Archived Playlists:  April - June 2015

'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)

28 June 2015

The featured album was AT DAWN OF DAY by BARLUATH www.barluath.com (Barluath Records). The impressive second album from a young Scottish six piece band demonstrating a mature approach to their craft and a collective ear for choosing good traditional and contemporary tunes and songs. Definitely a band to watch. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

AM BRON BINN; AWAY FROM THE PITS; THE BIG CHIEF; THE SCARBOROUGH SETTLER'S LAMENT; SEONAIDH MEG

* MALMSBURY ABBEY / Cloudstreet / Clouded House / www.cloudstreet.org

THE QUEER FELLA'S SHOT-ESE / The Old Swan Band / Fortyssimo / WildGoose

YOUNG MEN ALL / Mick Ryan & Paul Downes / Grand Conversation / WildGoose

LITTLE DARLING PAL OF MINE / The Early mays / The Early Mays / Bird on the Wing Records

KATTENS LIGFAERD / Tumult / Den Bagvendte / Go' Danish

DICK'S MAGGOT / Hannah James & Sam Sweeney / Catches & Glees / Root Beat Records

THE SCOTCHMAN OVER THE BORDER / Paddy Killoran / From Galway To Dublin / Rounder

* BABY PLEASE DON'T GO / Blues Mainly / Yesterday / self published

KING HENRY / The Furrow Collective / At Our Next Meeting / www.thefurrowcollective.co.uk

THE ULTIMATE LINE and TOM WARD'S DOWNFALL / Tradish / Beyond The Borders / Go' Danish

JACK O' DIAMONDS / Fairport Convention / Fairport Convention / Polydor

MANDE / Seckou Keita / 22 Strings / ARC

* JOHN PEISLEY / Last Drinks / Alive In The Lounge Room / self published

NUTMEGS AND GINGER / The York Waits / Fortune My Foe / Beautiful Jo Records

A-ROVING ON A WINTER'S NIGHT / Peter Bellamy / Both Sides Then / Topic

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21 June 2015

The featured album was THE SPYGLASS & THE HERRINGBONE by JACKIE OATES www.jackieoates.co.uk (ECC Records-Planet) This is the sixth solo album from the English singer / violinist and it's a very fine piece of work. Although, arguably, not as adventurous in content as previous albums, this excellent CD includes mostly traditional material, all delivered with considerable style and energy. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

JOHN BLUNT; DOFFING MISTRESS; HAIL! HAIL! THE FIRST OF MAY; ROBBERS' RETREAT; THE DEVIL AND THE FARMER'S WIFE

FAKENHAM FAIR / Bellowhead / Matachin / Navigator

BRING YOUR CLOTHES BACK HOME and THE NEWPART / April Verch / The Newpart / Slab Town Records

* WHEN THE BRUMBIES COME TO WATER / Mike Cosgriff / Horse Tales / self published

* APPLES IN WINTER / Hoddle / Apples In Winter / www.hoddlemusic.com

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

THE ECLIPSE / Haley & Dylan Richardson / Heart On A String / www.towheads.org

FLAME OF FIRE / Brass Monkey / Flame Of Fire / Topic

TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN FOX CHASE / Kitty Amaral / Fiddle Gems / String Dreams

THE SOOR MILK CAIRT / Jock Tamson's Bairns / Rare / Greentrax

* ADIEU FALSE HEART / Rosie Ann Paul Trio / RAPT / www.raptmusic.com

AFRIQUE / Pape Kanoute / Griot From Senegal / ARC

ELZICK'S FAREWELL and SHORT JACKET AND WHITE TROUSERS / Rattle On The Stovepipe / No Use In Cryin' / WildGoose

THE MILL MILL O / Back Of The Moon / Luminosity / Foot Stompin' Records

ST ANNE'S REEL and I DREW MY SHIP / Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, Ed Trickett / Turning Toward The Morning / Folk-Legacy

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14 June 2015

The featured album was CNUAS by EAMON DE BUITLEAR agus CEOLTOIRI LAIGHEAN (Gael Linn). This is a digitally remastered double CD reissue of two excellent vinyl recordings from the early 1970s. Eamon de Buitlear had been a member of Sean O Riada's seminal performance group, Ceoltoiri Chualann, and he brought together another outstanding group of Irish traditional musicans for this project. One LP was a live concert recording and the other was a studio album. Both are excellent. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

CNOC NA GCLARACH; MIKO RUSSELL'S ASHPLANT; SLAINTE BHREA HEWLETT; AIRGEAD REALACH; GAIRDIN NA NOININI

DONNA LOMBARDE / Whirling Pope Joan / Spin / Panic

THE HONEST FARMER and ARKANSAS TRAVELER / The Dust Busters / Old Man Below / Smithsonian Folkways

PAY DAY / Harp And A Monkey / Harp And A Monkey / Moonraker

* DOWN THE RIVER / Loaded Dog / That There Dog O' Mine / www.loadeddog.net.au

DISTANT CAMPFIRE / Sandy Ross / Grandma's Got A Boombox / SLR Productions

* TRAVELIN' BLUES / Hildebrand / Early Live Recordings / self published

* FARAWAY TOM / Margaret Walters / Power In A Song / Feathers and Wedge

J'ENTENDES LE MOULIN / Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen / Being There / Compass Rose Music

HOMENAJE A MI PUEBLO / Freshet / Freshet / Orb Discs

MARCHE SIR WILFRID LAURIER / Joseph Allard / Masters Of French Canadian Dances / Smithsonian Folkways

THE NIGHTINGALE / Mark Dunlop / Islands On The Moon / Greentrax

THANEY / The Outside Track / The Outside Track / Bedspring Music

MY ROAD IS ROUGH AND ROCKY / Michael Jerome Browne / Sliding Delta / Borealis

FIZU'E SU MUNDU / Elena Ledda / Mediterranean Voyage / ARC

BELTANE / Fribo / The Ha' O' Habrahelia / Fellside

ARE YE SLEEPING MAGGIE / The Tannahill Weavers / The Mermaid's Song / Green linnet

BONAPARTE'S RETREAT / Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman / Southern Summits / www.kenperlman.com

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7 June 2015

The featured album was JOE HILL'S LAST WILL by JOHN MCCUTCHEON www.folkmusic.com (Appalsongs) McCutcheon's 37th album is devoted to the music of Joe Hill, the Swedish born activist who wrote songs meant to "fan the flames of discontent" in the early 20th century US labour movement. Excellent reworkings of some very familiar anthems which still resonate 100 years after Joe Hill's death. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

CASEY JONES THE UNION SCAB; IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE SOUP LINE; OVERALLS & SNUFF; THE PREACHER AND THE SLAVE; JOE HILL'S LAST WILL

* THE BRISTOL MAIL / Wheeze and Suck Band / Vincent Street / Fire and Thorn

SWEET DREAM / Faburden / Saison 1 / www.myspace.com/faburden

* THE GUMTREE CANOE / Warren Fahey's Bush Orchestra / Warren Fahey's Bush Orchestra / ABC

HUMOURS OF KILCLOGHER / Mark Roberts / The Gloup / Newgrange Records

AN ARMISTICE INSIDE / Colin Wayte & Stephen Hayes / Making History / geoff_parry@msn.com

GIN LANE / Derek Boak / Making History / geoff_parry@msn.com

HAMBORG SEKSTUR / Spaelimenninir / Flod & Fjora / Tutl

* WILD MOUNTAIN THYME / John Munro / Plying My Trade / Greentrax

AFTER AUGHRIM'S GREAT DISASTER and DOLLARDS / Liam O'Flynn with The Voice Squad / Out To An Other Side / TARA

BIDDY ROONEY / Norah Rendell / Spinning Yarns / Two Tap Music-Heath

JOHNNY HENRY'S / Bua / An Spealadoir / Mad River

BERGAMASCO / BEV / Variabile-Naturale / Dunya Records

* MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES / Welcome Strangers / Nuggets From Here And There / self published

DMG / Trio Dhoore / Modus Operandi / Appel Records

J'AI LAISSE LA-BAS and JOHSEFIN'S WALTZ / Martyn Wyndham-Read with No Man's Band / Jackeroo / Wynding Road Music

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31 May 2015

The featured albums were two CD compilations, DOWN BY THE GREEN BUSHES and SILLY WINDS by CATHIE O'SULLIVAN. (Undercover Music) www.undercovermusic.com.au/cathie_osullivan.htm The tracks are drawn from several 1970s vinyl releases on Warren Fahey's Larrikin and Jarra Hill labels. An interesting selection of traditional and more contemporary material of the time. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

THE ORANGE TREE; CAMERON QUARTERMAIN; MAIDS OF MITCHELLTOWN; SONG OF ARTESIAN WATER; AS STOCK GO BY

ANY MICK'LL DO and THE DROVER'S ROAD / Brian McNeill / No Gods / Greentrax

STREETS OF DERRY / Margaret MacArthur / Ballads Thrice Twisted / Whetstone Records

ASTURIAN SET / The Scottish Power Pipe Band / Cathcart / Greentrax

CAMINO / Rosi Lalor / unreleased single / www.rosilalor.com

JIM JONES IN BOTANY BAY / Martin Carthy / Signs Of Life / Topic

* WALLY FEBEY'S POLKA MAZURKA / Jane Brownlee and David De Santi / Australian Traditional Dance Tunes Vol.2 / NLA & NFF

THE BOY IN HIS PANTS / Gerry O'Connor and Eithne Ni Uallachain / La Lugh / Claddagh

OXFORD TOWN / Bob Dylan / The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan / Columbia

CINDY / Joel Mabus / The Banjo Monologues / Fossil

POLOBOC / Gypsy Brass From Romania / Fanfara Din Cozmesti / ARC

2CV / Xim / 989 / Cube Roots

THE CHEMICAL WORKER'S SONG / The Young'Uns / When Our Grandfathers Said No / Navigator-Planet

THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH / Nic Jones / Ballads And Songs / Highway Records

FIKOLAJ NORSKOV / Trias / Trias / Go' Danish

* THE DARK OLD WATERS / Danny Spooner / Cobargo Folk Festival 20th Anniversary / www.cobargofolkfestival.com

GYPSY'S HORNPIPE / Crownstreet / Gardenaire / Glenthorn

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24 May 2015

THE GOOD SHIP KANGAROO and THE CLARE JIG / Planxty / Live 2004 / Columbia

* THE ROUTE MARCH / Christine Wheeler and friends / Rain In The Mountains / www.christinewheeler.net.au

A NIGHT VISITOR'S SONG and CULLEN BAY / The Tannahill Weavers / Cullen Bay / Green Linnet

GREYSTONES / Martin Simpson / Never Any Good / Topic

DANZE DA PIFFERO / La Ciapa Rusa / Anthology / Robi Droli

* A SAD DAY ON THE COALFIELDS / Alan Musgrove / A Young Man And Able / self published

AMERICAN TUNES / Gerry O'Beirne & Rosie Shipley / Yesterday I Saw The Earth Beautiful / Shipwhistle

MUNERA'L CENTRO / Felpeyu / Ya! / Tierra

GALA WATER / Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan / Adoon Winding Nith / White Fall Records

TWO STAR MOTEL / The Two Man Gentleman Band / Two At A Time / Bean-Tone Records

VALS FRAN KARLHOLM / Peter Puma Hedlund & Company / Another Way / RPM

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

TWO SISTERS / Jim Moray / Sweet England / Niblick is a Giraffe Records

CLUELESS / Breabach / The Desperate Battle Of The Birds / www.breabach.com

A TANKARD OF ALE / The House Band / Another Setting / Green Linnet

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17 May 2015

THE NEW RAILROAD / Notorious / Notorious / Black Socks

TIBBIE FOWLER O' THE GLEN and LADY ISABELLA WEMYSS'S STRATHSPEY / Sandy Brechin & Ewan Wilkinson / Hard Times Come And Go / Brechin All Records

* FATHER ADIEU / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Declaration / www.kateandruth.com

DEN BLEIZ / Guichen / Brozhers / Coop Breizh

LAZY JOHN / Margaret Glaspy et al / Jayme Stone's Lomax Project / Borealis

THE RAMBLING IRISHMAN / Comas / Comas / Frea Records

LE MARI JALOUX and LES DEUX JOHN / Barachois / Barachois / Iona

RIDING DOWN TO PORTSMOUTH / Caz Forbes & Ste Moncrieff / The Green Lady / WildGoose

COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES and OLD JOE CLARK / Tangleweed / Just A Spoonful / Squatney

* CLOUD LINING / Enda Kenny / Cloud Lining / www.endakenny.com.au

DUNCAN JOHNSTONE and BRAW SAILIN' ON THE SEA / Ossian / Dove Across The Water / Iona

* SANTY ANNA and GALLOPEDE / Wheeze and Suck Band / Elsie Marley's Mates / Fire and Thorn

THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS and TWO MEN IN THE BUILDING / Fourtold / Fourtold / Appleseed

TWO SLIDES and THE TAILOR BY TRADE / Tara / Sammy's Bar / ARC

* LITHGOW ONWARDS STRUGGLE / Warren Fahey, Dave de Hugard, Bob McInnes , Chris Kempster / Larrikins, Louts & Layabouts / ABC

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

SKEKLARS / Fiddler's Bid / All Dressed In Yellow / Hairst Blinks Music

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10 May 2015

The featured album was LET THE WIND BLOW HIGH OR LOW by JIMMY ALDRIDGE & SID GOLDSMITH www.jimmyandsid.com (Fellside). English duo presenting mostly English trad or trad style songs with substance and social content. Good vocals, banjo and guitar arrangements and an all-round impressive new album. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

GAOL SONG; PADDY WEST; LET THE WIND BLOW HIGH OR LOW; THE COTTAGER'S REPLY

DONAL AGUS MORAG / Altan / Harvest Home / Green Linnet

UKULELE LADY / Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band / Greatest Hits / Vanguard

THE LAIRD OF UDNY / Archie Fisher / Off The Map / Greentrax

SIGNS / The Kathryn Tickell Band / Signs / Black Crow

* LIVE LIKE AN AFGHAN / Fred Smith / Dust Of Uruzgan / www.fredsmith.com.au

THE OOKPIK WALTZ and HOMEGROWN TOMATOES / Jay Ungar & Molly Mason / Relax Your Mind / Angel

CLUCK OLD HEN / Dubl Handi / Up Like The Clouds / www.hilaryhawke.com

MOLL ROE / Peter Carberry & Padraig McGovern / Forgotten Gems / www.carberrymcgovern.com

OLD DOG TRAY / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Glow / Dittyville

THE KING'S SHILLING / Jeans Leslie & Siobhan Miller / Shadows Tall / Greentrax-Planet

SIKOVNY CARDAS / Lipa / Traditional Music From Slovakia / ARC

DWIGHT'S SCHOTTIS / Habadekuk / Kaffepunch / Go' Danish

THE FIELD BEHIND THE PLOW / Stan Rogers / Northwest Passage / Borealis

OGANAICH UIR M' FHAGAIL / Julie Fowlis / As My Heart Is / Machair-Planet

SEAN IN THE FOG / Lunasa / The Kinnitty Sessions / Compass

* LILLIBULERO / The Wish List / The Wish List / www.thewishlist.net.au

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3 May 2015

The featured album was NEW FOUND LAND by FATDOG www.fatdog.nu (World Music Network) This is an interesting collaboration between a Scandinavian English folk trio (Doggerland) and a Scandinavian jazz trio (Fattigfolket). About half the tracks are traditional tunes with strong jazz input, along with some old and new songs in English, Norwegian and French. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

JONAS SLANGPOLSKA; RING THE CHANGES; HOG EYE; BAY OF BISCAY; GUBBVALSEN

* BAIL UP / Parradiddle / Wait Till The Word Gets Around / Pumphandle Recordings

OLD TOM OF OXFORD / The Morris On Band / The Mother Of All Morris / Talking Elephant

BLACK JOAK / Jim Moray / The Mother Of All Morris / Talking Elephant

FLOWER FROM THE FIELDS OF ALABAMA and BACK TO CHATTANOOGA / The Red Mountain White Trash / Fire In The Dumpster / Whoop It Up

GOING DOWN TO THE WELL WITH MAGGIE / Colum Sands / The Note That Lingers On / Spring Records

FIR AN GHUAIL / Marcus O Murchu / O Bheal Go Beal / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

THE BLACKBALL LINE / Roger Watson / Short Sharp Shanties / WildGoose

* THE LADS OF DUNS / Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith / Unity / Move

* BLUE MURDER / Gordon McIntyre & Kate Delaney / Jamberoo - The First Ten Years / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

OEDIPUS REX and THE SPLIT ROCK / Kevin Burke's Open House / Hoof And Mouth / Green Linnet

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

COUNTDOWN / Kinnell / Donald's Dog / Lochshore

PASUCAIS DEL XARRERU / Llan de Cubel / L'Otru Llau Do La Mar / Fono Astur

* THE RABBIT TRAPPER / Dave de Hugard / Magpie Morning / Sandstock

* PUTCHA LITTLE FOOT / Catherine Ovenden et al / The Fiddle Music Of Joe Yates / NLA

JOHNNY BUCKER / Rhys Jones & Christina Wheeler / Starry Crown / Vigortone

HOME COOKIN' / Beoga / How To Tune A Fish / Compass-Planet

GOOSEBERRY BUSH / Spiers & Boden / The Works / Navigator

LAND'S END / Tim O'Brien / Fiddler's Green / Sugar Hill

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26 April 2015

The featured album was ALL LIFE IS HERE by HARP AND A MONKEY www.harpandamonkey.com A trio of "electro-folk storytellers" from Manchester who are making a huge impact with their live performances and with this album of fascinating songs, about half of which are originals. Look for the excellent YouTube videos as well. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GIANTS; THE MANCHESTER ANGEL; PAY DAY; THE GALLIPOLI OAK; DOOLALLY DAY OUT

I'VE GOT NO HONEYBABE NOW and SUGAR IN THE GOURD / Rayna Gellert / Ways Of The World / Yodel-Ay-Hee

LA FAMILLE LATOUR / La Reve Du Diable / La Reve Du Diable / Le Tamanoir

JOHN JOE HARTNETT'S and MY PARENTS RAISED ME TENDERLY / Bua / Down The Green Fields / www.buamusic.com

* WILLIE'S LADY / Triantan / Sydney Folk Gala / Great White Noise

THE RINGERS OF EGLOSHAYLE / Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson / Lady Diamond / Selwyn Music

FITZMAURICE'S POLKA / Morga / For The Sake Of Auld Decency / www.morga.ie

WHY WHITE MEN CANNOT SEE CLEARLY / Art Thieme / The Older I Get, The Better I Was / Waterbug

* ERNESTO'S SERENADE / Bohemian Nights / Bohemian Nights / www.erniegruner.com

JE M'EN VAS and KEENAN'S PUB / Tri Yann / Le Pelegrin / Marzelle

THE BAY OF BISCAY / Karan Casey & John Doyle / Exile's Return / Compass-Planet

FEIDAUSPOLKAT / Troka / Troka / Olarin Musikki

OCH' IS DUINE TRUAGH MI and MY LUV'S LIKE A RED, RED ROSE / Battlefield Band / Dookin' / Temple

LEE HO / West Of Eden / Safe Crossing / West Of Music

* THE PIPER'S DESPAIR / Trouble In The Kitchen / When The World Was Wide / www.troubleinthekitchen.com

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19 April 2015

The featured album was THE TURNING TIDE by SOLAS (Compass). This is a 2010 recording from a quite prolific Irish American band (ten albums in fifteen years), including songs of social comment as well as excellent tune sets. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

POOR DITCHING BOY; THE CROWS OF KILLIMER; GIRL IN THE WAR; A SAILOR'S LIFE; GRADY FERNANDO COMES TO TOWN

AFRICA and VANKARIN POLKA / Tinker, Sprung, Dumpleton / Bright Season / Folkstock Records

SCANDANONYMOUS / Chris Stout / First O' The Darkenin' / Greentrax

THE CONSTANT LOVERS / Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / Pure Records

BILLY DANCING / Hossam Ramzy / Rock The Tabla / ARC

ASU KVAEDI / Anna Palina & Draupner / Sagnadans / Dimma

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND / Brian Peters / The New Penguin Book Of English Folk Songs / Fellside

LEAVING BRITTANY / Kirsten Allstaff / Gallowglass / www.kirstenallstaff.com

TIBBIE FOWLER O' THE GLEN / Andy M. Stewart / Donegal Rain / Green Linnet

* MCKINNON'S GRAND CHAIN / No Such Thing / Going To The Barndance / www.nosuchthing.org.au

RANNAIGHNEACHT GHAIRID / Daire Bracken & Lorcan Mac Mathuna / Preab Meadar / www.preabmdr.com

PRETTY NANCY OF YARMOUTH / The Young Tradition / The Young Tradition / BGO Records

SEAFORTH SET / Kevin Macleod / Highland Strands / www.kevinmacleod.co.uk

* WE DON'T KNOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE / Fred Dagg / Anthology / Columbia

MUNEIRES DE RIBESAYA / Corquieu / Suana / Tierra Discos

* THIN GREEN LINE / Enda Kenny / Here & There / www.endakenny.com.au

LES TROIS MINEURS DU CHEMIN DE FER / Blindman's Holiday / Archipelago / BMG

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12 April 2015

The featured album was DECLARATION by KATE BURKE & RUTH HAZLETON www.kateandruth.com This new album, the duo's fifth, has taken a few years to appear and it's been worth the wait. There is the mix of traditional and newer material expected on a Kate & Ruth album. Some of the subject matter is edgy, the vocals are mature, the musical arrangements are varied and the overall production from Luke Plumb is excellent. This is a fine album. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

THE DECLARATION; WALY WALY; FATHER ADIEU; DEAN YOUNK A GERNOW

PUDDING BURNER / Grace Notes / 20 / Fellside

ANTICS and MARY DANCED WITH SOLDIERS / Beoga / The Incident / Compass

AMONG PRODDY DOGS AND PAPES / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / In The Cold Grey Light Of Dawn / Musikfolk

LITTLE BLACK TRAIN / Anna & Elizabeth / Anna & Elizabeth / Free Dirt

MARCH OF THE KING OF LAOIS / Kirsten Allstaff / Gallowglass / www.kirstenallstaff.com

DAFT DONAL / Jim Reid / Yont The Tay / Greentrax

* TENGO AND NIEVE / Senor Cabrales / Sol Y Sombra / www.senorcabrales.com

LANDLER 1702 / Hotel Palindrone / Dial 1702 / Extraplatte

WOO'D AND MARRIED AND A' and LOCH ETIVE SIDE / Jock Tamson's Bairns / May You Never Lack A Scone / Greentrax

* THE CABLE AND THE WHEEL / Pat Drummond / Of Wheels And Wires / Shoestring

SEADNADH MOR / Daire Bracken & Lorcan MacMathuna / Preab Meadar / www.preabmdr.com

THE SHIN JIGS and THE CLAUDY BANKS / Broderick / Kissing Fishes / Offspring

JOHN KELLY'S SLIDE / The Chieftains / The Chieftains' Collection / Claddagh

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5 April 2015

The featured album was SLIDING DELTA by MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE www.michaeljeromebrowne.com (Borealis) Pretty much what it says on the box - delta blues. Interesting choices of material, all well played. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

SLIDING DELTA; LIVING IN THE WHITEHOUSE; EASY RIDER BLUES; MY ROAD IS ROUGH AND ROCKY

THE TWA CORBIES and THE UNIVERSAL HALL / Old Blind Dogs / Close To The Bone / Lochshore

DAVY LOWSON / Mike Harding / National Folk Festival - Highlights '99 / www.folkfestival.org.au

* FIDDLEWOOD / Scott & Louisa Wise / National Folk Festival - Highlights '99 / www.folkfestival.org.au

THE CORDWAINER'S MARCH / Ken Kolodner & Elke Baker / Out Of The Wood / Fenchurch music

THE STREAMS OF LOVELY NANCY / Steve Tilston / Of Many Hands / ADA Recordings

* CREEKS / Senor Cabrales / Aqui / www.senorcabrales.com

* WHERE THE BRUMBIES COME TO WATER / Harvest Moon Band / National Folk Festival - Highlights '99 / www.folkfestival.org.au

OXFORD CITY / Julie Murphy / Black Mountains Revisited / Beautiful Jo Records

THE LIGHTS OF RANZANITO / Diarmaid and Donncha Moynihan / The Lights Of Ranzanito / www.diarmaidmoynihan.com

* THE CHEMICAL WORKER'S SONG / Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke / A Thousand miles From Home / www.kateandruth.com

WILSON'S WILD / The York Waits / Fortune My Foe / Beautiful Jo

CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON / Joan Baez / Dark Chords On A Big Guitar / Koch

COME ALL YE LONELY LOVERS and HOGTIES REEL / The Poozies / Infinite Blue / Compass

FAREWELL TO ERIN / Jimmy Power, Lucy Farr & Andy Boyle / Paddy in The Smoke / Topic

OLD TIME RELIGION and THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON / Marley's Ghost / Spooked / Sage Arts

ORESUNDSREEL / Elof & Wamberg / 12 Ornli Syge Tracks For Ukulele Og Kontrabas / Go' Danish

MAGDALEN LAUNDRY / Annie Grace / Take Me Out Drinking Tonight / Greentrax

THE PIPE TUNES / Shooglenifty / Venus In Tweeds / Greentrax