Archived Playlists:  April - June 2016

'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 2016

The featured album was BEFORE WE CHANGE OUR MIND by BEOGA www.beogamusic.com Each album from this Northern Ireland based group brings an interesting blend of musical influences to their essentially traditional style. This latest release is another impressive effort. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE HOMESTEAD HERO; EOCHAID; THE BONNY SHIP, THE DIAMOND; FAREWELL TO CARLINGFORD; JUMP THE BROOM

I'LL GIVE YOU MY VOICE and HAL-AN-TOW / The Changing Room / Behind The Lace / www.thechangingroommusic.com

HAWKS AND GEESE / Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen / Welcome Day / Sleepy Creek Music

THE GALLANT POACHER and THE GLAD EYE / John Doyle / Wayward Son / Compass

GREEN PASTURES / Emmylou Harris / Heartaches & Highways / Rhino

* SWEENEY / Dave de Hugard / Magpie Morning / Sandstock

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

DUNCAN AND BRADY / Paul Brady / Dancer In The Fire / PeeBee Music

BLENHEIM HOUSE / The Rheingans Sisters / Glad Gold Hearts / RootBeat Records

ALKALI / Tom Russell / Song Of The West / HMG

LA DESCENTE AUX ENFERS / Les Chauffeurs A Pieds / V / Scorbut

* FLASH JACK FROM GUNDAGAI / Bob Rummery / The Man With The Concertina / rums@iinet.net.au

* THE CARNARVON JIG / Bob Rummery / The Man With The Concertina / rums@iinet.net.au

LET THE WIND BLOW HIGH OR LOW / Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith / Let The Wind Blow High Or Low / Fellside

THE HOLLAND HANDKERCHIEF / Waterson : Carthy / Dark Light / Topic

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19 June 2016

The featured album was A DALESMAN'S LITANY by DAVE BURLAND (Leader). This 1979 LP recently emerged from the back of my cupboard and, unfortunately, I don't think I've played it for over 30 years. Today I started to make up for that, because this is a fine collection of songs from an excellent Yorkshire singer. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

HERE'S THE TENDER COMING; THE BLACK COOK; THE DALESMAN'S LITANY; THE BEGGAR; THE BLEACHER LASS O' KELVINHAUGH

PADDY CRONIN'S / Morga / For The Sake Of Auld Decency / www.morga.ie

THE TWO BROTHERS / Pete Morton / Swarthmoor / Harbourtown

* THE MAD LADY AND ME / Wheelers & Dealers / www.christinewheeler.net.au

THE CUMBERLAND REEL / The Occasionals / Reel Of Four / Greentrax

THE LONGEST NIGHT AND THE SHORTEST DAY / Colum Sands / Turn The Corner / Spring Records

WORK THAT WAY and WOODFORDIA / The East Pointers / Secret Victory / www.eastpointers.ca

ABERGENNI and MOLIANNWN / Allan Yn A Fan / Trosnant / Steam Pie Records

* LILLIBULERO / Nicole Murray & Emma Nixon / The Wish List / www.thewishlist.net.au

LARRY / Flook / Rubai / Flatfish

* BOUND FOR WESTERN PORT / Wongawilli / Bulli - The Tradition Continues / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

PUIRT A BEUL SET / Julie Fowlis / Every Story / Machair Records

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

AS I WAS WAND'RING / Emily Smith / Too Long Away / Shoeshine-Planet

COMING FROM THE RACES / Frank Maher & The Mahers Bahers / Mahervelous! / Borealis

EILY BUCKLEY'S FANCY / Bryan O'Leary & Colum Guilfoyle / Where The Bog Is / self published

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

JOHN QUINN'S FAVOURITE / Dog Big and Dog Little / Dog Big and Dog Little / Claddagh

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12 June 2016

No featured album this week.

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

O VALS DA LORINA and VAI DE AMORES / Pancho Alvarez / Florencio O Cego Dos Villares / Boa Music

MANCHESTER JIG and HISTORY LESSON / Brian Peters / The Seeds Of Time / Harbourtown Records

I PITY THE POOR IMMIGRANT / Bob Dylan / John Wesley Harding / CBS

BUSHES AND BRIARS and SWEDISH WEDDING MARCH / Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr / Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr / Mrs Casey Records

COUNTING IN TLINGIT and THE BALLAD OF RAMBLIN' JACK PACHELBEL / John Palmes / Born To Be A Butterfly / johnpalmes@gci.net

THE PIGEON ON THE GATE / Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington / Fortune Favours The Merry / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

LET THE BULLGINE RUN / John Roberts / Sea Fever / Golden Hind Music

EILIDH SHAW'S TRIP IN GERMANY / Bachue / The Butterfly / Big Bash Records

* BERTHA / Margaret Fagan / The Songs Of Chris Kempster / www.folkfednsw.org.au

* DOWN THE RIVER / Dave de Hugard / The Songs Of Chris Kempster / www.folkfednsw.org.au

NA CANSOUN DA GNINT and TREXELENA / Bonifica Emiliana Veneta / Variabile-Naturale / Dunya Records

WHITE BOOTS MARCHING IN A YELLOW LAND / Eric Andersen / The Street Was Always There / Appleseed

* VENEZUELA / Kavisha Mazzella / Silver Hook Tango / Black Market Music

DUBUQUE / Ken Waldman / All Originals, All Traditionals / www.kenwaldman.com

* HOPELESS ROAD / Lost 'n' Found / Out On The Track / self published

* FARAWAY IN AUSTRALIA / Lost 'n' Found / Out On The Track / self published

ARLINGTON / The Wailin' Jennys / 40 Days / Shock Records

BATCHELORS HALL / Martin Simpson / Prodigal Son / Topic

* PRODIGAL DAUGHTER / K'crasher / Towards The Light / Bristlehead Music

DEAR OLD DIXIE / Bela Fleck / Crossing The Tracks / Rounder

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5 June 2016

I played several tracks to mark the recent passing of mercurial English fiddler, Dave Swarbrick.
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The featured album was ESTONIAN FOLK SONGS AND INSTRUMENTALS by the ensemble LEEGAJUS (Melody). This is a 1979 LP of mostly folkloric performances, including some tunes played on horn, reed-pipe, kantele and jew's harp, as well as vocal styles from different areas of Estonia. An interesting collection. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

WHEN MY SONG I SING; THE TAAGEPERA POLKA; TO CHURCH WITH A FLEE; A HORN TUNE; THE LAZY HOUSEWIFE; OLD PAABO'S POLKA

DIRTY WORK and TROLLEYED / Beoga / Mischief / Compass

DANCE TO YOUR DADDY / Bob Fox / Borrowed Moments / Topic

THE GULLANE JIG and TIMES (ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE) / Any Old Time / Phoenix / DARA

* SONG OF ARTESIAN WATER / Cathie O'Sullivan / Down By The Green Bushes / Rouseabout

DANSE DU BARBIER and GIGUE DU PERE MATHIAS / various / Danse Ce Soir / www.lauriehartfiddle.com

DUSTY MILLER and MACGREGOR OF RUARA / Jock Tamson's Bairns / May You Never Lack A Scone / Greentrax

MAID ON THE SHORE / Niamh Boadle / Maid On The Shore / WildGoose

THE HEXAMSHIRE LASS and THE HEN'S MARCH THROUGH THE MIDDEN / Fairport Convention / The Airing Cupboard Tapes / Woodworm Records

BYKER HILL / Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick / Byker Hill / Topic

NIEL GOW'S SET / Kevin Macleod & Alec Finn / Polbain To Oranmore / Greentrax

PRICKLE-EYE BUSH / Spiers & Boden / The Works / Navigator Records

* THE BALLAD OF BLASPHEMOUS BILL / Jonathan Bob Lynn / Cobargo 2014 / www.cobargofolkfestival.com

* LITTLE SPARROW / Alan Scott / Battler's Ballad / Fanged Wombat

* EARL GREY / Enda Kenny / Baker's Dozen / www.endakenny.com.au

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29 May 2016

The featured album was MANANNAN'S CLOAK by BARRULE www.barrulemusic.com (Wardfell Records). The second album by a trio from the Isle of Man who play traditional and contemporary Manx music, including some songs sung in Manx. Very capable musicians and interesting material. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE WHEEL OF FIRE; THE KING OF THE SEA; FIR-HAMMAG YIOOGH; ILLIAM BOGHT; THE LAXEY REELS

BRAW SAILIN' and GOATS / Old Blind Dogs / Four On The Floor / Compass

THE BUNDLING SONG / Graham and Eileen Pratt / To Friend And Foe / Dingle's Records LEAVE HER JOHNNY and LITTLE STACK OF OATS / Dan Possumato and Many Friends / Mostly Melodeon / Old Box Records

* GENERATIONS OF CHANGE / Danny Spooner and Duncan Brown / Labour And Toil / www.dannyspooner.com

THE EARL OF MANSFIELD / The Old Swan Band / Swan For The Money / WildGoose

* A STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE / Alan Musgrove / Songs They Used To Sing / self published

REEL A POINTE-AU-PIC / Chris Wood & Andy Cutting / Lisa / RUF Records

SAN ANTONIO ROSE / The Quebe Sisters / Texas Fiddlers / www.quebesisters.com

THE JEANNIE C / Stan Rogers / Turnaround / Borealis

THE POOR WAYFARING STRANGER / Lumiere / Lumiere / www.lumieretheband.com

PRETTY FAIR MAID and GRANGE ROAD / The Rambling Boys / The Rambling Boys / www.theramblingboys.com

THE SOUTH COAST / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records

MRS BARBOUR'S ARMY / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / Red Clydeside / Red Rattler

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22 May 2016

The featured album was THE FALKIRK MUSIC POT by BRIAN MCNEILL & FRIENDS (Greentrax). Part of a Creative Place program by Falkirk Community Trust, including tracks from many musicians born in or near the lowland Scottish town of Falkirk. www.falkirkcommuniytrust.org The following tracks were scattered through the program:

LADS O' THE FAIR (Brian McNeill); A MARINER WHO'S NEVER BEEN TO SEA (Andy McKean); THE TERROR TIME (Amy Low); THE BOYS THAT BROKE THE GROUND (Brian McNeill); THE TRAVELLING NATION'S PRIDE (Sylvia Barnes with Sing Forth)

BROCKIE LADS / Jez Lowe & Jake Walton / Two A Roue / Tantobie

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

BURNING TIMES / Roy Bailey / Celebration - The Spirit Of Port Fairy / Sandstock

PIPE MAJOR JIMMY MACGREGOR / Jenna Moynihan / Woven / www.jennamoynihan.com

* WHEN THE ARMY PRAYS FOR WATTY / Loaded Dog / That There Dog O' Mine / www.loadeddog.net

RUBIN / Daniel Koulack & Karnnell Sawitsky / Fiddle & Banjo / self published

THE CORSICAN TUNE / Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll / The Calling / www.englishfiddle.com

MASTER KILBY / Nic Jones / Game Set Match / Topic

WE ARE CLIMBING / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Glow / Dittyville

A LA VERA DE BORIN / La Bandina / 13 / Discos L'aguanaz

WEST END BLUES / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch Records

BE GONE FOREVER / Guy Clark / Cold Dog Soup / Sugar Hill

SERAFINA / The Canal Street String Band / The Canal Street String Band / www.canalstreetstringband.com

SCATTER THE MUD / The London Lasses and Chris O'Malley / The One I Loved The Best / www.londonlasses.net

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15 May 2016

The featured album was MUD & APPLES by LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE & SUZZY ROCHE. www.lucywainwrightroche.com www.suzzyroche.com Sweet harmonies and sensitive reworkings of some classics from the '60s and '70s along with some original material. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

DESPERADO; RHYTHM OF THE RAIN; BLEECKER STREET; BOTH SIDES NOW

THE TORRINGTON RINGERS and REGENT'S FETE / Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll / A Handful Of Sky / WildGoose

GRANDPA WAS A CARPENTER / John Prine / John Prine Live / Oh Boy

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

* THE F111 / The Fettlers / Airborne, with Sand Williams / c/ Top End Folk Club

LOS MACHETES / Mariachi Azteca / Discover Music From Mexico / ARC

JIMMY DOYLE'S BARNDANCES / Josie Nugent / Modal Citizen / www.josiebrianmusic.info

THE KING'S SHILLING / Sam Kelly / The Lost Boys / www.samkelly.org

THE MAYDAY HORNPIPES and NOW WESTLIN WINDS / Dog Big and Dog Little / Dog Big and Dog Little / Claddagh Records

PRETTY SARO / Bill Staines / Journey Home / Red House Records

ZITO THE BUBBLEMAN / Ceolbeg / An Unfair Dance / Greentrax

HILLS OF MEXICO / Bruce Molsky / Contented Must Be / Rounder

THE RAMBLING IRISHMAN / The Voice Squad / Concerning Of Three Young Men / Tara

* 1234 / Fred Pribac and Friends / The Push On The Corner / bugswatters@yahoo.com

GARMENTS OF SHAME / Vincent Cross / Old Songs For Modern Folk / Rescue Dog Records

HARD TIMES OF OLD ENGLAND / Band Of Hope / Rhythm & Reds / Musikfolk

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

LE VOYAGE / The Outside Track / Curious Things Given Wings / Lorimer Records

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8 May 2016

The featured album was WAR STORIES by HARP & A MONKEY www.harpandamonkey.com (Moonraker). A new album from an intriguing "harp 'n' banjo driven electro-folk-storytelling" trio from near Manchester. The 'war' in the album's title is the First World War. Original and adapted compositions tell powerful stories, all presented with interesting and compelling musical arrangements. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW; SOLDIER SOLDIER; CHARLIE CHAPLIN; THE POSTMAN'S SONG; FLANDERS' SHORE

* HELLO STRANGER / The New Holland Honey Eaters / On The Air / self published

* BABE / The New Holland Honey Eaters / On The Air / self published

* A MAN OF THE EARTH / Danny Spooner and Duncan Brown / Labour And Toil / www.dannyspooner.com

SALADE NIÇOISE / Cecilia / In Bad / Appel

THE RANGER'S COMMAND / Woody Guthrie / House Of The Rising Sun / Legacy International

SEREN Y BORE / Carreg Lafar / Profiad / Sain

* WILD GOOSE SHANTY / Dave Alexander / Singer At Large / privately published

THE MORNING STAR / Denis Murphy / The Star Above The Garter / Claddagh

LA RASPA / Mariachi Azteca / Discover Music From Mexico / ARC

QUAND RITA EST ARRIVE / Pine Leaf Boys / Blues De Musicien / Arhoolie

GAELIC SONG and JIGS / Old Blind Dogs / Four On The Floor / Compass

TAKE THIS HAMMER / Harry Manx & Kevin Breit / Jubilee / NorthernBlues Music

BLACKEYED SUZIANNA / The Bucking Mules / The Bucking Mules / www.josephdecosimomusic.virb.com

EN DROS / Stanley Greenthal / Melodie - Brittany To The Balkans / Madrona Ring Music

YOUNG MAN WHO WOULDN'T HOE CORN / Pete Seeger / American Favorite Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways

PLOWBOY / Freshet / Freshet / Orb Discs

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1 May 2016

The featured album was NORTHERN RAILWAY TRACKS by THE FETTLERS, a long established band from Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory. (contact via Top End Folk Club). The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

SERGEANT SMALL; THE DARWIN EXPRESS; THE WOY WOY WORKERS' TRAIN; THE POISON TRAIN; ON THE QUEENSLAND RAILWAY LINES

NEW TOBACCO and THE FINAL TRAWL / The House Band / Stonetown / Harbourtown

FOX ON THE TOWN / Tangleweed / Please Punch Richard For Me / Squatney

* PAMELA ROSE GRANT / Iain Mckenzie & Emma Nixon / The Black Bear / www.emmanixon.com.au

* PASTURES OF PLENTY / The Fagans / Milk And Honey Land / www.thefagans.com.au

HAROLD'S BEST MEN / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / The Cold Grey Light Of Dawn / Musikfolk

* BASIC WAGE DREAM / Bill Berry / The Songs Of Don Henderson / Shoestring

THE GRAPES OF RAG / Michael Connolly & Miller McNay / The Mandolin Casefiles / Empty Seas

UNION SONG / Don White / More Alive / self published

JIMMY DUFFY'S BARNDANCES / Dog Big And Dog Little / Dog Big And Dog Little / Claddagh Records

* CONSUME / Mic Conway's National Junk Band / Pick Of The Crop 2009 / www.tradandnow.com

BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME / Martin Simpson / Purpose + Grace / Topic-Planet

* CLEM O'NEALE'S SCHOTTISCHE NO.2 / Dave O'Neill / Down By The Billabong / Rouseabout Records

* ONLY REMEMBERED / Neil Adam & Judy Turner / Telling Tales / self published

ONE MORNING IN MAY and THE GEESE IN THE BOG / The Alt / The Alt / www.thealtmusic.com

* WHITE DOVE / John Francis Carroll / Salmon Tails Up The Water / www.johnfranciscarroll.net

* BRAES OF BALQUITHER / Rebecca Wright & Donald McKay / Over Burns And Braes / www.wrightandmckay.com

BRETON / Old Blind Dogs / Four On The Floor / Compass

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24 April 2016

The featured album was LIGHT ANOTHER FIRE by CHLOE & JASON ROWETH www.rowethmusic.com.au The most recent release from a singing and multi-instrumentalist recording duo, along with their regular performing accompanists. This sleevenotes explain: "The spirit of Henry Lawson and John Dengate form the backbone of this album". Proudly Australian, without resorting to mawkishness or jingoism. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

SINCE THEN; THREE FINE SONS; SHORES OF THE DARDANELLES; THE TERRORIST SONG; THE FEMALE FACTORY; FREEDOM ON THE WALLABY

OTHO'S SONG / The Canal Street String Band / Introducing The Canal Street String Band / www.canalstreetstringband.com

DA EYE WIFEY / Dan Possumato / Mostly Melodeon / Old Box Records

* FAREWELL TO THE GOLD / Colcannon / Live @ The Gov / self-published

THE CONSTANT LOVERS / James Keelaghan / A Few Simple Verses / Tranquilla Music

MICRO-POLKA / Ad Vielle Que Pourra / Come What May / Green Linnet

MEO GRAIN D'OR and LA BELLE EN VOUS AIMONT / Genticorum / Malins Plaisir / Roues d'Archets

TWO SISTERS / Jim Moray / Sweet England / Niblick Is A Giraffe

LONESOME JOHN / The Early Mays / Bird On The Wing Records

REBEL RAID / The Bucking Mules / The Bucking Mules / www.josephdecosimomusic.virb.com/buckingmules

FROM CLARE TO HERE / The Fureys & Davey Arthur / The Fureys Finest / Epic

GRANNY WILL YOUR DOG BITE and 'TWILL NEBER DO TO GIB IT UP SO / 2nd South Carolina String Band / In High Cotton / www.civilwarband.com

* WHEN DOVES CRY / Touchwood / The Great City / Great White Noise

SETON'S LASSIE / Ceolbeg / An Unfair Dance / Greentrax

MISTIGE JIG / Cecilia / In Bad / Appel

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17 April 2016

The featured album was TURN THE CORNER by COLUM SANDS www.columsands.com (Spring Records). The endearing singer songwriter, a member of the highly respected musical Sands family from County Down, recently completed his first Australian tour for several years, to much acclaim. This, his most recent album, was released in 2013. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

LAZY HILL; THE GLASSMAKER'S HAND; TWO ANGRY DOGS; TURN THE CORNER

* THE MAN WITH THE CONCERTINA / Dave de Hugard / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

* ITALIAN SET TUNES / Emu Creek Bush Band / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

THE DEVIL UISGE BEATHA and THE GOLDEN EAGLE / Battlefield Band / New Spring / Temple

HIND HORN / The Furrow Collective / At Our Next Meeting / Furrow Records

THE WILD GEESE / Jed Marum / Calla's Waltz / Boston Road Records

COM NU GHY ROMANISTEN KOEN / Folkcorn / Al Vol / Stoof

RECUERDOS / Kitus / Apres L'After / Cultures & Traditions

THE DIMMERS / Lunasa / The Kinnitty Sessions / Compass

I'M GOING TO GERMANY / Ralph McTell / Stealin' Back / Castle Communications

JOCKEY TO THE FAIR / Micheal O Suilleabhain / Micheal O Suilleabhain / Gael Linn

JOE HUTTON'S MARCH / Polka Works / Borrowed Shoes / G&T Music

THE DAY THAT THE BOYS CAME DOWN / The Malkies / Suited & Booted / Limbo

THE SALAMANCA MEDLEY / Dave Swarbrick / Rags, Reels & Airs / Topic

HONEY PLEASE DON'T GO / Doc & Richard Watson / Third Generation Blues / Sugar Hill

TUNBRIDGE BEAUTIES / Boldwood / Feet, Don't Fail Me Now / Hobgoblin Records

MY LITTLE CARPENTER / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Glow / Dittyville

TOURMAROL / Cecilia / In Bad / Appel

* KING OF ROME / Danny Spooner and Duncan Brown / Labour And Toil / www.dannyspooner.com

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10 April 2016

The featured album was WELL FOR SOME by DESSIE KELLIHER, BRIAN O'LOUGHLIN & TOM DELANY (self published) www.custysmusic.com Good solid playing from three Ennis based traditional Irish music players. Uilleann pipes, flute and guitar across nine excellent tune sets. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE NOISY CURLEW; SCATTER THE MUD; SLIDES; PEDLAR'S LAKE

THERE'S BOUND TO BE A ROW / Alistair Brown / Deil In The Lum / www.alistairbrown.com

JEAN-PIERRE ETAIT UN BRAVE HOMME / Marc Malempre & Remi Decker / Codicille 2013 / HomeRecords

THE TUNE THE OLD COW DIED ON / Lisa Null / Legacies / Folk Legacy

ROSA / Ronn McFarlane / Indigo Road / Dorian

THE HOLLY BEARS THE CROWN / The Young Tradition / The Holly Bears The Crown / Fledg'ling Records

LOCH TAY BOAT SONG / Jed Marum / Calla's Waltz / Boston Road Records

DROWNED LOVERS / Kate Rusby / Hourglass / Pure Records

* GIRLS IN OUR TOWN / Phyl Lobl / Bronzewing / self published

* SHETLAND SHENANIGANS / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & friends / Homecoming / www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com

* HOMECOMING / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & friends / Homecoming / www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com

* SALLY'S REEL / Iain Mckenzie & Emma Nixon / The Black Bear / www.emmanixon.com.au

COLD STRINGY PIE / Brian Peters / Sharper Than The Thorn / Pugwash

JOJO THE CANNIBAL KID / Mando Mafia / Get Up In The Cool / Black Rose Productions

* THE BALLAD OF JESSIE BROWN / Black Diamond Corner / Left Keep Left / Larrikin

BEIR MO DHUTHRACHT and BROWN-EYED BRIDGET SET / Danu / Buan / www.danu.net

* TOMAHAWKING FRED / John Kane / Down By The Billabong / Larrikin

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3 April 2016

The featured album was AHOY HOY by BOREAS www.boreasband.com (Isle Music). This is an interesting new release from a collaboration between two Scottish and two Norwegian musicians, who bring together their traditional tune styles and instruments to produce a captivating blend of songs and tune sets. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

NORTH SEA HOLES; BJØRNEN; HAPPY SET; BRAW SAILIN; CLARET

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

THE NORTH CROSSING / Three Peace Sweet / Generations / Mariner Music

MAGGIE and EURO / Lori Watson / Three / Isle Music

* BUMP ME INTO PARLIAMENT / Alan Musgrove / The Bagman's Gazette / self published

DRYW BACH and PROFIAD / Carreg Lafar / Profiad / Sain

* ONE NIGHT IN MELBOURNE / Enda Kenny / Six Of One ... / www.endakenny.com.au

* OLEGAS / Bruce Watson / Unsung Heroes Of Australian History / www.brucewatsonmusic.com.au

THE SMITH'S A GALLANT FIREMAN / Billy Ross & John Martin / Braes Of Lochiel / Springthyme

LA BERGAMASCA / Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus / Round Trip / Borealis

DANCE HALL GIRLS / Tom Russell / Songs Of The West / HMG

CHILLY WINDS / The Shee / A Different Season / HMG

THE WAKING HOUR / David Francey / Highlights 2009 NFF / www.folkfestival.org.au

THE APPRENTICE SONG / Danny Spooner and Duncan Brown / Labour And Toil / www.dannyspooner.com