Archived Playlists:  July - September 2019

'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 September 2019

The featured album was POLECATS AND DEAD CATS by THE SANDY BRECHIN TRIO (Brechin All Records) www.brechin-all-records.com  Prolfic and highly versatile Edinburgh accordionist teams up with a fiddler and a bass player from Sweden to produce a lively and enjoyable album of mostly trad style Scottish and Swedish instrumental sets.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

TARTAN PUNCH;  THE RUFF, THE PIKE AND THE BASTARD;  MR AND MRS LINKLATER'S FUMBLING, JUMBLING POLECATS;  THINGS WITH STRINGS

* RED FOX / Lynne & Dennis Tracey / Red Fox / Crafty Maid Records

* PETER'S PEERIE BOAT / Emma Nixon & Tony Vandermeer / Chasing The Sunset / www.emmanixon.com.au

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

SCARECROW / Debra Cowan / Greening The Dark / www.debracowan.com

CAPTAIN GLEN'S COMFORT / Pons Aelius / Captain Glen's Comfort / www.ponsaelius.com

* SAYONARA NAKAMURA / Ted Egan / Jamberoo - The First Ten Years / Illawarra Folk Club

JOHN BALL / The Young'Uns / Never Forget / Proper

I BELIEVE IN BEING READY / Rising Appalachia / Leylines / www.risingappalachia.com

SADJUNA / Rising Appalachia / Leylines / www.risingappalachia.com

* NOT MADE FOR OLD FIREMEN / Bob Campbell / Songs From Giant's Leap / www.fiddlerbob.com.au

THE NEW HOUSE / Danu / Buan / www.danu.net

WILLIE CROTTY / Danu / Buan / www.danu.net

* WOODTURNER'S LOVE SONG / Phyl Lobl / Bronzewing - A Retrospective / self published

TALKIN' FISHIN' BLUES / Ramblin' Jack Elliott / Philadelphia Folk Festival - 40th Anniversary / Sliced Bread Records

DID YOU HEAR JOHN HURT? / Tom Paxton / Philadelphia Folk Festival - 40th Anniversary / Sliced Bread Records

AIN'T NO TELLIN' / Mississippi John Hurt / Philadelphia Folk Festival - 40th Anniversary / Sliced Bread Records

* SEVEN YELLOW GYPSIES / RAPT / RAPT / self published

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22 September 2019

The featured album was FIVE by OLD BLIND DOGS (Lochshore).  This was the fifth album in the first five years for this innovative, mostly trad-style Scottish band, which formed in Aberdeen in 2002 and has undergone numerous lineup changes since then.  This underplayed (by me) classic should have been a featured album long before now.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

GLEN KABUL;  THE BATTLE OF HARLAW;  LORD MACDONALD'S MARCH TO HARLAW;  PARCEL O' ROGUES;  SUMMERSIDE

TURTLE DOVE / Marley's Ghost / Four Spacious Guys / Sage Arts

* BIG POLL THE GROGSELLER / Danny Spooner / Gorgeous Game Girls / self published

KEVIN MCHUGH'S NO.2 / Moving Cloud / Sweet Nyaa / Go' Danish

THE BATTLE OF ALMA / Liz Law and Terry Conway / Of Riots and Rabbits / Stonehouse Music

DIVING DUCK BLUES / Harry Manx and Kevin Breit / Jubilee / NorthernBlues Music

WHEN ABBOTT MET COSTELLO / Harry Manx and Kevin Breit / Jubilee / NorthernBlues Music

WHAT WILL WE DO / Lula Wiles / What Will We Do / Smithsonian Folkways

JACOBSTOWE WASSAIL / Waterson : Carthy / Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man / Topic

THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN / Paddy Reilly / The Fureys and Friends / Hughes Leisure Group

* WILD ROSE OF THE MOUNTAIN / Dev'lish Mary / Dev'lish Mary / self published

* BRUSHY RUN / Dev'lish Mary / Dev'lish Mary / self published

* THEY SAY IT'S A CRIME / The High Times String Band / Way Down The Road / self published

FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS / Emile Benoit / Vive La Rose / Amber Music

JERRY'S RED MOUNTAIN JIG / Emile Benoit / Vive La Rose / Amber Music

* NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE / RAPT / RAPT / self published

WEEPING WILLOW / Ernie Hawkins / Mean Little Poodle / Say Mo' Music

OLD BLUE SUIT / Ann Mayo Muir / So Goes My Heart / Folk-Legacy

THE GALLANT POACHER / John Doyle / Wayward Son / Compass

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15 September 2019

Today's program was presented by Roger Hargraves.

DOSPAR / Aksak / Melodies du Sud des Balkans

GADET HOBAK LEIH / Oum Kalthoum w/ Hossam Ramzy / Oum Kalthoum

MARCHA DEL DOS DE MAYO / Hevia / The Other Side

LA CRUZ DE MAYU / Llan de Cubel / Na Llende

BELFAST MILL / Headland / Long Time Coming

CABRALIEGA / Llan de Cubel / Llan de Cubel IV

NON, NON MARUXA / Tuenda / Tuenda

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL / The Grateful Dead / American Beauty

LOUISIANA 1927 / The Neville Brothers / Greatest Hits

THE DIRE WOLF / The Grateful Dead / Workingman's Dead

TXINPARTA / Alboka w/ Marta Sebestyan / Lorius

SWORD DANCES / Alboka w/ Marta Sebestyan / Lorius

OIHANEKO ZUHAIMETAN / Alboka w/ Marta Sebestyan / Lorius

ALL THINGS ARE QUITE SILENT / Steeleye Span / Hark The Village Wait

THE MESMERIST / Judy Jacques / Making Wings

MAKING WINGS / Judy Jacques / Making Wings

SPRING SONG / Judy Jacques / Making Wings

SHATTERING LIFE EXPERIENCE / Fairport Convention / Heyday

DONDE UA CHICHI / Sierra Maestra / Tibiri Tabara

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8 September 2019

The featured album was TERRITOIRES by LE VENT DU NORD www.leventdunord.com (Borealis). Top quality Quebecois traditional music from a quintet of excellent musicians. Their tenth album since the group formed in 2002, this new release includes some exploration of aspects of French Canadian history and cultural development, without sacrificing their usual high energy tune sets. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

LE PAYS DE SAMUEL;  COTILLON DU CAPITAINE;  LE SOIR ARRIVE;  LE STEP A ALEXIS;  LOUISBOURG

CARRICK-A-REDE / Goitse / Tall Tales And Misadventures / www.goitse.ie

KANSAS CITY KNOCKOUT / Goitse / Tall Tales And Misadventures / www.goitse.ie

* THE BALLAD OF THE SHAPE OF THINGS / Cloudstreet / Clouds On The Road / www.cloudstreet.org

ALBORADA DE CORCUBION / Banda de Gaitas Ledicia / Bagpipes of Galicia / ARC

GOD AND THE ORANGE CLOWN / Arrowsmith : Robb Trio / single recording / www.artrio.co.uk

SCHOTTIS / Baltic Crossing / Firetour / Go' Danish

THE ROAD TO DUNDEE / The Corries / The Best Of The Corries / Pickwick Music

JESUS ON THE MAINLINE / Fairport Convention with Robert Plant / 50:50@50 / Matty Grooves

BUTTERMILK HILL / Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller / Shadows Tall / Greentrax-Planet

THE GIANT SET / Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller / Shadows Tall / Greentrax-Planet

WHILE GAMEKEEPERS LIE SLEEPING / Chris Wood & Andy Cutting / The Ultimate Guide To English Folk / ARC

THE BLUE COCKADE / Show Of Hands / The Ultimate Guide To English Folk / ARC

* THE WASH HOUSE SET / Growling Dogs / Australian Fiddle Tunes / self published

KENO THE RENT MAN / Red Mountain White Trash / Sweet Bama / Whoop It Up

WE WILL FIX YOU / Red Hot Chilli Pipers / The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk / ARC

REYNARDINE / Archie Fisher / The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk / ARC

I AM A HUMBLE BRIDGE / The Albion Band / An Evening With The Albion Band / Talking Elephant

THE MERRY FELLOWS / The Keelers / On The North Sea Ground / Keel Music

THE BRISK YOUNG LAD / Mike Waterson / Mike Waterson / Topic

LAS GOLONDRINAS / Ruben Fuentes / Mariachi Azteca / ARC

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1 September 2019

The featured album was BALTIC CROSSING by BALTIC CROSSING (Go' Danish). This is the 2008 debut album from a pan-European (?) group with a focus on Nordic tunes but with an occasional English 3/2 hornpipe thrown in. The band's three albums are all very listenable. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

VANKARIN SET;  ORIGINAL POLKA SET;  THE STRIKING GENERAL;  SIR JOHN FENWICK'S

THE ROYAL FORESTER / Waterson : Carthy / Broken Ground / Topic

HOOLIE IN THE HUB / Bruce Macgregor / Loch Ness / Blazin' Fiddles

TEXAS TEA PARTY / Catfish Keith / Reefer Hound / Fish Tail Records

BRODER MYRDER SOSTER / Faerd / Faerd / Tutl

MAZLTOV COCKTAIL / Tummel / Klezmer / ARC

ANY KING'S SHILLING / Roy Bailey / Never Leave A Story Unsung / Fuse

MARY ALICE JONES / Hamish Imlach / More & Merrier / Lochshore

* JINDABYNE FAREWELL / The Settlers / Songs Of The Snowy Mountains / BMG

ON YONDER HILL / Ye Vagabonds / The Hare's Lament / River Lea

THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER / Robert Earl Keen / The Party Never Ends / Sugar Hill

MOLLY AND JIMMY'S / Pons Aelius / Captain Glen's Comfort / www.ponsaeliusmusic.com

WE ONLY WANT THE EARTH / Lorcan Mac Mathuna and Ide Nic Mhathuna / Visionaries 1916 / www.1916visionaries.ie

* WILD COLONIAL BOY / Brian Mooney / Australian Folk Night / W&G

* OPEN COUNTRY / Fred Smith / Chorus Of Rebel Voices / www.2xxfm.org.au

THE SPARROW OF SWANSEA / Tom Russell / Folk Hotel / Frontera Records

FROM GREENLAND / The McCalmans / The Greentrax Years / Greentrax

TWANKYDILLO / Maddy Prior / The Acoustic Folk Box / Topic

GOIN' TO GERMAN / Scarlett, Washington, Whiteley / We'll Meet Again / Borealis

ROOM FOR COMPANY / Regal Slip / Bandstand / Dingle's Records

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25 August 2019

The featured album was ROOTED by MARTIN SIMPSON (Topic). This is the 21st solo release from a prolific multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter whose albums consistently achieve a very high standard. He is, apparently, the most nominated musician in the history of the BBC Folk Awards, with good reason. Great mix of new and older songs, excellent musicianship and production make this yet another winner for one of the finest English folk performers. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

FOOL ME ONCE;  KINGFISHER;  BORN HUMAN;  NEO;  MORE THAN ENOUGH;  BONNY KATE

MAGGIE / Lori Watson / Three / Isle Music Scotland

EURO / Lori Watson / Three / Isle Music Scotland

* MY OLD FRIEND MY GUITAR AND ME / Neil Adam / Aussie Lullaby / self published

TURN TURN TURN / The Byrds / The Byrds / Columbia

DU'S BUN LANG AWA AN A'M TOCHT LANG TAE SEE DEE / Fiddlers' Bid / Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer / Greentrax

* FOUR LITTLE JOHNNY CAKES / Cecil Grivas with the ensemble / Reedy River / Diaphon

* OLD BLACK BILLY / Cecil Grivas with the ensemble / Reedy River / Diaphon

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS / Marion Halliday / Rings Around Saturn / www.marionhalliday.com

THE STRAYAWAY CHILD / Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello / Bosca Ceoil and Fiddle / Key Stone Records

ES LIVRE / Herminia Silvia / Queens Of Fado / ARC

* THE SHIPYARD APPRENTICE / Alistair Hulett / Union Is Strength / CFMEU

POURQUOI PAS / The Belle Epoque Ensemble / Havona Shores / self published

THE NANCY / Stan Rogers / From Fresh Water / Borealis

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

HANTER DROIOU / The House Band / Another Setting / Green Linnet

CEARTA A DUINE / Ceoltoiri Chualainn / Plearaca An Riadaigh / Gael Linn

WHEN FIRST I WENT TO CALEDONIA / Tony Cuffe / When First I Went To Caledonia / Iona

* BRUCE SMITH'S SET TUNE / Barry McDonald, Mark Rummery, Cathy Ovenden / Still A Long Way From Home / UNESCO

JORDAN IS A HARD ROAD / Jim Watson / Willie's Redemption / self published

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18 August 2019

The featured album was QUAREHAWK by MICHAEL WALSH  www.michaelwalshmusic.com  An accomplished Manchester-born flute player with long standing ties to the Sligo-style flute tradition and, more recently, a passion for Asturian folk music. This excellent, innovative album is a very interesting collection of tracks and deserves to do well. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE LATHE REVIVAL PART 1;  QUAREHAWK;  BARRALIN;  THE VISITOR;  PADDY'S RETURN;  COME MY LITTLE SON

MAN IN THE MOON / The Full English / The Full English / Topic

THE SIEGE OF ENNIS / The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band / The Ceilidh - Are Ye Dancin? / Greentrax

DAVY CROSS / Paul & Liz Davenport / Spring Tide Rising / Hallamtrads

RATS IN A MAZE / Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers / It's A Dog's Life / Strictly Country Records

SPEED THE PLOUGH / The Hosepipe Band / Kettleburgh Fete / Kid Menthal Music

* TAKING HIS CHANCE / Trouble In The Kitchen / When The World Was Wide / self published

THREE RAVENS / Hannah James & Sam Sweeney / Catches & Glees / RootBeat Records

* BLUE DIAMOND MINE / Wheelers & Dealers / Full House / self published

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

WHATEVER HAPPENED / Dick Gaughan / Lucky For Some / Greentrax

* BONNIE MOON / Us Not Them & friends / Sleepers / www.rowethmusic.com.au

THE BLACKSMITH / Planxty / Planxty / Shanachie

LA TORINESE / La Ciapa Rusa / Italian Musical Odyssey / Putumayo

GLASGOW LASSIE / Sylvia Barnes / The Colour Of Amber / Greentrax

THE LILY AND THE ROSE / Battlefield Band / Line-Up / Temple

CLASSIC HORNPIPES / Simon Fraser University Pipe Band / On Home Ground / Greentrax

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11 August 2019

The featured album was FAĻ PETA(R) by LES BRAYAUDS (A.M.T.A. label). Three musician teachers associated with a traditional music and dance school and cultural centre, also known as Les Brayauds, located in the Puy de Dome region of central France. Mostly original compositions in a lively Auvergne bal folk style. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

LA DEBRAZADE; GIATE DE COUALHON; CALAREM, CALAREM PAS; NOUS IRONS A PARIS; POLKA A MILOUNET

BETSY BELL AND MARY GRAY / Maddy Prior / Ballads & Candles / Park Records

RED ROCKING CHAIR / Daniel Koulack & Karrnel Sawitsky / Tunes From The North, Songs From The South / self published

THE BIG MAN SET / John McCusker / Goodnight Ginger / Navigator

BRISK LAD / Faustus / Faustus / Navigator

* ARAGON MILL / Country Folk / He Walked All The Way Home / self published

EIRIGH 'S CUIR ORT DO CHUID EADAIGH / Altan / Local Ground / Vertical

TOMMY PEOPLES / Altan / Local Ground / Vertical

ONCE I HAD A SWEETHEART / Jacqui McShee's Pentangle / At The Little Theatre / Park Records

GREEN GROWS THE LAUREL / Bruce Molsky / Contented Must Be / Rounder Select

GREY OWL / Bruce Molsky / Contented Must Be / Rounder Select

* RED SHIRT DAY / Seaman Dan / Sampler - 2006 National Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.org.au

ARLINGTON / The Wailin' Jennys / Sampler - 2006 National Folk Festival / www.folkfestival.org.au

TAK A DRAM / Alistair Brown / The Swan Necked Valve / Prospect Records

MAGGIE MAE / The Occasionals / Reel Of Four / Greentrax

THE BOLD PRINCESS ROYAL / General Humbert / General Humbert / Dolphin Records

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

* A CALABRIAN FOLK SONG / The Leeton Women's Choir / Verandah Music / National Library of Australia

JOHNNY DON'T GO TO BALLINCOLLIG / Tradish / Beyond The Borders / Go' Danish

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4 August 2019

No program today.
The station is located on a University campus and today was "Open Day", designed to entice innocent school-leavers to enrol here.  A batch of current students took over the station for the day to promote the (very good) Communication degree course.

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28 July 2019

The featured album was THE HIGH SEAS by THE HIGH SEAS www.thehighseas.ie This is the debut album from an impressive young Irish musical trio, two of whom are from the Gaoth Dobhair Gaeltacht area af Donegal. Solid playing of traditional and trad-style songs and tunesets throughout. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE ROAD TO DONEGAL; MOONEY'S REEL; ABBEY REEL; THE DRUNKEN LANDLADY; MO GHLOINE UISCE BEATHA; NOTA STOTA

BARRA CLAPPING SONG / Capercaillie / Roses And Tears / Vertical

HOLD BACK THE TIDE / Battlefield Band / Quiet Days / Temple

BLISTERED FINGERS / Battlefield Band / Quiet Days / Temple

* WHERE THE FRASER RIVER FLOWS / Alan Musgrove / The Bagman's Gazette / self published

TRADED MY THYROID IN / Steve Eulberg / Between The Tracks / Owl Mountain Music

SUNNY / The Poozies / Changed Days, Same Roots / Greentrax

INDIAN ATE THE WOODCHUCK / The Foghorn Stringband / Outshine The Sun / www.foghornstringband.com

OUTSHINE THE SUN / The Foghorn Stringband / Outshine The Sun / www.foghornstringband.com

* WHEN THE ARMY PRAYS FOR WATTIE / Dave de Hugard / Songs Of The Wallaby Track / self published

PIG'S FOOT / Ari & Mia Friedman / Unruly Heart / self published

WHITE / Ari & Mia Friedman / Unruly Heart / self published

ACROSS THE HILLS / The Three City Four / Smoke & Dust / Fuse Records

OF TIME AND RIVERS FLOWING / Steve Lehto & John Wright / A Game Of Chess / New Folk Records

RAZBOLEL SE E MLAD MALAN / Philip Koutev and National Folk Ensemble / Philip Koutev and National Folk Ensemble / Gega New

RIGS O' BARLEY / Emily Smith / A Day Like Today / Foot Stompin'

* ANOTHER DAY / David Hyams / Travelling Bones / Miles To Go Music

BOLD DONNELLY / Moving Cloud / Sweet Nyaa / Go' Danish

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21 July 2019

The featured album was MURMURS by MARTIN SIMPSON, ANDY CUTTING & NANCY KERR (Topic) Released in 2015, this collaborative effort by three hugely talented English performers is made up of about half traditional material and half more recent compositions, including originals from all three artists. The following tracks were scattered through the program:

DARK SWIFT AND BRIGHT SWALLOW; RICHMOND COTILLION; GATHER THE OWLS; TOY SOLDIERS; SEVEN YEARS; LADS OF ALNWICK

MULHOLLAND'S FANCY / Mick Moloney, Eugene O'Donnell, Seamus Egan / 3 Way Street / Green Linnet

THE GALBALLY FARMER / Mick Moloney, Eugene O'Donnell, Seamus Egan / 3 Way Street / Green Linnet

PAD THE ROAD WI ME / Malinky / Flower & Iron / Greentrax

THE DRUNKEN DUCK / Malinky / Flower & Iron / Greentrax

* BALMAIN / Penny Davies & Roger Ilott / Bush Baroque / Restless Music

THE BLACK STRIPPER / Deirdre Granville / Imram / www.deirdregranville.com

* BLACK MUDDY RIVER / Jim MacQuarrie / Time Can't Erase / self published

THE CUMBERLAND SQUARE EIGHT / The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience / Foxy Laddie / Brechin All Records

PASS ME NOT / Marley's Ghost / Haunting Melodies / Sage Arts

THE MAN FOR GALWAY / Sean Tyrrell / The Best Of Sean Tyrrell / ARC

JOE BANE'S / Norman & Nancy Blake, Boys Of The Lough, James & Rachel Bryan / Rising Fawn Gathering / Plectrafone

LONG TIME AGO / Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party / Old Adam / Soundpost Records

ISCORNIELLO / DRD / DRD / Ambitu - L'Aguanaz

BOYS OF BALLINAMORE / Frank Harte & Donal Lunny / There's Gangs Of Them Digging / The Daisy Label

JONAS SLANGPOLSKA / FatDog / New Found Land / Riverboat Records

RING THE CHANGES / FatDog / New Found Land / Riverboat Records

THE BROOKLAND ROAD / Olivia Chaney / Oak Ash Thorn / Folk Police Recordings

SOON MY WORK WILL BE ALL DONE / Rev. Gary Davis / Live At Gerde's Folk City / Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop

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14 July 2019

* OLD MISSION ROAD / Archie Roach / 20th Cobargo Folk Festival / www.cobargofolkfestival.com

CANADIAN REEL MEDLEY / April Verch / The April Verch Anthology / Slab Town Records

* CRUISCIN LAN / Triantan / Triantan / self published

TROCHUS BOATS / Gordon Bok / Herrings In The Bay / Timberhead

THE CAPTAIN'S HORNPIPE / Gerald Trimble / First Flight / Green Linnet

SWEET OLD WORLD / Emmylou Harris / Wrecking Ball / Asylum

RUFFORD PARK POACHERS / Nic Jones / Game Set Match / Topic

* RIVER OF JORDAN / The Hobart Smiths / Old Time Blues / Coal River Records

THE LARK ON THE STRAND / The Raineys / The Raineys / www.paveepoint.ie

NELLIE WAS A LADY / Sarah Grey / A Long Way From Home / Fellside

COPERNICUS / English Acoustic Collective / Ghosts / R.U.F. Records

JOHN BALL / The Young'Uns / Never Forget / Proper

FARRELL GARA / Paddy Killoran & Paddy Sweeney / Milestone At The Garden / Rounder

DEHLIA / Ernie Hawkins / Mean Little Poodle / Say Mo' Music

* THIS TUNE IS A CROSS / The High Times String Band / Way Down The Track / Whoopy-Doo

JULIE ANN JOHNSON / Christian Wig / Gate To Go Through / Stillfork Productions

THUG ME RUIDE / Frankie Kennedy & Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh / Altan / Green Linnet

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

ABBADDAI ABBADDA / Rua Port' Alba / 'E Ciento Paise / Mediterranea

* I DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY / Dougie Young / The Songs Of Dougie Young / AIATSIS and NLA

THE CULFADDA / N.O'Grady, H.Benagh, J.Carty, M.Hennan / The Good Mixer / Racket Records

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7 July 2019

The featured album was CHIMES OF FREEDOM by PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT www.restlessmusic.com.au A long established duo based in south east Queensland, who have been releasing albums steadily for more than 35 years. This is a well crafted mix of original material and reworkings of folk revival ballads, most with a focus on environmental or political changes over time. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

TENTERFIELD; WHISKY GRASS ON THE LINE; LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE; WHITEHAVEN COAL

BACACH SHIOL ANDAI / Ye Vagabonds / The Hare's Lament / River Lea

THE SCILLY SET / West Of Eden / Safe Crossing / West of Music

RAMBLIN' AROUND / Nicholas Edward Williams / As I Go Ramblin' Around / EarthTone Rcords

* BOB IN THE WASH HOUSE / Fred Pribac and Friends / The Push On The Corner / self published

* JACKSON'S / Fred Pribac and Friends / The Push On The Corner / self published

THE WEE WEAVER / Sandra and Nancy Kerr / Neat And Complete / Fellside

DAVID MALONE'S / Sandra and Nancy Kerr / Neat And Complete / Fellside

GOVERNMENT ON HORSEBACK / Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers / It's A Dog's Life / Strictly Country Records

MOUTH OF THE TOBIQUE / Dr Peter Rolland & Fiddleology / Rare and beautiful fiddle tunes gathered in Arizona / self published

SYDNEY PITTMAN'S TUNE / Rufus Guinchard / Humouring The Tunes / self published

I BELIEVE IN BEING READY / Rising Appalachia / Leylines / www.risingappalachia.com

NOAH'S ARK SHANTY / Swan Arcade / Voices - English Traditional Songs / Fellside

THE BONNY BOY / June Tabor / Voices - English Traditional Songs / Fellside

I AM A YOUTH THAT'S INCLINED TO RAMBLE / Paul Brady / Dance In The Fire / Proper

SALTON DE TEIXOIS / Tejedor / Llunaticos / Aris Musica

CHURCH STREET / Bill Spence & Fennig's All-Star String Band / The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again / Front Hall Records

THE LABOURER'S CAUSE / Mick Ryan & Pete Harris / The Island Of Apples / WildGoose

SLIDES / Dessie Kelliher, Brian O'Loughlin, Tom Delany / Well For Some / self published

CAN SHE EXCUSE MY WRONGS / Sarah McQuaid / The Plumb Tree And The Rose / Waterbug

THE TWO MAGICIANS / Bob Fox & Stu Luckley / Box Of Gold / Fellside

CHAMPION / Josie Nugent / Modal Citizen / www.josienugentmusic.info

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