'Come All Ye' is heard each Sunday from 12 to 2 pm on community radio 2MCE-FM in Bathurst (92.3 Mhz) and Orange (94.7 Mhz), NSW, Australia. Bruce Cameron has presented 'Come All Ye' each week since 1976. It is the longest running folk / acoustic / roots program on Australian radio still with its original presenter.

Playlists
October - December 2002

TRACK / artist / album / label           * Australian content


29 December 2002

A very 'lazy' pre-recorded program today, with all tracks coming from two double CD sets of Australian music released in the mid '90s on a discount label, Castle Communications.  Most, if not all, tracks were released earlier on vinyl on the Larrikin label.  Bush songs, dance sets, a bit of folk rock here and there.  Unfortunately, neither CD set is still in print.

These tracks are from HIGH KICKIN' & HOLLERIN' (Castle Communications).  All  * Australian content

STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE / Dave de Hugard

THE FLYING PIEMAN / The Bushwackers

THE WALLABY TRACK / Dave de Hugard

THE PRIDE OF ERIN MEDLEY / Wombats Bush Band

MUDGEE SCHOTTISCHE / The Larrikins

THE TOLERANT MAN / The Larrikins

BUSH TUNES / The Larrikins

THREE REELS / Mucky Duck Bush Band

BULLOCKIES BALL / Trevor Shearston

THE MURRAY RIVER GALLOP / Dave de Hugard

EARLY IN THE MORNING / Patchwork

BLACK VELVET BAND / The Sundowners

FANFARE / Sirocco

These tracks are from BEATING AROUND THE BUSH (Castle Communications). All  * Australian content

STRINGYBARK CREEK / Andy Saunders

THE BALLAD OF THE KELLY GANG / Dave de Hugard

THE JERILDERIE LETTER / Declan Affley

POOR NED / Redgum

NED KELLY'S TUNES / The Bushwackers

THE SONG OF ARTESIAN WATERS / Cathie O'Sullivan

DIRRANBANDI / Mike & Michelle Jackson

FROM THE BUSH / R. Abbott

THE ANSWER'S IRELAND / Home Rule

CLANCY OF THE OVERFLOW / The Bushwackers

FACES IN THE STREET / The Bushwackers

THE FREE SELECTOR'S DAUGHTER / Mike & Michelle Jackson

THE WEE POT STOVE / D Tracy & J Murphy

THE QUEENSLAND WHALERS / The Colonials

SINCE THE BUSHLAND BOOGIE CAME AROUND THIS WAY / The Flying Emus

THE SHORES OF BOTANY BAY / The Bushwackers


22 December 2002

A Christmas theme dominated today's program and the featured album was BAH HUMBUG, a slightly irreverant take on such things, a compilation album released by Greentrax  www.greentrax.com  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Tom Lehrer);  THE MAN THAT SLITS THE TURKEYS' THROATS AT CHRISTMAS (Robin Laing);  THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Bill Barclay);  CHRISTMAS MORNING (Loudon Wainwright III);  WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS (The Greentrax Choir)

CHRISTMAS PUPPIES / Robert Bobby / F*U*B*A*R / www.cdbaby.com/robertbobby

THROW ANOTHER CHAIRLEG ON THE FIRE / Artisan / Paper Angels / Bedspring Music

THE FIRST NOEL / Tracy 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

THE BOAR'S HEAD / The Chieftains with The Voice Squad / Bells Of Dublin / BMG

GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN  and  GOOD KING WENCESLAS / Loreena McKennitt / A Christmas Radio Sampler 1999 / Quinlan Road

RAGTIME TOWN OF BETHLEHEM / Neil Woodward / ...A Cup Of Kindness / Black Dog Records

LEADING OF THE STAR / Ann & Phil Case / Holiday Sampler / Dry Run Recordings

ORKNEY WASSAIL  and  PLEASE TO SEE THE KING / Ceilidh Friends / The Spirit Of Giving / Ceilidh Friends

SCARLET RAYGUN / Artisan / Paper Angels / Bedspring Music

THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS / Diane Taraz / Hope! Says The Holly / Raisin Pie Music

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN / Frank Kelly / Comedy Countdown / EMI

ES IST EIN' ROS ENTSPRUNGEN  and  CHRISTMAS BELLS / Joel Mabus / How Like The Holly / Fossil Records

LONE PILGRIM / Peter Rowan & The Rowan Brothers / Sacred Voices / Sugar Hill

SHUT DE DO / Tim & Mollie O'Brien / Sacred Voices / Sugar Hill

FIRST CHRISTMAS / The Black Family / Time For Touching Home / Dara

CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES / John McCutcheon / Water From Another Time / Rounder

* STILLE NACHT / Austrian Choir / Christmas In Australia / self published

AULD LANG SYNE / Keltik Elektrik / Edinburgh Hogmanay Party Mix / Greentrax

CHRISTMAS TIME ON ROCKY TOP / The Osborne Brothers / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South


15 December 2002

All tracks in today's program came from featured albums during 2002. It's been another great year for what we proudly call folk music.

I'S THE B'Y / Ian F. Benzie / I's The B'y / Lochshore

* HOW I LOVE THIS TANGO / Kristina Olsen / All Around Down Under / Take A Break

* BOBCAT SHUFFLE / Jugularity / Unjugged / www.jugularity.com

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD / James Keelaghan / Home / Appleseed

DAILY GROWING  and  THE BLUE IDOL / Altan / The Blue Idol / Virgin

* WESTERN HIGHWAY / K'crasher / Towards The Light / www.geocities.com/bristleheadmusic

GALWAY TO GRACELAND / The McCalmans / Where The Sky Meets The Sea / Greentrax

* THE DAY AFTER / Collector / Coming In From The Old / self published

* ROSEVILLE FAIR / Jim MacQuarrie / Time Can't Erase / www.newsouthfolk.com

BALANCY STRAW / Waterson:Carthy / A Dark Light / Topic

* THE DALAI LAMA'S CANDLE / Eric Bogle / The Colour Of Dreams / Rouseabout Records

* SESWALI'S KWELA  and  * LAND OF BROKEN DREAMS / Blackwood / Never At Home / www.makingmusic.com

THE BAYTREE SET / The Poozies / Raise Your Head (A Retrospective) / Compass Records

* NERVOUS JERVIS / Fred Smith / Party Pieces / www.fredsmith.com.au

BALLYBROLLY JIGS / Flook / Rubai / Flatfish

FLANDERS / Firebrand / Lost Lady Found / www.firebrand.org.uk

DOWN BY THE LAGAN SIDE / Tommy Sands / Songs Fron SingOut! v45#4 / www.singout.org

WILLOW TREE / Eliza Carthy / Anglicana / Topic

JIMMY LOTHIAN'S / Deaf Shepherd / Even In The Rain / www.deafshepherd.com

* LOOK OUT BELOW / Danny Spooner / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

WHERE WOULD THE WORLD BE WITHOUT WOMEN / At The Racket / Mirth-Making Heroes / Racket Records


8 December 2002

The featured album was  THE MORNING MIST  by  JOE BURKE WITH CHARLIE LENNON (New Century Music  www.joeburkemusic.com)  Brilliant traditional Irish button accordion from an acknowledged living legend, and elegant piano accompaniment from another musical master.  One of the most enjoyable instrumental albums of the year.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE DAWN;  MCMAHON'S;  THE LAMENT FOR AUGHRIM;  CURRANTS FOR CAKES AND
RAISINS FOR EVERYTHING;  BONNIE KATE;  THE BANKS

AN TIOMANAI / Kila / Lemonade & Buns / Kila Records

* BEYOND THE HORIZON / Zulya / Elusive / Unstable Ape Records

* ANOTHER FALL OF RAIN / The Rambleers / The Rambleers / National Library of Australia

* RUM AND RASPBERRY  and  * THE SOUTHERN CROSS IS CALLING ME / Wongawilli / After The Tradition / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au

SOUTHERN CROSS / Joy Norman / Lately / Gannet Music

* WHEN I KICK THE BUCKET / Greg Champion / Shady Tree / www.gregchampion.com.au

* SHE LIED TO ME / Kate & Ruth / Swapping Seasons / www.newsouthfolk.com

THE HAPPY MAN / Keith Kendrick & Lynne Heraud / Stars In My Crown / Wild Goose Records

ASTURIAN SET  and  MOLL MALONE / Firebrand / Lost Lady Found / Kites Nest Records

* THE CUILLINS OF HOME / Gordon McIntyre & Kate Delaney / Caledonia Crossing / Blackwater Productions

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

PEIGIN MISTEAL / Mairtin Pheaits O Cualain / Traditional Songs From Connemara / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

* ATHOL HIGHLANDERS / Malumba / Interwoven / self published

WHA'D DREG A BUCKIE / Drinkers Drouth / A Tribute / Greentrax

MASTER'S DEGREE / David Roth / A Wind River Collection / Wind River Records

WHERE I COME FROM / Dick Weissman / A Wind River Collection / Wind River Records

* THE BRISTOL MAIL / The Wheeze And Suck Band / Vincent Street / Fire And Thorn

* THE COUNTER CHEQUE / Alan Musgrove / A Young Man And Able / self published

MCILHATTON / So's Your Mom / From Ireland And Elsewhere / Your Mother's Music


1 December 2002

The featured album was  RAISE YOUR HEAD (A RETROSPECTIVE)  by  THE POOZIES  (Compass Records).  Multi-instrumental, multi-voice, Scottish-English, all-female, Celtic roots band in a selection from more than a decade of recordings and several personnel changes.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE WIDOW;  THE MOUNTAINEER'S SET;  WILLIE'S OLD TROUSERS;  ANOTHER TRAIN;  HEY HOW MY JOHNNY LAD;  MAID OF LLANWELLYN

THE PARISH OF DUNKELD / Andy M. Stewart / The Jug Of Punch / Celtophile

* BOYS OF BEDLAM / Duncan Chalmers / Out of Obscurity / self published

MISSISSIPPI SAWYER / The Homegrown String Band / Big Fork Little Fork / www.homegrownstringband.com

PASTURES OF PLENTY / Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert / Lifeline Extended / Appleseed

THE HOMEBREW HORNPIPE / John Williams / The Jug Of Punch / Celtophile

CONNAUGHT JIGS / Eamonn Coyne / Through The Round Window / Compass Records

* THE INDIAN PACIFIC / Jim Haynes / Sleepers & Rails / Festival

* THE ROARING DAYS / Russell Hannah & Jim Haynes / Sleepers & Rails / Festival

TROUBLED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY / Bob Dylan with Joan Baez / Songs From SingOut! v.45#3 / www.singout.net

THE WILD ROVER / The Irish Tradition / The Jug Of Punch / Celtophile

* WATER LILY / Spindlewood / Face The Wind / Spindlewood

JULIAN OF NORWICH / Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir & Ed Trickett / All Shall Be Well Again / Folk-Legacy

BLACK DIAMONDS / Jez Lowe with the Bad Pennies / Live At The Davy Lamp / Tantobie

SAN ROQUE / Llan de Cubel / L'Otru Llau de la Mar / Fono Astur

* THE HOUSE AT 21 / Pat Drummond & Karen Lynne / Six Days In December / Shoestring

KAUSTISLAINEN MENUETTE JA POLSKA / Helsinki Mandoliners / Contemporary Finnish Folk Music 2003 / Arctic Paradise

NAMES / Roy Bailey / Never Leave A Story Unsung / Fuse Records

* GEHTS BAUMAN HABTS KOANA NIX GHEART / (Melbourne) Austrian Choir / Christmas In Australia / dieter@mail-direct.com.au

JULIANNE JOHNSON / Tom, Betty & Nathan Druckenmiller / 'Til The Clouds Roll By / Little Cat Records

NEW HAVEN REEL / Kinnon Beaton et al / The Heart of Cape Breton / Smithsonian Folkways


24 November 2002

The featured album was  ANGLICANA  by  ELIZA CARTHY  (Topic), the latest release from the top English singer and fiddler, this time with traditional songs given special treatment while retaining their original character, and some nifty instrumentals. Some songs by Peter Rowan crept in as well, following his great concert last Friday night at a nearby town.  The following tracks from Eliza Carthy were scattered through the program:

WORCESTER CITY;  LIMBO;  LITTLE GYPSY GIRL;  NO MAN'S JIG;  PRETTY PLOUGHBOY;  DR MCMBE

* THE OVERGATE / Tantallon / Skiddaw / Roadring Forties Records

SOON / Stevie Lawrence / Standing Alone / Lochshore

* RECONCILIATION / Tony Eardley / Sydney Folk Gala / www.touchwoodweb.com

BODACHAN A GHARAIDH  and  HEAVE YA HO / Battlefield Band / Rain Hail Or Shine / Temple

* THE WAITRESS / The Waifs / Australian Folk 2000 / www.folkalliance.org.au

THE FREE MEXICAN AIRFORCE  and  PANAMA RED / Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan / Flying Fish

THE TURTLE AND THE ASP / Damien Barber / The Furrowed Field / DJC Records

THE ONE THAT WAS LOST / Alan & John Kelly / Fourmilehouse / Compass Records

RISE RISE / The McCalmans / The King Has Landed / Greentrax

* LITTLE DANNY DOWNER / Graham Seal / Barbed Wire Ballads / Unvarnished Productions

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

JACK OF DIAMONDS / Urban Folk / Self Destructive Fools / Harbourtown

REPINICANDO / Banda de Gaitas Ledicia / Bagpipes of Galicia / ARC

* THE ATCHING TAN SONG / Cole Kirkpatrick & Van Dijk / Crows Three / Treeskin Music

FIRE MARINGO / Roll & Go / Outward Bound / www.rollandgoseasongs.com

* SHETLAND CHILDREN'S SET / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club and Friends / www.tellingtales.net

THAT HIGH LONESOME SOUND / Peter Rowan and the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Special Delivery


17 November 2002

The featured album was a compilation CD produced to promote THE SYDNEY FOLK GALA  coming up on 1 December.  It should be commercially available from www.touchwoodweb.com   The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

LIKE ANOTHER ROLLING STONE (Touchwood);  THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH (Margaret Walters);  THE FIFTH DAY (Wheelers and Dealers);  LOWLANDS (Len Neary and chorus);  WILLIE'S LADY (Triantan);  BROWN EYED BOY (Miguel Heatwole and chorus);  LAURA (Gilly Darbey)

FEATHERBED / John McCutcheon / Celebration - The Spirit Of Port Fairy / Sandstock Music

* GRAND MAMOU WALTZ / Zydeco Jump / Celebration - The Spirit Of Port Fairy / Sandstock Music

LIES / Hilary Spencer / Other Roads Other Lives / Strawberry Music

MARTA / Lunasa / Lunasa / Compass Records

* HUNTING THE SQUIRREL / Cole, Kirkpatrick & Van Dijk / Crows Three / Treeskin Music

* SEA OF SOULS / L J Hill / Whichway, Music From Indigenous New South Wales / www.amrap.org

LIZA JANE  and  ANGELINA BAKER / 2nd South Carolina String Band / In High Cotton / www.civilwarband.com

TIBBIE FOWLER / Old Blind Dogs / Legacy / Lochshore

BLUE COCKADE / Show Of Hands / Beat About The Bush / Isis Records

* UP THE YARD / Jane Brownlee / Fiddler On The Rocks / Shoestring

MURPHY'S HORNPIPE  and  PEG KELLEY'S BLACK CAT / Kevin Henry / One's Own Place / BogFire

THE PRETTY YOUNG GIRL / Altan with Dolly Parton / The Blue Idol / Virgin

MY SWEET WYOMING HOME / Jed Marum / The Soul Of A Wanderer / Boston Road Records

BILLY BOY / The High Level Ranters / Northumberland Forever / Topic

SLANGPOLSKA EFTER BYSS-CALLE / JPP / String Tease / RockAdillo

LORD ROTHSCHILD / Mike Waterson / Mike Waterson / Topic

LOST CHILD / The Red Mountain White Trash / Sweet Bama / Whoop It Up!


10 November 2002

The featured album was  PARTY PIECES  by  FRED SMITH (www.fredsmith.com.au)  Original and confronting songs addressing contemporary political and social issues in Australia.  The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

IMOGEN PARKER;  NERVOUS JERVIS;  FALZIBAD;  OPEN COUNTRY

FROM CLARE TO HERE / The Fureys & Davey Arthur / The Fureys Finest / Epic

* THE FLYING PIEMAN / The Bushwackers / High Kicking & Hollerin' / Castle Communications

* THE WALLABY TRACK / Dave de Hugard / High Kicking & Hollerin' / Castle Communications

MRS CREHAN'S / Alan & John Kelly / Fourmilehouse / Compass Records

HAMLET / Michael Cooney / Together Again / Cove Haven Records

* TAKING HIS CHANCE / Trouble In The Kitchen / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

* JOTA LA CLAVELLINERA / The Last Five Coins / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

SOLDIER'S JOY, 1864 / Guy Clark / The Dark / Sugar Hill

FIREMAN SAM / Cantychiels / Cantychiels / Greentrax

WALTZ LA PIERRE / Larry Ungar & Ginny Snowe / Waltz Time / Black Socks Press

DOWN BY THE LAGAN SIDE / Tommy Sands / Songs From Singout! v.45/4 / www.singout.org

MISS EILIDH SHAW / Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley / Songs From Singout! v.45/4 / www.singout.org

STRUTTIN' TO TOOTSIE'S  and  WHAT KIND OF PANTS DOES A GAMBLER WEAR / Joel Mabus / Thumb Thump / Fossil Records

* MAZURKA SET / Growling Dogs / Australian Fiddle Tunes / greganol@optushome.com.au

EANAIR / Lunasa / Lunasa / Compass Records

ALKALI / Bill Staines / Just Play One Tune More / Folk-Legacy

REINLANDER EFTER PER STAUP / Kvarts / Kvarts / www.kvarts.no

* JAMES BIRD  and  * GIRLS, GIRLS / Neil Adam & Judy Turner / Telling Tales / www.tellingtales.net

* CONJEWOI POLKA / Collector / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

* BELLA CIAO / Mongolian Fishmongers / Fresh Off The Boat / self published

THE CLARE SHOUT / At The Racket / Mirth-Making Heroes / Racket Records


3 November 2002

This was the last day of our radiothon/pledge week and an Open Day, so chaos ruled.  Eventually I locked the door and watched the visitors watching me through the glass.  We were all friends again by the end of the show.

The featured album was  ANOTHER GEM  by  ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM (Compass Records  www.compassrecords.com ).  Beautiful instrumental album in Scottish trad style, though with some not-trad and some not-Scottish material.  Does that make sense?  Two of the best musicians in the business in a flawless recording.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

MY LILY;  THE REEL DE LA LIBERATION;  CHARLIE HUNTER'S JIG;  CATHKIN BRAES;  SOPHIE'S LULLABY

* VICTOR PODHAM'S RUSTY HUT  and  * SET TUNES / Harvest Moon Band / In Some Old Shed / Collective Effort

DIESEL AND SHALE / Tom Lewis / Surfacing / Self Propelled Music

BILL MALLEY'S SCHOTTISCHE / Brian McNeill / To Answer The Peacock / Greentrax

THE LITTLE PACK OF TAILORS  and  FRANK QUINN'S / Skylark / Light And Shade / Claddagh

STEP IT UP AND GO / Ernie Hawkins / Mean Little Poodle / Say Mo' Music

* SILVERY MOON / The Poachers / The Poachers / self published

KENO, THE RENT MAN / The Red Mountain White Trash / Sweet Bama / Whoop It Up!

MATAPAT / Bourque, Bernard & Lepage / Matapat / Borealis

ROSIANNE / Sara Grey / Boy, She's A Daisy / Tradition Bearers

THE HOLY GROUND / Jimmy Crowley / Uncorked! / Greentrax

DOWN THE ROAD / The Homegrown String Band / Big Fork Little Fork / www.homegrownstringband.com

ALL THE WAY BACK HOME / macAlias / The Best Of Scottish Music Vol2 / Greentrax

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND / Scalene / Scalene / Fellside

* SING US A SONG BOYS / Us Not Them / One Man's Weeds - Another Man's Flowers / www.speedlink.com.au/users/usnothem

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

* LITTLE SISTER / Damon Davies / People With Oomph! / self published


27 October 2002

No featured album in today's program.  We were broadcasting from an 'Active Australia Day' health promotional event, and included numerous interviews making me feel very guilty for not being more physically active.

HOLMES AND WATSON / Mick Ryan and Pete Harris / The Long Road / Wild Goose Records

BEEHIVE / Flook / Rubai / Flatfish Records

* ANDERSON'S COAST / John Warner & Margaret Walters / Pithead In The Fern / Feathers and Wedge

DOWNER FOREST WALTZ / The Clayfoot Strutters / Going Elsewhere / Epact Records

* OLD MAN JIGS / Mongolian Fishmongers / Fresh Off The Boat / self published

WHISTLING REELS / Eamonn Coyne / Through The Round Window / Compass Records

THE COWBOY'S GIRL / Julie Henigan / American Stranger / Waterbug

* THE POLKA MACHINE / Jigzag / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

DARCY FARROW / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / One Endless Night / Windcharger Music

MY LILY / Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham / Another Gem / Compass Records

SIT DOWN (I CAN'T SIT DOWN) / Big Medicine / Too Old To Be Controlled / Yodel-Ay-Hee

THE GALWAY SHAWL / Bob Fox / Dreams Never Leave You / Woodworm Records

* AL SAUNDER'S GARAGE / Enda Kenny / Cloud Lining / www.angeltrain.com.au

THE LIFFEY BANKS / Brian Conway / First Through The Gate / Smithsonian Folkways


20 October 2002

The featured album was  WOODEYE  by the JOEL RAFAEL BAND  (Inside Recordings)  www.joelrafael.com   A collection of fourteen tracks "to celebrate the songs of Woody Guthrie", performed with simple yet effective instrumental accompaniment.  Great songs, well interpreted. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

WHEN THE CURFEW BLOWS;  1913 MASSACRE;  DON'T KILL MY BABY AND MY SON; PRETTY BOY FLOYD;  DANVILLE GIRL;  DANCE A LITTLE LONGER;  DEAR MRS ROOSEVELT

THE CONUNDRUM  and  ROLLING HOME / The Foundry Bar Band / Rolling Home / Springthyme

* AMAZON / Bruce Watson / Real World / self published

THE FLIGHT OF THE TERMITE  and  THE GREEN FIELDS OF CANADA / Deanta / Deanta / Green Linnet

THE FARMER'S SERVANT / A L Lloyd / English Drinking Songs / Topic

PAILOLO / Keola Beamer / Soliloquy / Dancing Cat

* THE KILLIMER / Peter Woodley & Jim Gregory / Southerly Breeze / Artsound

WEE MICHAEL'S MARCH  and  THE LASS O' GLENCOE / Battlefield Band / Rain, Hail Or Shine / Temple

* COLUMBIA'S SHORE  and  * HAMMIE'S JIGS / Cooking For Brides / Cooking For Brides / self published

BLIND LEMON / Roy Book Binder / Singer-Songwriter Bluesman / Pegleg Records

REINLANDER / Kvarts / Filigran / www.kvarts.no

THREE NIGHTS AND A SUNDAY / Matt McGinn / If It Wisnae For The Union / Greentrax

* MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, WIVES / Judy Small / If It Wisnae For The Union / Greentrax

DANSA DE FERREIRAS / Mando Mafia / Get Up In The Cool / Black Rose Productions

PANCHPURAN / Bill Jones / Panchpuran / Brick Wall Music

* CALLANISH  and  * THE CARLS O' DYSART / Tantallon / Skiddaw / Roaring Forties Records

THE NEWMARKET POLKAS  and  A FORGOTTEN HERO / Andy Irvine / Patrick Street / Irish Times / Special Delivery - Topic


13 October 2002

The featured album was a compilation CD produced by the Norwegian Traditional Music Directory, on behalf of the Norwegian Traditional Music and Dance Association and the Norwegian National Association for Traditional Music and Dance, apparently different organisations.  The album features tracks from "traditional and contemporary artists from the world of Norwegian traditional music".  The album's title is 'www.folkogdans.no', which removes any confusion over the appropriate URL to locate the various associations' website/s.  Hardanger fiddles are dominant on many of this interesting album's 29 tracks.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

TROLLHALLING (by: Blamann Blamann);  FJUKANDE SKER (Marylands); SPRINGAR (Honndalstausene);  POLKETT (Hurvomhei);  KRAAKA (Foyk); EVANGELIESANG TIL MARIA BEBUDDELSESDAG (Ashild Watne & Odd Lund); SLARAFFEN (Sigrid Moldestad & Liv Merete Kroken)

TAKE IT FROM DR KING / Pete Seeger / Songs From SingOut! v.46#3 / www.singout.org

THE SLIPPERY POLLOCK / Hoover The Dog / Scratch 'n' Sniff / Hidden Valley Music

* LORD STRATHMORE AND JIMMY ADAM / Neil Adam & Judy Turner / The Keys To The Field / www.tellingtales.net.au

SPANISH STEPS / Eric Anderson / Ghosts Upon The Road / Festival

NA CEANNABHAIN BHANA / Seamus Quinn and Gary Hastings / Slan Le Loch Eirne / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

* THE MINES OF AUSTRALIA / Kate & Ruth / Swapping Seasons / www.newsouthfolk.com

HE RAN OUT OF ROAD / Judy Dunlop & John Tams / Street Cries / Topic

PEOPLE GET READY / Hiram Joseph / Saved! / NorthernBlues Music

* BRAW LADS O' GALA WATER / Tantallon / Skiddaw / Roaring Forties Records

SRI BUBBA / The Clayfoot Strutters / Going Elsewhere / Epact Records

THE PNEUMATICAL DRILL / John Faulkner & Sandra Kerr / John & Sandra / Argo

DEATH CAME A' KNOCKIN' / Ruthie Foster / Runaway Soul / Blue Corn Music

JAKE'S GOT THE BELLYACHE / Rafe Stefanini / Hell and Scissors / County Records

EARLY SNOW / Tom Paxton / Looking For The Moon / Appleseed

TEABAG BLUES / Corey Harris / Greens From The Garden / Alligator Records

THE LONG GERMAN / Ellery Klein / Salt & Pepper / www.elleryklein.com

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

THE PREACHER PICKED THE GUITAR / Roy Book Binder / Singer-Songwriter Bluesman / Pegleg Records

PEGGY-O / Simon & Garfunkel / Wednesday Morning, 3am / CBS

* GLOBAL ECONOMY / Eric Bogle / The Colour Of Dreams / Rouseabout Records


6 October 2002

Today I had a raging head cold and needed cheering up, so I played an entire program of jug band music and other very non-serious songs. The program featured two albums by THE JUGGERNAUT JUG BAND, namely DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME  and  JUGSTAPOSITION  www.juggernautjugband.com It gives me hope for the future of silly music when I hear bands playing this stuff, and by the end of the program I felt a whole lot better.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

PINBALL WIZARD;  CONEY ISLAND WASHBOARD;  LYDIA, THE TATTOOED LADY; YOU REALLY GOT ME;  OLD JOE'S HITTIN' THE JUG;  BRING IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU COME;  CLEF CLUB STOMP;  THE SHEIK OF ARABY

JUG BAND MUSIC  and  BEEDLE UM BUM / Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band / Greatest Hits / Vanguard

* THE MADCAP LAUGHS / Wheeze and Suck Band / Vincent Street / www.wheezeandsuck.com

SINGING IN THE BATHTUB  and  BUTTER AND EGG MAN / Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Cocktail Swing / Signature Sounds

* WILD THING / The Fargone Beauties / The Fargone Beauties / True Blue

* BASINGSTOKE / Bernard Bolan / An Eclectic Collection / self published

I LIKE BEER  and AUNTY CLARA / Hamish Imlach / More And Merrier / Lochshore

SWEET SUE  and  HELLO LOLA / Sunshine Skiffle Band / Beat It, Blow It, Strum It, Hum It / Flying Fish

* THE OPERA SONG / Skedaddle / Take Me Down The Harbour / self published

TENNESSEE ROBOT / Mark Graham and Orville Johnson / Still Going Strong / Kings of Mongrel Folk

* SHAVING BLUES  and  * ERNESTO'S SERENADE / Jugularity / Unjugged / www.jugularity.com

JO JO THE CANNIBAL KID  and  BOB'S FAREWELL / Mando Mafia / Get Up In The Cool / Black Rose Productions

UNCHAINED MELODY  and  SUDDENLY IT'S FOLK SONG / Peter Sellers / The Peter Sellers Collection / EMI

UKULELE LADY / Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band / Greatest Hits / Vanguard

* THE BANTAM COCK / Bernard Carney / The Bernard Carney Collection / Tempo

* DANCING QUEEN / Sensitive New Age Cowpersons / Strange On The Range / www.iinet.net.au/~freonet/music/SNACs


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