TRACK / artist / album / label
(* Australian content)
(Intro theme: HERON ELECTION JIG / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / XTRA)
31 December 2017
The featured album was NAKED MUSIC by ELEANOR MCEVOY (MOSCODISC).
www.eleanormcevoy.com A 2015
album from a well established Irish singer songwriter who is performing here in town in January. Interesting album of originals and co-writes.
The following tracks were scattered through the program:
DREAMING OF LEAVING; PLEASE HEART YOU'RE KILLING ME; ISN'T IT A LITTLE LATE; OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT
ZOZO NOIR / Cedric Watson / Cedric Watson / Valcour Records
FINNISH GYPSIES / JPP / String Tease / RockAdillo
THE LETTER SONG / Anna & Elizabeth / Sun To Sun / Free Dirt - Planet
THE TRIP OVER THE MOUNTAIN / Paddy Graber / The Craic Was Great / Celtic-Palatine Records
* CRADLE SONG / The Wish List / The Wish List /
www.thewishlist.net.au
BRING BACK THE WOLF / Brian McNeill / No Gods / Greentrax
MUNSTER BUTTERMILK / John Blake / The Narrow Edge /
www.johnblake.ie
OG'S EYE MAN / Faustus / Broken Down Gentlemen / Navigator
THE GREEN FIELDS OF MILTOWN / Dervish / Harmony Hill / Whirling Discs
PRETTIEST LITTLE GIRL IN THE COUNTY / Dirk Powell / Time Again / Rounder
WELCOME ROYAL CHERLIE / The Tannahill Weavers / The Mermaid's Song / Green Linnet
BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES / June Tabor & Oysterband / Ragged Kingdom / Topic
DOWN BY GREER'S GROVE / Patrick Street / Cornerboys / Green Linnet
XOTA DE MONTANA / Banda De Gaitas 'Ledicia' / Bagpipes Of Galicia / ABC
FIVE SHEEP FOUR GOATS / The Danish String Quartet / Wood Works / Dacapo
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS / Steve Goodman / Old Town Of Folk Music Songbook / Bloodshot Records
PARADISE / John Prine / Old Town Of Folk Music Songbook / Bloodshot Records
KONG DIDRIK / Faerd / Faerd / Tutl
BODACHAN CHA PHOS MI / Julie Fowlis / Uam / Shoeshine Records
ROVE RILEY ROVE / Bruce Molsky / Poor Man's Troubles / Rounder
HELICOPTER / Fine Friday / Gone Dancing / Foot Stompin' Records
* FAR AWAY IN AUSTRALIA / Steve Wilson / The Flying Concertina /
www.concertinaman.net
YTHANSIDE / Ewan MacColl / Saturday Night At The Bull & Mouth / Folkways
THE FIELDS OF NOVEMBER / Norman Blake / The Fields Of November / Flying Fish
24 December 2017
Most of this program was my annually recycled pre-recorded Christmas special.
THROW ANOTHER CHAIRLEG ON THE FIRE / Artisan / Paper Angels / Bedspring Music
THE FIRST NOEL / Tracey Silverman and Thea Suits-Silverman / A Winter Solstice V / Windham Hill
* EUCALYPTUS CHRISTMAS / Graham Seal / Barbed Wire Ballads / Unvarnished Productions
THE BELLS OF DUBLIN / The Chieftains / Bells Of Dublin / BMG
IL EST NE / The Chieftains with Kate & Anna McGarrigle / Bells Of Dublin / BMG
A CHRISTMAS CAROL / Tom Lehrer / Bah Humbug / Greentrax
GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN and GOOD KING WENCESLAS / Loreena McKennitt / A Christmas Radio Sampler 1999 / Quinlan Road
LEADING OF THE STAR / Ann & Phil Case / Holiday Sampler / Dry Run Recordings
APPLE-TREE WASSAIL / The Watersons / For Pence And Spicy Ale / Topic
JOY HEALTH LOVE AND PEACE / The Watersons / Sound Sound Your Instruments Of Joy / Topic
THE POACHER'S CHRISTMAS / The Kipper Family / The Ever Decreasing Circle / Dambuster
THE MAN THAT SLITS THE TURKEYS' THROATS AT CHRISTMAS / Robin Laing / Bah Humbug / Greentrax
THE BOAR'S HEAD / The Chieftains with The Voice Squad / Bells Of Dublin / BMG
ORKNEY WASSAIL / Ceilidh Friends / The Spirit Of Giving / Ceilidh Friends
FIRST CHRISTMAS / Stan Rogers / Between The Breaks / Fogarty's Cove
JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING / John Palmes / Mouthbow: Small Voices / self published
ES IST EIN' ROS ENTSPRUNGEN and CHRISTMAS BELLS / Joel Mabus / How Like The Holly / Fossil Records
* STILLE NACHT / Melbourne Austrian Choir / Christmas In Australia / self published
CHRISTMAS MORNING / Loudon Wainwright III / Bah Humbug / Greentrax
CELEBRONS LA NAISSANCE and VEN A CANTARLE JESUS / Steve Eulberg / 'Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime / Owl Mountain Music
IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR / Diane Taraz / Hope! Says The Holly / Raisin Pie Music
CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN / Frank Kelly / Comedy Countdown / EMI
KING JOHN'S CHRISTMAS / Gerri Gribi / Home For Christmas / Lilyfern Records
A DANCE DUET / The Chieftains with Kathryn Tickell / Bells Of Dublin / BMG
WHAT MAY YOU DO FOR THE JAM / Ange Hardy / Bring Back Home / Story Records
17 December 2017
The featured album was INGA KÖNSTIHETER by BLÅ BERGENS BORDUNER. (Gammalthea). Four piece Swedish band playing collected regional Swedish music
and some trad style original material. Unusually, some tracks feature three sets of Swedish smallpipes. Other instruments include fiddle,
hardanger fiddle, moraharpa, flute, hurdy gurdy, bouzouki and cello. Excellent solid sound. The following tracks were scattered through the
program:
SLANG POLSKAN; MASTER EKHOLMS POLSKA; GANGLAT FRAN APPELBO FINNMARK; TRE POLKETTER
WILLIE'S LADY / Rubus / Nine Witch Knots / WildGoose-Planet
* CIUCCIU BELLU / Kavisha Mazzella and I Papaveri / Celebration - The Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock
BURNING TIMES / Roy Bailey / Celebration - The Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock
SWEET INISCARA / Grey Larsen & Paddy League / The Green House / Sleepy Creek Music
GERGELEM / Vasmalom / Vasmalom II / Periferic Records
LAZY JOHN / Bruce Molsky / Soon Be Time / Compass
* CUTTING A MONKEY / Dave de Hugard / The Songs Of Don Henderson / Shoestring
A'BUNADH / Robin Laing / One For The Road / Greentrax
DON'T LOOK BACK / John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison / King Of The Boogie / Concord
SPANISH IS THE LOVING TONGUE / Happy Traum / Just For The Love Of It /
www.happytraum.com
ONLY A WOMAN'S HEART / Eleanor McEvoy / A Woman's Heart / Dara
LA CRABA CONGO / La Base Duo / Lo Bas Temps / Vocation Records
KERRY SLIDES / Ronan Le Bars & Nicolas Quemenar / Bimis Ag Ol / L'OZ Productions
YOUR DAUGHTERS AND YOUR SONS / Dick Gaughan / Songs For Peace / Folk Freak
THE WELL BELOW THE VALLEY / The Devil's Interval / Blood & Honey / WildGoose
THE SKYLARK and AN SEAN DUINE DOITE / Lisa Murphy / Skylark /
www.lisamurphy.com
TELL RILEY / Eric Bibb / Natural Light / Manhaton Records
TOWER OF SONG / Leonard Cohen / The Essential Leonard Cohen / Columbia
10 December 2017
The featured album was SHORT STORIES by BEPPE GAMBETTA
www.beppegambetta.com (Borealis). New
release from an excellent Genovese flat picking guitarist singer who spends a healthy part of each year performing and recording in North America.
Great album. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
TECUMSEH; JAMIN-A; NOTES FROM THE ROAD; IL PESCATORE; DOC WATSON MEDLEY
OUTSHINE THE SUN / Foghorn Stringband / Outshine The Sun /
www.foghornstringband.com
GANDER BOY THE FIDDLER and NELLIE KANE / Two Oceans Trio / Two Oceans Trio / Howdy Skies Records
* WHITE SKIES, BLUE STARS / Moira Tyers / Unsung Heroes Of Australian History /
www.brucewatsonmusic.com
* SWEET DUSTY ROAD / Jo Cresswell / Elysium /
www.jocresswell.com
FAKENHAM FAIR / Bellowhead / Matachin / Navigator
THE FACTORY GIRL / The Rheingans Sisters / Glad Gold Hearts / RootBeat Records
FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP / The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Heirloom Music / Neanderthal Records - Planet
TARBOLTON LODGE / Abby Newton / Crossing To Scotland / Culburnie
* DRUNKS' EXPRESS / John Warner, Margaret Walters, Taliesin / Pithead In The Fern / Feathers and Wedge
* NIGHTMARE SET / New Dogs Old Tricks / New Dogs Old Tricks /
www.tellingtales.net
* LET ME DIE IN MY FOOTSTEPS / New Dogs Old Tricks / New Dogs Old Tricks /
www.tellingtales.net
KEY TO THE HIGHWAY / Marley's Ghost / Across The River / Sage Arts
THOMAS THE RHYMER / Steeleye Span / The Very Best Of Steeleye Span - Present / Park Records
THE BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW / Harp & A Monkey / War Stories /
www.harpandamonkey.com
THE FLOWERS OF SPRING / Dog Big and Dog Little / Dog Big and Dog Little / Claddagh
INSIDE / The Sin City Band / Pre-Nuclear Skies & Sheet Metal Lullabyes / self published
3 December 2017
The featured album was PRETTY PEGGY by SAM KELLY & THE LOST BOYS
www.samkelly.org (Navigator) A new
release from a Bristol UK based singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, supported by a capable six piece band. Mostly, but not all,
reworkings of traditional material. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
BONNIE LASS OF FYVIE; ANGELINE THE BAKER; IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD; THE CLOSE SHAVE; SHY GUY'S SERVE
JOIN THE BRITISH ARMY / Tangleweed / Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals / Squatney
AMERICA / Kate Campbell / The K.O.A. Tapes / Large River Music
JOEY BEATON / Brenda Stubbert / Tamerack 'Er Down / Cranford Publications
HIGH GERMANY and DORRINGTON LADS / The Askew Sisters / All In A Garden Green / WildGoose
SLIAVE GALLION BRAES / 5 Hand Reel / 5 Hand Reel / Rubber Records
* DEVIL'S ISLAND / Bernard Carney / Feathers & Tributes / Dark Horse Records
BLACK-EYED SUSIE and MY LITTLE CARPENTER / Uncle Earl / Waterloo, Tennessee / Rounder
JOHNNY TODD and THE HORNLESS COW / Craob Rua / No Matter How Cold And Wet You Are As Long As You're Warm And Dry / Lochshore
JACK THE SAILOR / The Once / The Once / Borealis
HECTOR THE HERO / Tony Cuffe / Sae Will We Yet / Greentrax
MOVING US ON AGAIN / Thomas McCarthy / Herself And Myself / Tin Folk Music
BARTH WALTZ / The Yetties / The Fiddler Knows / Academy Sound and Vision
YOU'RE THE ONE / Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms / Innocent Road / West Sound Music
RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY / Show Of Hands / Huntingdon Folk / Speaking Volumes
THE BIRKS OF INVERMAY / Karine Polwart / Fairest Floo'er / Hegri Music
KEEPERS / The McCalmans / People And Songs Of The Sea / Greentrax
26 November 2017
The featured album was STRANGERS by THE YOUNG'UNS
www.theyounguns.co.uk (Hereteu Records) This is
the fourth excellent CD in five years from a Teesside trio whose frequently uncompromising and confronting songs, mostly original compositions
by band member Sean Cooney, continue to fearlessly tackle head-on many contemporary social issues sometimes avoided by recording artists in the
genre. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
A PLACE CALLED ENGLAND; GHAFOOR'S BUS; CARRIAGE 12; CABLE STREET; THE HARTLEPOOL PEDLAR
JOHNNY DON'T GO TO BALLINCOLLIG and SPLENDID ISOLATION / Tradish / Beyond The Borders / Go' Danish
* JOHNNY LAD / Barry McDonald, Mark Rummery, Cathy Ovenden / Still A Long Way From Home / UNESCO
* BRUCE SMITH'S SET TUNE / Barry McDonald, Mark Rummery, Cathy Ovenden / Still A Long Way From Home / UNESCO
KATTEN'S LIGFAERD / Tumult / Den Bagvendte / Go' Danish
* COUNCILLOR CHAMBERS / Born Again Pagans /
www.peterhicks.com.au
CALDUENU / Diego Pangua / Diego Pangua / Fono Astur
* DARLING STREET / The Flying Emus / This Town / Festival
* THE FALL LINE / String Theories / Waking The Deep / self published
* BALANCE / Bruce Watson / Balance /
www.brucewatsonmusic.com
THE BIRD IN THE BUSH / Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh / Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh / Gael-Linn
AY PALOMA / Boka Halat / Tides / Tradarts
MISS CHOLMONDLEY'S / Neil Brookes & Tony Weatherall / The Whitchurch Hornpipe / WildGoose
RUFTY TUFTY / Tom Kitching / Interloper / Fellside-Planet
GWENITH GWYN / Fernhill / Ca' Nos / Beautiful Jo Records
I KNOW MY LOVE / The Chieftains with The Corrs / Tears Of Stone / BMG
19 November 2017
The featured album was the long awaited self-titled release from USHER'S ISLAND (Vertical Records).
http://donallunny.weebly.com/ushers-island.html Five well regarded performers
of trad and trad style Irish music (Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin, Mike McGoldrick and John Doyle) combine forces to present a fine
collection of material, all at a predictably high standard. Some of the voices are a little older than when we first heard them almost 50 years
ago, but the quality is definitely still there. The tune sets are beautifully lush in places, reminiscent of Lunny and Irvine's Planxty period.
The following
tracks were scattered through the program:
THE HALF CENTURY SET; BEAN PHAIDIN; FIVE DRUNKEN LANDLADIES; MOLLY BAN; FELIX THE SOLDIER; MICKY DOHERTY'S
DESPERADO / Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche / Mud & Apples / self published
YOUNG TOM ENNIS / Brian Rooney / Leitrim To London / Claddagh
ROLL ON BUDDY / The Kentucky Colonels / Long Journey Home / Vanguard
SOLDIER'S JOY / The Kentucky Colonels with Doc Watson / Long Journey Home / Vanguard
* THE MINES OF AUSTRALIA / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Swapping Seasons /
www.kateandruth.com
THE BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND / Chris Foster / Jewel / Tradition Bearers
O CAMINO / Milladoiro / Galicia No Tempo / Green Linnet
THE WOMEN O' DUNDEE / Margaret Christl / The Picture In My Mind / Waterbug
ONE MILLION LAWYERS / Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson / Best Of Friends / Appleseed
ALISTAIR'S and THE UNQUIET GRAVE / Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr / Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr / Mrs Casey Records
MON PERE A FAIT FAIRE UN ETANG / La Rouzine / Bal Mijote, Bal Rouzine /
https://larouzine.jimdo.com/
TROUBLE IN THE FIELDS / The Outside Track / Light Up The Dark / Lorimer Records
MARO EO MA MESTREZ and MAZURKA MON JOLI NAVIRE / Trio Ewen, Delahaye, Favennec / Kan Tri Men / Coop Breizh
PALACES OF GOLD / Roy Bailey with Martin Simpson & John Kirkpatrick / Sit Down & Sing / Fuse Records
TWO SPOON NETS IN THE LOFT / Grainne Hambly & William Jackson / Music From Ireland And Scotland / Mill Records
12 November 2017
The featured album was DEVIL IN THE SEAT by THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND
www.foghornstringband.com
American old-time string band music, played and sung with good energy and excellent musicianship. The band was recently here on tour and
engaged well with Australian audiences. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
STILLHOUSE; MINING CAMP BLUES; LOST GAL; JOHN HARDY; 90 MILES AN HOUR
* BOTTLE RUN / Wongawilli / After The Tradition /
www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au
* COLLECTED TUNES MEDLEY 2 / Wongawilli / After The Tradition /
www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au
PORK CHOPS / The Two Man Gentlemen Band / Two At A Time / Bean-Tone Records
EL BESU / The Chieftains with Xuacu Amieva / Santiago / RCA Victor
THE JOLLY BROOM MAN / Mawkin : Causley / The Awkward Recruit / Navigator
FORKED DEER / Smoke Dawson / Fiddle / Tompkins Square
SKALHALLING / Kvarts / Filigran /
www.kvarts.no
* SPRINGTIME ON THE WALLABY / Dave de Hugard / Songs Of The Wallaby Track / self published
TANGLEWOOD / The East Pointers / What We Leave Behind /
www.eastpointers.ca
* BLACK MUDDY RIVER / Jim MacQuarrie / Time Can't Erase / self published
FREELANDS & SANDY BELL'S HORNPIPES / Kevin Macleod / Springwell / Greentrax
THE LOATHSOME WORM AND THE MACKERAL OF THE SEA / James Raynard / Strange Histories / Unearthed
COOLEY'S / Chris Droney / Down From Bell Harbour / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
FAR O'ER THE FORTH / Emiy Smith / A Different Life / White Fall Records
FAREWELL JOHNNY MINER / Bob Fox & Benny Graham / How Are You Off For Coals? / Fellside
FRENCHIE'S REEL / Sharon Shannon / Sacred Earth / Rathmines Music
C'EST LE MOMENT / Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms / Innocent Road / West Sound Music
* PAMULWUY / Home Rule / The Genuine Article /
www.fiddlerbob.com.au
GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL / Likho Duo / Blues And The World Beyond / Likho Records
5 November 2017
The featured album was THE FLYING CONCERTINA by STEVE WILSON
www.concertinaman.net All sale proceeds
from this album are donated to the Leukaemia Foundation.
http://www.leukaemia.org.au/ The artist,
currently in remission after undergoing chemotherapy, lives on the south coast of New South Wales. A mix of songs and tunes, some original
compositions, competently presented and heart felt with good humour. My thanks to Tony Smith, local poet, musician and all-round fine fellow,
for joining me in the studio to discuss the featured album and fundraising for blood cancer research. The following tracks (all * Australian
content) were scattered through the program:
OH LYMPHOMA; AMAZON; LAZY HARRY; THE FLYING CONCERTINA; AROUND THE SAMOVAR
* INGLEWOOD COCKY / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear /
www.rowethmusic.com.au
SHOALS OF HERRING / Dave Burland / Benchmark / Fat Cat Records
JOHNNY GREY / The Canal Street String Band / Introducing The Canal Street String Band /
www.canalstreetstringband.com
LAMENT FOR JOHN MORRISON OF ASSYNT HOUSE / Pons Aelius / Captain Glen's Comfort /
www.ponsaeliusmusic.com
LET MR MAGUIRE SIT DOWN / James Mullan / From Galway To Dublin / Rounder
ALEXANDER'S / William J. Mullaly / From Galway To Dublin / Rounder
I KA PO AME KE AO / various / Hui Aloha / Dancing Cat
CHICKEN REEL / The Foghorn Stringband / Devil In The Seat /
www.foghornstringband.com
TO LIVE IS TO FLY / Steve Earle / Townes / New West Records
BIG JOHN MCNEIL / Kitty Amaral / Fiddle Gems / String Dreams
FOX / Riobo / Riobo / Altafone
SOUTHERN RAILROAD BLUES / Norman Blake / The Fields Of November / Flying Fish
THE TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TOWN / Dubl Handi / Morning In A New Machine / Heath PR
29 October 2017
This program was presented by Roger Hargraves.
MARCHA DOS NAMORADES FOJETES / Na Lua / Os Tempos Son Chegados / Do Fol
MAITIA NUN ZIRA / Oldarra / Le Chant Basque / Detour
THE MOONLIGHT PIPER SET / Carlos Nunez / Brotherhood Of Stars / BMG
THE LIEGE & LIEF MEDLEY / Fairport Convention / Swarb / Free Reed
MOLLY AND JIMMY'S and THE WAY IS CLEAR / Pons Aelius / Captain Glen's Comfort /
www.ponsaeliusmusic.com
A CORNISH PASTICHE / Jack The Lad / It's Jack The Lad / Charisma
PEGGY O.S. WITH A SOLDIER / Jack The Lad / The Old Straight Track / Charisma
THE GENTLEMAN SOLDIER / Jack The Lad / Rough Diamonds / Charisma
HERE'S THE TENDER COMING / Jack The Lad / Jackpot / United Artists
THE SANDGATE GIRL'S LAMENT / The High Level Ranters / Northumberland Forever / Topic
LAMENT FOR JOHN MORRISON OF ASSYNT HOUSE / Pons Aelius / Captain Glen's Comfort /
www.ponsaeliusmusic.com
CARRIETTIERA / Ditirammu / Isul Attruvata / Piccolo Compagnia
PONY BLUES / Charley Patton / Complete Recordings 1929-34 / JSP Records
POLEGMALA E TUDORA / Philip Koutev National Folk Ensemble / Philip Koutev National Folk Ensemble / Gega New
PATRIKOVO HORO / Petko Radev, Petko Dachev / Bulgarian Folk Songs And Dances / Gega New
NE PLACHI MAIKO NE ZHALI / Marko Ivanov / Outsinging The Nightingale / JSP Records
ELENINO / Boris Karlov / Outsinging The Nightingale / JSP Records
MITRO LE, MITRO / Folk Ensemble Sandanski / Pirin Folk Songs / Gega New
BLOW ON MY SOUL / Eleftheria Arvanataki / The Bodies And The Knives / Polydor
CONSTANT BILLY / Offa Rex / The Queen Of Hearts / Nonesuch
22 October 2017
The featured album was THE DEAR GREEN PLACE by ALAN REID & ROB VAN SANTE
www.reidvansante.com (Red
Sands Music). Alan Reid was a member of Battlefield Band for 40 years as singer, accordionist and organist. Guitarist and singer Rob van Sante
was the band's sound engineer for almost 20 years. This is the duo's fifth collaborative album and includes a mix of traditional and more recent
material, with some Reid originals. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
THE DEAR GREEN PLACE; THE FINAL TRAWL; BY THE DRY CARDRONA; BESS AND HER SPINNING WHEEL; WILL YE GO TO FLANDERS
SISTER KATE and CHINQUAPIN HUNTING / Two Oceans Trio / Two Oceans Trio / Howdy Skies Records
I COFT A STANE O HASLOCK WOO / Deaf Shepherd / Even In The Rain / Scottish Arts Council
ALABAMA BOUND / Roger McGuinn with Pete Seeger / Treasures From The Folk Den / Appleseed
AVANT-DEUX OUVRARD / La Rouzine / Musiques A Danser En Poitou / Parthenay
BARRACK STREET / Said The Maiden / A Curious Tale /
www.saidthemaiden.com
XIGUES DE TORNER and LA CASA GRIS / Llan de Cubel / Un Tiempu Meyor / Fono Astur
LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND / Martha Tilston / The Sea / Squiggly-Planet
PLANXTY GEORGE BRABAZON / John McCutcheon / Water From Another Time / Rounder
TWENTY EIGHTEEN and MUNDESSE / Belshazzar's Feast / The Food Of Love / WildGoose
SAINTS AND SINNERS / Claire Mann & Aaron Jones / Secret Orders / tradmusic
PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE / Foghorn Stringband / Devil In The Seat /
www.foghornstringband.com
THE GLOUP / Mark Roberts / The Gloup / self published
AMERICAN LIVES / Robbie O'Connell / Never Learned To Dance / Celtica
DRAG HER ROUND THE ROAD / Dervish / At The End Of The Day / Whirling Discs
15 October 2017
The featured album was THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO WELSH FOLK (ARC
www.arcmusic.co.uk), the latest in a series
of ARC's 'Ultimate Guides'. This is an eclectic compilation curated by musician, author and radio presenter, Cerys Matthews. As well as the
inevitable choirs and harps, there is an impressively diverse range of material included. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
PWT AR Y BYS (Nansi Richards); Y BRAWD HOUDINI (Meic Stevens); TYDI A RODDAIST (Rhos Male Voice Choir): PIBDDAWNS TREFYNWY (Crasdant); THE
GOWER REEL (Phil Tanner); AR LAN Y MOR (Hennessys)
* MOLE IN THE GROUND / Dev'lish Mary / Dev'lish Mary /
www.devlishmary.com
* THREE FORKS OF CUMBERLAND / Dev'lish Mary / Dev'lish Mary /
www.devlishmary.com
SAE WILL WE YET / Tony Cuffe / Sae Will We Yet / Greentrax
SHELTER FROM THE STORM / Crowes Pasture / Edge Of America /
www.crowespastureduo.com
GALICIAN DANCES and THE BERGEN / Jez Lowe & Jake Walton / Two A Roue / Tantobie
* WILLIE'S LADY / Triantan / Sydney Folk Gala / Great White Noise
SLIABH RUSSELL / Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan / The Long Grazing Acre / Compass
THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND / Pete Coe / Long Company / Backshift Music
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS / Martin & Eliza Carthy / The Moral Of The Elephant / Topic-Planet
LADS O' THE FAIR / Battlefield Band / The Producer's Choice / Temple
URTAINEN ARIN-ARENA / Eleuterio Tapia / Tapiatarren Trikitixa / Elkar
MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED RED ROSE / Eddi Reader / The Songs Of Robert Burns Deluxe Edition / Reveal Records
MACKLINS VALS FROM ORSA / Fiddlers' Bid / Naked & Bare / Greentrax
WAY DOWN THE ROAD / Art Thieme / The Older I Get, The Better I Was / Waterbug
DANZANTES / La Musgana / Temas Profanos / Mad River
SPOONFUL / Likho Duo / Blues And The World Beyond / Likho Records - Blind Raccoon
8 October 2017
The featured album was UN GIORNO IN BALLO by LYRADANZ
www.lyradanz.com This is a concept album of
original, trad style compositions from a trio of experienced balfolk musicians whose interesting combination of instruments includes bowed
psaltery and celtic harp. Most enjoyable musical journey through a day in the life of a dancer. The following tracks were scattered through
the program:
CROISSANT BOUREE; MEN AT WORK; TICKET RESTAURANT; UN SALTO NEL VUOTO; RONDEAU DEI MARINAI
FALSE SIR JOHN and NEW MOWN MEADOW / Annalivia / The Same Way Down /
www.annaliviamusic.com
AS I ROVED OUT and DANS EN DRO / Teresa Horgan & Matt Griffin / Brightest Sky Blue / self published
IN THE PINES / Ill-Mo Boys / Laugh And Grow Fat / Vigortone
THE HUMOURS OF AYLE HOUSE / Kirsten Alstaff / Gallowglass /
www.oaim.ie
NORAN WATER / Davie Robertson / Star O' The Bar / Greentrax
WE GOT FOOLED AGAIN / Coope, Boyes & Simpson / ... As If / No Masters
EL PUERQUITO EN LA YUCA / Las Perlas Del Son / Si Senor / Corason
REINLANDER / Kvarts / Filigran /
www.kvarts.no
* TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY / The Rambleers / The Rambleers / NLA
I WOULD THAT THE WARS WERE ALL DONE / Roy Harris / Voices - English Traditional Songs / Fellside
I AM A GIRL OF CONSTANT SORROW / The Early Mays / Chase The Sun / Bird On The Wing Records
THREE FORKS OF THE CUMBERLAND / Mariel Vandersteel / Hickory / Hearth Music
THE NIGHT BEFORE LARRY WAS STRETCHED / Elvis Costello / Common Ground / EMI Premier
'TIL THE END OF THE WORLD ROLLS ROUND / Tangleweed / In The Unlikely Event Of A Water Landing / Squatney
* SHOOTIN' THROUGH / Dave Mann & friends / Paradise Is Just Around The Corner /
davemann@iinet.net.au
FRISCO TOWN / Michael Jerome Browne / Sliding Delta / Borealis
1 October 2017
The featured album was BIDIN' MY TIME by CHRIS HILLMAN (Rounder). A new solo release from a former member of the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers,
Manassas and the Desert Rose Band. Hillman revisits some older material and is joined by several members of those bands. (Great to hear Roger
McGuinn's electric 12 string again!) The following tracks were scattered through the program:
BELLS OF RHYMNEY; HERE SHE COMES AGAIN; SHE DON'T CARE ABOUT TIME; RESTLESS; WILDFLOWERS
JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO / The Weavers / Rarities From The Vanguard Vault / Vanguard
MULVIHILL'S / Con Curtin & Edmond Murphy / Paddy In The Smoke / Topic
AIKENDRUM and SAMUEL THE WEAVER / The Tannahill Weavers / Cullen Bay / Green Linnet
* ROTHIEMURCHUS RANT / Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith / Rhymes & Reasons /
www.catherinefraser.com
THIG AN SMEORACH AS T-EARRACH / Christine Primrose / Gradh Is Gonadh, Guth Ag Aithris / Temple
COMO VIVIRE MI CHOLITA / Terrance Simien / Across The Parish Line / AIM-Planet
VIELLE POLKA DU MORVAN / Duo Lagrange Rutkowski / Musique Artisanale / self published
OLD KIMBALL / Anna & Elizabeth / Sun To Sun / Free Dirt-Planet
* THE BULLOCKY'S BALL / Warren Fahey's Bush Orchestra / Warren Fahey's Bush Orchestra
SEDYANKATA E NA RAZVALA / Philip Koutev / National Folk Ensemble / Gega New
RUARAIDH MOR'S and THE ROAD TO DRUMLEMAN / Malinky / Flower & Iron / Greentrax
KILLORAN'S CHURCH and LIBERTY'S SWEET SHORE / John Doyle / Shadow And Light / Compass-Planet
XARRERU / Sabugo Tente Firme / The Bagpipes Of Spanish Asturias / ARC