Come All Ye: Playlists January

31 March 2024

The featured (EP) album was UP by KANA (self published) kanamusic.co.uk A seven piece female harmony group based in Cornwall. Some original material and some fresh interpretations of traditional songs. "Kana" (or "cana") is the Cornish word for "sing".

WAIST DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY / Kronos Quartet with Brian Carpenter / Long Time Passing / Smithsonian Folkways

TIMONIA / Otava Yo / Loud And Clear / ARC

FAREWELL / Otava Yo / Loud And Clear / ARC

PATSY FAGAN / The Bully Wee Band / Like The Snow / Slaughterhouse Productions

DIXIELAND / The Bully Wee Band / Like The Snow / Slaughterhouse Productions

* MY WICKER BURIAL / Simone Keane / Graced By Leaves / self published

NEVER A FELLA / Kana / Up / self published

* OFF TO CALIFORNIA / Growling Dogs / Australian Fiddle Tunes / self published

KONUNGEN OCH TROLLKVINNAN / Gjallahorn / Ranarop – Call Of The Sea Witch / Finlandia

LE TRE SORELLE / Din Delon / La Rosa e La Ramella / FolkClub Ethnosuoni

CORTISOL SWING / The Schmoozenbergs / Awaken / self published

UP / Kana / Up / self published

DOUBLE FILE / Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton / Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton / Smithsonian Folkways

CUCKOO BIRD / Sam Shackleton / Causeway Recordings / self published

THE SNIPE / Calum Stewart / True North / self published

SPENCER THE ROVER / Far Flung Collective / Black Bay / Far Flung Music

THE BLACK CORMORANT / Far Flung Collective / Black Bay / Far Flung Music

MAGPIE / Kana / Up / self published

SERGEANT WILLIAM BAILEY / Lankum / Between The Earth And Sky / Rough Trade

ACROSS THE WESTERN OCEAN / Kana / Up / self published

DA SABBIT PRAWN / Fiddler's Bid / Hamnataing / Greentrax

THE ROTHERSTHORPE BULLET / Lew Bear / Rose Of The Shires / self published

STORY OF JOB / Marley's Ghost / Live At The Freight / Sage Arts

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT / Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman / Southern Summits / self published

JUDAS WAS A RED-HEADED MAN / June Tabor and Oysterband / Ragged Kingdom / Topic

GREAT WESTERN TV MEDLEY / Guy Van Duser / Finger Style Guitar Solos / Rounder

24 March 2024

The featured album was HIRONDELLE by HIRONDELLE https://thebrothersgillespie.com/ This is a collaborative project between Northumbrian alt-folk siblings, The Gillespie Brothers, classical group, Trio Mythos, and a Provencal dialect polyphonic trio, Tant Que Li Siam ("As Long As We Are There"). Not every track includes all the musicians, although the album is a grand experiment.

A PLACE CALLED ENGLAND / The Young'Uns / Strangers / Hereteu Records

* SAM GRIFFITH / Alan Scott / Travelling Through The Storm / Fanged Wombat

* MANCHESTER HORNPIPE / Alan Scott / Travelling Through The Storm / Fanged Wombat

ORAN DO'N MHORAIRNE / Griogair / Dail-Riata / Dunach

NORMAN MACLEAN / Griogair / Dail-Riata / Dunach

THE BOLD MARAUDER / Holly & The Reivers / Three Galleys / self published

TINA'S SONG / Hirondelle / Hirondelle / self published

VOT' COTILLON BRANLE / Les Chauffeurs a Pieds / Partons Allons / Scorbut Records

SAY OLD MAN CAN YOU PLAY THE FIDDLE / Alfi / Say Old Man / self published

LA ROUMANCO DE PIERE D'ARAGON / Hirondelle / Hirondelle / self published

STREET CRIES / The Teacups / In Which ... / Haystack Records

TARANTELLA CALABRESE / Daniel Sepe / The Rough Guide To The Music Of Italy / World Music Network

HARD AIN'T IT HARD / Maz O'Connor / Upon A Stranger Shore / Demon Barber Sounds

NORTHUMBERLAND II / Hirondelle / Hirondelle / self published

CULLEN BAY / The Tannahill Weavers / Cullen Bay / Green Linnet

READ 'EM JOHN / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch

MAHALLA / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch

THE ROAD TO CLADY / Craobh Rua / I'd Understand You If I Knew What You Meant / BTB Records

CAROLAN'S CUP / Hirondelle / Hirondelle / self published

A POUND AND A PINT / Hughie Jones / Maritime Miscellany / Fellside

HIGHLANDS / Battlefield Band / Beg & Borrow / Temple

ONE NIGHT IN MY YOUTH / Battlefield Band / Beg & Borrow / Temple

UP AN AWA / Janice Burns and Jon Doran / No More The Green Hills / self published

* FOUR SISTERS' BARN DANCE / The Heritage Ensemble / Bush Dance / Bush Music Club

17 March 2024

There was no featured album in today's program. It was a mix of Irish music for Saint Patrick's Day.

THE PEOPLE OF WEST CORK AND KERRY / Sliabh Notes / Gleanntan / Ossian

THE BALTIMORE SALUTE / Sliabh Notes / Gleanntan / Ossian

ST PATRICK'S BREASTPLATE / Royston and Heather Wood / Best of Irish Folk / Castle

* PADDY KELLY'S / Billy Moran / Irish Button Accordion / self published

AN TAMRAN BREAGACH / Lasairfhiona / Flame Of Wine / self published

THERE'S THE DAY / Cathal McConnell / Celtic Compass / Compass

ROLLING WAVES / Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry / Celtic Compass / Compass

OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT / Eleanor McEvoy / The Thomas Moore Project / Moscodisc

THE MOHER REEL / Bobby Casey & Lucy Farr / Paddy In The Smoke / Topic

THE MIGHTY DANCER / Macdara / The Love Token / self published

* ST PATRICK'S DAY / Enda Kenny / Twelve Songs / www.endakennymusic.com.au

* O'CAROLAN'S CONCERTO / Louis McManus / With A Heart And A Hand / self published

THE DARK EYED SAILOR / North Cregg / The Roseland Barndance / Greentrax

POSTSCRIPT / Seamus Heaney / The Poet & The Piper / Claddagh

GARRET BARRY'S REEL / Liam O'Flynn / The Poet & The Piper / Claddagh

AONACH MHALLA / General Humbert / General Humbert / Dolphin

COUNTY CLARE THE HOME OF POLKAS? / Socks In The Frying Pan / The Return Of The Sock Monsters ... / self published

* THE MICKEY DAM / The High Notes / The High Notes / self published

I KNOW MY LOVE / The Chieftains with The Corrs / The Wide World Over / RCA Victor

CROWLEY'S / Michael Coleman / Michael Coleman / Gael-Linn

TWO ANGRY DOGS / Colum Sands / Turn The Corner / Spring Records

* MOLLY NA GCUACH NI CHUILLEANAIN / Saoirse / Music Evermore / self published

* ORDINARY MAN / Sean Nash & Bob Connor / Session - Live At Irish Murphy's / O'Kelly's Shamrock Music

PADDY KELLY'S / Kirsten Allstaff / Gallowglass / self published

SILE / Lumiere / Lumiere / Music Network

KEVIN KEEGAN'S WALTZ / Kevin Keegan / The Music Of Kevin Keegan / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

SALLY BROWN / Sweeney's Men / Legend Of Sweeney's Men Anthology / Castle

THE EXILE'S JIG / Sweeney's Men / Legend Of Sweeney's Men Anthology / Castle

10 March 2024

The featured album was FOR THE LOVE OF IT ALL by ROB VAN SANTE (Falcon Records) www.meneelyvansante.co.uk A well-regarded guitarist singer, Dutch born, English based for many years, and a long time collaborator with Alan Reid, formerly of Battlefield Band. An album of folk style ballads, all but two being modern compositions.

WOO'D AN' MARRIED AN' A' / The Knowe O' Deil / Celebration / self published

MISS JENNA DREVER / The Knowe O' Deil / Celebration / self published

WORKAHOLIC / Esma Redzepova and Nune Brothers / My Last Song / ARC

YOU ARE MY FLOWER / The Carter Family / Country Music Hall Of Fame Series / MCA

ROAD TO ERROGIE / Flook / Haven / Flatfish

FALL ON MY KNEES / Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring / Starch & Iron / Heard Her Squeal

FREEMAN / Rob van Sante / For The Love Of It All / Falcon Records

CROOKED JACK / Qristina & Quinnn Bachand / Little Hinges / Beacon Ridge

THE WELCOME FAREWELL SET / Qristina & Quinnn Bachand / Little Hinges / Beacon Ridge

CAGE LOAD OF MEN / Rob van Sante / For The Love Of It All / Falcon Records

GRASSY CREEK / Hog-Eyed Man / Old World Music Of The Southern Appalachians / Tiki Parlour Recordings

* OLD BONES / Enda Kenny / Six Of One / self published

ELAINE'S FAREWELL TO SKYE / Alan Reid and Rob van Sante / Under The Blue / Red Sands Records

SALTARELLO II / Gryphon / Kings & Beggars / self published

THE PRICE OF GASOLINE / Bill Garrett / CD single / Willymac Productions

THE WILD GOOSE / Kate Rusby / 10 / Pure Records

BYKER HILL / Rob van Sante / For The Love Of It All / Falcon Records

SUZANNE / Leonard Cohen / The Essential Leonard Cohen / Columbia

VIELLE POLKA DU MORVAN / Duo Lagrange Rutkowski / Musique Artisanale / self published

HOT ASPHALT / Enoch Kent / I'm A Rover / Second Avenue Records

JENNY RAN AWAY IN THE MUD IN THE NIGHT / Erynn Marshall / Calico / Merriweather Records

ROUT OF THE BLUES / Rob van Sante / For The Love Of It All / Falcon Records

JENTA I CHICAGO / Lillebjorn Nilsen & Andy Irvine / Live In Telemark / Heilo

THE VICTORY WALTZ / The Occasionals / Live / Greentrax

3 March 2024

The featured album was PORTAGE by PORTAGE (Falcon Productions) Four excellent North American female fiddlers and one excellent female guitarist have compiled an album of Canadian tune sets, many hinting at their earlier Scottish roots.

IZAR EDERRAK / Hiru Truku / Mendebaldeko Euskal Baladak / Nuevos Medios

DIGLAKE FIELDS / De Dannan / Anthem / DARA

JIMMY BURNES / De Dannan / Anthem / DARA

WILLIE MOORE / Luke Abbott / Take Me Home / self published

BRITTA’S POLSKA / Northern Resonance / Vision Of Three / TRAD Records

THE GALWAY SHAWL / Patrick Street / On The Fly / Loftus Music

MRS BELLE SET / Portage / Portage / Falcon Productions

THE BALLAD OF SPRINGHILL / Landless / Bleaching Bones / Humble Serpent

THE WHITE COCKADE / Sangsters / The King Has Landed / Greentrax

JOHNNY COPE / Ceolbeg / The King Has Landed / Greentrax

FLOWERS OF EDINBURGH / Portage / Portage / Falcon Productions

* THE GREAT NORTHERN LINE / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear / self published

TRAIN ROBBERY / Levon Helm / Dirt Farmer / Vanguard

* SPANISH WALTZ / Eileen McCoy / Apple Isle Fiddler / Dulcetone Recordings

COME MY LITTLE SON / Michael Walsh / Quarehawk / self published

THE BOYS OF BLUE HILL / Michael Walsh / Quarehawk / self published

* HUMPING THE DRUM / Graham Seal / Barbed Wire Ballads / Unvarnished Productions

BARBARA MCOWEN’S SET / Portage / Portage / Falcon Productions

SWANSEA TOWN / Mike Waterson / Mike Waterson / Topic

BRUTON TOWN / Pentangle / The Pentangle / Reprise Records

MUNERA’L PENATU / Niundes / Enxamas Ye Pa Siempre / Discogs L’Aguanaz

* PINT POT & BILLY / Warren Fahey & Luke Webb / The World Turned Upside-Down / Rouseabout

LOVELY JOAN / Tony Hall / Mr Universe / Plant Life

LE BLANC SET / Portage / Portage / Falcon Productions

THE VIRGINIA REEL / The Occasionals / Live / Greentrax

25 February 2024

The featured album was BEFLEAN – AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY 2002-2023 (self published) This is a fascinating collection of mostly reworked and re-recorded material from Jim Moray’s sizeable and impressive back catalogue, with scratches, loops and electric guitars being more sparingly used than in some previous outings.

JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN / Zeke Morris / Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939 / Tompkins Square

OLD AUNT JENNY WITH HER NIGHTCAP ON / Notorious / Elkins / Black Socks

SO9 MONKTONHALL / David Ferrard / Across The Troubled Wave / Alter Road Records

VANDALS OF HAMMERWICH / Jim Moray / Beflean / self published

THE HANKY / Davie Robertson / Star O The Bar / Greentrax

CHESHIRE ROUNDS / Roy Clinging and Neil Brookes / Another Round / WildGoose

ALL SMILES TONIGHT / Roy Clinging and Neil Brookes / Another Round / WildGoose

FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM / Jim Moray / Beflean / self published

SHEATH AND KNIFE / Corrina Hewat / My Favourite Place /Foot Stompin’ Records

LIGURIAN BELLS MEDLEY / Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus / Round Trip / Borealis

THE EMPEROR IS NAKED TODAY-O / Dave Carter & Tracy Grammar / The Songs Of Pete Seeger Vol 2 / Appleseed

SCHOTTISCHE DU STOCKFISH / Ad Vielle Que Pourra / Green Linnet

HIND ETIN / Jim Moray / Beflean / self published

ANTICS / Beoga / The Incident / Compass

MARY DANCED WITH SOLDIERS / Beoga / The Incident / Compass

SULLIVAN’S JOHN / Paddy Reilly / Paddy Reilly Live / RTE

SCHOTTISCHE ZAVENTEM / MandolinMan / Old Tunes, Dusted Down / ARC

* GOLDEN DOVE / The Yearlings / Folk Showcase 2004 / Folk Alliance Australia

* WHO IS THAT REFUGEE / Pat Drummond / The Yearlings / Folk Showcase 2004 / Folk Alliance Australia

* JACKSON’S FAVOURITE / Trouble In The Kitchen / The Next Turn / Tradsville

SOUNDS OF EARTH / Jim Moray / Beflean / self published

JOHN BLUNT / Jackie Oates / The Spyglass & The Herringbone / EEC Records

18 February 2024

The featured album was HINTERLANDS by WENDY STEWART & GARY WEST (self published) Both members of the fine Scottish band Ceolbeg in the 1990s, this duo’s album is one half clarsach and pipe tunes and one half songs.

* THE GREEN BAN FUSILIERS / Denis Kevans / Union Is Strength / CFMEU

* THE ECONOMIC RATIONALIST / John Dengate / Union Is Strength / CFMEU

* THE OLD SCHOOLMASTER / Tom Walsh and Alan Musgrove / Verandah Music / National Library of Australia

WEAVERS / Eva Valjaots & Robbie Sherratt / Skylark / Sibelius Academy Folk Music Recordings

GREEN GREEN ROCKY ROAD / Tom Carter & Tom Sauber / Trade Your Headache For A Smile / The Old Time Tiki Parlour

OVER THE WATERFALL / Tom Carter & Tom Sauber / Trade Your Headache For A Smile / The Old Time Tiki Parlour

MARIE HAMILTON / Wendy Stewart & Gary West / Hinterlands / self published

* KILROY WAS HERE / Margaret Walters and John Warner / Who Was Here? / Feathers and Wedge

SWEETNESS AND LIGHT / Bruce Cockburn / Crowing Ignites / True North Records

THE GLASGOW SUNDAY SCHOOL / Adam McNaughtan / The Words That I Used To Know / Greentrax

LANCASHIRE HORNPIPES / Wendy Stewart & Gary West / Hinterlands / self published

* BALLYMENA / Seanachaidh / Gathering Thyme / Late Edition Studios

DR MACPHAIL’S REEL / RANT / Spin / Make Believe Records

BY THE GLOW OF THE KEROSENE LIGHT / The Once / Row Upon Row Of The People They Know / Borealis

POACHER / Hadrian’s Union / Permission / Whapmusic

LOCH TAY BOAT SONG / Wendy Stewart & Gary West / Hinterlands / self published

RETURN FROM FINGAL / Elliot Grasso & Adam Hendy / Breathe Blue / self published

PACE EGGING SONG / The Watersons / Frost and Fire / Topic

THE RAGGED SAILOR SET / The Twisted Twenty / The Twisted Twenty / Penny Fiddle Records

THIRD WAY / John McCutcheon / Leap! / Appalseed

IMBOKODO / Afrika Mamas / Iphupho / ARC

ROUGH AND ROCKY / Cathie Ryan / The Farthest Wave / Shanachie

IAN GREEN / Wendy Stewart & Gary West / Hinterlands / self published

FOLLOW THE HERON / Malinky / 3 Ravens / Greentrax

BANJO BRANCH FIDDLE / Ian Hardie / Westringing / self published

11 February 2024

The featured album was EVERYWHERE YOU GO by BRUCE MOLSKY (Tiki Parlour Recordings) The celebrated singer and multi-instrumentalist focuses on finger picked guitar for an album of tunes and songs in a wide range of musical styles. Darol Anger and Mary Ann Kennedy appear on some tracks.

WHAT’LL YOU DO / Low Lily / Angels In The Wreckage / self published

KEEP THE PACHYSANDRA FLYING / Low Lily / Angels In The Wreckage / self published

WILLIE THE WEEPER / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose

MOUNTAIN BRIGANDS’ DANCES / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose

THANKS FOR WRITING / Anna Massie / Two Down / Aye Like Music

DINNER MEDALS / Anna Massie / Two Down / Aye Like Music

WAYS OF A ROVER / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / Saturday Johnny and Jimmy The Rat / Red Rattler

IASITERA / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings

ON BOARD A 98 / Mat Green and Andy Turner / Time For A Stottycake / WildGoose

ROSALIE THE PRAIRIE FLOWER / Mat Green and Andy Turner / Time For A Stottycake / WildGoose

* KWELA 21 / Andy Rigby and friends / Andology Vol 1 – Tunes Of The Andys / self published

BYE BYE BABY BLUES / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings

* WALLABY TRACK / Danny Spooner / Cobargo 2014 / Yuin Folk Club

THE BAY TREE / Blowzabella / Dance / self published

* MAUD BUTLER / Cloudstreet / Clouded House / self published

ALWAYS LIFT HIM UP / Ry Cooder / The UFO Has Landed / Rhino

THE BOLD PRINCESS ROYAL / General Humbert / General Humbert / Dolphin

AMISH TOWN / Lynn Chirps Smith / Down In Little Egypt / Vigortone Records

CORNISH LADS / Amelia Hogan / Taking Flight / self published

BOOGIE WOOGIE DANCE / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings

FIOS CHUN A’ BHAIRD / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings

* UNDERGROUND MUTTON AND QUANDONG JAM / Neil Adam and Judy Turner / The Keys To The Field / self published

WAGONER’S LAD / Roger McGuinn with Joan Baez & Eliza Carthy / Treasures From The Folk Den / Appleseed

THE PROHIBITION REEL / Buttons & Bows / The Return Of Spring / self published

FACING THE CHAIR / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings

4 February 2024

The featured album was I KEPT THESE OLD BLUES by MUIREANN BRADLEY (Tompkins Square) A 2023 recording by a 17 year old finger picking guitarist / singer from Ballybofey, Co. Donegal with a passion for the music of the early blues masters; primarily Piedmont, ragtime and early country material. An extraordinarily talented young musician.

DOMINION OF THE SWORD / Melrose Quartet / Dominion / self published

A GENEROUS MAN / Melrose Quartet / Dominion / self published

THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE / Neil Young / Harvest / Reprise

JENNY WREN / Maddy Prior, Hannah James & Giles Lewin / Shortwinger / Park Records

SAVE THE HAM / Liz Carroll & Jake Charron / Half Day Road / self published

WEAVE ROOM BLUES / New Lost City Ramblers / There Ain’t No Way Out / Smithsonian Folkways

RABBIT IN THE PEA PATCH / New Lost City Ramblers / There Ain’t No Way Out / Smithsonian Folkways

CANDYMAN / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square

SAUCHIEHALL STREET FRIDAY MORNING / Bill Paterson / Glaschu – Hometown Love Song / ARC

CAMANACHD GHLASCHU / Mary Ann Kennedy / Glaschu – Hometown Love Song / ARC

ALBORAES DE PERLORA / Felpeyu / Cerquina / Tierra Discos

POLICE DOG BLUES / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square

CORNY BILL / Martyn Wyndham-Read / Jackeroo / Wynding Road Music

PATSY CAMPBELL’S / Grosse Isle / The Bonesetter / La Compagnie du Nord

LES TAILLEURS DE PIERRE / Grosse Isle / The Bonesetter / La Compagnie du Nord

FRANKIE / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square

SHAKING OF THE SHEETS / Steeleye Span / Time And Tide / Chrysalis

SEAN IN THE FOG / Lunasa / The Kinnitty Sessions / Compass

JENNY A’ THINGS / The Tannahill Weavers / Orach / Compass

BUCKDANCER’S CHOICE / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square

LAMENT FOR LIMERICK / Gren Morris & Sam Stephens / Hums Ancient And Modern / self published

DELIA / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square

MR TRILL’S SONG / Mr Fox / Join Us In Our Game / Castle Music

* CONVICT AND THE ROSE / The Island Coes / Born On Ol’ Cape Barren / Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre

FREIGHT TRAIN / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square

28 January 2024

The featured album was GAME OF HALVES by FAREFELD (self published) Recording as a duo, although with several collaborators, Caitlin Jones and Chris Elliott have produced an enjoyable collection of mostly modern folk style ballads, several with a link to their native Staffordshire.

BANISH THE BATTERING RAM / The Flying Toads / In Stitches / self published

NEWRY TOWN / The Flying Toads / In Stitches / self published

SAN BOUNET / Guillaume and Robin Vargoz / Duo Vargoz / Compagnie Du Rigodon

SHORTNIN’ BREAD / Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi / Sonny & Brownies Last Train / MC Records

PM DONALD MACLEAN OF LEWIS / Colin MacLeod & Rory Sinclair / Roaming Free / self published

WHEN I’M HOME / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published

ONE TRUE / Uncle Earl / Waterloo Tennessee / Rounder

FARM AUCTION / Spencer Coverdale / Five Ways / self published

FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES / Balfa Toujours / La Pointe / Rounder

GAME OF HALVES / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published

ONE FOR THE COUPLE / Frog On A Bike / Velocipede / self published

PENNY FOR THE PLOUGHBOYS / Frog On A Bike / Velocipede / self published

* RALLY ROUND THE DRUM / Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys / Foggy Highway / Gawd Aggie Recordings

FAIR ISLE REINLANDARI / Spaelimenninir / Malargrot / Tutl

THE CHRISTMAS GOOSE / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published

PADDY LAY BACK / El Pony Pisador / Yarr’s I Trons / self published

THE SHEPHERD’S WIFE WALTZ / Bill Spence and Fennig’s All-Star String Band / Fennigmania / Front Hall Records

LADY, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY / Peggy Seeger / The Folkways Years / Smithsonian Folkways

LITTLE BIRDIE / Whiskey Bent Valley Boys / Whiskey Sessions Vol. 2 / self published

GO ALONG TO KINVER / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published

DAME LOMBARDE / Kornog / Fiddle Fair 2 / Red Hat Music

ROARING WATER / Altan / Fiddle Fair 2 / Red Hat Music

OLD MAUI / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published

* THE ROAD TO PORT FAIRY / Trouble In The Kitchen / The Next Turn / TradsVille

21 January 2024

The featured album was OUT IN THE NIGHT by FISHERSTREET (Mulligan Records) Traditional Irish music from a great West Clare band taking its name from the main street in Doolin, a small town with a handful of pubs and a big reputation for traditional music. This is an old album and a joyous one.

O'STRAVAGANZA / Ensemble Baroque / O'Stravaganza / Virgin Classics

WITCH OF THE WEST-MER-LANDS / Archie Fisher / The Man With A Rhyme / Folk-Legacy

BIG HOEDOWN / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Moving Lightly Through This World / DittyVille

THE WIDOW'S LONE DAUGHTER / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Moving Lightly Through This World / DittyVille

SALTHILL / Project Smok / The Outset / self published

FEET DON’T FAIL ME / Bill Carlisle / Push Them Clouds Away / Musical Traditions

BRADY'S / Fisherstreet / Out In The Night / Mulligan

THE SHUTTLE RINS / Kornog / On Seven Winds / Green Linnet

DANS PLINN / Kornog / On Seven Winds / Green Linnet

GOIN’ ACROSS THE SEA / Porterbelly Stringband / Old Time Machine / self published

KILCOOLEY WOOD / Fisherstreet / Out In The Night / Mulligan

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD / Sophie Harris & Maudlin / Songs Without Authors / Broadside Hacks

SI BHEAG SI MHOR / Organ Morgan / Songs Without Authors / Broadside Hacks

GOUTONS DU PLAISIR / Genticorum / Au Coeur De L'Aube / self published

BEAUTY SPOT / Fisherstreet / Out In The Night / Mulligan

GUMTREE CANOE / John Hartford / Good'le Days / Rounder

O BARDO / Riobo / Riobo / Altafonte

LOST MY HORSE / Otis Taylor / White African / Northern Blues Music

CATRIONA / Blazin' Fiddles / Magnificent Seven / self published

TAILOR IN THE TEA CHEST / George Sansome & Matt Quinn / Sheffield Park / Grimdon Records

BILL HARTE’S / Polca An Ri / From Sliabh Mosco To Cathair Pheadair / self published

AR SOUDARDED'ZO GWISKET E RUZ / Gwalern / The Sounds Of Brittany / Keltia Musique

TOMMY RECK'S / Fisherstreet / Out In The Night / Mulligan

AZAWNTUA / Minyeshu Kifle Tedla / Daa Dee / ARC

14 January 2024

The featured album was DON'T DENY MY NAME by RICK ROBBINS WITH RORY BLOCK (Seeds of Man Records) Robbins toured with Ramblin' Jack Elliott for some years and Elliott remains a strong influence. Block has excellent credentials as a blues guitarist but collaborates well on this album of old and newer ballads, many with a cowboy-gambler-outlaw feel.

SOUVENIRS / John Prine / Souvenirs / Oh Boy

TE MAEVA WELCOME / various / Heiva I Tahiti / ARC

AE FOND KISS / Sheena Wellington / Celtic Women From Scotland / Greentrax

THE MASCOT / Open House / Second Story / Green Linnet

THE CLASSICAL GREEK / Open House / Second Story / Green Linnet

LA CARDEUSE / Genticorum / Au Coeur De L'Aube / self published

ROVING GAMBLER / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records

MARCH EVOLUTION / Simon Fraser University Pipe Band / On Home Ground / Greentrax

SWEET EVELINA / Aengus Finnan / Fool's Gold / Shelter Valley Productions

SEAN IN THE MIST / Robin Bullock / The Lightning Field / Azalea City

BANDIT OF BRAZIL / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records

* BALLAD OF LES DARCY / Wongawilli / 16th Illawarra Folk Festival / Illawarra Folk Club

CATHERINE AU CASAOU / Lous Gouyats De L'Adou / Folk Music From South West France / ARC

40 YEARS AGO WALTZ / Lee Stripling / Hogs Picking Up Acorns / Voyager

ARTHRITIS BLUES / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records

HORNPIPES / The Jimi Shandrix Experience / Foxy Laddie / Brechin All Records

THE MORNING BLUES / The Unwanted / Music From The Atlantic Fringe / Compass

REELS / The Unwanted / Music From The Atlantic Fringe / Compass

THE WILD GOOSE / Kate Rusby / Sleepless / Pure

BILLY / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records

FASTERUD / Northern Resonance / Vision Of Three / TRAD Records

ONE TRACK MIND / Rory McLeod / 16th Illawarra Folk Festival / Illawarra Folk Club

BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN / Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen / Thunderhead / Flying Fish

SOUTH COAST / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records

THE BROSNA JIG / Buttons & Bows / The Return Of Spring / self published

7 January 2024

The featured album was ÉIRELOCKED by SÁSTA (self published) sastaband.com A Brisbane band which includes several ex-pat (pun warning!) musicians now active in the Irish music scene in Australia. Energetic trad and trad-style tune sets. (all * Australian content)

* JACK OF ALL TRADES / The Barleyshakes / Pick Of The Crop 2009 / Trad&Now

*WYONG RIVER / Nick and Liesl / Pick Of The Crop 2009 / Trad&Now

ANNAGHBEG POLKA / Sliabh Notes / Gleanntan / Ossian

OH MY LITTLE DARLIN’ / Salamander Crossing / Passion Train / Signature Sounds

OH WERE I ON PARNASSUS’ HILL / Ceolbeg / Cairn Water / Greentrax

* PALM SUNDAY / Sasta / Eirelocked / self published

* BRUNSWICK ROAD / Graham Dodsworth / 2005 National Folk Festival / NFF

* POSADILA BABA / Xenos / 2005 National Folk Festival / NFF

* FAREWELL TO ERIN / Sasta / Eirelocked / self published

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS TONIGHT / Emmylou Harris / Wrecking Ball / Asylum

BLACK FOX / The Hudson Swan Band / Flyte Of Fancy / Lochshore

GREENSTONE POINT / The Hudson Swan Band / Flyte Of Fancy / Lochshore

* SWAGGIES PASSING THROUGH / Bob Campbell & Sharon Frost / Pick Of The Bunch / Sunpower

LITTLE SADIE / Tangleweed / Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals / Squatney

FIRST LEAVES OF AUTUMN / Sasta / Eirelocked / self published

NINNI NANNA / Diana Di L’Alba / Diana Di L’Alba / Ricordu

MAZURKA / Diana Di L’Alba / Diana Di L’Alba / Ricordu

A SAILOR LIKES HIS BOTTLE-O / Keith Kendrick & Lynne Heraud / Stars In My Crown / WildGoose

MADDALEN’S WALTZ / Sasta / Eirelocked / self published

LONE SHANAKYLE / Frank Harte / The Hungry Voice / Hummingbird Records

SPEAKING IN TONGUES 1 / Sheila Chandra / Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices / Realworld

TONIGHT WE RIDE / Tom Russell / Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs / Hightone Records

CUMBIA CELTICA / Salsa Celtica / El Agua De la Vida / Greentrax

Archived Playlists: January - March 2024