25 September 2005
The entire program content came from SHOWCASE 2005
- SALT & PEPPER, a compilation double CD featuring
artists who performed at the recent Folk Alliance
Australia Convention in Canberra (www.folkalliance.org.au)
Mostly emerging acts, a great variety of material and a
very positive sign for the future of this music in
Australia. Most have released their own CD's.
The following tracks (all * Australian content) were
scattered through the program:
TRACK / artist / contact
THE EAGLE / Fellowship of the Strings / dulce@easy.com.au
PURU RUNAS / Inka Marka / manage@inkamarka.com
MOUTH MIX / Ruffians Rant / Ruth.Martin@anu.edu.au
MAPU HA (BREATHING) / Mihirangi / mihi_rangi@yahoo.com.au
MIRAGE / Michael Kennedy / michaelbkennedy@bigpond.com
COUNTY DOWN / madd marrianne / maria@optusnet.com.au
COWBOY SONG / Milk / milkmilkmilkmilkmilk@yahoo.com
WILLY'S LADY / Triantan / jude@triantan.com
YIANNI / Hide 'n Cheek / andy@bluemountainsound.com.au
OLD BLEVINS / Touchwood / christina@eastsidearts.org.au
IN THE VALLEY TONIGHT / Noel McClumpha / noelmac2@bigpond.com
NEW MOON / Dave Calandra / davecalandra@yahoo.com
LET ME BE (YOURS) / Megan Bowman / info@meganbowman.com
WE PLAY SERIOUS MUSIC / Cheeky Tzatziki / marianthe_manthy@bigpond.com
A BIRD SONG / Fire On The Hill / dan@drummer.st
IN MY WAY / Brett Robin Wood / brett.wood@optusnet.com.au
END OF THE WORLD / One Night Jam / onenightjam@onenightjam.com
HERE WITH YOU / George Royter / george@georgeroyter.com
DAGGY SUIT / Shiny Bum Singers / meyers@webone.com
BELLS OF ST ANDREWS / Michael-John Azzopardi / mjazz@optusnet.com.au
RIVER WIDE / Melanie Gent Band / mell@hotpop.com
GET OFF THE TRACKS / Peter Harrison / saxual_healing@hotmail.com
12 BAR BLUES / Bron Ault-Connell / baultconnell@hotmail.com
18 September 2005
The featured album was LEGEND by TOWNES VAN ZANDT
(Charly). This double CD compilation provides an
introduction to this iconic Texan singer songwriter who
"succumbed to hard living" on New Year's Day
1997. There are tracks from early recordings, live
sets, as well as several duets with guest
vocalists. The following tracks were scattered
through the program:
IF I NEEDED YOU; PANCHO AND LEFTY;
LORETTA; SNAKE SONG; FRATERNITY BLUES;
TECUMSEH VALLEY
SHOO! FLY and BAMALONG BLUES / The Red Mountain
White Trash / Sweet Bama / Whoop It Up!
* THEY NEVER MENTION THE FLIES / Sensitive New Age
Cowpersons / Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch / www.cowpersons.com
EVERYWHERE / Cara Dillon / There When You Finish / Rogue
Rcrds
STRANGER TO HIMSELF and SLIABH RUSSELL /
Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan / The Long Grazing
Acre / Compass Records
THE SHAMBLES / Bruce MacGregor / Loch Ness / Blazin'
Fiddles
* THE MINES OF AUSTRALIA / Kate & Ruth / Swapping
Seasons / ruthsta@yahoo.com
* INDEPENDENCE PARK / Fred Smith / Independence Park / www.indie-cds.com
CHESHIRE WALTZ / Spiers & Boden / Tunes / Fellside
LE ROBINET / Reveillons! / Quiquequoidontou / www.reveillons.qc.ca
BOTH SIDES THE TWEED / Brechin, Wilkinson & Martin /
sampler CD / Brechin All Records
* MACNAMARA'S BAND / Australia Fair / Parade Of Tin
Soldiers / self published
WALLS OF TIME / Salamander Crossing / Passion Train /
Signature Sounds
* PIG AND WHISTLE ROLL / Vincent P. Brophy / Down To The
Sea In Ships / Hard Yakka
THE NEW FOUND OUT / Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy /
Notes From The Heart / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
GO TO TOWN / Emily Smith / A Different Life / White Fall
Records
SNAPPY GUZZLIN' / Claire Mann and Aaron Jones / Secret
Orders / tradmusic
11 September 2005
The program featured an extended interview with Jerry
Boland (teacher of theatre and circus skills and
connoisseur of American Civil War songs) about CATAPULT,
the upcoming Youth Arts Festival. The featured
album was CORNBREAD NATION by TIM O'BRIEN (Sugar
Hill). A master at adapting and recycling older
songs, O'Brien's original approach has always been
impressive over thirty years. The following tracks
were scattered through the program:
CORNBREAD NATION; THE FOGGY FOGGY DEW; LET'S
GO HUNTIN'; CALIFORNIA BLUES; BOAT UP THE
RIVER
ONE VOICE / The Wailin' Jennys / 40 Days / Shock Records
* THE GOLD RING / Louis McManus / With A Heart And A Hand
/ bing@alphalink.com.au
* REFUGE TO A REFUGEE / Bernard Carney / Feathers &
Tributes / Dark Horse Records
JOHN HENRY'S BLUES / Tangle Eye / Alan Lomax's Southern
Journey Remixed / Zoe Records
WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS / Kate Campbell / Blues And
Lamentation / Large River Music
THE BOYS OF THE IRISH BRIGADE and PADDY'S
LAMENTATION / David Kincaid / The Irish Volunteer / Ryko
* NEAPOLITAN TARANTELLA / Bohemian Nights / Bohemian
Nights / www.erniegruner.com
THE DRINKS SET / Sandy Brechin / Out Of His Box /
Greentrax
* TWIRLFRIEND / One Night Jam / Turn Fish Back On / self
published
THE HERRING'S HEAD / Chris Foster / Jewels / Tradition
Bearers
GEFID PID MER I STAUPI / Bara Grimsdottir / Fumi / Green
Man
GO WHERE THE BAD PEOPLE GO / Ann Rabson / Songs From
SingOut! v.49#2 / www.singout.org
* THE LITTLE DRUMMER / Michael-John Azzopardi / sampler /
www.mjazz.live.com.au
MISSISSIPPI SAWYER / The Cumberlands / Bridging The Gap /
Copper Creek
4 September 2005
The featured album was MAGNIFICENT SEVEN by BLAZIN'
FIDDLES www.blazin-fiddles.com
A group of top shelf Scottish musicians playing an album
full of outstanding traditional and trad-style fiddle
sets. Simple concept, beautifully delivered.
A real winner. The following tracks were scattered
through the program:
SKYLARK; MISS JOHNSTONE; THE DONEGAL
SET; DRUNK AT NIGHT; SHETLAND
THE ATLANTIC REELS and THE BEST OF THE BARLEY
/ Brian McNeill / The Back O' The North Wind / Greentrax
PAS DE LOP / Xavier Vidal / Le Bal / Dralhe
HOW LONG and OLD BUNCH OF KEYS / Uncle Earl /
She Waits For Night / Rounder
* AMAZON / Bruce Watson / Green Songs / www.greens.org.au
* SO MANY WAYS / The Rattlers / Green Songs / www.greens.org.au
* SHEARING BOOTS / Alan Scott / Battler's Ballad / Fanged
Wombat
STRANGE LOVER IS A COALMINE / Pegleg Ferret / Not Fooling
Anyone / Harbourtown Records
FERRET FROLIC / Steve Eulberg / I Celebrate Life / Owl
Mountain Music
JOHN GILBERT IS THE BOAT / Peggy Seeger / Heading For
Home / Appleseed
LA VALSE MATIQUE and LE DAMNE / Bourque,
Benoit et Lepage / Matapat / Borealis
FROG AND MOUSE / various / Dead Maid's Land / Wild Goose
Records
PRETTY SYLVIA / Jeff Davis / Song Links 2 / Fellside
* THE OLD ARROW INN / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear /
self published
* THE NEW CHUM'S LAMENT / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear
/ self published
WISH I'D STAYED IN THE WAGON YARD / Orpheus Supertones /
Bound To Have A Little Fun / Mudthumper Music
* VAN DIEMAN'S LAND / The Bushwackers Band / Flash Jack
From Gundagai / Avenue
* DEVLIN'S GENERAL STORE / Margaret Walters & John
Warner with Taliesin / Pithead In The Fern / Feathers and
Wedge
COPSHAWHOLME FAIR / Bellowhead / Songs From SingOut!
v.49#2 / www.singout.org
LORD FRANKLIN / Martin Carthy / A Collection / Topic
28 August 2005
The featured album was A DIFFERENT LIFE by EMILY SMITH www.emilysmith.org
(White Fall Records). The second album from this
Scottish singer and keyboard player, again offering some
original material and some adaptations of older songs and
tunes, all well presented with good accompaniment
throughout. The following tracks were scattered
through the program:
THE BONNY LABOURING BOY; ALWAYS A SMILE; THE
TRESSLE BRIDGE; GO TO TOWN; THE LOWLANDS OF
HOLLAND
SWING BOYS SWING / Aengus Finnan / North Wind / Borealis
DOON REEL / Frankie Lane / Dobro / Gael Linn
* OLD HAMMERHEAD / Margaret Walters / Power In A Song /
Feathers and Wedge
* HUMPIN' THE DRUM / Blackwood / Never At Home / Making
Music
* NEVER AT HOME REELS / Blackwood / Never At Home /
Making Music
BORN TO BE A BUTTERFLY / John Palmes / Born To Be A
Butterfly / johnpalmes@gci.net
MAKIN' MUSIC MACON GEORGIA STYLE / Vassar Clements / Full
Circle / OMS Records
AM HANS SINE / Alpine Experience / The Rough Guide to the
Music of the Alps / World Music Network
MARCHA MAI / Arco Alpino / The Rough Guide to the Music
of the Alps / World Music Network
* TEN MINUTES TOO LATE / Jimmy Gregory / West Along The
Road / CRAIC
SUNDOWN / Jesse Winchester / Beautiful - A Tribute To
Gordon Lightfoot / Borealis
THE THREE HORSEMAN / La Bottine Souriante / Rock &
Reel / Hemisphere
* ACROSS THE HILLS / The Fagans / Common Treasury /
Mossbawn Music
GOVAN POOL-ROOM SONG / Ewan MacColl / Bold Sportsmen All
/ Topic
THE TRIP TO ORKNEY WALTZ / Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley /
Mither O' The Sea / Greentrax
THE TEN DOLLAR BILL / Finest Kind / Silks & Spices /
Fallen Angle Music
* THE PROMISE SELLERS / Steve and Ros Barnes / Nautilus /
Western Wave
FREELAND'S JIGS / Spaelimenninir / Tutl 2000 / Tutl
JENNY DANG THE WEAVER / Ian F.Benzie / I'se The B'y /
Lochshore
21 August 2005
The featured album was LOCAL GROUND by ALTAN
(Vertical Records www.verticalrecords.co.uk)
A new album by this group, one of the Irish folk super
groups, is always a cause for delight. This is no
exception, adding to their long list of excellent
CDs. Some songs in English, some in Gaelic, some
tunes traditional, some recent. All good. The
following tracks were scattered through the program:
IS THE BIG MAN WITHIN?; ADIEU, MY LOVELY
NANCY; BO MHIN NA TOITEAN; THE WIND AND RAIN;
THE SILVER SLIPPER
ARE YE SLEEPING, MAGGIE / Tannahill Weavers / The
Mermaid's Song / Green Linnet
* THE MUDGEE MEDLEY / Dave de Hugard / Songs Of The
Wallaby Track / Dave@deHugard.zzn.com
* SONGS OF THE BUSH / Us Not Them / The Streets Of Forbes
/ rwillis@westserv.net.au
* TUNES FROM COLIN CHARLTON AND PADDY GODDEN / Emu Creek
Band / The Streets Of Forbes / rwillis@westserv.net.au
NEW DELHI FREIGHT TRAIN / Terry Allen / The Silent
Majority / Sugar Hill
THE WILD GEESE / Jim Reid / Yont The Tay / Greentrax
MISS MONAGHAN'S / Big Bandemonium / The Big Bang / www.bigbandemonium.com
I'M JUST HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL / The Rooftop
Singers / Best Of The Vanguard Years / Vanguard
CHOCO'S GUAJIRA / Ruben Gonzalez / Chanchullo / World
Circuit
THE COLOUR OF AMBER / English Acoustic Collective /
Ghosts / RUF Records
TARRY TROUSERS / Jody Stecher / Song Links 2 / Fellside
ELK RIVER BLUES / Erynn Marshall / Calico / Merriweather
Records
* UNDERGROUND MUTTON AND QUONDONG JAM / Neil Adam &
Judy Turner / The Keys To The Field / www.tellingtales.net
* THE 8% SWING / Neil Adam & Judy Turner / The Keys
To The Field / www.tellingtales.net
SEM RAZAO / Amalia Rodrigues / Queens Of Fado / ARC
* THE CAPTAIN OF THE PUSH / Warren Fahey / Classic Bush
Poetry / ABC Audio
LAD O'BEIRNE'S / Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington /
Fortune Favours The Merry / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
* AS IF HE KNOWS / Eric Bogle / Maldon Turns Thirty / www.maldonfolkfestival.com
MY GIRL / Hans Theessink / Songs From The Southland /
Blue Groove
14 August 2005
The featured album was JACKET BLUE by JONATHAN ASHLEY (www.indie-cds.com),
an Australian singer and instrumentalist with an
collection of mostly trad English folk songs and a
smattering of Irish tunes. The thoughtful song
arrangements always allow the lyrics to dominate.
The following tracks (all * Australian content) were
scattered through the program:
WILD GOOSE; CANADEEIO; SALLY IN THE GARDEN;
BOLD RILEY; KNIGHT ON THE ROAD; SLIDES
MY HEART'S TONIGHT IN IRELAND / Andy Irvine / Common
Ground / EMI
TRIP TO SKYE / Skolvan / Kerzh Ba'n' Dans / Keltia
* TWO JIGS / Loaded Dog / A Coastline Facing West / hugatree@iinet.net.au
* THE STOCKMAN'S CHEQUE / Loaded Dog / A Coastline Facing
West / hugatree@iinet.net.au
KING OF THE CASTLE / Stairheid Gossip / Stirrin' It Up /
Greentrax
THE CROOKED MAN'S JIG / Peter Ostroushko / Minnesota - A
History Of The Land / Red House Records
EZPATA-DANTZAK / Alboka / Lorius / Resistencia
TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU / Happy Traum / I
Walk The Road Again / Roaring Stream Records
TRIPPING and WHEN FORTUNE TURNS HER WHEEL /
Claire Mann & Aaron Jones / Secret Orders / Tradmusic
SUGAR BABE / Uncle Earl / She Waits For Night / Rounder
DETRITUS / Mrs Ackroyd Band / Yelp! / Mrs Ackroyd Records
TARALILA RASARAKA / Tarika Sammy / Fanafody / Rogue
Records
IF IT WASNAE FOR THE UNIONS / Hamish Imlach / More &
Merrier / Lochshore
* DUSTY WINDOWSILLS / Tam Lin / What A Day A Difference
Makes / www.indie-cds.com
SEVEN STEP POLKA / Fiddlers' Bid / Naked & Bare /
Greentrax
HOBO TRAIL / John & Michelle Law / Estimated Time Of
Revival / JML Music
* GIRLS GIRLS (HAVE ALL THE FUN) / Neil Adam & Judy
Turner / Telling Tales / www.tellingtales.net
LOCKS AND BOLTS / Martyn Wyndham-Read with No Man's Band
/ Song Links 2 / Fellside
7 August 2005
The featured album was WAXED by THE DEMON BARBERS www.thedemonbarbers.com
(DJC Records). Mostly new interpretations of
traditional English songs, with a couple of Kipling's
poems put to music, and dance tunes given high energy
folk rock treatment. Well worth a listen. The
following tracks were scattered through the program:
EDWARD; THE BALLAD OF MINEPIT SHAW; A NOBLE
RIDDLE WISELY EXPOUNDED; THE CREEL
DIAMOND JOE / Bruce Molsky / Contented Must Be / Rounder
* NEW STRANGER BLUES / Shake Sugaree / Shake Sugaree /
self published
AILEAN DUINN / Anna Murray / Tri Nithean - Three Things /
Lochshore
GALWAY GIRL / Sharon Shannon with Steve Earle / The
Diamond Mountain Sessions / Hummingbird Records
THE DIAMOND MOUNTAIN / Sharon Shannon & friends / The
Diamond Mountain Sessions / Hummingbird Records
* HOLY DAN / Warren Fahey / Classic Bush Poetry / ABC
Audio
PRETTY BOY FLOYD / The GP's / Saturday Rolling Around /
HTD Records
* ONE MORE DAY THAN THEM / Born Again Pagans / Born Again
Pagans / self published
WALT'S WALTZ / Steppin' In It / Last Winter In The Copper
Country / Hippo Coop Records
* SEGAH SAZ SEMAI / Kim Sanders & friends / You Can't
Get There From Here / kimzgaida@hotmail.com
DRAGGLE-TAIL GYPSIES-O / Benji Kirkpatrick / Song Links 2
/ Fellside
* SHANNON AIR / Andy Rigby / Maldon Turns Thirty / www.maldonfolkfestival.com
JAMES BROWN'S MARCH / Michael McGoldrick / Folktopia Vol
1 / Vertical Records
THE BOHEMIAN DREAMS / Sylvia Herold & Euphonia /
Lovely Nancy / Tuxedo Records
* FURTHER UP THE MOUNTAIN / Greg Champion / Shady Tree / www.gregchampion.com.au
* JOG ALONG TILL SHEARING / The Bush Music Club / 20
Golden Greats / Bush Music Club
* STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE / Harry Cotter & friends
/ The National - 35 years of the NFF / www.folkfestival.asn.au
31 July 2005
The featured album was THE LARK DESCENDING by CHRIS WOOD
(RUF Records www.EnglishAcousticCollective.org.uk)
This is a stylish and intense collection of English
songs, including originals and reworkings of older songs,
from a skilled multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter.
The following tracks were scattered through the program:
HARD; LORD BATEMAN; OUR CAPTAIN CALLS;
JOHN BARLEYCORN
MAISON DE GLACE / Celtic Fiddle Festival / Play On /
Green Linnet
DANIEL AND THE SACRED HARP / Jon Wilcox / Song Traveler /
Sage Arts
* FIRE IN THE GLEN / Gordon McIntyre & Kate Delaney /
Caledonia Dreaming / Blackwater Productions
RUNAWAY / Erynn Marshall / Calico / Merriweather Records
* FRIDAY 14TH MAY / Chloe & Jason Roweth / The
Riderless Horse / www.speedlink.com.au/users/usnothem
* SING ME TO SLEEP / Chloe & Jason Roweth / The
Riderless Horse / www.speedlink.com.au/users/usnothem
* THE QUEER FELLA'S / Charlie Bachelor / Kind Regards /
Australian Folk Masters
* CUT A RUG / Dougie Young / The Songs Of Dougie Young /
AIATSIS
LARRY REDICAN'S / Maurice Lennon & Noel O'Grady /
Within A Mile Of Kilty / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
* TANZ TANZ YIDELEK / Moving Harps / Maldon Turns Thirty
/ www.maldonfolkfestival.com
NIPPONPOLKA / Vasen / Keyed Up / NorthSide
THE SOUL OF A MAN / Ernie Hawkins / Mean Little Poodle /
Say Mo' Music
HAMNATAING / Fiddlers' Bid / Hamnataing / Greentrax
* THREE SEA CAPTAINS / Reel Tradition / Happy We've Been
A' Thegither / Sandstock Music
OL' DAN TUCKER / 2nd South Carolina String Band /
Southern Soldier / www.southern.hypernet.net
JIMMY WHELAN / Karan Casey / Chasing The Sun / Vertical
Records
THE OOKPIK WALTZ / Jay Ungar & Molly Mason / Relax
Your Mind / Angel Records
THE CORKIN CROSS POLKA / Peter Horan & Gerry
Harrington / Fortune Favours The Merry / Clo
Iar-Chonnachta
THE CUCKOO / Donovan / Beat Cafe / Appleseed
* ARE YOU THE COVE / Warren Fahey / Classic Bush Poetry /
ABC Audio
ROUNDING THE HORN / Martin Simpson / The Bramble Briar /
Topic
24 July 2005
The featured album was FIRESTONE LIVE by TONCHI MCINTOSH
& ANDREW HULL, a live-in-concert recording of the
whole Firestone story in song and poetry. This was
a private recording, courtesy of Andrew Hull, and offers
a more complete performance than does the commercially
released album which was featured on 25 April 2004.
Visit www.bushroots.com
for more information. The following tracks (all *
Australian content) were scattered through the program:
RIVER ROADS; FIRE STONE; BUSH OF
AUSTRALIA; REASON; WORLD OF MEN; JANE
ELIZA; GUMCUTTERS; MASTERS OF DESIGN
WILLIE GOGGIN and KATY CRUEL / The Demon
Barbers / Uncut / DJC Records
BURLY BURLY BANKS OF BARBRY-O / Debra Cowan / Dad's
Dinner Pail / Falling Mountain Music
CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL / Fiddlers' Bid / Naked & Bare
/ Greentrax
UNFINISHED REVOLUTION and MUNSTER BACON / Pat
Kilbride / Undocumented Dancing / Green Linnet
DOWN WIND FROM THE REFINERY / Truckstop Honeymoon /
Christmas In Ocala / Squirrel
THE DOFFING MISTRESS and THE CORNISH
QUICKSTEP / Brass Monkey / Topic
ONCE I LOVED and THE KILFENORA JIGS / Arcady
/ Many Happy Returns / DARA
LAST MAN LEAVING / Derek Gifford / Sailing By / Cock
Robin Music
LOCH ETIVE SIDE / Jock Tamson's Bairns / May You Never
Lack A Scone / Greentrax
17 July 2005
The featured album was TAKE THE ROAD by
GABERLUNZIE (ELM www.krl.co.uk)
Scottish multi-instrumentalist singers, Robin Watson and
Gordon Menzies, offer up an album of mostly original
songs on traditional themes and arrangements of
traditional tunes. The first featured album for a
long time to include no sound of a fiddle. The
following tracks were scattered through the program:
SMUGGLER'S ROAD; THE WITCH; SHIELINGS OF
SUTHERLAND; KING O' THE FAIRIES; COUNTRY OF
MACRAE;
GALE WARNING and THE COLLIER'S WAY / Ceolbeg
/ An Unfair Dance / Greentrax
* THE FARMING GAME / John Williamson / Celebration - The
Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock Music
* WIFE TO A COCKY FARMER / Judy Small / Celebration - The
Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock Music
THE CROOKED ROAD / Martin Hayes Trio / Celebration - The
Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock Music
* NEGATIVES OF GLASS / Jim Low / Negatives Of Glass /
Mountain Tracks
PETRONELLA / The Barely Works / Don't Mind Walking /
Cooking Vinyl
ADAM AT THE WINDOW / Mary Black / Looking Back / CURB
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A GOOD FRIEND / Ralph McTell / Stealin'
Back / Essential Records
SALTONES AND ALBORADA / Simon Bradley & Luke Plumb /
Wintering Out / self published
* MCCLUSKEY AND O'SHULE / Barry McDonald and Marooan /
Where The Sun-Lights On The Dew-Drops Shine / Harbourtown
* JACKSON KNOX'S SCHOTTISCHES / Barry McDonald and
Marooan / Where The Sun-Lights On The Dew-Drops Shine /
Harbourtown
I HEAR YOU SING AGAIN / Janis Ian / Billie's Bones / Oh
Boy Records
ROSA'S LOVELY DAUGHTERS / Roy Bailey with Stalking Horses
/ Never Leave A Story Unsung / Fuse Records
* THE BALLAD OF GRACE AND SAM / Louisa Wise / This Blue
World / self published
THE MOONLIGHT WALTZ and LACASSINE SPECIAL /
Two Time Polka / The Very Best Of Two Time Polka / Toucan
Cove
* VARSOVIANAS / Jane Brownlee and David De Santi /
Australian Traditional Dance Tunes, Volume 2 / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au
10 July 2005
The featured album was LOVE CALL ME HOME by
PEGGY SEEGER (Appleseed www.appleseedrec.com)
Another fine album of songs, old and not so old, from one
of the best interpreters of English-American folk
music. The following tracks were scattered through
the program:
POOR ELLEN SMITH; HANGMAN; LOVING
HANNAH; LOGAN COUNTY JAIL; WHO KILLED COCK
ROBIN?
THE MOTH IN THE LANTERN / Open House / Second Story /
Green Linnet
* THE MORNING OF THE FRAY / Warren Fahey / The Larrikin
Sessions / ABC
* THE FIFTH DAY / Wheelers & Dealers / Wheelers &
Dealers / www.wheelersanddealersmusic.com.au
* MURRUMBIDGEE WATER / Wheelers & Dealers / Wheelers
& Dealers / www.wheelersanddealersmusic.com.au
LENORA / David Olney / Migration / Loudhouse Records
PROMENADE / Celtic Fiddle Festival / Play On / Green
Linnet
MS MONAGHAN'S / Big Bandemonium / Big Bang / www.bigbandemonium.com
COPERNICUS / English Acoustic Collective / Ghosts / RUF
Records
DRUNKEN HICCUPS / Sheila Kay Adams / All The Other Fine
Things / Granny Dell Records
ORAN DO IAIN BREAC MACLEOID / Arthur Cormack / MACNAS /
Macmeanmna
THE BALLACHULISH STOMP / Donald Black & Malcolm Jones
/ MACNAS / Macmeanmna
FRANKIE & ALBERT / Hans Theessink / Songs From The
Southland / Blue Groove
MY BACK PAGES / Bob Dylan / Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol
III / CBS
WORRIED MAN BLUES / Woody Guthrie / House Of The Rising
Sun / Harmony Music
FLIPPEN / Vasen / Keyed Up / NorthSide
* THE BANKS OF THE CONDAMINE / Nancy Kerr & James
Fagan / Song Links / Fellside
* SWEENEY / Dave de Hugard / Magpie Morning / Sandstock
Music
* FATHER'S WALTZ / Collector / Coming In From The Old /
self published
3 July 2005
The featured album was CELTIC SOUL, a surprisingly
enjoyable compilation CD (given its title) from the
Lochshore label. www.lochshore.com
The following tracks were scattered through the program:
VOICE OF THE LAND (The Iron Horse); SLOW MARCHES
(Chris Armstrong); THE BONNIE EARL O' MORAY (Old Blind
Dogs); HARDINGTON MAINS (Angus Lyon);
FAREWELL TO FIUNARY (Ross Kennedy & Archie
McAllister); MISS THOMPSON (Steve Lawrence &
Hudson Swan); TRIP TO PAKISTAN (Old Blind Dogs)
All the other tracks on the program came from albums
which were featured albums during 2004.
* NOT DEAD AND NOT IN JAIL / Greg Champion / North &
South / ABC Country
DICK GOSSIP'S REEL / Harriet Bartlett / Eyes Wide Open /
Greentrax
BOYS OF THE IRISH BRIGADE / Jad Marum / Fighting Tigers
Of Ireland / Boston Road Records
GREEN GROWS THE LAUREL / Brid Ni Mhaoileoin / Ar Mhuin Na
Muice / Habari Records
* THE INGLEWOOD COCKY / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear /
self published
ONE MAN'S ADVICE / Pete Coe / In Paper Houses / Backshift
Music
* CRUISCIN LAN / Triantan / Triantan / self published
JOHN BLESSING'S / Dervish / Spirit / Whirling Discs
NELLY WAS A LADY / Alvin Youngblood Hart / Songs From
SingOut! v.48#4 / www.singout.org
THE FLOWERS OF SASKATCHEWAN / Lisa Moscatiello and Rosie
Shipley / Well Kept Secrets / self published
PIRATE'S JIG / Three Peace Sweet / Generations / Mariner
Music
THE LAID OF UDNY / Archie Fisher / Off The Map /
Greentrax
PAIDIN'S WIFE / Lasairfhiona Ni Chonaola / An Raicin
Alainn / self published
INGA'S WALTZ / Steven Spence / Spencie's Tunes / Berry
Broke Recordings
* STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE / Alan Musgrove / Songs They
Used To Sing / self published
THE GOODMAN / Kate Rusby / Underneath The Stars / Pure
Records
* WATER TO THE TRENCHES / Steve and Ros Barnes / Nautilus
/ Western Wave Recordings
VISTE FACHE / Xavier Vidal / Le Bal / Dralhe
* 1234 / Fred Pribac / The Push On The Corner / self
published
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