25 March 2007

The featured album was 2007 NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS www.folkfestival.asn.au   This is the compilation sampler produced to promote this year's Australian National Folk Festival.  I'm looking forward to another great festival in two weeks from now!  The following tracks, featuring some of the artists booked to appear at the festival, were scattered through the program:

FALL ON MY KNEES (The Mammals);  *30 FOOT TRAILER (Nancy Kerr & James Fagan);  *FUTURE GENERATIONS (Totally Gourdgeous);  * EL CUMBANCHERO (Mariachi Los Romanticos);  * CHOCOLATE (Doris);  *MWASHSHAN (Yalla)

THE LARK IN THE MORNING / Steeleye Span / Folk Heritage / Music Club

SING ME BACK HOME / Ian Matthews / Folk Heritage / Music Club

THE BRICK / Tim Laycock & Colin Thompson / Hampshire Dance Tunes / WildGoose

* DESTITUTION ROAD / Gordon McIntyre & Kate Delaney / Caledonia Dreaming / Blackwater Productions

THE LADIES FROM HELL / Fred Morrison with Jamie McMenemy / Up South / Lochshore

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

LOVELY WILLIE  and  THE LEVERETTE / Damp In The Attic / I Was ... Flyin' It / Magnetic Music

* BARBARY ELLEN / Cathie O'Sullivan / Song Links / Fellside

REVENEZ DONC TOUTES / La Volee d'Castors / VDC / Coeur de Lion

VIRGINIA / Bob Fox / Borrowed Moments / Topic

CREEHAN'S REELS / North Cregg / The Roseland Barndance / Greentrax

* A MINER'S LIFE / Colcannon / Dolphin Bay / Greentrax

CAILIN DEAS CRUITE NA MBO / Comas / Comas / Frea Records

* THE TWILIGHT CAFE / Bruce Watson / Out My Window / www.tradandnow.com

NAUTICAL HORNPIPES / Kevin Macleod / Dorney Rock / Greentrax

18 March 2007

The featured album was DONA GOT A RAMBLIN' MIND by the CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS  www.carolinachocolatedrops.com  (Music Maker).  A fascinating album from three young African American string band musicians playing traditional fiddle and banjo music from North Carolina.  Read more about the African American old time music tradition at www.blackbanjo.com  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

STARRY CROWN;  DONA GOT A RAMBLIN' MIND;  TOM DULA;  SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE;  SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN

CARIBBEAN BARN DANCE / Skerryvore / West Coast Life / Skipinnish Records

OVER THE WATER / Oysterband / Meet You There / Planet Distribution

JO BONES / Reed Island Rounders / Hand Me Downs / www.reedisland.com

* SCOTS OF THE RIVERINA / The Poachers / Highlights 2000 / www.folkfestival.asn.au

DANCIA PELEGRINA / Felpeyu / Highlights 2000 / www.folkfestival.asn.au

* GUMTREE CANOE / Alan Scott / Battler's Ballad / Fanged Wombat

OLD MAN QUINN / McNamara Family / Leitrim's Hidden Treasure / Drumlin Records

RIDDLES  and  TREATY / Lori Watson / Three / Isle Music

WHAT AN IDIOT HE IS / Bob Snider / The Street Takes You In / Mad River Records

VELKOMNE  and  PA SNEI / Fribo / The Ha' O Habrahellia / Planet
Distribution

STEALIN' BACK TO MY SAME OLD USED TO BE / Alistair Hulett / Riches And Rags / Red Rattler

TOM GINLEY'S / Comas / Comas / Frea Records

* THE WORKER'S SONG / Trouble In The Kitchen / Highlights 99 / www.folkfestival.asn.au

* WHERE THE BRUMBIES COME TO WATER / Harvest Moon Band / Highlights 99 / www.folkfestival.asn.au

OGANAICH UIR A RINN M'FHAGAIL / Julie Fowlis / As My Heart Is / Planet Distribution

POLSKA / Mark Roberts / The Gloup / banjoflute@canada.com

JONNY'S FLUSH / The NcDades / For Reel / Free Radio Records

11 March 2007

The featured album was A FEW SIMPLE VERSES by JAMES KEELAGHAN www.keelaghan.com (Jericho Beach).  Latest release by a fine Canadian singer songwriter, this time performing an album of mostly traditional material, with three more recent compositions by other songwriters and one original song co-composed with Jez Lowe.  The CD's trad component represents an interesting aspect of Keelaghan's musical range.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

JACKSON AND JANE;  FAREWELL TO THE GOLD;  JACK HAGGERY;  GALWAY RACES; THE CONSTANT LOVERS

* FREEDOM ON THE WALLABY / The Bushwackers / Beating Around The Bush / Castle Communications

* THE DIAMENTINA DROVER / Redgum / Beating Around The Bush / Castle Communications

THE GLOUP / Mark Roberts / The Gloup / banjoflute@canada.com

* LITTLE DARLING / Us Not Them & friends / Sleepers / www.rowethmusic.com.au

PERKIN WARBECK / The Queensberry Rules / The Black Dog / Fellside

* CHARLIE KYLE'S NO.10 JIG / Alan Musgrove / Australian Old Time Fiddle / thalia-@hotkey.net.au

LOVAT'S RESTORATION / Johnnie Hardie et al / The Captain's Collection / Greentrax

TAM LIN / Fairport Convention / Ashley Hutchings 5 / Talking Elephant

MRS BARBOUR'S ARMY / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / Red Clydeside / Red Rattler

MARGARET'S WALTZ / J.P.Fraley & Betty Vornbrock / Side By Side / www.reedisland.com

* BLOOD AND GOLD / The Fagans / Common Treasury / Mossbawn Music

SOUVENIRS / John Prine / Souvenirs / Shock

* LOVELY NANCY / Kate & Ruth / Swapping Seasons / ruthsta@yahoo.com

TALKING TO THE WALL / Colum Sands / The Note That Lingers On / Spring Records

FRIAR'S BRITCHES / David Power / The Little Cuckoo Of Glen Nephin / Phaeton Records

* FAREWELL TO STIRLING / Triantan / Triantan / www.indie-cds.com

FOURSOME REEL / The Auld Reekie Scottish Dance Band / Capital Reels / Lismor

4 March 2007

The featured album was BLACK WATER by KRIS DREVER (Reveal) www.krisdrever.com  This is the debut solo album from a Scottish singer and guitarist who has performed and recorded with a quality selection of traditional musicians for a decade or so.  This album mixes traditional and contemporary material, well performed, with the musical arrangements and production benefiting from input by John McCusker.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BRAW SAILIN' ON THE SEA;  PATRICK SPENCE;  BEADS AND FEATHERS; HARVEST GYPSIES;  NAVIGATOR

* FLASH JACK FROM GUNDAGAI / The Bushwackers Band / Flash Jack From Gundagai / Avenue Records

AMY'S WALTZ / JCB with Jerry Holland / A Trip To Cape Breton / Lochshore

* HE WALKED ALL THE WAY HOME / Country Folk / He Walked All The Way Home / averilc@alphalink.com.au

MERCH MEGAN / Rhes Ganol / Trad Harps / Sain

PARKETTE / Bob Snider / The Street Takes You In / Mad River Records

TIDE FULL IN / Niamh Parsons / Heart's Desire / Green Linnet

RUMLEKVADRILLE / Spaelimenninir / Malargrot / Tutl

LLYDAW / Ar Log / Trad Harps / Sain

THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE / The Poozies / Infinite Blue / Compass

CIVIL DEFENSE SIGN / Mark Spoelstra / Selections from the Best of Broadside 1962-1988 / Smithsonian Folkways

* MADD MARIANNE / Madd Marianne / Get Madd / www.maddmarianne.com

THE BEGGAR MAN / Lal & Norma Waterson / A True Hearted Girl / Topic

AQUASVERTIENTES / La Musgana / Temas Profanos / Mad River Records

MOVIN' ON / Po' Girl / Vagabond Lullabies / Shock

THE ABBY D / John McCutcheon / Storied Ground / Shock

* CONNELLY'S JIGS / Billy Moran / Session / O'Kelly's Shamrock Music

THE DANCE OF THE HONEYBEES / Altan / Blackwater / Virgin

FAREWELL AND ADIEU / Poor Old Horse / The Curate's Egg / Folk-Legacy

POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON / Johnson, Miller & Dermody / Deceiving Blues / Orb Discs

WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT / Iain MacKintosh & Brian McNeill / Stage By Stage / Greentrax

TAFARN Y WHEATSHEAF / Mary Humphreys & Anahata / Fenlandia / WildGoose

NASHVILLE BLUES / Beppe Gambetta & Dan Crary / Synergia / Thunderation Music

25 February 2007

The featured album was MYTHS OF TIME by FIONA  www.fiona.com.au Fiona White is a singer from Victoria whose new album reflects her grounding in the music of the 1960s folk revival, particularly in the UK.  The album includes good interpretations of familiar ballads, delivered in a warm and resonant vocal style with sympathetic instrumental accompaniment.  The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

FOTHERINGAY;  COORIE DOON;  WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES;  I DREW MY SHIP

* TAKE ME BACK TO WOLLONGONG / The Watsaname Band / 12th Cobargo Folk Festival Sampler / www.cobargofolkfestival.com

FOUR CENT COTTON / The Improbabillies / The Improbabillies / Yodel Ay Hee

SATISFIED MIND / The Vernatones / A Toast To The Family / burlaphat@yahoo.com

PLUG HOLES / Pig Dyke Molly / The Music / RWG Recording

LAMENTOS / Oscar Lopez & James Keelaghan / Compadres / Celtino Music

* MARK LATHAM BLUES / Marni Sheehan / Inside Stories / www.sheehanmusic.com

1ST OF MAY HORNPIPE / David Power / The Little Cuckoo Of Glen Nephin / Phaeton Records

THE REFUGEE / Rick Robbins / Time & Gravity / Seeds of Man Records

* THE MAIDS OF MT CISCO / Billy Moran / Irish Button Accordion / self published

CROSS THAT LINE / John McCutcheon / Storied Ground / Rounder

* UNNAMED POLKA NO.1 / Alan Musgrove / Australian Old Time Fiddle / thalia-@hotkey.net.au

COINNEAMH NAN CROITEARAN / Catherine Ann McPhee / Catherine Ann McPhee Sings Mairi Mhor / Greentrax

* CAROLINA STAR / Country Folk / He Walked All The Way Home / averilc@alphalink.com.au

HULL'S VICTORY / Greenfield Dance Band / High Clouds / Great Meadow Music

THE CONSTANT LOVERS / James Keelaghan / A Few Simple Verses / Tranquilla Music

THE WHISTLE BLOWER / The McDades / Bloom / Free Radio Records

V'LA L'BON VENT / The McDades / For Reel / Free Radio Records

18 February 2007

The featured album was BODEGA by Bodega  (Greentrax), the debut album by a young Scottish band immersed in the tradition and looking to exercise creativity in their arrangements and presentation. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

9/8S;  CROOKED JACK;  WAGON WHEEL;  THE BADGER SET;  AIRD RANTERS; HORO HU-O MO NIGH'N DONN

SPOON RIVER  and  SANS LES NOMS / Damp In The Attic / I Was ... Flyin' It / Magnetic Music

* TOO MANY BRIDGES / Greg Champion / North & South / ABC Country

THE HOLLAND MISTRESS / Bill Jones / Two Year Winter / Compass Records

* ON THE NIGHT TRAIN / Richard (Skreitch) Leitch / An Anthology of ...Verse / self published

THE MAID OF MOUNT CISCO  and  THE BOYS OF BARR NA SRAIDE / Arcady / Many Happy Returns / DARA

DEEP BLUE SEA / The Weavers / Rarities From The Vanguard Vault / Vanguard

A REBUS UPON MR ANTHONY HALL / Oxford Waits / Switter Swatter / Beautiful Jo

KANGASPELTO / Maria Kaliniemi & Timo Alakotila / Ambra / Amigo

THE LAST THING ON MY MIND / Sandy Denny / Folk Heritage / Music Club

THE LARK IN THE MORNING / Steeleye Span / Folk Heritage / Music Club

* SNOW KITTEN / The Settlers / Songs Of The Snowy Mountains / BMG

* THE SHAME OF GOING BACK / Loaded Dog / Dusty Gravel Road / hugatree@iinet.net.au

8E COTE / La Volee d'Castors / VDC / Coeurdelion

HOPELESS ROAD  and  THE FLAT CAP / The House Band / Rockall / Green Linnet

* LET THE MYSTERY BE / Coyote Serenade / Yippy-yo-ki-yay / self published

SHAME SHAME SHAME / Harry Manx / Dog My Cat / self published

MOONSHINER / The Bill Hilly Band / All Day Every Day / Borealis

11 February 2007

The featured album was TRUE TALES by LAST FAIR DEAL (Bread and Butter Records) www.lastfairdeal.com  Good, stylish arrangements and playing from an American four piece acoustic band offering mostly original material in a trad folk style.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

VOICE OF AN EARLY SNOW;  THE CUCKOO;  BEAUTY WITH NO NAME;  GLEN ROAD TO CARRICK;  RETURN TO PLATTE RIVER

* GUNDAROO BULLOCK / Wongawilli / Australian Selection / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au

* MAZURKAS / Wongawilli / Australian Selection / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au

THE DOWIE DENS O' YARROW / Emily Smith / No.1 Scottish / Greentrax

TANDRAGEE / McNamara Family / Leitrim's Hidden Treasure / Drumlin Records

GET OFF THE TRACK / Marley's Ghost / Spooked / SageArts

FILLEVAEREN / Torleiv H. Bjorgum / Fire Of The Amazons / Sylvartun Folkemusikk

AMBILANAO ZAHO / Rossy / A World Out Of Time / Shanachie

ARLINGTON / The Wailin' Jennys / 2006 National Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.asn.au

* RONALD RYAN / Mark Cryle & The Redeemers / 2006 National Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.asn.au

THE BALLAD OF DONALD WHITE / Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan) / Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988 / Smithsonian Folkways

SHADY ACRES / Janis Ian / Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988 / Smithsonian Folkways

HAPPY A JIG / Roaring Mary / Roaring Mary / self published

* (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION / Spooky Mens Chorale / 2006 National Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.asn.au

NEVER TIRE OF THE ROAD / Andy Irvine / Rain On The Roof / self published

SMUGGLERS / Catriona McKay & Chris Stout / Laebrack / Greentrax

* PACKING MY THINGS / Alan Musgrove / A Young Man And Able / self published

* BESSARABIAN SIRBA / Bohemian Nights / Bohemian Nights / self published

LA VIEN GIU / Fiamma Fumana / Onda / Mescal

4 February 2007

Today's program had no featured album because one of the studio CD players swallowed it.  Not happy.

* HARD HARD TIMES / Eric Bogle / At This Stage / Rouseabout

THE UNFORTUNATE RAKE / McNamara Family / Leitrim's Hidden Treasure / Drumlin Records

WISH I'D STAYED IN THE WAGON YARD / Orpheus Supertones / Bound To Have A Little Fun / Mudthumper Music

MORNING TRAIN / David Francey / The Waking Hour / Shock

FERM FACH / Folk Choirs Of Wales / Folk Choirs Of Wales / Sain

* DRIFTING SMOKE OF THE MOUNTAINS / Collector / Coming In From The Old / www.rowethmusic.com.au

DOC'S GUITAR and 45 YEARS / Paul Mills / The Other Side Of The Glass / Borealis

HUGHIE THE GRAHAM and THE SCOTIA SET / Malinky / The Unseen Hours / Greentrax

* THE JOLLY SWAGGIE / Lost 'n' Found / Out On The Track / self published

* THE PROPHET OF CIRCULAR QUAY / Lost 'n' Found / Out On The Track / self published

* CIUCCIU BELLU / Kavisha Mazzella and I Papaveri / Celebration - The Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock

GIN I WERE A BARON'S HEIR / Dougie MacLean / Celebration - The Spirit of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock

ICE STORM and THE NEW RAILROAD / Eden MacAdam-Somer and Larry Unger / Notorious / Black Socks

* NOSTALGIAS DEL ARAUCA / Blackwood / At Home / Making Music

* EVERYTHING POSSIBLE / Blackwood / At Home / Making Music

GREASY COAT and LOOK AT THE PEOPLE STANDING AT THE JUDGMENT / Grant Dermody / Crossing That River / self published

JACK ORION / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Starry Gazy Pie / Fellside

EWAN AND THE GOLD / Brian McNeill / The Back O' The North Wind / Greentrax

* BEN CHERRY'S SCHOTTISCHES / Barry McDonald / Still A Long Way From Home / UNESCO

* JOHNNY LAD / Barry McDonald / Still A Long Way From Home / UNESCO

HERE'S A HEALTH TO ALL TRUE LOVERS and HARDIMAN THE FIDDLER / Lisa Moscatiello & Rosie Shipley / Well Kept Secrets / Shipwhistle

THE RIVER / Arcady / After The Ball / DARA

28 January 2007

The featured album was THE ROSELAND BARNDANCE by NORTH CREGG www.northcregg.com  (Greentrax).  Excellent new release from one of the best Irish bands, with their Cork influenced energetic delivery style.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

SLIABH LUACHRA POLKAS;  THE DARK EYED SAILOR;  THE ROSELAND BARNDANCE; THE HUMOURS OF BALLYDESMOND;  CREEHAN'S REELS

JOSHUA GONE BARBADOS / Fourtold / Fourtold / Appleseed

HOG EYED MAN / The Stairwell Sisters / The Stairwell Sisters / Yodel Ay Hee

* COAL HOLE CAVALRY . Wheeze and Suck Band / Elsie Marley's Mates / Fire and Thorn

ALBORADA D'AMANDI / Llan de Cubel / Llan de Cubel IV / IONA

MOTHERLESS CHILD / Leon & Eric Bibb / Praising Peace / ABC Music

ROSEVILLE FAIR / Rose Laughlin / Souvenir / www.roselaughlin.com

PLOUGHMAN LADS / Nic Jones / Game Set Match / Topic

CHARRADA DEL TIO FREJON / La Musgana / Temas Profanos / Mad River

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

RATTLE MY CAGE / Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy / Adieu False Heart / Vanguard

LE MEUNIER ET LE DIABLE and HOMMAGE A SERGE LEBOEUF / Nicolas Boulerice & Olivier Demers / Un Peu D'Ci, Un Peu D'Ca / Roues et Archets

LOVE IS TEASING / Peggy Seeger / Love Call Me Home / Appleseed

ROYAL OAK / Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick / Straws In The Wind / Topic

PIENET VEITIKAT / Timo Vaananen / Viilieri / Finlandia

SHADES OF GLORIA / Rose Laughlin / Souvenir / www.roselaughlin.com

* THE FAIRY DANCE SET / Chris Duncan / Fyvie's Embrace / ABC Classics

SWEET EVELINA / Coope Boyes & Simpson / Funny Old World / No Master Voice

TRAIN ON THE ISLAND / Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring / Starch & Iron / Heard Her Squeal

21 January 2007

The featured album was LITTLE CANAAN by KATE BRAMLEY (Tantobie Records) www.katebramley.com  This is a new solo album from the English singer songwriter and fiddle player who is perhaps best known as a member of Jez Lowe's band, 'The Bad Pennies'.  Mostly original or recent contemporary folk ballad style material, well suited to her distinctive voice.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

LITTLE CANAAN;  TREVITHICK & THE MINE;  TAHUNANUI BAY;  CARTERS FAIR; SHANTY BOY;  ITALIAN BOY IN LONDON

* SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE / Jugularity / Greatest Hats / self published

TWINS' DANCE PARTY / John Williams & Dean Magraw / Raven / Compass

* BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER / Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke / A Thousand Miles Away / ruthsta@yahoo.com

LA BRUNANT / Genticorum / La Galarneau / Roues et Archets

JACK FROST / Waterson:Carthy / Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man / Topic

I WALK THE ROAD AGAIN / Happy Traum / I Walk The Road Again / Roaring Stream Records

BAGPIPE JAZZ / Sandy Meldrum / Scottish Piano Fusion / Greentrax

RABBIT WHERE'S YOUR MAMMY / Rafe Stafanini / Glory On The Big String / County Records

HAD AWAY GAN ON / Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies / The Parish Notices / Green Linnet

* ROWING FROM ISLA TO UIST / Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith / Presence / www.locrian.com.au/presence

* WATCHING CATTLE AT NIGHT / Dave de Hugard / Songs Of The Wallaby Track / Dave@deHugard.zzn.com

SENECA SQUARE DANCE / Curt Bouterse / Down The Road I'll Go / Eagle Whistle Music

* BOURKE STREET ON A SATURDAY NIGHT / O'Leary & Hildebrand / Together Again Again / greganol@optushome.com.au

STUDYING ECONOMY / The Devil's Interval / Blood & Honey / Wild Goose

ROSS' REEL NO.4 / April Verch / Verchuosity / Rounder Select

I DIDN'T RAISE MY SON TO BE A SOLDIER / Enoch Kent / I'm A Rover / Second Avenue Records

THE MONKEY AND THE THRESHER / Crasdant / The Great Noise / Sain

* A LAST FAREWELL TO STIRLING / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & Friends with Jenny Thomas / A Long Way From Home / www.tellingtales.net

BRING IT ON HOME / Rab Noakes with Fraser Speirs / Lights Back On / Neon

* IN THE GRAIN / Pat Drummond / Of Wheels And Wires / Shoestring

14 January 2007

The featured album was SONGS FROM SINGOUT! v.50#4  www.singout.org The latest highly entertaining compilation album produced to accompany the current edition of SingOut! magazine, which is always interesting, informative and a very good read four times each year.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

LONDON TOWN (Bellowhead);  LABOURING MAN (Roy Bailey);  CHORUS JIG (Rodney & Randy Miller);  HOLLO FEKETE ALOM ( Makam);  HAUL AWA' LADS (Willie McCulloch);  THREE FISHERS (The Duhks)

BEDLAM BOYS and ONE OCTAVE JIG / Gillie McPherson / Our Street / www.gilliemusic.com

PRETTY NANCY and A SAILOR'S LIFE / John Tams / The Reckoning / Topic

THE LONG POINT TWO STEP / Les Amis Creole / Les Amis Creole / Arhoolie

* WALTZING WITH BEARS / Touchwood / The Great City / Great White Noise

TURNING TIDE / Shoormal / Turning Tide / Greentrax

* THE LAND WHERE THE CROW FLIES BACKWARDS / Dougie Young / The Songs Of Dougie Young / AIATSIS & NLA

ONE FOR SVEN / JPP / Arctic Paradise 2007 / Fimic

SOME HUMANS AIN'T HUMAN / John Prine / Fair & Square / Oh Boy

FEAR A BHATA / Mairi MacInnes / Celtic Women From Scotland / Greentrax

* THE CHARGE OF THE KHAKI & GREY / Wheeze and Suck Band / Elsie Marley's Mates / Fire and Thorn

OLD MOSE / Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring / Starch & Iron / Heard Her Squeal

* BULLSHIT BILL / Alan Musgrove / The Bagman's Gazette / www.tradandnow.com

* DEAD HORSES / The Woodpickers - Doug Rowe / Me And Ned Kelly / self published

* TOBIN'S FAVOURITE / Brian Owens and Tom Dunlop / Nos Na Gaoithe / self published

UNFORTUNATE TAILOR / Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick / Straws In The Wind / Topic

LAD O'BEIRNE'S / Sue Sternberg and Sam Bartlett / Belting you With Reels / Stuntology

THE FLY BE ON THE TURMIT / George Withers / Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh And All / Veteran

7 January 2007

The featured album was GAME SET MATCH by NIC JONES (Planet / Topic) www.nicjones.net  www.theplanetcompany.com  Nic Jones recorded several outstanding albums in the 1970s before a motor vehicle accident ended his performing career in 1982. This newly released album is a collection of of live performances from the late 1970s, mostly not professionally recorded but still giving a sense of the dynamism and artistry of this wonderful singer guitarist (who celebrates his 60th birthday on 9 January).  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN;  SEVEN YELLOW GYPSIES;  MASTER KILBY;  HAMBURGER POLKA;  ISLE OF FRANCE

* SORRY LITTLE MAN / Enda Kenny / Cloud Lining / www.endakenny.com.au

END OF THE LINE / Catriona McKay & Chris Stout / Laebrack / Greentrax

CRONAN BLEOGHAINN / Karen Matheson / Downriver / Planet

* SYDNEY FROM A 747 / Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill / Smoke / Gawd Aggie

THE MUSICAL PRIEST / The Chieftains / Collection - The Very Best Of The Claddagh Years / Claddagh

THE LEAVES OF LIFE / The Devil's Interval / Blood & Honey / Wild Goose

KATIE BAR THE DOOR and FALL ON MY KNEES / Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring / Starch & Iron / Heard Her Squeal

* OLD WALLERAWANG / Rolf Harris / Hard Times For An Honest Man / Farmers Aid

COCKLE GEORDIE / Kathryn Tickell with Pipelines / Strange But True / Planet

HERE'S THE TENDER COMING / Kathryn Tickell with Corrina Hewat / Strange But True / Planet

SEAN MHICI / Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh / Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh / Gael-Linn

* THE POUND A WEEK RISE / Fintan / Signed & Sealed / www.indie-cds.com

BUNCH OF RUSHES / O'Stravaganza / O'Stravaganza / Virgin Classics

ORAN NA CLOICHE / Kathleen MacInnes / Summer Dawn / Greentrax

* WHEN YOU'RE FLUSH / Loaded Dog / A Coastline Facing West / hugatree@iinet.net.au

PRETTY CROWIN' CHICKEN / Sarah Grey / A Long Way From Home / Fellside

LADY CAROLINE BERTIE / Will Duke & Dan Quinn / Hampshire Dance Tunes / Wild Goose