26 June 2005
The featured album was NUA TEORAINN - NEW CELTIC MUSIC
FROM GREEN LINNET, a 2000 compilation album with tracks
from assorted CDs on the Green Linnet label www.greenlinnet.com
A good sampler and enjoyable to listen right
through. The following tracks were scattered
through the program:
FORFAR SODGER (Old Blind Dogs); GOODBYE MISS
GOODAVICH (Lunasa); STEWBALL AND THE MONAGHAN GREY MARE
(Patrick Street); THE BUTTERFLY (Kevin
Burke); THE TRUCKS OF BOHERMORE (Reeltime)
ARLINGTON / The Wailin' Jennys / These Times We're Living
In / Red House Records
HORN ISLAND / Martin Simpson / These Times We're Living
In / Red House Records
* HIGH WATER RISIN' / Craig Dawson & Simone Olding /
Let Isabelle Out / Moo Media Music
VERKKO / Piniartut / Piniartut / Tutl
* YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR ME / Judy Small / Greensongs / www.greens.org.au
* THE ROAD TO EL DORADO / Eric Bogle / Greensongs / www.greens.org.au
SCOTTISH PIPE AND FIDDLE REELS / Kevin Macleod /
Springwell / Greentrax
MARBLEHEAD NECK / Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, Michael
Cicone / Angels In Daring / Overall Music
SINGING THE TRAVELS / Maddy Prior / Ballads And Candles /
Park Records
* THE CAUSE / Enda Kenny / Six Of One / www.endakenny.com.au
SLIABH RUSSELL / Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan /
The Long Grazing Acre / Compass Records
PAWKIE PATTERSON / Deaf Shepherd / Synergy / Greentrax
* TELLING TALES / Neil Adam & Judy Turner / Telling
Tales / www.tellingtales.net
DA CROSS REEL / Faerd / Faerd / Tutl
MRS BARBOUR'S ARMY / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick
/ Red Clydeside / Red Rattler
WHEN THIS OLD HAT WAS NEW / Poor Old Horse / Songs From
SingOut! v.49#2 / www.singout.org
19 June 2005
The featured album was HEART'S DESIRE by NIAMH PARSONS www.niamhparsons.com
(Green Linnet). Although having one of the finest
voices for traditional Irish song, Niamh Parsons
considers herself "more a songstress than a singer -
a carrier of tradition". This is a delightful album
throughout, with a glorious blend of new and old
material, including a smattering of instrumental
tracks. The following tracks were scattered through
the program:
THE RIGS OF RYE; JENNY PICKING COCKLES; A
KISS IN THE MORNING EARLY; DONE WITH BONAPARTE;
SYRACUSE; TIDE FULL IN
GHOSTS OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS / John McCutcheon / These
Times We're Living In / Red House Records
THE PHILOSOPHER'S SONG / Bill Staines / These Times We're
Living In / Red House Records
THE DRUID'S MOUNTAIN / Deanta / Whisper Of A Secret /
Green Linnet
* THE LANES OF WOOLOOMOOLOO / Skedaddle / Take Me Down
The Harbour / self published
* BUILDING BRIDGES / Andrew Hull / Mostly Original / self
published
WILD BILL JONES / Joe Craven / Mo' Joe / Blender Logic
THE FAMOUS FOURTH / Roddy MacDonald / Good Drying /
Greentrax
* ELUSIVE / Run Eliza Run / Run Eliza Run / self
published
THE RANGER'S COMMAND / Woody Guthrie / House Of The
Rising Sun / Delta
REG & IRMA'S WALTZ / April Verch / From Where I Stand
/ Rounder
BLISTER IN THE SUN / Violent Femmes / Violent Femmes /
Rhino
* HEY RAIN / Penny Davies & Roger Ilott / Outback
Cafe / Restless Records
* JESSE JAMES / Mongolian Fishmongers / Fresh Off The
Boat / self published
* AS I ROVED OUT / The Creel / Appellation / Mountain
Music
ANGELINE THE BAKER / Full Frontal Folk / Sweet Mystery Of
Life / www.fullfrontalfolk.com
THE TINKLER'S WEDDIN / Jim Reid / Yont The Tay /
Greentrax
* IF I WERE FREE / Bernard Bolan / An Eclectic Collection
/ Eclectic Enterprise
* THE FARMER'S CURST WIFE / J.Cole, S.Kirkpatrick, J.Van
Dijk / Crows Three / Treeskin Music
CRIB OF PERCHES / Damp In The Attic / I Was ... Flyin' It
/ Magnetic Music
LARRY GET OUT OF THE BIN / Flook / Rubai / Flatfish
Records
12 June 2005
The featured album was PLAY LIVE by Scottish band
OLD BLIND DOGS (Green Linnet) www.oldblinddogs.co.uk
Their music is definitely improving with age, in spite of
their canine vision issues. The following tracks
were scattered through the program:
THE BATTLE OF HARLAW; SKY CITY; KINCARDINE
LADS; BRETON/GALICIAN SET; TRAMPS AND
HAWKERS; THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
* RED FOX / Lynne & Denis Tracey / Red Fox / Crafty
Maid Records
LADY ANN MONTGOMERY'S REEL / Tony McManus / Ceol More /
Greentrax
* THE BOY CAN'T WIN / Enda Kenny / Here & There / www.endakenny.com.au
* ONE BOOT / Craig Dawson & Simone Olding / Let
Isabelle Out / Moo Media Music
WALTZ (MEDLEY) / Dick Black & His Scottish Dance Band
/ By Yon Bonnie Border Burn / IGUS
MAE GEN I CHWAER MARI and LE PETIT CORDONIER
/ Ffynnon / Celtic Music From Wales / Green Linnet
* A SWAGMAN'S GOTTA LIVE / Alan Musgrove / Songs They
Used To Sing / self published
THE LITTLE PROINCESS FOOTSTEPS / The Red Mountain White
Trash / Chickens Don't Roost Too High / Whoop It Up!
* HENRY'S PARK / Andrew Hull / Mostly Original / private
pressing
JOHNSON BOYS / Ed Littlefield Jr / Going To The West /
Sage Arts
* ANGUS' JIG / Spoot O Skerry / Noxious Reeds / www.geocities.com/spootoskerry
BUY BROOM BESOMS / Sandra Kerr, Nancy Kerr, James Fagan /
Scalene / Fellside
BILLY TAVE'S HORNPIPE / Robin Flower & Libby McLaren
/ Steelhead In The Riffles / Little Cat
* SEND HER DOWN, HUGHIE / Penny Davies & Roger Ilott
/ Outback Life / Restless
BLACKWATERSIDE / Bert Jansch / Live @ The 12 Bar / Jansch
Records
LIAM FARRELL'S / John Carty / Yeh, That's All It Is /
Shanachie
THE BROWN AND THE YELLOW ALE / The Voice Squad / Holly
Wood / Hummingbird Records
TUNE THE SPEED / Smoky Finish / Tune The Speed / www.smokyfinish.com
5 June 2005
The second half of the program was turned over to part of
a concert recording titled LIVE IN PALMA by the Irish
band DERVISH (Whirling Discs), including the following
tracks:
I COURTED A WEE GIRL; DRAG HER ROUND THE
ROAD; MAIRE MHOR; I BURIED MY WIFE AND DANCED
ON TOP OF HER; THE HILLS OF GREANMORE; THE
WORLD'S END; PEATA BEAG; PHEIGIN MO
CHROI; JIM COLEMAN'S; EDWARD BY LOUGH EIRN'S
SHORE; KILLAVIL JIGS; AILILIU NA GAMHNA
LA SUITE DES RUBANS / Bourque, Bernard et Lepage /
Matapat / Borealis
THE MAID GAED TAE THE MILL / Palaver / Ceilidh House
Sessions / Greentrax
THE FULL RIGGED SHIP / Eilidh Shaw, Kathryn Nicoll &
Russell Hunter / Ceilidh House Sessions / Greentrax
* TRAVELIN' BLUES / Hildebrand / Early Live Recordings /
self published
* MAZURKA SET / Growling Dogs / Aust. Fid. Tunes / greganol@optushome.com.au
* HOEMSICK FER NI / George 'Toofie' Christian / Pilli
Lornga N.I. / Coral Music
BOLD RILEY / Kate Rusby / Hourglass / Pure Records
GENERATIONS OF CHANGE and THE DALLAS DOMESTIC
FORT WORTH NOTHIN' TEXAS HIGH HEEL TERMINAL TWO STEP /
Iain MacKintosh & Brian McNeill / Stage By Stage /
Greentrax
* 16000 MILES FROM HOME / Declan Affley / Declan Affley /
Australian Folk Archive
* THE POISON TRAIN / The Fagans / Kitchen Dance /
Mossbawn Music
* THE BARMAN SAYS / Enda Kenny / Twelve Songs / www.endakenny.com.au
* TOWARDS THE LIGHT / K'Crasher / Towards The Light /
Bristlehead Music
QUALIFICATIONS / Billy Bragg / Bloke On Bloke / White
29 May 2005
The featured album was LET EM RUN by THE
BILLS www.thebills.ca
(Borealis). This is the third album from a Canadian
roots band formerly known as The Bill Hilly Band.
All but one of the tracks are originals, with the songs
and instrumentals all highlighting the considerable
talents of the band's members. Lots of energy,
great musicianship and arrangements making the whole
package highly enjoyable. The following tracks were
scattered through the program:
WHEN THE BUCKET RUNS DRY; THE GATLINBURG;
NOWHERE TO BE (AND ALL DAY TO GET THERE);
BAMFIELD'S JOHN VANDEN; CAMBRIDGE SET; OEIL
AU BEURRE NOIR
WAY OVER YONDER IN THE MINOR KEY / Joel Rafael Band / The
FolkScene Collection Vol III / Red House Records
AT SEVENTEEN / Janis Ian / The FolkScene Collection Vol
III / Red House Records
THADELO'S BARNDANCES and THE LITTLE POT STOVE
/ Any Old Time / Crossing / DARA
61 HIGHWAY / Hans Theessink / Songs From The Southland /
Blue Groove
POSITIVELY 4TH STREET / Bob Dylan / Bob Dylan's Greatest
Hits Vol III / CBS
* STOLEN CHILDREN / Kerrianne Cox / Australian Folk 2000
/ www.folkalliance.org.au
DESTINATION GROUVILLE / Shona Le Motee / Destination
Grouville / Jersey Girl Records
* MY NAME IS EDWARD KELLY / Taliesin / Taliesin /
Acousticmuse
GAY GORDONS / Dick Black & His Scottish Dance Band /
By Yon Bonnie Border Burn / KRL
* SHOALHAVEN MAN / Wongawilli / Live At The Local / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au
* FLICKER OF AN EYE / Pat Drummond / The Local Rag / True
Blue Records
* DON'T LET IT DIE / The Old Spice Boys / Live At The
Rails / www.oldspiceboys.com
WILLIE AND MARY and THE USUAL SUSPECTS /
Deanta / Whisper Of A Dream / Green Linnet
MOUNTAIN JIM / Tudor Huws Jones / Dal I Drio / Sain
22 May 2005
The featured album was THE CURATE'S EGG by POOR OLD HORSE
(Folk-Legacy www.folklegacy.com)
This is an album of mostly UK traditional songs,
beautifully presented with well crafted harmonies letting
the voices stay at the fore. Folk-Legacy has
another winner. The following tracks were scattered
through the program:
GEORGE COLLINS; CLAUDY BANKS; NOTHING SO
GRAND AS A WAR; TITANIC; THE OUTSIDE TRACK;
THE BRIGHT SHINING MORNING
THE COLLIER LADDIE / Billy Ross / Shore Street /
Greentrax
* YOU GOT GOLD / The Lost Chords / The Lost Chords / self
published
* LOVERS' WALTZ / The Lost Chords / The Lost Chords /
self published
CHALANERU and XIRANDIYES / Felpeyu / Live
Overseas / www.felpeyu.com
* THERE MAY BE TIMES / Craig Dawson & Simone Olding /
So Near Yet So Far / Angel Train
* PEACE / Fruit / Acoustic Rainbow Volume 21 / Acoustic
Rainbow
COME ROUZE BROTHER SPORTSMEN / The Yetties / The FIddler
Knows / ASV
CAISLEAN AN OIR / Aidan McMahon & Anthony Quigney /
The Independence Suite / Celtic Crossings
THE ROAD TO DUNMORE / Robbie O'Connell w/ Clancy,
O'Connell & Clancy / The Independence Suite / Celtic
Crossings
TOM PAINE'S BONES / Dick Gaughan / Outlaws & Dreamers
/ Greentrax
SIREY (SIERRA) PEAKS and I CAN SEE YOUR AURA
/ Marley's Ghost / Four Spacious Guys / Sage Arts
* RIGHTS OF MAN / Bun' Ber E / Unplugged / www.bunbere.com
* TENNANT CREEK / Toe Sucking Cowgirls / Thirteen Thongs
/ www.toesuckingcowgirls.com.au
* ISA / Bruce Watson / Real World / self published
CUBAN SOLDIER and DOWN WITH THE OLD CANOE /
Well Tempered String Band / Well Tempered String Band /
Lutra
BONNY PORTMORE / Donal Hinely / Glass Stories /
Scuffletown Records
* TANZ TANZ YIDELEK / Moving Harps / Maldon Turns Thirty
/ www.maldonfolkfestival.com
15 May 2005
The featured album was GOING TO THE WEST by ED
LITTLEFIELD JR (Sage Arts www.sagearts.com)
This is a great collection of old and not so old American
songs and two original tunes from a multi instrumentalist
singer and member of the group Marley's Ghost. Much
care has been taken with the arrangements and
instrumentation on this album and it has paid off.
This is a delight. The following tracks were
scattered through the program:
GOING TO THE WEST; JOHNSON BOYS; BEEN ALL
AROUND THIS WORLD; PRETTY PEGGY-O;
WATERBOUND; SAIL AWAY, LADIES
REEL DU FORGERON and LES TROIS CAVALIERS / La
Bottine Souriante / Rock & Reel / Hemisphere
* SHEETMETAL WORKER / Declan Affley / Declan Affley /
Australian Folk Archive
THE HANDSOME CABIN BOY / Sweeney's Men / The Best Of
Irish Folk / Castle Communications
INIS DHUN RAMMA / Na Fili / The Best Of Irish Folk /
Castle Communications
JOHNNY ENGLAND / Little Johnny England / Little Johnny
England / www.littlejohnnyengland.co.uk
THE SALAMANCA MEDLEY / Dave Swarbrick / Rags, Reels &
Airs / Topic
* ELSPETH'S WEDDING / Home Rule / Joint Effort / Larrikin
THE RED-HAIRED MAN'S WIFE and 18TH CENTURY
ENGLISH DANCES / Chris Leslie with Beryl Marriott / The
Gift / Beautiful Jo Records
* THE BONNIE LASS O' BON-ACCORD / Chris Duncan / Fyvie's
Embrace / ABC Classics
* THREE POLKAS / Dave de Hugard / High Kickin' &
Hollerin' / Castle Communications
COUSIN JACK / Show Of Hands / Dark Fields / Hands On
Music
THE WHITE COCKADE / Sangsters / Begin / Greentrax
THE ANNIVERSARY POLKA / Sliabh Notes / Sliabh Notes /
Kells Music
* BEAUTIFUL LORD HOWE / Community Choir / Songs Of Lord
Howe Island / Lord Howe Island Arts Council
* CONVERSATION AS A BLOODSPORT / Pat Drummond / Through
The Cracks / Shoestring
8 May 2005
The featured album was HERE & THERE by ENDA KENNY www.endakenny.com.au
A new release, the fifth in a little over a decade, by
Dublin born Melbourne singer songwriter. Acute
observations of contemporary political and social issues
delivered with Enda's customary sharp wit and
humour. The songs are mostly original and are all
good. The following tracks (all * Australian
content) were scattered through the program:
THE STREETS OF JOYCE; WERE YOU THERE; WHITE
SQUALL; THIN GREEN LINE; THE COLONEL &
THE CLOWN
YOU TRIED TO RUIN MY NAME / O'Leary & Hildebrand /
Together Again ... Again / greganol@optushome.com.au
* HORSES' BRANSLE / Wheeze and Suck Band / Vincent Street
/ Fire and Thorn Records
* SAMMY'S BAR / Wheeze and Suck Band / Vincent Street /
Fire and Thorn Records
TILLER SONG / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Between The
Dark And Light / Fellside
THE BELLY DANCER / Gordon Duncan / Thunderstruck /
Greentrax
MRS ANNE MCDERMOTT ROWE / Jody Marshall / Cottage In The
Glen / Maggie's Music
PEOPLE GET READY / Hans Theesink Band / Bridges / Blue
Groove
* BIG RED CHAIR / Toe Sucking Cowgirls / Flamin Sheilas /
www.toesuckingcowgirls.com.au
THE FIT'S COME ON ME NOW / Belshazzar's Feast / John
Playford's Secret Ball / Wild Goose Records
PATRICK RUSSELL / Tom Russell & Iris DeMent / The Man
From Who Knows Where / Hightone Reords
SHOSTAKOVERTURE and FRANCIS / The Bill Hilly
Band / All Day Every Day / Borealis
CURLY HEADED BABY / Clint Howard & Doc Watson / Now
And Then / Mountain Music Recording
* THE CALL OF LORD HOWE ISLAND / The School Choir with
Rhonda Wilson / Songs Of Lord Howe Island / Lord Howe
Island Arts Council
THE POINT ROAD / Shooglenifty / Venus In Tweeds /
Greentrax
AND HIS DOG / Kinnell / Donald's Dog / Lochshore
AMERICAN JERUSALEM and JOHN O'DREAMS / Garnet
Rogers / The Outside Track / Snow Goose
1 May 2005
The featured album was JEWELS by CHRIS FOSTER
(living Tradition) www.thetraditionbearers.com
A welcome return to recording by a fine singer and
guitarist, presenting a collection of traditional English
songs delivered in a gentle west country accent, with
distinctive and effective guitar accompaniment. The
following tracks were scattered through the program:
THE BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND; THE COBBLER AND THE
BUTCHER; GEORGIE; RUFFORD PARK POACHERS;
AUSTRALIA
* STREETS OF FORBES / The Bushwackers Band / Flash Jack
From Gundagai / Avenue Records
* SOFALA CUCKOO / Growling Dogs / Australian Fiddle Tunes
/ greganol@optushome.com.au
* POOR NED KELLY / The Wild Colonial Boys / Glenrowan To
The Gulf / EMI
LAKES OF COOLFIN / Niamh Parsons / Songs From SingOut!
v.48#4 / www.singout.org
TWO YEAR WINTER and NIGHT-TIME JIGS / Bill
Jones / Two Year Winter / Compass Records
THE MIRACULOUS HEN / Cyril Tawney / Down Among The Barley
Straw / Trailer
DIESEL & SHALE / Tom Lewis / Surfacing / Self
Propelled Music
DA CAULD NIGHTS OF WINTER / Curlew / Fiddle Music From
Shetland And Beyond / Topic
THE LASSES FASHION / Jock Tamson's Bairns / The Lasses
Fashion / Topic
DON'T PUT TAXES ON THE WOMEN / Gibb Todd / Goin' Home /
Compass Records
SARAH ARMSTRONG'S TUNE / Orpheus Supertones / Bound To
Have A Little Fun / Mudthumper Music
* THE COUNTER CHEQUE / Alan Musgrove / A Young Man And
Able / self published
* THE SUGAR AND THE GRAIN / Bernard Carney & Peter
Grayling / No Time Like The Future / Tempo
* CASSANDRA'S LULLABY / Bernard Carney & Peter
Grayling / No Time Like The Future / Tempo
* DON'T STAND BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS TOOL / The Spooky
Men's Chorale / Tooled Up / www.lisp.com.au/~rdelaney
* THE BANKS OF CLAUDY / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton /
Song Links / Fellside
GREY OWL / Bruce Molsky / Contented Must Be / Rounder
* JOTA LA CLAVELLINERA / The Last Five Coins / Musical
Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au
24 April 2005
The featured album was RARE by JOCK TAMSON'S BAIRNS
(Greentrax) www.greentrax.com
Top shelf Scottish band who formed in the late 1970s,
'retired' between 1983 and 1995, and are still going
strong with this excellent latest release of songs and
tune sets. The following tracks were scattered
through the program:
BLYTHE BLYTHE AND MERRY WAS SHE; SCOTCH CAP;
THE MULL WALTZ; DA GROCER; THE SOOR MILK
CAIRT; THE BOGEND HAIRST
LEELA LEELA and GOING TO THE WEST / Marley's
Ghost / Across The River / Sage Arts
FAREWELL TO CONNAUGHT / Michael McGoldrick & John
McSherry / At First Light / Compass Records
THE FIZZER / Gerry Hallom / At The Periphery / William
Boyd Music
LITTLE GYPSY GIRL and NO MAN'S JIG / Eliza
Carthy / Anglicana / Topic
* AL GRASSBY'S GRANDFATHER / Neil Adam & Judy Turner
with Felpeyu / The Keys To The Field / www.tellingtales.net
* BLACK CAT PIDDLED IN THE WHITE CAT'S EYE / The Island
Coes / Born On Ol' Cape Barren / self published
* MOTHER / The Island Coes / Born On Ol' Cape Barren /
self published
CLEAR THIS PLANET ... IMMEDIATELY / Smoky Finish / Clear
This Planet ... Immediately / www.smokyfinish.com
* JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN / Us Not Them & Friends /
Sleepers / www.speedlink.com.au/users/usnothem
OMEATH MUSIC / La Lugh / Brighid's Kiss / Lughnasa Music
THE TWO MAGICIANS / Bob Fox & Stu Luckley / Box Of
Gold / Fellside
BANJOIO / Tudor Huws Jones / Dal I Drio / Sain
THE FRENCHIE IN VIDLIN VOE / Andrew Williamson / Afore
The Mast / Veesik Records
LITTLE DUTCH GIRL / Ill-Mo Boys / Laugh And Grow Fat /
Vigortone
* KING OF FOOLS / Paul Kelly / Ways And Means / Capitol
* SPRINGTIME ON THE WALLABY / Dave de Hugard / Songs Of
The Wallaby Track / Dave@deHugard.zzn.com
JOJO THE CANNIBAL KID / Mando Mafia / Get Up In The Cool
/ Black Rose Productions
17 April 2005
The featured album was THE CRAIC WAS GREAT by PADDY
GRABER (Celtic-Palatine Records). An eighty year
old unaccompanied traditional singer and storyteller,
born in Tipperary and a long term Vancouver resident,
recorded by Stewart Hendrickson in a Seattle living
room. Produced almost as a field recording and
offering a fascinating insight into Irish tradition and
its evolution. The following tracks were scattered
through the program:
FAR FROM THE LAND OF SHAMROCK AND HEATHER; THE
ARBUTUS TREE; THE SILKIE OF SULE SKERRIE; THE
HEN THAT BECAME A HARE; THE OLD LADY OF SKIN AND
BONES
LULLABY and THE LITTLE THATCHED CABIN /
Bohola / Bohola / Shanachie
* THE AFGHAN / Steve and Ros Barnes / Nautilus / Western
Wave
* GREEN TURTLES / Steve and Ros Barnes / Nautilus /
Western Wave
* THE FORFAR SODGERS / Alistair Hulett & Dave
Swarbrick / Saturday Johnny & Jimmy The Rat / Red
Rattler
THE ROSARY / XIM / 989 / Cube Roots
THE GREAT STORM IS OVER and BACK SIDE OF
ALBANY / John McCutcheon / Water From Another Time /
Rounder
* ERNESTO'S SERENADE / Jugularity / Unjugged / www.jugularity.com
THE SOPORIFIC / Deiseal / The Long Long Note / STARC
LITTLE MOSES / Marley's Ghost / Gospel - How Can I Keep
From Singing / Sage Arts
RODDY'S LAST TRIP / Sandy Brechin / Out Of His Box /
Brechin All Records
* WHERE THE BRUMBIES COME TO WATER / Harvest Moon Band /
In Some Old Shed / Collective Effort
* MOUTH MUSIC / Gordon McIntyre and Kate Delaney /
Caledonia Dreaming / Blackwater Productions
* BROOM O' THE COWDENKNOWES / Gordon McIntyre and Kate
Delaney / Caledonia Dreaming / Blackwater Productions
THE ROOSKY / John Carty / At It Again / Shanachie
* PARCHMAN FARM / The Old Spice Boys / Live At The Rails
/ www.oldspiceboys.com
* THE MAN WITH THE PINK TRIANGLE / Peter Hicks / The
Bottom Line /
self published
* HARRY AXFORD'S SCHOTTISCHE / Collector / Pumpkin and
Bear / self published
10 April 2005
The featured album was A COASTLINE FACING WEST by LOADED
DOG (self published) hugatree@iinet.net.au
This is the second album from a very experienced Western
Australian folk band with a strong commitment to
promoting Australian music, particularly any less well
known material considered worthy of increased
exposure. This excellent album also includes first
rate original songs and tunes from band members.
The following tracks (all * Australian content) were
scattered through the program:
TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE; SERGEANT SMALL; TWO
POLKAS; CAB TO KILCARNUP; THE STOCKMAN'S
CHEQUE; TWO JIGS; THE WINDMILL RUN
* PIG AND WHISTLE ROLL / Vincent P. Brophy / Down To The
Sea In Ships / Hard Yacka Records
* SWAGGIES PASSING THROUGH / Home Rule / Write Me A
Letter / www.hwy.com.au/~homerule
HARDIMAN THE FIDDLER and MON CHER AMANT /
Lisa Moscatiello and Rosie Shipley / Shipwhistle
THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND / Pete Coe / Long Company
/ Backshift Music
HIAWATHA / Joseph and J.P. Cormier / Velvet Arm Golden
Hand / Patio Records
BEAN PHAIDIN / Lasairfhiona Ni Chonaola / An Raicin
Alainn / www.lasairfhionamusic.com
INGA'S WALTZ / Steven Spence / Spencie's Tunes / www.spenciestunes.com
* CROSS ROADS / Ash Grunwald / I Don't Believe / www.ashgrunwald.com
* LORD WON'T YOU HELP ME / The Lost Chords / The Lost
Chords / self published
* THE ROVING DIES HARD / Colcannon / Covering Our Tracks
/ Greentrax
* FIDDLERS TWO / Richard (Skreitch) Leitch / An Anthology
of ... Verse / self published
LAD'S DANCE / Sandor Fodor / Hungarian Folk Music From
Transylvania / Hugaroton Classic
THE WIDOW / The Poozies / Raise Your Head / Compass
Records
* THE QUEER FELLA'S / Charlie Batchelor w/ the Horton
River Band / Kind Regards / Chris Sullivan Production
JOHN HARRISON'S HANDS / Dick Gaughan / Outlaws &
Dreamers / Greentrax
* RASPANI / Inka Marka / Maldon Turns Thirty / www.maldonfolkfestival.com
3 April 2005
The featured album was JIIG by JIIG (Fallen Angle Music) www.jiig.ca Singer and
concertina player Ian Robb is joined by the pre-existing
trio of James Stephens, Ian Clark and Greg T. Brown for
an album of tight and lush harmonies and well presented
instrumentals. The material is mostly English
songs. The following tracks were scattered through
the program:
CHICKEN ON A RAFT; THE OGGIE MAN; I SHOULD
LIKE TO BE A POLICEMAN; FEN'S BEDTIME; ANGELINE THE
BAKER; SWEET THAMES FLOW SOFTLY; THE ROSE OF
ALLANDALE
* SHELTER ME / The Waifs / Shelter Me / self published
* STAY IN THE WAGON YARD / The High Times String Band /
Way Down The Road / Whoopy Doo
BIGGER / Karen Tweed and Ian Carr / Fyace / FYASCO
Records
* DUNNO HOW TO LIVE THAT CLEAN / Greg Champion / North
& South / ABC Music
SWANNANOA WALTZ / Rayna Gellert / Ways Of The World /
Yodel-Ay-Hee
* I'M FINE / Colcannon / Covering Our Tracks / Greentrax
* GEORGE BAILEY'S SET TUNE 1 / Jane Brownlee & David
De Santi / Australian Traditional Dance Tunes Vol#2 / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au
HEART OF A MINER / Nanci Griffith / Poet In My Window /
Philo
CUNLA / Colm O'Donnell / Farewell To Evening Dances /
BogFire
* OUT CALIFORNIA WAY / Coyote Serenade / Yippy-Yo-Ki-Yay
/ self published
MARCH STRATHSPEY REEL / The ScottishPower Pipe Band /
Cathcart / Greentrax
UP IN THE MORNING EARLY / Billy Ross / Shore Street /
Greentrax
LA PLAGE ST. PIERRE / The Country Masters / The Country
Masters / Patio Records
* HUMPIN' THE DRUM / Blackwood / Never At Home / Making
Music
THE LANCASHIRE LADS / Old Blind Dogs / Legacy / Lochshore
* LANCER TUNE / Dooley Chapman / Your Good Self / Chris
Sullivan production
* WALTZ CHAIN / Dooley Chapman / Your Good Self / Chris
Sullivan production
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