 2006 / www.folkemusik.dk

BUFFALO GALS / David Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic / Cowboy Ceilidh / Centerfire Music

* AUSTRALIAN POLKAS / Strathmannan / Strathmannan / kscott@netspeed.com.au

DOWN WIND FROM THE REFINERY / Truckstop Honeymoon / Christmas In Ocala / Squirrel

THE DEVIL AND PASTOR JACK / Dick Gaughan / Lucky For Some / Greentrax

SPORTSMAN'S HORNPIPE / Spiers and Boden / Tunes / Fellside

SOME HUMANS AIN'T HUMAN / John Prine / Fair & Square / Oh Boy Records

HELL UP COLE HOLLER / Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman / Southern Summits / www.kenperlman.com

21 May 2006

The featured album was QUE DE PEINE ET D'AMOUR  by  MATAPAT (Intermede) www.matapat.com  The latest release from a great band from Quebec.  Good energy and solid arrangements.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

C'ETAIT UN CAPITAINE FRANCAIS;  GIGUE DES DEBROUILLARDS;  VALSE LORNA; SUIVONS LE VENT;  SUITE JOS BOUCHARD;  UN HOMME NOMME LAJOIE

CROW BLACK CHICKEN / The Loose Acoustic Trio / Brand New Mind / Big Book Records

* THE SHIPYARD APPRENTICE / Alistair Hulett / Union Is Strength / CFMEU

MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME  and  CORKHILL / The Funky String Band / Mongrel Unleashed / Shoogle

HEY DONALD / Scottish Women / Scottish Women / Greentrax

I DREAMED I SAW ST. AUGUSTINE / Bob Dylan / John Wesley Harding / CBS

MASTERS OF WAR / Denise Donahue / Bob Dylan Uncovered / www.paradiddlerecords.com

* CHAMPIONS / Divided By Three / Chorus Of Rebel Voices / 2XX FM

* MODERN PARASITES / Bill Arnett / Chorus Of Rebel Voices / 2XX FM

BUCCANEER / David Wilkie / Cowboy Ceilidh / Centrefire Music

* STRUAN ROBERTSON'S / Strathmannan / Strathmannan / kscott@netspeed.com.au

FIGHE LE FEUR / Mackenzie / Macnas / Macmeanmna

* THE ROARING DAYS / James Fagan / The Songs Of Chris Kempster / www.chriskempster.net

COME GIE'S US A SANG / Dick Gaughan / Lucky For Some / Greentrax

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT / ALan Jabbour & Ken Perlman / Southern Duets / www.kenperlman.com

SOME OF THESE DAYS / Johnson, Miller & Dermody / Deceiving Blues / Orb Discs

* THE LOST SAILOR / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / The National - 35 Years Of The National Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.asn.au

* JACKARSE EAT IT ON THE WAY / Fred Pribac & friends / The Push On The Corner / Bugswatters@yahoo.com

14 May 2006

This weekend our community radio station celebrated 30 years of broadcasting and, I'm proud to say, I have been presenting folk music programs since the beginning.  Remembering the slightly more demanding days of playing vinyl on air, today's featured 'long-playing record album' was CHEQUERED ROOTS by ROGER WATSON  (Plant Life).  Better known now for his association with the group Boka Halat, back in 1988 Roger Watson released this album containing innovative arrangements of several songs and tunes, mostly from the English tradition.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

GALLOWAY GIRTH;  SWANSEA TOWN;  ASHLING;  A WATERLOO DANCE;  THE DALESMAN'S LITANY

SAIL AWAY LADIES / Marley's Ghost / Spooked / Sage Artss

* CIUCCIU BELLU / Kavisha Mazzella I Papaveri / Celebration - The Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock

GIN I WERE A BARON'S HEIR / Dougie MacLean / Celebration - The Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock

UNDER THE VOLCANO / Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn / John Fahey - Friends of Fahey Tribute / Slackertone Records

* PAMULWUY / Home Rule / Joint Effort / Larrikin

* ELSPETH'S WEDDING / Home Rule / Joint Effort / Larrikin

RED ROCKING CHAIR / Lauren Sheehan / Two Wings / Wilson River Records

TOYS AND BROOCHES / The Whistlebinkies / Albannach / Greentrax

TALKING TO THE WALL / Colum Sands / The Note That Lingers On / Elm Grove Music

* WINGEN / Blue The Shearer / Jamberoo - A Change Of Season / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

* WALKAWAY / The Poachers / Jamberoo - A Change Of Season / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

ALL IN A NIGHT and MONARCH / April Verch / Take Me Back / Rounder

SIRE LE ROI / Matapat / 2 1/2 / Intermede

* WHAT A DAY IT'S BEEN / The Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club with Alex Legg / A Long Way From Home / www.tellingtales.net

NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE / Abigail Washburn / Song Of The Traveling Daughter / Nettwerk America

MADS DROSS and RUNDT PA GULVET / Spaelimenninir / Flod Og Fjora / Tutl

EARLY MORNING RAIN / Tim O'Brien / Fiddler's Green / Sugar Hill

HO RO 'S TOIGH LEAM FHIN THU - I LOVE YOU / Mackenzie / Macnas / Macmeanmna

* SIMON MCDONALD'S / Adrian Barker & Ben Stephenson / Undertones / Tradsville

7 May 2006

The featured album was AS TIME DRAWS NEAR by PAMELA GODDARD www.pamgoddard.com (Copper and Wheat).  This is a collection of traditional songs from various parts of the eastern United States, including some less well known material from New England and New York State, all sung in a simple and straightforward style with minimal, but most appropriate, accompaniment.  A very appealing album.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

CAMBRIC SHIRT;  HILLS OF GLENSHEE;  PALACE GRAND;  THE SOUTHERN GIRL'S REPLY;  HER BRIGHT SMILE HAUNTS ME STILL

BLOW THE WINDS / Spiers & Boden / Tunes / Fellside

OLD BANGUM / The Bill Hilly Band / The Bill Hilly Band / self published

L'AVOCATIER and LES TISSERANDS / Genticorum / Malin Plaisirs / Roues et Archets

HILLSWICK / Chris Stout / The First O' The Darkenin' / Greentrax

* THE SOUL OF A MAN / Steve Tallis / Jezebel Spirit / Zombi Music

THE SHETLAND BUS / La Lugh / La Lugh / Claddagh Records

HOMENAJE A MI PUEBLO / Freshet / Freshet / OrbDiscs

WE'LL HAVE A MAY DAY and BILL HALL'S NO.1 AND NO.2 / Pete Coe / Long Company / Backshift Music

* TRAIN TRIP TO GUILDFORD / John Dengate / Jamberoo - The First Ten Years / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

* DA SLOCKITT LIGHT / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club / Red Hot Scots / www.tellingtales.net

* BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM / Wheelers & Dealers / Wheelers & Dealers / www.wheelersanddealersmusic.com.au

THE BOY WAS KISSING THE GIRL (AND PLAYING THE GUITAR AT THE SAME TIME) / Ernie Hawkins / Rags & Bones / Say Mo' Music

I AM THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD / Ernie Hawkins with Maria Muldaur / Rags & Bones / Say Mo' Music

MORNING TRAIN / David Francey / The Waking Hour / Jericho Beach Music

GRAND SLAGUE / April Verch / Take Me Back / Rounder

THE EGG SITTING HORSE / Utah Phillips / The Moscow Hold / Red House Records

BOIL THE BREAKFAST EARLY / Johnny Connolly / An Mileoidean Scaoilte / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

PRESIDENT RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON'S HORNPIPE / Norman Blake and Peter Ostroushko / Meeting On Southern Soil / Red House Records

30 April 2006

The featured album was SAIL AWAY - THE SONGS OF RANDY NEWMAN (Sugar Hill).  A compilation album with a dozen artists' interpretations of Newman songs from the 1970s, arguably his most insightful and confrontational songwriting period.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

SAIL AWAY (Tim O'Brien);  REDNECKS (Steve Earle);  MR PRESIDENT (HAVE PITY ON THE WORKING MAN) (Sam Bush);  POLITICAL SCIENCE (The Duhks); TEXAS GIRL AT THE FUNERAL OF HER FATHER (Kim Richey)

* CRAMPTON'S BIG SHOW / Harvest Moon Band / In Some Old Shed / Collective Effort

* JOCKER JOHN / Joy & Hildebrand / Still A Mem'ry Living / greganol@optushome.com.au

BALLYMANUS FAIR / Phoenix / Any Old Time / DARA

WE GOT THE ROCK'N'ROLL / Dick Gaughan / Lucky For Some / Greentrax

DANCE TO YOUR DADDY / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Between The Dark And Light / Fellside

SOUL OF A MAN / Hans Theessink / Lifeline / Blue Groove

LOCH NESS / Puirt A Baroque / Kinloch's Fantasy / Marquis Classics

JERUSALEM RIDGE / Casey Driessen / 3D / Sugar Hill

* ISA / Bruce Watson / Real World / self published

TWO RIVERS / Larry Unger & Ginny Snowe / Waltz Time II / Black Socks Press

LOWDOWN HOEDOWN / The Reckless Ramblers / Lowdown Hoedown / Black Socks Press

* THE PICKERS TRAIN / Neil Adam / Aussie Lullaby / www.tellingtales.net

SALTON DE MEDIO / Felpeyu / Ya! / Secret Street

NA GAMHNA GEALA / Triantan / Triantan / www.indie-cds.com

WHEN THAT HELICOPTER COMES / The Handsome Family / In The Air / Carrot Top

* FRANK COLLINS' JIGS / Adrian Barker & Ben Stephenson / Undertones / Tradsville Records

THE HILLS OF ISLE AU HAUT / Gordon Bok / Apples In The Basket / Timberhead

BOSTON O'CONNOR / Patrick Street / Irish Times / Special Delivery Records

23 April 2006

The featured album was THE SONGS OF CHRIS KEMPSTER, a newly released double CD produced as a special project for the Folk Federation of NSW (www.jam.org.au) (available from www.tradandnow.com and www.folktrax.com.au).  Chris Kempster was hugely influential in the Australian folk revival as a singer, songwriter and activist from the 1950s until his death in 2004.  He is also remembered for setting a large number of Henry Lawson's poems to music, eventually published in 'The Songs of Henry Lawson' in 1989.  The album includes many of these Lawson adaptations, as well as other material, performed by Kempster and by other artists.  The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

THE DROVER'S SWEETHEART (Chris Kempster);  THE DAYS WHEN WE WENT SWIMMING (Christine Wheeler);  DOWN THE RIVER (Dave de Hugard); BERTHA (Margaret Fagan);  PADDY DOYLE'S BOOTS (Chris Kempster & Len Neary);  DO YOU THINK THAT I DO NOT KNOW? (Declan Affley);  ON THE NIGHT TRAIN (Chloe & Jason Roweth)

THE GALWAY FARMER / Show Of Hands / Beat Around The Bush / Isis Records

PAULINE CONNEELLY'S SET / Hanneke Cassel / 2006 National Folk Festival Sampler / www.folkfestival.asn.au

FRIENDS LIKE THESE / George Papavgeris / 2006 National Folk Festival Sampler / www.folkfestival.asn.au

* DJANGOLOGY / The Von Trolley Quartett / Trolleyology / www.vontrolley.com

* FAREWELL TO NIGG / Strathmannan / kscott@netspeed.com.au

GRANDPA PLAYED SOFTBALL / Chuck McCabe / Sweet Reunion / Woodshed Productions

LA SUITE DU CASSE REEL / Matapat / 2 1/2 / Intermede

* FRANKIE / Terrence Barnard / Drifting / terrence@flexinet.com.au

* GLEN TILT / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & Friends / A Long Way From Home / www.tellingtales.net

CAUCHYN HORISONTTI / Helsinki Mandoliners / Helsinki Mandoliners / Kansanmusiikki-instituutti

SOME HUMANS AIN'T HUMAN / John Prine / Fair & Square / Oh Boy Records

THREE SISTERS OF ERIN / Jody Marshall / Cottage In The Glen / Maggie's Music

THE LOCH NESS MONSTER / The Whistlebinkies / Albannach / Greentrax

* JOE YATES HORNPIPES / Adrian Barker & Ben Stephenson / Undertones / Tradsville Records

16 April 2006

The featured album was SOUTH BEND by MOODY PENNER & SWAIN www.ruthmoody.com  An early album featuring Ruth Moody, a current member of the acclaimed Canadian trio The Wailin' Jennys, who recently performed here in town.  Jeremy Penner and Oliver Swain complete the lineup, presenting an enjoyable album of traditional and original songs and tune sets.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

ALEXANDER;  REUBEN'S TRAIN;  THE GREEN FIELDS OF AMERIKAY;  THE NEWLY MOWN MEADOW;  BOLD RILEY

* THE QUEENSLAND SHEDS BEGUN / Alan Musgrove / Songs They Used To Sing / self published

* SOMETHING FOR NOTHING / David Hyams / Miles To Go / www.milestogo.com.au

DARLING NELLIE GRAY / The Piney Creek Weasels / Off To California / Weaseltone Records

GIGUE A TROIS / Le Vent Du Nord / Les Amants Du Saint-Laurent / Borealis

NOTHING SO GRAND AS A WAR and TITANIC / Poor Old Horse / The Curate's Egg / FolkLegacy

COME UPSTAIRS WITH ME and CUL TIUBH NA BPEARAI / Craobh Rua / If Ida Been Here Ida Been There / Lochshore

* THE CAPTAIN OF THE PUSH / Warren Fahey / Classic Bush Poetry / ABC Audio

RUSTY SPURS AND DUSTY SADDLES / Riders Of The Purple Sage / Wagon Wheel Records

PAWKIE PAITERSON and FATHER JOHN / Deaf Shepherd / Synergy / Greentrax

BOUND FOR VAN DIEMAN'S LAND / Coope Boyes & Simpson / Funny Old World / No Master Voice

* THE BOX WIRE FENCE / Big Red / Tough Country / Larrikin

LA BANQUEROUTE / La Bottine Souriante / Y A Ben Du Changement / Mille-Pattes

SWANNANOA TUNNEL / The Stairwell Sisters / The Stairwell Sisters / Yodel-Ay-Hee

SWEET JENNY OF THE MOOR / Tony Rose / Song Links / Fellside

HERE'S ADIEU SWEET LOVELY NANCY / The Copper Family / Song Links / Fellside

DAN MURPHY'S SLIDE / Sliabh Notes / Gleanntan / Ossian

CABBAGE ROLLS & COFFEE / Big Lou / Dogs Playing Polka / Accordion Princess Records

* THE HAPPY SWAGMAN / Dave de Hugard / Magpie Morning / Sandstock

HARDYS OF ALNWICK / Frank Ferrel & Friends / Moxie / Great Meadow Music

9 April 2006

The featured album was OF MANY HANDS by STEVE TILSTON www.steve-tilston.co.uk (ADA Recordings).  This album by a well respected English singer songwriter contains almost all traditional songs.  Much of the material is known across the English speaking world and is described as being "unhindered by national boundaries". Tilston treats the songs with respect and ably demonstrates how folk songs evolve as they pass through many hands.  This is an excellent album.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME;  GOING TO THE WEST;  THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL;  BARBRY ALLEN;  NEW YORK GIRLS

CAMBRIDGE SET and OEIL AU BEURRE NOIR / The Bills / Let Em Run / Borealis

CAPTAIN OH CAPTAIN / Eileen Kozloff / Solitary Rider / Moosi Cowlie

MACKLINS VALS FROM ORSA / Fiddlers Bid / Naked & Bare / Greentrax

THE NODDING SONG / Ceolbeg / 5 / Greentrax

* NO. TWO / The Von Trolley Quartett / Trolleyology / www.vontrolley.com

HAPPY ON THE MISSISSIPPI SHORE / Beverly Smith & Carl Jones / Somewhere Over Yonder / Dittyville

* WHAT WILL I LEAVE / Jim MacQuarrie / Time Can't Erase / www.newsouthfolk.com

THE ACROBAT / Heritage / Tell Tae Me / Temple Records

HORSES IN THE CANEBRAKE and HER BRIGHT SMILE HAUNTS ME STILL / Matt Brown / Lone Prairie / 5-String Productions

* A FARMER'S DREAM / Neil Adam / Aussie Lullaby / www.tellingtales.net

EMMET THE PIPER / Johnny Connolly / An Mileoideam Scaoilte / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

THE MANCHESTER ANGEL / Bill Jones / Bits & Pieces / Brick Wall Music

* KOLOMEIKE / Klezmeritis / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

XIRANDIYES DE TORNER / Llan de Cubel / Un Tiempu Meyor / Fono Astur

* THE MORNING OF 1845 / Joy & Hildebrand / Still A Mem'ry Living / self published

I AM A MILLER TAE MY TRADE / various / Scottish Women / Greentrax

SUGAR IN THE GOURD / Ken Waldman / All Originals, All Traditionals / www.kenwaldman.com

MR MAYS / Show Of Hands / Beat Around The Bush / Isis Records

2 April 2006

The featured album was 2006 NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL, a sampler promoting this year's festival, coming up in April.  The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

RED SHIRT DAY (Seaman Dan);  TANGO EN SKAI (Sars);  AN URCHIN'S TALE (Waiting For Guinness);  (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION (The Spooky Men's Chorale);  NORTHERN WHITE CLOUD (The Baylor Brothers)

* LISTEN TO THE OLD ONES / Colcannon / Dolphin Bay / Greentrax

SPOONFUL / Harry Manx / Road Ragas / www.harrymanx.com

* PIG AND WHISTLE ROLL / Vincent P.Brophy / Down To The Sea In Ships / Hard Yacka Records

THE DUBLIN REEL / Dordan / Irish Traditional And Baroque / Gael Linn

* SAILORTOWN / Graham Seal / Barbed Wire Ballads / Unvarnished Productions

MY FOUR REASONS / The Yes Yes Boys / Why Say No? / Hobemian Records

COFFEE'S COLD  and  SONG OF THE TRAVELING DAUGHTER / Abigail Washburn / Song Of The Traveling Daughter / Nettwerk America

APS OTTEMANDSDANS  and  LAST TRIP HOME / Sula / Over Seas / Tutl

TAKE CARE OF YOUR LITTLE GIRLS / Kathy Kallick / Reason & Rhyme / Copper Creek

O COME, O COME EMMANUEL / John Morgan / Motionography / www.morganguitar.com

FIDDLER'S GREEN / Marley's Ghost / Live At The Freight / Sage Arts

RECRUITING DANCE / Sandor Fodor / Hungarian Folk Music From Transylvania / Hungaroton

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS (BRING THEM HOME) / Nick Masullo / cd single / www.nickmasullo.com

THE GRAND MIRA / The North Atlantic Strings / The North Atlantic Strings / Patio Records

JACKSON AND JANE / Paul Brady / The Liberty Tapes / Compass Records

BIG MOOSE / Ken Waldman / All Originals, All Traditionals / www.kenwaldman.com

LONDON DANNY / Shay, Michael & Martin Black / What A Time / DARA