Archived Playlists:  January - March 2013

 TRACK / artist / album / label     (* Australian content) 

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

31 March 2013

Filler program today. I was attending the National Folk Festival in Canberra.

24 March 2013

The featured album was MUSIC EVERMORE by the Melbourne band SAOIRSE www.myspace.com/saoirseoz I think this is their second album and the group is more adventuroous with their sound and arrangements, while retaining a focus on traditional songs, often in Irish gaelic. Fine harmonies and accompaniment. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

BEIDH AONOCH AMARACH; PRETTY FAIR MAID; SIUIL A RUN; TEIR ABHAILE 'RIU

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

BOLD RILEY / Keith Kendrick / Songs From The Derbyshire Coast / WildGoose

SWEET LOVER OF MINE / Emily Smith / Traiveller's Joy / White Fall Records

GOLDEN SPIDER / The Ragtime Skedaddlers / Mandolins At The Cake Walk / Mandophone

THREE SHIPS / Kerfuffle / Lighten The Dark / RootBeat Records

SPORTING NELL / Grainne Hambly & William Jackson / Music From Ireland And Scotland / Mill Records

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

THREE SUNSETS / Helene Brunet & Nicola Hayes / Travelling / Sigfried

SUGAR BABE / Ralph McTell / Stealin' Back / Castle Communication

THE SLIP JIGS AND REELS / The House Band / Another Setting / Green Linnet

GUTROM THE DANE / The Cullivoe Band / Willie's Last Session / Greentrax

BANTRY GIRL'S LAMENT / Ann Mayo Muir / So Goes My Heart / Folk-Legacy

FALSE KNIGHT / Gavin Davenport / Brief Lives / Hallamtrads

ONLY FOR BARNEY / Siucra / Here Among Strangers / www.siucra.net

PLAYING OF BALL / Kate Rusby / Little Lights / Pure Records

GAIA RATCHENITSA / London Klezmer Quartet / Butterfield Green N16 / LKQ

GOLDEN VANITY / Bob Fox / The Blast / Topic

THE THATCHER / Julie Fowlis / Cuilidh / Shoeshine-Planet

17 March 2013

The featured album was CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL by CLANNAD www.clannad.ie (ARC Music) The CD's title is the name of the Dublin venue for this 40th anniversary concert in 2001 by one of the most significant and successful groups in Irish folk music in the 1970s and '80s. This family band from Donegal hasn't lost its ability to charm an audience and the album reflects the band's changing styles over four decades. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THIOS CHOIS NA TRA DOMH; DTIGEAS A DAMHSA; CRANN ULL; ROBIN OF SHERWOOD; THEME FROM HARRY'S GAME; TEIDHIR ABHAILE RIU

BLARNEY ROSES and MCGUIRE'S / Tom McConville & Keiran Halpin / Port Of Call / Rubber Records

SLOOP JOHN A / David Knutson / Tubular Dogs / Mrs Ackroyd Records

KRILL / Les Barker / Tubular Dogs / Mrs Ackroyd Records

* WOOLLOOMOOLOO LAIR / Handsome Young Strangers / Here's The Thunder Lads / Troubadour Music

MCNEIL OF UGADALE / Ian Powrie / His Fiddle And His Friends / Waverley-EMI

AIN'T NO USE WORKING SO HARD / Carolina Tar Heels / Songs From SingOut! v.55#2 / www.singout.org

MATT HYLAND / Nuala Kennedy / Songs From SingOut! v.55#2 / www.singout.org

THE COVENTRY CAROL / The Voice Squad / Holly Wood / Hummingbird Records

THE HADDOCK SONG and CON CASSIDY'S JIG / Tony Hall / One Man Hand / WildGoose

SAILING INTO WALPOLE'S MARSH / Grainne Hambly / Golden Lights And Green Shadows / Klang Welten Records

* KING WILLY / Cloudstreet / Clouds On The Road / www.cloudstreet.org

MILWAUKEE BLUES and BOYS, MY MONEY'S ALL GONE / Erynn Marshall and friends / Tune Tramp / Hickoryjack Music

DUNCAN & BRADY / Martin Simpson / Prodigal Son / Topic

ROMANIAN SIRBAS / London Klezmer Quartet / Welcome To Butterfield Green N16 / www.londonklezmerquartet.com

* COAL HOLE CAVALRY / Wheeze And Suck Band / Elsie Marley's Mates / www.wheezeandsuck.com

BOSTON BURGLAR / Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson / Gift / Topic

GRIMSTOCK / The House Band / Another Setting / Green Linnet

10 March 2013

The featured album was AR UAIR AN LAE by MUIREANN NIC AMHLAOIBH www.muireann.ie From a very fine singer from West Kerry, the album is mostly traditional songs in Irish with very expressive vocals and good accompaniment. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BO NA LEATHADHAIRCE; AN BUACHAILL CAOL DUBH; AN CHIUACH BHLEINFHIONN; THE LEAVING OF LIMERICK; THE BOLD FENIAN MEN

* SALLY'S GOT A WOODEN LEG / Dancehall Racketeers / Yarraville Sessions / self published

19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN / Alias Ron Kavana / Galway To Graceland / Alias

MARILAULU / Varttina / Oi Dai / Sprit

THE RAMBLING PITCHFORK / Brendyn Montgomery & Mike Considine / Mountain Air / www.indie-cds.com

* ACROSS THE HILLS / The Fagans / Common Treasury / www.thefagans.com.au

ARE YOU SLEEPIN' MAGGIE / Aoife Clancy / Silvery Moon / Appleseed

* DER DAHOAM ZSCHAD IS / Austrian Yodel Trio / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

* BORIS GIBSON'S REEL / Steve & Rosalind Barnes / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

* THE BORDER / Colcannon / Journeys / Greentrax

* THE BLACK CAT / Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith / Presence / self published

THE DIMMERS / Lunasa / The Kinnitty Sessions / Compass

OLD BILLY HELL / Sheesham and Lotus / Everytime / Sepiaphone Records

HIGH SIERRA / Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton / Trio 11 / Asylum

DU FEL Y GLO / Crasdant / Dwndwr / Sain

CLEAR THE WAY / John Doyle / Shadow And Light / Compass

GREEN LIGHT ON THE SOUTHERN / Ed Littlefield Jr / Going To The West / Sage Arts

JOHN JOE HARTNETT'S / Bua / Down The Green Fields / www.buamusic.com

SMALL REBELLION / Roy Bailey / Never Leave A Story Unsung / Fuse Records

TROISIEME PARTIE DU QUADRILLE NORD-OUEST and VOT' COTILLON BRANLE / Les Chauffeurs A Pieds / Partons Allons / Scorbut

OLIVIER'S REEL / Helene Brunet & Nicola Hayes / Travelling / Sigfried

24 February 2013

The featured album was COBARGO 2013, music from a selection of performers appearing this weekend at the Cobargo Folk Festival on the south coast of NSW. www.cobargofolkfestival.com The following tracks were scattered through the program:

PUNJABI GIRL (Vin Garbutt); * JEFF STURGEON (Nicola Hayes & Helene Brunet); * NICKELS AND DIMES (Fiona Boyes ); * OPAL BEDS (Franklin B Paverty); * LILY MAY (Doctor Stovepipe)

FIT A MARIER / Vishten / Vishten / www.vishten.ca

PRETTY PEG and DONAL AGUS MORAG / Altan / Harvest Storm / Green Linnet

GOODNIGHT-LOVING TRAIL and NOCHES DE FIESTA / Skip Gorman & the Waddie Pals / Dogie Music / Old West

HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE / Ry Cooder / Ry Cooder / Warner Archives

DUNANTULI FRISS CSARDASOK / Muzsikas / The Bartok Album / Rykodisc

* SHIFT AND SPIN / Kate Delaney / A Moment In Time / self published

ALRIGHT JACK / Home Service / Alright Jack / Making Waves

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

PASUCAIS / Felpeyu / Ya! / Tierra Discos

JOHNNY LAD / Ewan MacColl / Scottish Drinking and Pipe Songs / Legacy International

GAVOTTE DES MONTAGNES / Sonerien Du / Sonerien Du

I KNOW MY LOVE / The Chieftains with The Corrs / Tears Of Stone / BMG

RHUBARB AND GINGER / Niamh Ni Charra / From Both Sides / Imeartas Music

WALLS OF TIME / The Wanted / The Wanted / www.myspace.com/thewantedlive

GIRL FROM RED ISLAND / Joy Norman / Lately / Gannet Music

* NEVER NEVER LAND / Loaded Dog / Dusty Gravel Road / www.loadeddog.net.au

SWEETEST SONG / Salamander Crossing / Passion Train / Signature Sounds

TIME TO RING SOME CHANGES / Albion Band / Rise Up Like The Sun / Harvest

GOODBYE, FARE THEE WELL / Johnny Collins / Songs Of The Sea / Emporio

BOG AN LOCHAN / Skelpaig / Aye / Skelpaig Music

17 February 2013

The featured album was YOU'VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME by MIKE CRAVER, BILL HICKS, JIM WATSON & JOE NEWBERRY www.craverhickswatsonnewberry.com (Barker Records). Long time collaborators playing very fine old time music. This is an excellent album, as would be expected from musicians of this stature, including three members of the legendary Red Clay Ramblers. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

SALLY ANN; THE MAN FROM TENNESSEE; HOW DOES A GLASS EYE WORK; IN THE SHADOW OF THE PINES; YOU'VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME

* THE WAITRESS / The Waifs / Sink Or Swim / www.thewaifs.com.au

* A STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE / Eileen McCoy / Apple Isle Fiddler / Dulcetone Recordings

* THE BOTTOM LINE / Peter Hicks / The Bottom Line / self published

BELLAGHY FAIR and THE GREEN MOUNTAIN / Dervish / Harmony Hill / Whirling Discs

I'M NOT LONESOME ANY MORE / Pine Leaf Boys / La Musique / Arhoolie

* AUSTRALIA'S BONNY BOY / Graham Seal / Barbed Wire Ballads / Unvarnished Productions

* LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE / Wheelers and Dealers / Full House / www.wheelersanddealers.com

* MAC'S DELIGHT / Wheelers and Dealers / Full House / www.wheelersanddealers.com

HANS THOMSEN / Spaelimenninir / Malargrot / Tutl

LITTLE CANAAN / Kate Bramley / Little Canaan / Tantobie

SEGUIDILLAS MADRILENAS / La Musgana / Las Seis Tentaciones / Xenophile

LEEDS ... A SEAPORT TOWN / Benny Graham / Jack's Listed I' Th' 98 / www.bennygraham.com

CHARLIE HUNTER'S JIG / Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham / Another Gem / Compass

FLUTOPIA / Flook / Flatfish / Flatfish Records

* WATERBAG BALLAD / Penny Davies & Roger Ilott / Waterbag Ballads / Restless Music

POVERTY KNOCK / Chumbawamba / English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 / PM Press

TARALILA RASARAKA / Tarika Sammy / Fanafody / Rogue Music

10 February 2013

The featured album was SEINN by MARY JANE LAMOND AND WENDY MACISAAC www.maryjaneandwendy.com (Turtlemusik-Hearth Music) This is an outstanding collaborative effort from two of the finest artists performing music in the Nova Scotian tradition. Stunning vocals and dynamic fiddling make this an excellent CD. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

YELLOW COAT; IT IS THE LAD THAT I LOVE; THE SOLDIER'S SONG; KEEPING UP WITH CALUM; HOIREANN O RATHILL IU O; BOISE MONSTERS

THE FROG'S WEDDING / The Johnstons / Best of Irish Folk / Castle Communications

THE EXILE'S JIG / Sweeney's Men / Best of Irish Folk / Castle Communications

THE SHANGHAIED DREDGER / Kallet, Epstein, Cicone / Heart Walk / self published

CATHARSIS / Tannas / Suilean Dubh / Lochshore

* THAT'S NOT THE WAY / Robin Connaughton / The People Have Songs / www.users.bigpond.com/mheatwole

* THE METHO MAN / Frank Moore / The People Have Songs / www.users.bigpond.com/mheatwole

BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN / Ken Kolodner & Elke Baker / Out Of The Wood / Fenchurch

* COME WHERE THE WATTLES ARE BLOOMING / Dave de Hugard / Songs Of The Wallaby Track / Dave@deHugard.zzn.com

* TO THE WEST / Cloudstreet / The Land Of Bright Gold / www.cloudstreet.org

* THE TRAVELLING POST OFFICE / Bill Scott / 35 Years of the Australian national Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.org.au

* BAKER'S DOZEN / Enda Kenny / Baker's Dozen / www.endakenny.com.au

BOYS OF BEDLAM / Steeleye Span / A Stack Of Steeleye Span / Emporio

MINER'S LIFE IS LIKE A SAILOR'S / Dick Gaughan / True & Bold / STUC

PLOUGHBOY'S DREAM / Hannah James & Sam Sweeney / Catches & Glees / RootBeat Records

COVENANTER / Alan Reid and Rob van Sante / Under The Blue / Red Sands Records

NOW IS THE COOL OF THE DAY / Coope, Boyes & Simpson / As If / No Masters

ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN / Paddy Reilly / Paddy Reilly Live / Radio Telefis Eireann

27 January 2013

The featured album was IN POSSUM LAND by DAVE ISOM www.daveisom.com.au Perhaps still best known to Australlian audiences as a 1971 founder member of the Melbourne based Bushwackers, Isom has pursued other folk music pursuits since 1975, including this fourth solo album of mostly folk/country ballads. Good vocals, uncomplicated and sympathetic accompaniment and excellent production. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program: ONE OF THE HAS-BEENS; NED KELLY'S FAREWELL TO GRETA; SHEARING IN A BAR; IN POSSUM LAND

* FLICKER OF AN EYE / Pat Drummond / The Local Rag / True Blue

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

BEEN ALL AROUND THE WORLD and BLACK AND WHITE RAG / Two Oceans Trio / Two Oceans Trio / Howdy Skies Records

THE JOLLY BOLD ROBBER / John Faulkner / Nomads / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

GRACE AND PRIDE and THE WHINNEY HILLS JIG / Capercaillie / Dusk Till Dawn / Survival Records

YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT ON THE TRAIN / New Victory Band / One More Dance And Then / Backshift

NANCY and TULLOCHGORUM / The Barra MacNeils / Racket In The Attic / Greentrax

* DONALD DHU / Emma Nixon and Chris Stone / Roots And All / National Library of Australia

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

LEAVING AUSTRALIA / Jim Moray / Low Culture / Niblick

FENNARIO / Joan Baez / In Concert Part 2 / Vanguard

2CV / XiM / 989 / Cube Roots

REDNECKS / Steve Earle / Sail Away / Sugar Hill

O'CONNELL'S FAREWELL TO DUBLIN / Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington / Fortune Favours The Merry / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

20 January 2013

The second half of today's program featured a separate one hour recorded program courtesy of, and presented by, Morton Alfred Hoirup; DANISH ROOTS - GROWING IN THE WORLD 2013 (GO' Danish) www.danishroots.eu As the title suggests, this interesting and engaging CD includes recent recordings of folk and roots artists from Denmark. No track listings are available.

MY OLD MAN / Damien Barber & Mike Wilson / Under The Influence / Demon Barber Sounds

* LIFE IS LIKE A MIGHTY RIVER / Wongawilli / Australia Street / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au

* LONG WEEKEND AT HOME / Wongawilli / Australia Street / www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au

LYNCHBURG TOWN / Doc Watson with Frosty Morn / Round The Table Again / Sugar Hill

TWO SISTERS / Emily Portman / The Glamoury / Furrow Records-Planet

ZYDECO CHA CHA and BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE / Clifton Chenier / Live At St mark's / Arhoolie

* THE SHEARING SONG / Parradiddle / Wait Till The Word Gets Around / Pumphandle Productions

* JOHNNY WHEN YOU'RE DEAD / Jimmy Gregory / West Along The Road / Craic

* REILLY / Jimmy Gregory / West Along The Road / Craic

13 January 2013

The featured album was I AM GOING TO THE WEST, the debut album from respected bluegrass flatpicker and singer, JOHN LOWELL www.johnlowell.com Some original songs, some older songs and some very impressive guitar work. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

WATERBOUND; ANGUS MACKENZIE; LAKES OF PONTCHARTRAIN; LAURA FOSTER

RAMBLING ROBIN and THREE TUNES and CAPTAIN WARD / Spiers & Boden / Vagabond / Navigator

OLD BANGUM / Jody Stecher / Oh The Wind And Rain / Appleseed

* BOUND FOR DARLING HARBOUR / The Roaring Forties / Life Of Brine / www.roaringfortiesfolk.com

THE MOLESKIN KILT and OUT IN AUSTRALIA AT LAST / Battlefield Band / The Road Of Tears / Temple

JOUSTE AR L'HEISTE / Hoover The Dog / Scratch 'n' Sniff / Hidden Valley

THE CUCKOO / Pete Morton / Trespass / Harbourtown

MARY BLAIZE / Kate Rusby / The Girl Who Couldn't Fly / Pure Records

T B BLUES / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways

* REGINELLA CAMPAGNOLA / I Viaggiatori / Suitcase Serenata / Black Market Music

* MAMMA MIA DAMMI CENTO LIRE / I Viaggiatori / Suitcase Serenata / Black Market Music

* SUSAN COLLEY'S VARSOVIENA / Warren Fahey's Australian Bush Orchestra / Australian Bush Orchestra / ABC Music

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

LE REEL ST-ANTOINE / Le Reve Du Diable / Sans Tambour Ni Trompette / Rionamat

BALD-HEADED MEN / Christine Lavin / Buy Me Bring Me Take Me / Philo

* WILDFLOWER WALTZ / The Two Barnstormers / Down The Overlander's Trail / ABC Music

6 January 2013

The featured album was MANDOLINS AT THE CAKE WALK by THE RAGTIME SKEDADDLERS (Mandophone). This excellent three piece group claims that ragtime is America's original popular music. It's certainly a precursor to jazz, it's joyous music, and this group plays it very well. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

A FLORIDA CRACKER; PEACHERLINE RAG; ELI GREEN'S CAKE WALK; SHIFTLESS JOHNSON

* DOG LINE / Leigh Sloggett / More Than I Need / www.luckyleigh.com

* DANCING WITH JOY / Leigh Sloggett / More Than I Need / www.luckyleigh.com

ADIEU LOVELY NANCY / Pilgrims' Way / Wayside Courtesies / Fellside

VALSE A ALCEE POULLARD / Les Amis Creole / Les Amis Creole / Arhoolie

WALTZING'S FOR DREAMERS / Emily Smith / Traivellor's Joy / White Fall Music

TURPIN HERO and PADDY RESOURCE / Brian Peters / Gritstone Serenade / Pugwash

GALWAY RACES / James Keelaghan / A Few Simple Verses / Jericho Beach

* SHE LIED TO ME / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Swapping Seasons / ruthsta@yahoo.com

TILLER SONG and MEGGY'S FOOT / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Between The Dark And Light / Fellside

BROOMFIELD WAGER / Bob Fox / The Blast / Topic

* THE DALAI LAMA'S CANDLE / Eric Bogle / At This Stage / Rouseabout

JOIN THE BRITISH ARMY / Tangleweed / Most Folk Heroes Stated Out As Criminals / Squatney Records

* LITTLE ANGELINE / Alan Musgrove with Tom Walsh / That Old Time Feeling / self published

AWAKE AWAKE / Kendrick & Heraud / Stars In My Crown / WildGoose

SHOALS OF HERRING and CANTABRIAN JIG / Ceolbeg / Cairn Water / Greentrax

DICEY RILEY and TOM DOOLEY / Sweeney's Men / Legend Of Sweeney's Men / Castle Music