21 September 2008

The featured album was ANOTHER THRESHING DAY  by  CHLOE AND JASON ROWETH  www.rowethmusic.com.au Released in 2006, this is one of almost a dozen albums featuring this talented local couple who have recorded as a duo, a duo with friends and as members of larger groups. Regular collaborator, Jim McWhinnie, adds bodhran to this album, which is described as a "collection of bush songs and dance music [with] a focus on lively, lighter and humorous material". Chloe and Jason were my studio guests for an extended interview. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

THE HAT NED KELLY WORE;  CORKWOOD JIG;  BELLS AND BULLOCKS;  EIGHTEEN PENCE;  LITTLE FISH

DAYS OF 49 / Jim Cope / Never Better Than Later / www.jcope.com

DOWN THE BROOM  and  THE GALWAY SHAWL / Patrick Street / On The Fly / Loftus

LE BEGAYEUX / Ni Sarpe Ni Branche / Folk Alliance Showcase Compilation V / www.folk.org

CAMPADRES IN THE OLD SIERRA MADRE / The Waybacks / Folk Alliance Showcase Compilation V / www.folk.org

FEZEKA'S / Fiddlers' Bid / Naked & Bare / Greentrax

DESPERADOS WAITING FOR A TRAIN / Rick Robbins / Walkin Down The Line / www.rick-robbins.com

BRANLE GAY NOUVEAU / The Time Bandits / Pepper's Black / www.thetimebandits.co.uk

LAKES OF SHILLIN / Nic Jones / Game Set Match / Topic

FANIUK'S FANCY / April Verch / From Where I Stand / Rounder

IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND / Connie Kaldor / Beautiful - A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot / Borealis

THE DANISH QUADRILLE / Buttons & Bows / Grace Notes / Gael-Linn

MALLIE LEIGH / Archie Fisher / Off The Map / Greentrax

LOST LOVE / The Stairwell Sisters / Feet All Over The Floor / Yodel-Ay-Hee

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH / Joe Jencks / The Candle And The Flame / Turtle Bear Music

14 September 2008

The featured album was VAGABOND  by SPIERS & BODEN (Navigator / Planet) www.spiersandboden.com   This is the headline English folk duo's fifth album, this time holding to a general theme of beggars and outsiders, a rich source of material in folk music. Excellent vocals and instrumentation.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE BIRTH OF ROBIN HOOD;  THREE TUNES;  MARY ANNE;  RAMBLING ROBIN

THE PLAINSTANES / Iain MacKintosh & Brian McNeill / Stage By Stage / Greentrax

MOLLY AND TENBROOKS / Marley's Ghost / Ghost Country / Sage Arts

SALTON DE CANDAMU / Llan De Cubel / L'Otru Llau De La Mar / Fono Astur

* SALVATION JANE / Us Not Them / Jamberoo - A Change Of Seasons / Shoestring

KITTY THE HANDSOME CAT / Tony Hall / One-Man Hand / WildGoose

HUGHIE RORY'S DANCING FEAT / Skelpaig / ...Aye? / www.skelpaig.co.uk

STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN / Rose Laughlin / The Chicago Sessions / Ramblin' Rose Records

THE BOY WAS KISSING THE GIRL (AND PLAYING THE GUITAR AT THE SAME TIME) / Ernie Hawkins / Rags & Bones / Say Mo' Music

I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / Ernie Hawkins with Maria Muldaur / Rags & Bones / Say Mo' Music

DOWN IN LITTLE EGYPT / Lynn Chirps Smith / Down In Little Egypt / Vigortone

THE GALTEE HUNT / Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill / Welcome Here Again / Green Linnet

* BUMP ME INTO PARLIAMENT / Alan Musgrove / The Bagman's Gazette / www.tradandnow.com

BONNY KATE / Chris & Siobhan Nelson / Residents' Lounge / The Bothy Folk Song Club

HOMEWARD BOUND / Simon & Garfunkel / Parsley Sage Rosemary And Thyme / CBS

* WIFE TO A COCKY FARMER / Judy Small / Snapshot / Crafty Maid Records

THE CUIL AODHA / Sean O'Driscoll & Larry Egan / The Kitchen Recordings / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

* SAMMY'S BAR / Wheeze And Suck Band / Vincent Street / www.wheezeandsuck.com

LONSDALE HORNPIPE / Greg Stephens and Crookfinger Jack / The Beggar Boy Of The North / Harbourtown Records

SUGARFOOT RAG / Asleep At The Wheel / The Very Best Of Asleep At The Wheel / Madacy

7 September 2008

The featured album was ISLANDS ON THE MOON by MARK DUNLOP (Greentrax). First solo album from an Antrim whistle player and vocalist, these days a member of hot Scottish band, Malinky.  Good choice of material, including some original tunes.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE NIGHTINGALE;  JIGS;  THE BLACK VELVET BAND;  REELS;  SHANE CROSSAGH

BRATACH BANA / Five Hand Reel / For A' That / RCA

MY SWEET WILLIAM / Jenny McCormick / English Country Dance / Square Peg Records

DRAG HER ROUND THE ROAD  and  OEDIPUS REX / Kevin Burke's Open House / Hoof And Mouth / Green Linnet

* A-SOALIN' / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Swapping Seasons / ruthsta@yahoo.com

* WHEN I FIRST MET YOUR MA / Paul Kelly / Songs From The South / Mushroom

ST PAUL'S STEEPLE / The Time Bandits / Pepper's Black / www.thetimebandits.co.uk

WHIPLASH / Notorious / Elkins / Black Socks

PUMP SHIP - PACKET SHIP / Bob Webb / Shanghaied Crew / Helge Arildso

BLACK JACK DAVID / Bev Sanders / Residents' Lounge / The Bothy Folk Song Club

JIM JONES / Martyn Wyndham-Read / Mussels On A Tree / Fellside

BASIL'S JIG / The Hosepipe Band / Kettleburgh Fete / www.hosepipe.dial.pipex.com

LOW & LONELY / Rick Robbins / Walkin' Down The Line / Seeds Of Man Records

ITKU POLSKA 1  and  FROM THE SHOULDER OF THE GREAT BEAR / Andrew Cronshaw / On The Shoulder Of The Great Bear / Cloud Valley Music

* GRANDPA THE DROVER'S DREAM / Dave de Hugard / Songs Of The Wallaby Track / Dace@deHugard.zzn.com

THE 8-3-0 / Sheena Wellington / McCalman Singular / Greentrax

COTTON EYED JOE / Bruce Molsky / Soon Be Time / Compass

31 August

No program broadast today. The station transmitter had 'issues' for two days.

24 August 2008

The featured album was JACKEROO by MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ with NO MAN'S BAND (Wynding Road Music) www.martynwyndhamread.com  This is the latest album from a prolific English singer whose albums often include songs reflecting his long standing interest in Australian themes and images in songs. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

CORNY BILL;  JOHSEFIN'S WALTZ;  OLD WHITBY HARBOUR;  REUNION

JOHN HENRY and D-MEDLEY / The Mammals / Rock That Babe / Signature Sounds

THE LADS THAT WERE REARED AMANG HEATHER / Alison Younger / Residents' Lounge / Bothy Folk Song Club

THE RENFREWSHIRE MILITIA / Hugh Inkster / The Fiddler And His Art / Greentrax

* CRUISCIN LAN / Triantan / Triantan / www.indie-cds.com

* LAST NIGHT AT THE LONGFORD / Enda Kenny / Cloud Lining / www.endakenny.com

A NOSE FULL OF NICKELS / Ragged But Right / Down Harmony Road / Merriweather Records

SPEED THE PLOUGH / The Hosepipe Band / Kettleburgh Fete / www.hosepipe.dial.pipex.com

TWO DAYS TO GO  and  WILLIE AND MARY / Deanta / Whisper Of A Secret / Green Linnet

GIRL IN THE LIGHTHOUSE / Ken Waldman / 55 Tunes 5 Poems / www.kenwaldman.com

* THE MORNING OF THE FRAY / Warren Fahey / The Larrikin Sessions / ABC Music

GLEN ECHO JIG / The Reckless Ramblers / Lowdown Hoedown / Great Meadow Music

* BRADMAN / Paul Kelly / Songs From The South / Mushroom

COTTON MILL GIRLS / Lucky Bags / Food For Thought / Fellside

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO / Iain MacKintosh & Brian McNeill / Stage By Stage / Greentrax

JIMMY'S / Liz Doherty / Last Orders / Foot Stompin' Records

17 August 2008

The featured album was DEAD MAID'S LAND by an ensemble of artists under the musical direction of PAUL WILSON  (WildGoose www.wildgoose.co.uk)  A selection of material from the hundreds collected by the Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould in Devon and Cornwall.  This interesting  album includes many local variants of well known songs as well as several instrumental tracks.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BLUE MUSLIN;  DEAD MAID'S LAND;  FROG AND MOUSE;  W.ANDREWS HORNPIPE NO.1;  WHEN I WAS YOUNG

TEIR ABHAILE RIU / Glor na mBan / The Sound Of Women / www.indie-cds.com

LOST FOREST MEDLEY  and  THE YARD SALE SONG / Paul Mills / The Other Side Of The Glass / Borealis

THE ONE I LOVE IS GONE / Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy / Adieu False Heart / Vanguard

* KELLY'S FAREWELL / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Between The Dark And Light / Fellside

* CONJEWOI POLKA / Collector / Coming In From The Old / www.rowethmusic.com.au

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

STREETS OF BALTIMORE / Gram Parsons / Grievous Angel / Reprise

CHAN CHAN / The Mammals / Rock That Babe / Signature Sounds

POOR OLD HORSE / Joe Stead / Valparaiso Round The Horn / A Private Label

* BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND / Trouble In The Kitchen / The Next Turn / Tradsville

* FLASH COMPANY / Trouble In The Kitchen / The Next Turn / Tradsville

SEIGE OF DELHI / Lehto & Wright / A Game Of Chess / New Folk Records

BRAMBLETHORN / Niamh Parsons / Heart's Desire / Green Linnet

SWANSEA TOWN / Brian Peters and Gordon Tyrrall / Clear The Road / Harbourtown

I SHOULD LIKE TO BE A POLICEMAN / Jiig / Jiig / Fallen Angle Music

THE BANANA BOAT SONG / Erik Darling / Child Child / Wind River

10 August 2008

The featured album was AUSTRALA STREET by WONGAWILLI www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au  The seventh album by an accomplished folk band from the Illawarra region of NSW, now performing in their third lineup change in 21 years and continuing their commitment to promoting Australian music. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

SING US A SONG;  TABLELANDS REELS;  POISON TRAIN;  OUTSIDE TRACK; LONG WEEKEND AT HOME;  TIME IS A TEMPEST

THE SHANGHAIED DREDGER / Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, Michael Cicone / Heart Walk / Overall Music

* MCKINNON'S GRAND CHAIN / No Such Thing / Going To The Barndance / self published

ROUSTABOUT / Old Man Luedecke / Hinterland / Black Hen Music

TOM BILLY'S  and  THE GREENGROCER'S DAUGHTER / Four Men & A Dog / Wallop The Spot / Hook

THE VIOLIN SONG / The Refugees / Unbound / Wabuho Records

LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF HIS SECOND WIFE / Hector MacAndrew / Scottish Violin Music - Volume 1 / Waverley

SAINTS AND SINNERS / Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller / In A Bleeze / Greentrax

GUADALUPE / The Chieftains with Linda Ronstadt and Los Lobos / Santiago / BMG

DARLING NELLIE GRAY / The Piney Creek Weasels / Off To California / Weaseltone Records

MUCKING OF GEORDIE'S BYRE / Cynthia Macleod / Head Over Heels / Guernsey Cove Parlour Productions

JACK TAR / Tony Hall / Mr Universe / Plant Life

* REJOICE / Jigzag / In The Middle / www.jigzag.com

FORTY TON PARACHUTE / Duck Baker / Blues Guitar Workshop / Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop

* A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WARRNAMBOOL / John Clarke / The Complete Book Of Australian Verse / ABC

BIG JOHN'S HARD JIG / Catherine McEvoy / The Home Ruler / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

3 August 2008

Today's program was a repeat of an excellent program first broadcast some time in the past.

27 July 2008

The featured album was THE ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC (Smithsonian Folkways)  www.folkways.si.edu  Originally released in 1952, and re-released on a set of six CDs in 1997, this is a unique collection of 84 recordings made between 1927 and 1932, compiled by Harry Smith.  A highly influential and fascinating compilation.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

KING KONG KITCHIE KITCHIE KI-ME-O (Chubby Parker);  PEG AND AWL (Carolina Tar Heels);  FRANKIE (Mississippi John Hurt);  MISSISSIPPI BOWEAVIL BLUES (Masked Marvel);  INDIAN WAR WHOOP (Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers);  COUNTRY BLUES (Dock Boggs)

* GENTLEMEN OF HIGH RENOWN / The Wheeze and Suck Band / Flash Lads / www.wheezeandsuck.com

* WEXFORD'S FANCY / The Wheeze and Suck Band / Flash Lads / www.wheezeandsuck.com

* THE KELLY OPTION / Pat Drummond / Through The Cracks / Shoestring

MY LUV'S LIKE A RED RED ROSE / Battlefield Band / Dookin' / Temple

THE LUXBOROUGH GALLEY / Burgess Adin & Wingard / Doggerland / Sjelvar

WHINHAM'S REEL / Hoover The Dog / Scratch 'n' Sniff / Hidden Valley Music

* ARGYLE IS MY NAME / No Such Thing / Going To The Barndance / www.tradandnow.com

DIAMANTINA DROVER / Kerr Fagan Harbron / Station House / Fellside

I QUIT MY JOB / Old Man Luedecke / Hinterland / Black Hen Music

F SET / Kimberley Fraser / Falling On New Ground / www.kimberleyfraser.com

* THE BARMAN SAYS / Enda Kenny / Twelve Songs / www.endakenny.com.au

COPERNICUS / English Musical Collective / Ghosts / R.U.F.

THE RETURN  and  BRINDLEFLY / The Waybacks / Burger After Church / Fiddling Cricket Music

20 July 2008

The featured album was an ANTHOLOGY OF CANADIAN MUSIC released in 1990 by RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL.  I have dipped into this five CD anthology many times over the years and, although obviously not a new release, it contains so much fine reference material that it was an interesting feature on the program.  The following tracks, only a small sample of more than 130, were scattered through the program:

DANS LES PRISONS DE NANTES (Raoul Roy):  I'LL GIVE MY LOVE AN APPLE (Charles Jordan & Joyce Sullivan):  BRAVE WOLFE (Tom Kines);  NANETTE (Jacques Lebrecque);  HEMMER JANE (Tom Kines)

SPORTING NELL / Ben Lennon & Tony O'Connell / Rossinver Braes / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

* SOLICITORS SONG / Bernard Bolan / An Eclectic Collection / Eclectic Enterprises

WANDERING WILLIE / Wendy Weatherby / Two Loves / Lochshore

THE MADAMES / Kimberley Fraser / Falling On New Ground / www.kimberleyfraser.com

PILGRIM / Bob Gibson / The Living Legend Years / http://bobgibsonlegacy.com

TAILOR'S TWIST  and  MATT HYLAND / Brian Conway / Consider The Source / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

* MY HOME IN THE VALLEY / Us Not Them & friends / www.rowethmusic.com.au

POLKAS BOGNOLAISES / Skolvan / Come To The Dance / Keltia Musique

TAIL TODDLE / Tony Cuffe / Sae Will We Yet / Greentrax

JOURNEY HOME / Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet / Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet / Nettwerk

DA GUISER'S MARCH / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & friends / A Long Way From Home / www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com

TAKING ON MEN / Bob Fox / The Blast / Topic

ROLLING IN THE RYEGRASS / Catherine McEvoy / The Home Ruler / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

* SIGN ON DAY / Dave de Hugard / Magpie Morning / Sandstock Music

RANDALL COLLINS / The Gordons / Our Time / Inside-Out Records

VELETA WALTZ / Brian Conway / Consider The Source / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

13 July 2008

The featured album was SOUNDING NOW  by  THE CLAQUE (WildGoose) www.foreshorefolk.com/The-Claque An enjoyable album of four part male harmony singing in the English folk tradition.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

DEVORAN SMUGGLERS;  I WENT DOWN TO LONDON;  THE GOOSE AND THE COMMON; THE SOLDIERS RETURN FROM THE WARS

KINCARDINE LADS  and  BRETON GALICIAN SET / Old Blind Dogs / Play Live / Green Linnet

* THE MINER'S WIFE / Kate Delaney / A Moment In Time / self published

THE FLOWING TIDE / Deiseal / Sunshine Dance / STARC Records

THE ROCKS OF BAWN / Pitch The Peat / Far From Home / www.pitchthepeat.com

THEM OL' BLACK GNATS / Andrew Calhoun & Campground / Bound To Go / Waterbug

* TINKER'S WAY PART 1 / Fiddler's Feast / Pick Of The Crop - 2008 / www.tradandnow.com

LOWLANDS / Lori Watson / Three / Isle Music Scotland

AN OLD MAN CAME COURTING / Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr / Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr / Mrs Casey Records

FIELDS OF ATHENRY / Paddy Reilly / Paddy Reilly Live / RTE

BREAK YER BASS DRONE AGAIN / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Partners In Crime / Vertical Records

THE GARDENER  and  NOT THE WORM / The House Band / Rockall / Green Linnet

ANGELINE THE BAKER / Full Frontal Folk / Sweet Mystery Of Life / www.fullfrontalfolk.com

AWAY ACROSS THE BEAUTIFUL SEA / John Palmes / Born To Be A Butterfly / johnpalmes@gci.net

TWO RAVENS / The Maerlock / Sofa / Fellside

STEWBALL / Bill Staines / Journey Home / Red House Records

JOHNNY SANGSTER / Jock Tamson's Bairns / May You Never Lack A Scone / Greentrax

THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN / Mozaik / Live From The Powerhouse / Hummingbird

TURKISH STALEMATE / The Waybacks / Burger After Church / Fiddling Cricket Music

6 July 2008

The featured album was STATION HOUSE  by  KERR FAGAN HARBRON www.kerrfaganharbron.co.uk (Fellside).  Established duo, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, are joined by multi-instrumentalist Robert Harbron and the result is a very satisfying album of traditional and contemporary songs and tunes.  A most enjoyable CD from three musicians at the top of their game.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THAXTED;  ALAN TYNE OF HARROW;  THE SMILING BRIDE;  LET THE MYSTERY BE;  REQUEST STOP

THE RED ROSE CAFE / The Fureys and Davey Arthur / The Fureys Finest / Epic

THE REJECTED SUITOR / Ian Hardie / Westringing / Planet Distribution

* LADS OF THE FAIR / Colin Douglas / The Ceilidh Singer / self published

MAZURCHE / La Ciapa Rusa / Retanova / New Tone Records

* THE NIGHT I HEARD CARUSO SING / Touchwood / Big Things / Hop Records

PASE SUHAJ OFCE / Bratia Muchovci / Janosik Janosik / ALI Records

IF I NEEDED YOU / Townes Van Zandt / Legend / SNAF

CALICO / Erynn Marshall / Calico / Merriweather Records

QUEEN OF THE HILL / Donnie Munro / An Turas / Greentrax

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

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD / James Keelaghan / Home / Appleseed

CAMPBELL, THE DROVER / Margaret Christl and Ian Robb / The Barley Grain For Me / Folk-Legacy

JE M'EN VAS DANS LE CHEMIN / Feufollet / Cow Island Hop / Valcour Records

* A LONG WAY FROM HOME / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club and friends / A Long Way From Home / www.tellingtales.net

Y ANDALE / Linda Ronstadt / Canciones Di Mi Padre / Asylum

DO SOMETHING / Steppin' In It / Last Winter In The Copper Country / Hippo Coop Records

* THE CUCKOO / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Summer's Lonesome Tale / Tradsville

THE MAN FOR GALWAY / Sean Tyrrell / The Best Of Sean Tyrrell / ARC Music