Archived Playlists:  April - June 2011

'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)

26 June 2011

The featured album was LIVE AT PERTHSHIRE AMBER by JULIE FOWLIS www.juliefowlis.com (Machair-Planet) What is says on the box - a concert performance in October 2010. One the finest Scottish singers in the business, enchanting vocals and cracking good tune sets. Excellent live album. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

HO BHA MI, HE BHA MI; M' FHEARANN SAIDHBHIR; LON-DUBH; TURAS SAN LOCHMOR; HUG AIR A' BHONAID MHOIR; PABAY MOR

* THE FARMING GAME / John Williamson / Celebration - The Spirit Of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock

* WIFE TO A COCKY FARMER / Judy Small / Celebration - The Spirit Of Port Fairy Folk Festival / Sandstock

* JOE CASHMERE'S / Adrian Barker & Ben Stephenson / Undertones / Tradsville

BEIDH AONACH AMARACH / MacDara / The Love Token / self published

DOG, CANE AND GUN / Emily Slade / Shire Boy / Rustic Thorn

SPEED THE PLOUGH and RAMBLING ROBIN / Spiers & Boden / Vagabond / Navigator

SHELVIN ROCK / The Freight Hoppers / Mile Marker / Bake Tone Records

COME FARE AWAY / Matthew Byrne / Ballads / www.matthewbyrne.net

HOLMFIRTH ANTHEM / The Watersons / The Definitive Collection / Highpoint

BYE BYE SKIPPER / Mike Waterson / Mike Waterson / Topic

I DREAM OF APPLE ORCHARDS and SAY DARLIN' SAY / Putnam Smith / We Could Be Beekeepers / Itchy Sabot Records

JOIN US IN OUR GAME / Mr Fox / Join Us In Our Game / Castle Music

SALLY WHEATLEY / Bob Fox & Stu Luckley / Box Of Gold / Fellside

NUTLEY WALTZ / The Hosepipe Band / Kettleburgh Fete / Kid Menthal Music

WHAT IF, NO MATTER / Tom Paxton / Songs From SingOut! v.54#2 / www.singout.net

CHARLES O'CONOR / Robin Bullock / The Lightning Field / Azalea City

GALILEO / Robbie O'Connell / Never Learned To Dance / Celtica

TRAMPLED ROSE / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Genuine Negro Jig / Nonesuch

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19 June 2011

The featured album was STONES ON THE GROUND by VICKI SWAN & JONNY DYER (WildGoose) www.swan-dyer.co.uk Interesting mix of vocals, Scottish smallpipes, nyckelharpa, flute, bass, guitar, accordion and piano. Mostly original tunes and traditional songs. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BILLY BOY; VIGGO'S VAGGVISA; EN GANG; THE OXFORD AND 'AMPTON RAILWAY

QUEEN OF WATERS / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Twice Reflected Sun / Navigator Records

A JUG OF CHARLIE'S WINE / Alan Reid and Rob van Sante / Under The Blue / Red Sands Records

* THE BUTCHER BIRD / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club and Friends / Gates Of Gold / www.tellingtales.net

* BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club and Friends / Gates Of Gold / www.tellingtales.net

SHILOH'S HILL / Coty Hogue / To The West / Cello Room Productions

STORMY WINDS / The Watersons / The Definitive Collection / Highpoint Productions

* SONG OF THE OLD RAKE / Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys / Foggy Highway / Gawd Aggie Recordings

AMERICAN LIVES / Robbie O'Connell / Never Learned To Dance / Celtica

* FOUR LITTLE JOHNNY CAKES / Collector / Collector / www.rowethmusic.com.au

SOLDIER SOLDIER / The Clancy Legacy / The Clancy Legacy / Aodoro

SWEET EVELINA / Joel Mabus / American Anonymous / Fossil Records

DEEP ELLUM BLUES / The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Heirloom Music / Neanderthal-Planet

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

STICK STOCK / Emily Portman / The Glamoury / Furrow Records-Planet

TRAD II / Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer / Gleowien / WildGoose

BOSTON HARBOR / Jim McGrath / Red Right Returning / Wepecket Island Records

DIRTY WORK / Beoga / Mischief / Compass

DIRTY OLD TOWN / Ewan MacColl / Simply Folk disc 03 / Union Square

BLOW BOYS BLOW / Keith Kendrick / Short Sharp Shanties vol.1 / WildGoose

S-A-V-E-D / The South Carolina Broadcasters / A Thousand Miles Away From Home / www.scbroadcaster.com

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12 June 2011

The featured album was HAIR OF THE DOG by LOADED DOG www.loadeddog.net.au This is the fourth album by an important Western Australian band who focus on contemporary and traditional Australian folk music, with some great music from their side of the country, including original songs and tunes. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

NORTH BY WEST; BULLOCKY BILL; THE CUTTER'S DREAM; ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS; PHIL'S JIG

ROVE RILEY ROVE and OLD GREASY COAT / Bruce Molsky / Poor Man's Troubles / Rounder Select

* ON THE QUEENSLAND RAILWAY LINES / Roger Ilott & Penny Davies / Sleepers & Rails / Festival Records

* PLEASE REFRAIN / Russell Hannah, Jim Haynes, John Dengate / Sleepers & Rails / Festival Records

* SERGEANT SMALL / Tex Morton / Sleepers & Rails / Festival Records

* THE SMELL OF RAIN / Enda Kenny / Cloud Lining / www.endakenny.com.au

MOLLY NA GCUACH NI CHUILLEANAIN and JENNY PICKING COCKLES / Altan / Blackwater / Virgin

MICHAEL'S MAZURKA / Kevin Henderson, Jenna Reid, Kevin Mackenzie / Da Homin / www.kevinhenderson.co.uk

TRIP TO PAKISTAN / The Flying Toads / In Stitches / www.flyingtoads.co.uk

SERGEANT EARLY'S DREAM / Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello / Bosca Ceoil And Fiddle / www.boscaceoilandfiddle.com

AS CHRISTY ROVED OUT / Planxty / Live 2004 / Columbia

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD / The Askew Sisters / Through Lonesome Woods / WildGoose

THE BRISTOL SAILOR / Issy & David Emeney with Kate Riaz / The Waiting / WildGoose

THE FRENCH SET and DEIL IN THE LUM / Alistair Brown / Deil In The Lum / Prospect Records

TIE YOUR DOG, SALLY GAL / Sausage Grinder / Delicious Moments / Mooch Piddle Records

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5 June 2011

The featured album was TRAIVELLER'S JOY by EMILY SMITH (White Fall Records) www.emilysmith.org This is the latest CD from a now well established Scottish musician, reinterpreting older material and contributing her own songs to this delightful album. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

TRAIVELLER'S JOY; SWEET LOVER OF MINE; GYPSY DAVY; WHAT A VOICE

HOW WILL I EVER BE SIMPLE AGAIN / Battlefield Band / Quiet Days / Temple Records

* THE COD THAT ATE THE MOON / Pat Drummond / The Age Of Dissent / Shoestring

* MAUDABAWN CHAPEL / Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith / Presence / Locrian

WE WORK THE BLACK SEAM / Colcannon / Dolphin Bay / Greentrax

GREENLAND FISHERIES / Jim McGrath / Red Right Returning / Wepecket Island Records

BUDDY LEAVE MY LITTLE JEEP ALONE / Lost Weekend Western Swing Band / Swingin' Out West / Sonoton Music

KAREN'S WALTZ / Ian Hardie / Westringing / The Planet Company

EPISODE 1 / Ivor Cutler / Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol II / Rov-Ola

THE GEESE IN THE BOG / Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington / Fortune Favours The Merry / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

KELVINATOR / James Gordon / My Stars Your Eyes / Borealis

* LEST WE FORGET / The Waifs / Shelter Me / www.thewaifs.com

THE NORTHERN LASS / Greg Stephens and Crookfinger Jack / The Beggar Boy Of The North / Harbourtown Records

IF YOUSE A VIPER / Sausage Grinder / Delicious Moments / Mooch Piddle Records

LET NO MAN STEAL YOUR THYME / Anne Briggs / Simply Folk Disc 03 / Union Square Music

* THE MUSIC TREE / New Dogs Old Tricks / New Dogs Old Tricks / www.tellingtales.net

CELL SONG / The Albion Band / Ashley Hutchings 5 / Talking Elephant

BONNY TYNESIDE / Liz Law and Terry Conway / Of Riots And Rabbits / Stonehouse Music

THE MINSTREL'S FANCY / Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello / Bosca Ceoil And Fiddle / www.boscaceoilandfiddle.com

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29 May 2011

The featured album was GRITSTONE SERENADE by BRIAN PETERS (Pugwash) http://brian-peters.co.uk/ The latest album, mostly English and mostly traditional songs and tunes, from a master musician, instrumentalist and arranger at the top of his game. Very good supporting musicians, production and sleevenotes complete this excellent CD. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

TURPIN HERO; PADDY RESOURCE; THE DEVIL'S COURTSHIP; JACKSON'S UNTITLED HORNPIPES NOs 1 & 2; THE COTTON LORDS OF PRESTON

THE SEALER'S BALL / A Crowd Of Bold Sharemen / A Crowd Of Bold Sharemen / Singsong

THE SLIDE FROM GRACE / B Brozman, J McSherry, D O'Connor / Six Days In Down / Riverboat Records

* HIS NAME WAS EDGAR WATERS / Gary Shearston / Renegade / Rouseabout Records

THE BLARGE INN / John Carty / Yeh, That's All It Is / Shanachie

* LAND OF BROKEN DREAMS / Blackwood / Never At Home / Making Music

BOATS UP THE RIVER / Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin / Return / www.jodyandkate.com

THE STRAY-AWAY CHILD / Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello / Bosca Ceoil And Fiddle / Key Stone Records

LORD MAYO / The Flying Toads / In Stitches / www.flyingtoads.co.uk

MY FOUR REASONS / Sausage Grinder / Delicious Moments / Mooch Piddle Records

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

DIDO BENDIGO / The Watersons / The Definitive Collection / Highpoint Recordings

DIDO FIDO / The Kipper Family / Since Time Immoral / The Dambuster

THE BLACKSMITH / Planxty / Live 2004 / Columbia

HICKORY WIND / The Byrds / Sweetheart Of The Rodeo / Columbia

SANDY BOYS / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Genuine Negro Jig / Nonesuch

* GALILEO / The Fagans / Kitchen Dance / www.thefagans.com.au

WHERE DID YA RIDE THAT TRAIN, JOE? / Kila / Lemonade & Buns / Kila Records

IF YOU SAY YES / Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen / Cross The Water / Sleepy Creek Music

LIBERTY / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Just A Plain Old Country Boy / Proper Records

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22 May 2011

The featured album was SMOKE & DUST by THE THREE CITY FOUR (Fuse Records). A single CD re-release of some excellent selections from the two LPs recorded by an important English folk group from the 1960s. Martin Carthy, Marian KcKenzie, Leon Rosselson, Ralph Trainor and, replacing Carthy for the second LP, Roy Bailey. Carthy turned 70 on 21 May 2011, Bob Dylan turns 70 on 24 May 2011 and some people thought the Rapture was going to happen on 21 May, so several themes crept into the program. The following tracks from SMOKE & DUST were scattered through the program:

SALLY FREE AND EASY; TIM MCGUIRE; OXFORD TOWN; 15 MILLION PLASTIC BAGS

* SHOREHAM'S GREEN SHORE / Wheeze And Suck Band / Vincent Street / Fire and Thorn

* THE BLACKBIRD / Louis McManus and Martin Carthy / With A Heart And A Hand / self published

* BATAVIA / The Roaring Forties / Life Of Brine / www.roaringfortiesfolk.com

WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER / Red Molly / Never Been To Vegas / www.redmolly.com

MEETING IN THE AIR / Flat Mountain Girls / Honey Take Your Whiskers Off / www.flatmountaingirls.com

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

EN MONDANT LA RIVIERE / Gadelle / Gadelle / www.gadelle.com

* MR DEPOT AGENT / Welcome Strangers / Nuggets From Here And There / greganol@optushome.com.au

THE EAVESDROPPER / Any Old Time / Any Old Time / Mulligan

SILVER AND GOLD / Drever, McCusker, Woomble / Before The Ruin / Navigator

THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH / Martin Carthy / Simply Folk: disc 1 / Union Square

WATERMAN'S HORNPIPE / Brass Monkey / Simply Folk: disc 1 / Union Square

THE DIVER BOY / Maeve Mackinnon / Don't Sing Lovesongs / Foot Stompin' Records

* TANGOETTE / The Celebrated Emu Creek Bush Band / A Friday Night At The Spring Gully Hop / self published

* PASTIME IN GOOD COMPANY / Psallite / National Folk Festival Highlights 2007 / www.folkfestival.asn.au

WHERE DO THE CAPELIN GO? / A Crowd Of Bold Sharemen / A Crowd Of Bold Sharemen / Singsong

CINDY GAL / Three Mile Stone / Three Mile Stone / www.threemilestone.com

SAD EYED LADY OF THE LOWLANDS / Bob Dylan / Blonde On Blonde / CBS

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15 May 2011

The featured album was ROSE CITY RAMBLE by LAUREN SHEEHAN www.laurensheehanmusic.com (Wilson River Records). First album in six years from an impressive singer songwriter and multi (stringed) instrumentalist. Original and older folk and blues at its sweetest. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

IN THE WEE MIDNIGHT HOURS; CARROLL COUNTY BLUES; HONEY BABY BLUES; BLACK IS THE COLOR; SATISFIED MIND

PATRICK PEARSE and TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR / Tom McConville / Tommy On The Bridge / Tomcat Music

* THE BLOODY FIELDS OF WHEOGO / Collector / The Game Is Getting Lively / www.rowethmusic.com.au

BOBBIN JOHN and HOLD BACK THE TIDE / Wendy Weatherby / Two Loves / Lochshore

LE PETIT PRINCE CHARLES VA-T-AU CARNAVAL / Les Chauffeurs A Pieds / Partons Allons / Scorbut

EXMOOR ANTHEM / Jim Causley / Dumnonia / WildGoose

* LARKIN'S BAR / Wongawilli / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

* TESORITO / Tunari / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

THE MURDER OF GINGER GOODWIN / Enoch Kent / Take A Trip With Me / Borealis

SHEPHERDS ARISE / Regal SLip / Bandstand / Dingle's Records

CHINQUAPIN HUNTIN' and NELLIE KANE / Two Oceans Trio / Two Oceans Trio / Howdy Skies Records

* PROSPECT PROVIDENCE / The Fagans / Milk And Honey Land / www.thefagans.com.au

BOO'S JIG / Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell / Simple Tricks / Lochshore

BLACK EYE SUSIE / Roscoe Holcomb / An Untamed Sense Of Control / Smithsonian Folkways

BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND / Matthew Byrne / Ballads / www.matthewbyrne.net

BRIAN MONTAGUE'S / Three Mile Stone / Three Mile Stone / www.threemilestone.com

CORNBREAD AND BUTTERBEANS / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Genuine Negro Jig / Nonesuch

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8 May 2011

The featured album was STRETCHED ON YOUR GRAVE by RUNA www.runamusic.com A tightly crafted album of mostly Irish songs from an innovative Philadelphia based trio. Excellent vocals with stylish percussion, strings and flute accompaniment. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE NEWRY HIGHWAYMAN; MAID OF CULMORE; FIONNGHUALA; THE HOUSE CARPENTER/JOLENE

MAGGIE LAUDER / The Makem & Spain Brothers / Up The Stairs / Red Biddy Records

HAGS PURSE and GREENGROCERS DAUGHTER / Four Men & A Dog / Wallop The Spot / www.fourmenandadog.com

* SIXTEEN COME NEXT SUNDAY / Mothers Of Intention / Watersong / www.mothersofintention.com.au

FISHERMAN'S REEL / Minnie White / The Hills Of Home / Singsong

SAWCHUK and HOME FROM THE USA / Ron Hynes / Stealing Genius / Borealis

* CLOSE TO THE WIND / Wheeze and Suck Band / Wheeze & Onions / Fire & Thorn

BYE AND BYE / Jody Stecher & Late Brislin / Songs Of The Carter Family / Appleseed

FLOWER OF SCOTLAND / The Corries / The Complete Collection / Lismor

COME ON IN MY KITCHEN / Robert Johnson / The Complete Recordings / Columbia

THE JOLLY TINKER / Alan Kelly / After The Morning / Black Box Music

I HUNG MY HARP UPON THE WILLOWS / Alan Kelly with Eddi Reader / After The Morning / Black Box Music

* WILLIAM CONQUEST TURLAND / Margaret Walters & John Warner / Who Was There? / Feathers and Wedge

* ARGYLE IS MY NAME / No Such Thing / Going To The Barndance / self published

* OLD AUSSIE BAND / Bob Campbell / The Divide / www.fiddlerbob.com.au

BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM / Michael Connolly and Miller McNay / The Mandolin Casefiles / www.emptysea.com

TAKING ON MEN / Bob Fox / The Blast / Topic

THE YELLOW BARBER / A McGlynn, C Newman, N Casey, M ni Chathasaigh / The Rough Guide To Irish Music / Rough Guides - Planet

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1 May 2011

The featured album was TY ODE by BEROAL TRIO. (self published) A charming and stylish collection of mostly traditional tunes, played on flute, harp and bass by a group from central Brittany. Creative interpretations of the material, arranged well for the instruments at hand. A private release, worthy of wider distribution. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

KING OF THE FAIRIES; MARV EO MA MESTREZ; TRI MARTOLOD; FAIRY DANCE

I DIDN'T DRINK THE RUM and THE BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND / Tickle Harbour / Battery Included / SingSong

THE SUN JUMPED UP / Tim O'Brien / Songs From SingOut Vol54#1 / www.singout.org

TOO LATE FOR THE BACON / Red Hen / Songs From SingOut Vol54#1 / www.singout.org

* PORT ARLINGTON SET / Madd Marianne / Get Madd / self published

CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD / The Beez / Look What They've Done To My Song / www.thebeez.de

* CSS SHENANDOAH / Bill Jackson / The Nashville Session / Sound Vault Records

TWO CROWS / The Devil's Interval / Blood & Honey / WildGoose

TAKE ME IN YOUR LIFEBOAT / The South Carolina Broadcasters / A Thousand Miles Away From Home / www.scbroadcaster.com

HEDEVIGS / Fiolministeriet / Fiolministeriet / Go' Danish

* OLD WILCANNIA TOWN / Dougie Young / The Songs Of Dougie Young / AIATSIS & NLA

* VICTOR PODHAM'S RUSTY HUT / Harvest Moon Band / In Some Old Shed / Collective Effort

THE BLACKSMITH AND THE TOFFEEMAKER / Jake Thackray / The Very Best Of Jake Thackray / EMI Gold

GIPSY PRINCESS / Three Mile Stone / Three Mile Stone / www.threemilestonemusic.com

PLAY ME BACKWARDS / Joan Baez / Play Me Backwards / Proper Records

QUEEN OF WATERS / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Twice Reflected Sun / Navigator

WHERE RAVENS FEED / Alistair Brown / Deil In The Lum / Prospect Records

* PADDY KELLY'S / Billy Moran / Irish Button Accordion / self published

* RALLY ROUND THE DRUM / Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys / Foggy Highway / Gawd Aggie

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24 April 2011
10 April 2011
17 April 2011
3 April 2011

I was out of the country for a month so I'm sure the program was greatly improved by the presence of guest presenters Terry and Roger.