Archived Playlists:  January - March 2009

'Come All Ye' is a folk music radio program broadcast on 2MCE-FM each Sunday from 12 to 2pm, heard across the central west of NSW, Australia, in the cities of Bathurst (92.3 Mhz) and Orange (94.7 Mhz), and streamed as well. Bruce Cameron has hosted 'Come All Ye' since 1976, making it the longest running folk / acoustic / roots program on Australian radio still with its original presenter.

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(Intro theme: HERON ELECTION JIG / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / XTRA)


29 March 2009

The featured albums were SAMO RIBA and DIAL 1702 by HOTEL PALINDRONE. www.hotelpalindrone.com (Extraplatte) Austrian band with roots in 19th century European musical traditions, including alpine yodel. Original material and older songs and tunes. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

'Samo Riba': MAULTROMMELINTRO: RUSSBACHER; JODLER & WALTZER
'Dial 1702': THERNBERGER HOCHZEITSSTUCKE & BRANOHM; MEXMAD 2 & DREHER

* RALLY ROUND THE DRUM / Paul Kelly / Foggy Highway / Gawd Aggie

* (SELL ME TO A) COFFEE PLANTATION / Spondooli Brothers / An Anthology Of Revised Ambiguities / www.indie-cds.com

* LIKE ANOTHER ROLLING STONE / Touchwood / Sydney Folk Gala / Great White Noise

MARY DANCED WITH SOLDIERS / Beoga / The Incident / Compass

KAMERIKA / Basco / The Crow In The Walnut Tree / GO' Danish

BILLY DON'T YOU WEEP FOR ME / Ruth Notman / Threads / Mrs Casey Music

HOLMES AND WATSON / Mick Ryan and Pete Harris / The Long Road / WildGoose

THE SIOUX / Lake Of Stew / Ain't Tired Of Lovin' / Woodhog Recording Company

* SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD / Fred Smith / Texas / www.indie-cds.com

SWEET LIBERTY / The Black Family / Time For Touching Home / Dara

THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS / Damien Barber / The Furrowed Field / DJC Records

* GENTLE ANNIE / Chloe & Jason Roweth / Another Threshing Day / www.rowethmusic.com.au

THE BELLES OF ONTARIO / Jed Marum / Sands Of Aberdeen / www.jedmarum.com

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

BLARNEY ROSES / Tom McConville & Keiran Halpin / Port Of Call / Rubber Records

THE ROGUE'S MARCH / Kerfuffle / To The Ground / RootBeat Records

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22 March 2009

The featured album was LIVE AT GERDE'S FOLK CITY by REV. GARY DAVIS (Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop) www.guitarvideos.com This is a fascinating triple CD of Rev. Davis in concert recorded by a very young Stefan Grossman over a week in February 1962. Folk, blues, rags and chat - a wonderful range of material. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

INTRO TO COME DOWN AND SEE ME SOMETIME; COME DOWN AND SEE ME SOMETIME; ANNOUNCING GUITAR LESSONS; INTRO TO OH GLORY, HOW HAPPY I AM; OH GLORY, HOW HAPPY I AM; SAMSON AND DELILAH; WORKING ON THE BUILDING

* NOT DEAD AND NOT IN JAIL / Greg Champion / North & South / ABC Country

* THE WEAVER AND THE BUFFALO BOY / Steve and Rosalind Barnes / Bridge Of Wings / Western Wave

THE ELYSIAN FIELDS and SUSANNA MARTIN / Calico / Songdogs / Lochshore

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

THE STREAMS OF LOVELY NANCY / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Starry Gazy Pie / Fellside

JOLLY TINKER / Boiled In Lead / Songs From SingOut! v.52#3 / www.singout.org

QUEEN OF STOURBRIDGE TOWN / Eddy Morton / Songs From SingOut! v.52#3 / www.singout.org

* AN DRO NEVEZ / Angela Noonan and Roger Hargraves / Dances And Airs / Sandstock

AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW / Kim Beggs / Wanderer's Paean / Caribou Records

DENALI, NOT MCKINLEY / Eric Brace & Peter Cooper / You Don't Have To Like Them Both / Red Beet Records

HERE'S A HEALTH / Cara Dillon / After The Morning / Rough Trade

MISS CAMPBELL SET / Ceilidh Minogue / Ceilidh Minogue / Greentrax

HARVEST GYPSIES / Kris Drever / Black Water / Compass

PAUL K's STRATHSPEY / Breabach / The Big Spree / Vertical Records

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15 March 2009

The featured album was NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL 2009 HIGHLIGHTS, the annual compilation album released to spotlight some artists appearing at the Australian National Folk Festival, held each Easter in Canberra. www.folkfestival.asn.au The following tracks were scattered through the program:

* LADY OF CARLISLE (Kate Delaney); THE WAKING HOUR (David Francey); * WATER TO WINE (The Fiddle Chicks); * BRING OUT THE BANNERS (Danny Spooner); NECESITO (Nano Stern); MAMADOU BITIKE (Bajaly Suso)

HERON ELECTION BALLAD NO. 4 / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / Transatlantic

* J'FAIT UN GROSS ERROR / Dancehall Racketeers / Yarraville Sessions / self published

BAY OF BISCAY and LAO DUENG DUEN / Matt & Shannon Heaton / Lovers' Well / Eats Records

METBACKEN / Mattias Perez Trio / MP3 / Nordic Tradition

THE WILLOW TREE and DA LERWICK LASSES / Boys Of The Lough / Twenty / Lough Records

DANCING SWEENEY / Gerry O'Beirne / The Bog Bodies And Other Stories / www.gerryobeirne.com

* COMPLIMENTS TO SEAN MAGUIRE / New Dogs Old Tricks / New Dogs Old Tricks / www.tellingtales.net

* LET ME DIE IN MY FOOTSTEPS / New Dogs Old Tricks / New Dogs Old Tricks / www.tellingtales.net

GARDEBYLATEN / Barbara Lamb & Vivian Williams / Twin Sisters / Voyager

BRING ME A BOAT / Kate Rusby / Underneath The Stars / Pure - Compass

OLD DUSTY MILLER and BULLY OF THE TOWN / Highwoods Stringband / Live! / Mudthumper Music

DOWN AT THE WAKEHOUSE / Liz Carroll & John Doyle / Double Play / Compass

HEY PAPA LEGBA / Angel Band / With Roots & Wings / Appleseed

FREELAND'S & SANDY BELL'S HORNPIPES / Kevin Macleod / Spring Well / Greentrax

SEANDUINE DOITE / Griogar / Dail-riata / Dunach Records

I HAD AN OLD COAT / Paul Kaplan / The Folk Process / Old Coat Music

RUMBLESTRIP / Sam Bartlett / Evil Diane / Stuntology

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8 March 2009

The featured album was WELLS FOR ZOE - WATER FOR LIFE. (Compass). This compilation album is a fundraiser released by an Irish-based organisation "established to help the people of Northern Malawi access fresh water and build sustainable living communities" www.wellsforzoe.org Good music and a good cause. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

WELL FOR ZOE (Karine Polwart & Tim O'Brien); CUMBIA CELTICA (Salsa Celtica); WADING DEEP WATERS (Crooked Still); WATERMANS (Michael McGoldrick); JUST IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS (Paul Brady)

MY WINDOW FACES THE SOUTH / The Juggernauts / You Mean We Get Paid For This? / www.juggernautjugband.com

POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON / Bobby Taylor / Ragged Shirt / Vigortone

RAVEN GIRL / Caroline Doctorow / Another Country / Narrow Lane Records

THE SIEGE OF UNION STREET / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / The Cold Grey Light Of Dawn / Musikfolk

* FLAT OUT LIKE A LIZARD DRINKING / David Hyams with the Miles To Go Band / Knowing The Place / www.milestogo.com.au

* THE MAN & THE WOMAN & THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH / Bruce Watson / Out My Window / self published

HENRY THE ACCOUNTANT / Paul Kaplan / The Folk Process / Old Coat Music

MAGGIE / Lori Watson / Three / Isle Music Scotland

WILD BILL JONES / Hart & Blech / Build Me A Boat / Voyager

THE GOOSE AND THE COMMON / The Claque / Sounding Now / WildGoose

MYSTERIOUS MOSE / The Motor City Sidestrokers / Strokin' / www.myspace.com/motorcitysidestrokers

WALLACE'S CROSS / Elixir / Super Tonic / www.elixirmusic.com

UPWIND OF ME / George Papavgeris / Life's Eyes / WildGoose

NINTH OF JANUARY / Christian Wig / Gate To Go Through / Stillfork Productions

MOLL DUBH A'GHLEANNA and TOMMY BHETTY'S WALTZ / Altan / The Red Crow / Green Linnet

REINLANDER / Mattias Perez Trio / MP3 / Nordic Tradition

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1 March 2009

The featured album was THE OLD JAWBONE by EUPHONIA (Tuxedo Records) www.sylviaherold.com Stylish reworkings of mostly American folk material, with great harmonies and instrumentation throughout. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

COTTON-EYED JOE; THE OLD MAN AT THE MILL; LET THE BULLGINE RUN; BOATMAN'S DANCE; ANGELINE THE BAKER'S GONE

* STRIKE THE BELL / Parradiddle / Wait Till The Word Gets Around / Pumphandle Productions

PUIRT A BEUL / Karen Matheson / Downriver / Compass-Planet

MARY ANN and SPEED THE PLOUGH / Spiers & Boden / Vagabond / Navigator-Planet

* THE HAT NED KELLY WORE / Chloe & Jason Roweth / Another Threshing Day / www.rowethmusic.com.au

FIFTY SAIL ON NEWBURGH BAY / The Barefoot Boys / Sweetwater Passage / www.thebarefootboys.com

* THE ANONYMOUS WALTZ / No Such Thing / Going To The Barndance / self published

SIR JAMES THE ROSE / Steeleye Span / The Very Best Of Steeleye Span / Park Records

SUSSEX DRINKING SONG / Martyn Wyndham-Read with No Man's Band / Jackeroo / Wynding Road Music

BEFORE THE STORM and A POUND A WEEK RISE / Liz Carroll & John Doyle / Double Play / Compass

* THE DAY THE VIRGIN MARY CAME TO COOGEE / The Wheeze & Suck Band / Flash Lads / Fire and Thorn Records

TECOLOTE and CHOLLA BUD CHOTIS / Bayou Seco / A Slice Of Live / www.bayouseco.com

JOKA MIEHAN POLKA / Kings Of Polka / Folk Routes From Denmark 2009 / www.folkemusik.dk

REEL DE LA SAUVAGINE / Tony McManus / The Maker's Mark / Greentrax

FAREWELL TO THE GOLD / The Black Family / Time For Touching Home / DARA

THIS TRAIN / Laura Siersema / Talon Of The Blackwater / www.laurasiersema.com

INDIAN EAT THE WOODCHUCK / Christian Wig with Whitt Mead / Chadwell's Station / Yodel-Ay-Hee

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22 February 2009

The featured album was SANDS OF ABERDEEN by JED MARUM www.jedmarum.com (Boston Road Records). A Texas based singer songwriter whose prolific recording output always offers interesting content and high production standards. This album has a Scottish-Irish theme, with some original material and two instrumental sets showcasing the excellent guest musicians. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

SANDS OF ABERDEEN; THE ROCK AND THE TIDE; UNCLE JOE; WILLIE COLEMAN - TUNE SET; FLORA, THE LILY OF THE WEST; THE BELLES OF ONTARIO

* CAN'T YOU LINE IT / Blindman's Holiday / Archipelago / BMG

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

PANTALONI DEL DIAVOLO / Peter Ostroushko / Peter Goes To The Circus / Borderland Productions

WILD MOUNTAIN THYME / Fotheringay / Fotheringay 2 / Fledgling Records - Planet

HEXHAMSHIRE LASS and HEN'S MARCH THROUGH THE MIDDEN / Fairport Convention / The Airing Cupboard Tapes '71-'74 / Talking Elephant

ONE EYED RILEY / Rhys Jones, Jeff Miller, Jim Nelson / Mississippi Square Dance / Vigortone

KELVIN'S PURLING STREAM / Ewan Wilkinson / Lost In The Day / Brechin All Records

CLUCK OLD HEN / The Horse Flies / Until The Ocean / Pest Control

MYLLPOLKKA JA ERIKS POLKAN / JPP / Pirun Polska / Olarin Musiikki

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND / Shirley Collins and the Albion Dountry Band / No Roses / Crest

BAH HAMBURG / Dolphin Boy - Aidan O'Rourke / Vertical Variations / Vertical Records

* CUT A RUG / Dougie Young / The Songs of Dougie Young / AIATSIS & NLA

* HOP HOP HOP / Lolo Lovida / Baro Love / www.indie-cds.com

VIL DU SOM JEG / Helene Blum / Folk Routes From Denmark 2009 / www.folkemusik.dk

SPARTA / Hal & Nikolaj / Folk Routes From Denmark 2009 / www.folkemusik.dk

* JOURNEYMAN / John Munro / Plying My Trade / Greentrax

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15 February 2009

The featured album was COBARGO 2009, a compilation of tracks from performers appearing at the Cobargo Folk Festival next weekend. www.cobargofolkfestival.com It's always a great little festival. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

AT EACH GATE THE SHEARER STOOD (Warren Fahey & The Larrikins); YE JACOBITES BY NAME (The Fagans); LAS CRUCES (Nick Charles); THE WATERWITCH (Alan Musgrove & The Watsaname Band); HESITATE (Damon Davies)

TRAIN HOME / Chris Smither / Train Home / Hightone Records

NEVERMIND / The Can Kickers / We're Dying But We Ain't Dead / Cosmodemonic Telegraph

* THE SOUTHERN CROSS IS CALLING ME / Enda Kenny / Six Of One / www.endakenny.com.au

THE ASHBOURNE SHROVETIDE FOOTBALL ANTHEM and THE ROMAN REEL / Doug Eunson and Sarah Matthews / On Shining Wings / Coth Records

LINUS PA LINJEN / Peter Puma Hedlund & Company / Another Way / RPM Music

THE BRISK LAD / Mike Waterson / Mike Waterson / Topic

REEL TADOUSSAC / April Verch / Steal The Blue / Slab Town Records

THE PRICE OF FREEDOM / Crabtree & Mills / Freedom / Free & Easy Music

LE CORDONNIER REORIENTE / La Part Du Queteux / Paye La Traite / Roues et Archets

JIM O'KEEFE'S and THE ISLANDER'S LAMENT / The Green Fields Of America / The Green Fields Of America / Compass

WHEN A MAN'S IN LOVE / Sarah McQuaid / When Two Lovers Meet / www.sarahmcquaid.com

TITANIA / Heywood Concertina Band / English International / Folksound Records

JOY OF COOKING / Old Man Luedecke / Hinterland / Black Hen Music

VALSE A MEXICO / Bayou Seco / Following In The Tuneprints / www.bayouseco.com

OREGON / Chris & Siobhan Nelson / Day Has Dawned / www.cnelson.plus.com

* KATH MCCAUGHEY'S 2ND VARSOVIANA / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear / www.rowethmusic.com.au

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8 February 2009

The featured album was SWEET BELLS by KATE RUSBY www.katerusby.com (Pure Records). A 2008 album with a distinctly Christmas theme, but which didn't reach me until now. If a song's worth singing, surely it's worth singing at any time of year, so that's no problem. It's a lovely album, as are all Kate Rusby's albums. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

HERE WE COME A-WASSAILING; POOR OLD HORSE; THE HOLLY AND THE IVY; HAIL CHIME ON

CIDERMILL and THE RAMBLING IRISHMAN / Scruj MacDuhk / The Road To Canso / self published

BUDDY BOLDEN BLUES / Stefan Grossman, Danny Kalb, Steve Katz / Played A Little Fiddle / Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop

THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME / Steve Tilston / Of Many Hands / ADA Recordings * ARAGUENAY / Blackwood / Home Soon / www.makingmusic.com.au

* ACCIDENT OF BIRTH / Blackwood / Home Soon / www.makingmusic.com.au

DOWLAND'S GOODNIGHT / Ronn McFarlane / Indigo Road / Dorian Recordings

NEWFOUNDLANDERS and THE UNION COWBOY / Stringband / The Indispensible Stringband 1972-2002 / self published

SAE WILL WE YET / Tony Cuffe / Sae Will We Yet / Greentrax

* MAD TOM OF BEDLAM / Wheeze And Suck Band / Vincent Street / www.wheezeandsuck.com

IT'S GONNA RAIN / Scott Ainslie / Thunder's Mouth / Cattail Music

HANNA LARSSON'S SCHOTTIS / Peter Puma Hedlund & Friends / Another Way / RPM Music

* GOD BLESS AMERICA / Fred Smith / Texas / www.indie-cds.com

SEVEN PIES / Still On The Hill / Ozark / self published

MIDNIGHT IN AVILES / Lunasa / Se / Compass

DRUNKEN LANDLADY / Luke Plumb with James Mackintosh / A Splendid Notion / www.indie-cds.com

* NELLIE J.BANKS / Jim MacQuarrie / Time Can't Erase / NewSouthFolk

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1 February 2009

Australia Day is 26 January, however, last week's program was all about Robert Burns and his 250th birthday so the annual all-Aussie program was postponed until today. The featured album was GATES OF GOLD, the fourth release by the MELBOURNE SCOTTISH FIDDLE CLUB & FRIENDS www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com It's definitely not just fiddles on this CD, although they're wonderful and they do dominate numerically. There's an intriguing mix of new and old tunes and songs, guest musicians and some original material. This is an excellent album. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

A HERD OF GOWS; GATES OF GOLD; JOHNNY / HUGHIE / BILLY; WHEELS OF FORTUNE; BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL

* GULGONG SONG / Home Rule / The Genuine Article / www.fiddlerbob.com.au

* MERRO'S MEDLEY / Wongawilli / Australia Street / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au

* AROUND THE BOREE LOG / Wongawilli / Australia Street / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au

* FURTHER UP THE MOUNTAIN / Greg Champion / Shady Tree / self published

* GELEM GELEM / Lolo Lovina / Baro Love / www.indie-cds.com

* THE MAN WITH THE PINK TRIANGLE / Born Again Pagans / Born Again Pagans / self published

* WHEN THE ARMY PRAYS FOR WATTIE / Dave de Hugard / Songs Of The Wallaby Track / Dave@deHugard.zzn.com

* WEEVILS IN THE FLOUR / Phyl Lobl / Bronzewing / bronzewing@hotkey.net.au

* VICTOR JARA OF CHILE / Alistair Hulett / In The Back Streets Of Paradise / Red Rattler

* THE WAVES OF RUSH / Trouble In The Kitchen / The Next Turn / Tradsville

* DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Summer's Lonesome Tale / Tradsville

* TIRED / Eric Bogle / Other People's Children / Rouseabout Records

* NOT PRETTY ENOUGH / The Spooky Men's Chorale / Tooled Up / self published

* INGLEWOOD COCKY / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear / www.rowethmusic.com.au

* GALICIAN PASTICHE / Queensland Police / Pandora's Other Box / Queensland Police

* THE NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM / Sensitive New Age Cowpersons / Strange On The Range / self published

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25 January 2009

Today is Robert Burns' 250th birthday, so Scotland's favourite reprobate poet provided the complete playlist. Some songs were definitely his own work, some he collected, some started life as poems and later gained tunes, and it's possible that some might have just grown to be associated with him over time.

A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT / Five Hand Reel / For A' That / RCA

THE BONNIEST LASS / Enoch Kent / I'm A Working Chap / Second Avenue

NOW WESTLIN WINDS / Sheena Wellington / Hamely Fare / Greentrax

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

RANTIN' DOG / Stairheid Gossip / Stirrin' It Up / Greentrax

MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED RED ROSE / Ceolbeg / An Unfair Dance / Greentrax

AYE WAUKIN' O / Jock Tamson's Bairns / Rare / Greentrax

RANTIN' ROVIN' ROBIN / The Barra MacNeils / Rattle In The Attic / Greentrax

THE WEARY PUND O' TOW / Tony Cuffe / When First I Went To Caledonia / Iona

JOHN ANDERSON MY JO / Ian F. Benzie / So Far / Lochshore

WHAT CAN A YOUNG LASSIE DAE WI' AN OLD MAN / Sylvia Barnes / The Colour Of Amber / Greentrax

WILLIE WASTLE / Ceolbeg / 5 / Greentrax

AE FOND KISS / Five Hand Reel / For A' That / RCA

THOU HAST LEFT ME EVER JAMIE / Karine Polwart / Fairest Floo'er / Hegri Music

THE NODDING SONG / Ceolbeg / 5 / Greentrax

HIGHLAND LAMENT / The Corries / The Best Of The Corries / Pickwick Music

TO A MOUSE / Battlefield Band / The Road Of Tears / Temple Records

THE LEARIG / Karine Polwart / Fairest Floo'er / Hegri Music

DUSTY MILLER / Jock Tamson's Bairns / May You Never Lack A Scone / Greentrax

AULD LANG SYNE / The Cast / Celtic Connections / The Living Tradition

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18 January 2009

The featured album was the most recent radio sampler from Acoustic Rainbow, ACOUSTIC RAINBOW VOL.33 www.acousticrainbow.com The following tracks were scattered through the program:

FALSE FROM TRUE (Pete Seeger); GIN (Kelleigh McKenzie); COFFEE BLUES (John Sebastian & David Grisman); BUILD A HOUSE AND BURN IT DOWN (The Horse Flies); WEAVE MY LORD A GARLAND (Molly's Revenge with Moira Smiley)

* WOOLLOOMOOLOO LAIR / Alex Hood / The Second Hundred Years / Paul Hamlyn

HALULLINEN SIELU / Andrew Cronshaw / On The Shoulders Of The Great Bear / Cloud Valley Music

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

* SWAN RIVER MAHOGANY / Loaded Dog / That There Dog O' Mine / hugatree@iinet.net.au

* DOGNOBBLER'S JIG / Loaded Dog / That There Dog O' Mine / hugatree@iinet.net.au

LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE / Marley's Ghost / Haunting Melodies / Sage Arts

* SPECIAL TREATMENT / Blackwood / At Home / Making Music

JACK TAR / Tony Hall / Mr Universe / Plant Life

OLD BUSH / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Partners In Crime / Vertical Records

* SONG FROM THE SIXTEENTH FLOOR / Paul Kelly / Songs From The South / Gawd Aggie

CHI PASSA PER STA STRADA / Philip Pickett & Richard Thompson / Bones Of All Men / Hannibal

ORAN FEAR GHLINNE-CUAICH / Margaret Stewart & Allan MacDonald / Colla Mo Run / Greentrax

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO and ROMAN REEL / Keith Kendrick / Songs From The Derbyshire Coast / WildGoose

* I AM A YOUTH THAT'S INCLINED TO RAMBLE / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Summer's Lonesome Tale / ruthsta@yahoo.com

BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN / Baby Gramps / Same Old Timeously / Grampophone

DANCE ALL NIGHT / The Highwoods Stringband / The Highwoods Stringband / Mudthumper Music

WILLOW TREE / Steve Tilston / Of Many Hands / ADA Recordings

SWEET RECONCILIATION / Shay, Michael & Martin Black / What A Time / DARA

THE DESERT AND TWO GREY HILLS / Gerry O'Beirne / The Bog Bodies And Other Stories / www.gerryobeirne.com

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11 January 2009

I was helping my wife celebrate a milestone birthday so, in my absence, the program was kindly presented by Roger Hargraves, another member of 2MCE-FM's fine family of folk presenters, who featured something of a retrospective on Peter Bellamy and The Young Tradition.

FANTASIA A 4 NO. 1 / Fretwork / Complete Consort Music / Virgin Classics

THE IRISH MARCHE / Planxty / Words & Music / WEA Ireland

LULL THEE BESIDE ME / The Harp Consort / Spanish Gypsies / DHM

* HOME SWEET HOME / The Jerry Atrix / Home Sweet Home / Dulcetone

* DON'S BOAT TUNE / Don McBain / Home Sweet Home / Dulcetone

* STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE / Bill Case / Home Sweet Home / Dulcetone

* THE WOOD GAME / Alan Musgrove / Young Man And Able / Red Shed

* THE MAN WHO STRUCK O'HARA / Harvest Moon Band / In Some Old Shed / Collective Effort

JACK DONNAN'S MAZURKA / Boys Of The Lough / Lochaber No More / Transatlantic

BRIDGIE CON MAT'S / Boys Of The Lough / Twenty / Lough Records

CAM YE BY ATHOL / Tannahill Weavers / Are Ye Sleeping Maggie? / Plant Life

THE BANKS OF THE NILE / The Young Tradition / Galleries Revisited / Transatlantic

DADDY FOX / The Young Tradition / Galleries Revisited / Transatlantic

THE BANKS OF SWEET PRIMROSES / The Copper Family / The Electric Muse / Island

THE LYKE WAKE DIRGE / Young Tradition / The Electric Muse / Island

THE RIGS OF THE TIMES / Shirley Collins / The Sweet Primroses / Topic

ON BOARD A '98 / Peter Bellamy / Fair Annie / Fellside

THE MAIDS OF AUSTRALIA / Peter Bellamy / Fair Annie / Fellside

THE COCKIES OF BUNGAREE / Peter Bellamy / Fair Annie / Fellside

TOMMY / Peter Bellamy / Barrack Room Ballads / Green Linnet

MANDALAY / Peter Bellamy / Barrack Room Ballads / Green Linnet

* MUNERAS FROM ASTURIAS / Senor Cabrales / Live At Warpstanza / self published

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4 January 2009

The featured album was PICK OF THE CROP 2009, a compilation promoting albums available through the website of the national Australian folk magazine 'Trad&Now'. www.tradandnow.com The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

WYONG RIVER (Nick and Liesl);  MAC'S DELIGHT (Wheelers and Dealers);   JACK OF ALL TRADES (The Barleyshakes);   CONSUME (Mic Conway's National Junk Band);   TAMLIN (Mothers Of Intention)

THE MAYOR IS A GOOD OLD BOY / Mike Seeger with Hank Bradley & Sue Thompson / Third Annual Farewell Reunion / Rounder

FROG HEAVEN / Mike Seeger with Vivian & Phil Williams and Sandy Bradley / Third Annual Farewell Reunion / Rounder

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

THE LONG ACRE and MICK RYAN'S LAMENT / Kevin Burke & Ged Foley / In Tandem / self published

THE MAID THAT SOLD HER BARLEY and ELEANOR PLUNKETT / Deanta / Ready For The Storm / Green Linnet

BRIGHT SHINING MORNING / Finest Kind / Silk & Spices / Fallen Angle Music

GAY GORDONS / The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience / Electric Landlady / Brechin All Records

RIGS OF THE TIMES and THE PEACOCK FOLLOWED THE HEN / Broom Bezzums / Arise You Sons Of Freedom / Steeplejack Music

HEAVE YA HO and MARGARET ANN / Battlefield Band / Rain, Hail Or Shine / Temple Records

THE FLOWERS OF SASKATCHEWAN / Lisa Moscatiello and Rosie Shipley / Well Kept Secrets / Shipwhistle

MORNING TRAIN / David Francey / The Waking Hour / Jericho Beach Music

BEE'S WAX / Mauvais Sort / Jettatura / www.mauvaissort.qc.ca

LET THE MYSTERY BE / Kerr Fagan Harbron / Station House / Fellside

FIDDLE ON FIRE / Douglas Montgomery & Stewart Shearer / Crossing Warness / Attic Records