TRACK / artist / album / label
(* Australian content)
(Intro theme: HERON ELECTION JIG / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / XTRA)
27 September 2020
The featured album was CILLA & ARTIE by CILLA FISHER & ARTIE TREZISE (Topic). This was released in 1979, a couple of years before the
Scottish folk duo established a children's theatre show for primary schools and became "The Singing Kettle". The album includes traditional and trad-style ballads,
mostly highlighting impressive strong harmony vocals. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
THE BEGGAR MAN; FISHER LASSIES; GENERATIONS OF CHANGE; FAIR MAID OF LONDON TOWN; BLUE BLEEZIN' BLIND DRUNK
JOHN HILL'S / Roger Wilson / The Palm Of Your Hand / Harbourtown Records
SLEEPY EYED JOHN / Roger Wilson / The Palm Of Your Hand / Harbourtown Records
THE RECRUITED COLLIER / North Cregg / Summer At My Feet / Greentrax
FRED FINN'S POLKA / North Cregg / Summer At My Feet / Greentrax
THE TOOGEPERA POLKA / Leegajus / Estonian Folk Songs & Instrumentals / Melody
NEVER TIRE OF THE ROAD / Andy Irvine / Rain On The Roof /
www.andyirvine.com
THREE FORKS OF THE CUMBERLAND / Mariel Vandersteel / Hickory /
www.marielvandersteel.com
* SOLICITOR'S SONG / Bernard Bolan / An Eclectic Collection /
www.bernardbolan.com
* YOU GOT GOLD / The Lost Chords / The Lost Chords / self published
JOAN AND VICTOR JARA / Old Time Pharmaceuticals / Roots & Honey /
www.oldtimepharmaceuticals.com
SALTON DE MERES / Llan de Cubel / L'Otru Llau De La Mar / Fono Astur
THE BACK O' THE NORTH WIND / Brian McNeill / The Back O' The North Wind / Greentrax
GREEN GREEN ROCKY ROAD / Dave Van Ronk / Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary / Sliced Bread Records
* LITTLE RIVER VARSOVIANA / Emu Creek Bush Band / Back To Goornong / Bush Dance and Music Club of Bendigo and District Inc.
SIR WILLIAM HARDIE'S WALTZURKA / Jimmy Young / Highlights - 2001 National Folk Festival /
www.folkfestival.org.au
* EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD / Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke / Highlights - 2001 National Folk Festival /
www.folkfestival.org.au
THE VINE TREE / The Old Swan Band / Swan For The Money / WildGoose
STRIP THE WILLOW / The Foundry Bar Band / Rolling Home / Springthyme
20 September 2020
The featured album was FOLK MUSIC FROM SOUTH WEST FRANCE by LOUS GOUYATS DE L'ADOU ("The Young People of Adour") (ARC Music). This is an album of dance music
from a Landes group from Dax. In performance, the group includes regional acrobatic dance demonstrations by stilters. An album of polkas, rondeaux, mazurkas and
a 'scottish', mostly of local origin. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
POLKA DE PISSOS; L'ARROUMIC ET LOU PINSAN; CATHERINE AU CASAOU; CORDOUN BLU
RING THE CHANGES / FatDog / New Found Land / Riverboat Records
TRALEE GAOL / Skipper’s Alley / The Oul Fip / self published
HION DALLA HORO RI HO HION DALLA LA / Garefowl / Cliffs /
www.garefowl.co.uk
* BOOK 'EM ALL / Shiny Bum Singers / Chorus Of Rebel Voices / Radio 2XX
HANDSOME POLLY-O / Martin Carthy / Shearwater / Castle Music
A JUG OF PUNCH / A.L. Lloyd / English Drinking Songs / Riverside
MISS DRUMMOND OF PERTH / Battlefield Band / Stand Easy & Preview / Temple
SEVEN BRAW GOWNS / Battlefield Band / Stand Easy & Preview / Temple
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ / Lee Stripling / Hogs Picking Up Acorns / Voyager
IN THESE TIMES / Dick Warwick / Cowboy Poetry Plus /
https://cowboy-poet.blogspot.com/p/bio.html
BRAZOS RIVER / Dick Warwick / From The Range To The Strange /
https://cowboy-poet.blogspot.com/p/bio.html
DARLING COREY / The Ebony Hillbillies / 5 Miles From Town / EH Music
ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE - HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT /The Ebony Hillbillies / 5 Miles From Town / EH Music
YO SEMITE / Si Kahn / single online release /
www.sikahn.com
WATCHET SAILOR / Rubus / Nine Witch Knots / WildGoose
JACK WAS EVERY INCH A SAILOR / Wade Hillier / Songs Of Newfoundland & Labrador / self published
THE PROVIDENCE REEL / Sliabh Notes / Along Blackwater's Banks / Ossian
THE STAR OF LOGY BAY / Sliabh Notes / Along Blackwater's Banks / Ossian
BARRACK STREET / Said The Maiden / A Curious Tale /
www.saidthemaiden.co.uk
ROSS' REEL NO.4 / Alasdair Fraser and Tony McManus / Return To Kintail / Culburnie
LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY / Norman Blake / The Fields Of November / Flying Fish
* MOUTH MUSIC / Gordon McIntyre and Kate Delaney / Caledonian Dreaming / Blackwater Productions
13 September 2020
The featured album was WHALE CHASING MEN by HARRY ROBERTSON (ScreenSound Australia). This is the 2001 reissue of a 1971 album by a Glasgow-born
ship's engineer who spent several seasons working in the whaling industry before and after relocating to Australia. The songs in no way glorify the killing of whales but
rather document in perceptive and descriptive ballad form Robertson's experiences living and working in an extraordinary environment. The following tracks (all * Australian
content) were scattered through the program:
CASTING OFF; WHALE CHASING MAN; WEE POT STOVE; QUEENSLAND WHALER
LOVE IS PLEASING / Karan Casey / Ships In The Forest / World Music Network
JOHNNY STEWART, DROVER / Bok Muir & Trickett / The First Fifteen Years Vol. 1 / Folk-Legacy
MURDO'S / Daimh / Crossing Point / Greentrax
EATHAR DUBH A BRADHAGAIR / Daimh / Crossing Point / Greentrax
GALOP / David Greely / Sud Du Sud / Hearth Music
LADY ON THE ISLAND / Grey Larsen & Paddy League / The Green House / Sleepy Creek Music
THE PARSON AND THE SUCKING PIG / Firebrand / Lost Lady Found / Kites Nest Records
THE GOLD RING SET / Firebrand / Lost Lady Found / Kites Nest Records
DEJOL PONT DE LION / Brotto-Lopez / Le Bal / C.A.M.O.M.
RING-AROUND-A-ROSIE-RAG / Arlo Guthrie / Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary / Sliced Bread Records
DARCY FARROW / Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen / Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary / Sliced Bread Records
I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE / Phil Ochs / Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary / Sliced Bread Records
MUNEIRES DE RIBESAYA / Corquieu / Suana / Tierra Discos
THE DUBLIN REEL / Dordan / Irish Traditional and Baroque / Gael-Linn
THE ANNEN POLKA / Dordan / Irish Traditional and Baroque / Gael-Linn
A NIGHT VISITOR'S SONG / The Tannahill Weavers / Cullen Bay / Green Linnet
THE NINE PINT COGGIE / Brian McNamara & Tim Collins / Reed Only / Drumlin Records
MY FATHER LOVES NIKITA KRUSCHEV / Michael Black / Michael Black / Compass
6 September 2020
The featured album was SPIDER TALES by JAKE BLOUNT (Free Dirt Records) A music scholar and Black LGBTQ activist, Blount is accompanied by
several other excellent musicians as he sings and plays banjo and fiddle on this collection of blues and Black and Indigenous Appalachian music. This fine album is an
important contribution to American roots music. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
ROUSTABOUT; WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?; MOVE DANIEL, OLD-TIMEY GREY EAGLE; BOLL WEEVIL
THE WANDERING MINSTREL / various / Within A Mile Of Kilty / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
TRAIN HOME / Chris Smither / Train Home / Hightone Records
SHIRE BOY / Emily Slade / Shire Boy / Rustic Thorn Records
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON / The Kronos Quartet with Lee Knight / Long Time Passing / Smithsonian Folkways
SISTER KATE / Two Oceans Trio / Two Oceans Trio / Howdy Skies Records
VANKARIN POLSKA / Tinker, Sprung, Dumpleton / Bright Season / Folkstock Records
THE YEOMAN'S SON / Tinker, Sprung, Dumpleton / Bright Season / Folkstock Records
ZIMMERMAN BLUES / The GPs / Saturday Rolling Around / HTD Records
OSTINDIENS VELKOMST / Mette Kathrine / Ojeblikke / Go' Danish
REYNARDINE / Poor Old Horse / The Curate's Egg / Folk-Legacy
YEW PINEY MOUNTAIN / Helene Brunet & Nicola Hayes / Travelling / Musique Aux Vents
MY DEAR COMPANION / Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer / Dear Jean / Compass-Planet
THE PARISH NOTICES / Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies / The Parish Notices / Tantobie
IZAR EDERRAK / Hiru Tuku / Mendebaldeko Euskal Baladak / Nuevos Medios
A PLACE CALLED ENGLAND / The Young 'Uns / Stranger / Hereteu Records
FREEWHEELIN' / Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell / Simple Tricks / Lochshore
ST JAMES INFIRMARY BLUES / Vi Wickam & Paul Anastasio / Swinging At The Savoy / Wickam Music
LOUISIANA RUCKUS / Vi Wickam & Paul Anastasio / Swinging At The Savoy / Wickam Music
DASHING WHITE SERGEANT / Old Swan Band / Swan For The Money / WildGoose
30 August 2020
The featured album was WILD WINDS by ARTISAN ROW (LoLa Records)
www.karenryan.net A London based
band of long established musicians with a shared focus mostly on traditional Irish music, although the album also includes a diverse range of original ballads and tune sets,
including material from eastern Europe. There is an interesting and effective use of saxophone on several tracks. The following tracks were scattered through the
program:
PAUL RODDEN'S; THE MARCH TO KINSALE; MARK MCCLAMONT'S FAREWELL TO ARTICLAVE; HELVIC HEAD; TYNAGH'S
DRY AND DUSTY / The Mysterious Redbirds / 1992 - 1998 / Copper Creek
OTTO WOOD THE BANDIT / The Mysterious Redbirds / 1992 - 1998 / Copper Creek
BACACH SHIL ANDAI / Altan / The Gap Of Dreams / Compass
THE PIPER IN THE CAVE / Altan / The Gap Of Dreams / Compass
* TRUE BELIEVERS / Eric Bogle / Other People's Children / Rouseabout
CANAAN'S LAND / Sinsheen / Lift /
www.sinsheen.com
TIBBIE FOWLER O' THE GLEN / Sinsheen / Lift /
www.sinsheen.com
GREENFIELDS / The Brothers Four / Renewal / SeattleWorks
* FATHER ADIEU / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Declaration /
www.kateandruth.com
YONDER HE GOES / James Raynard / Strange Histories / Unearthed
THE CAT WITH THE CREAM / James Raynard / Strange Histories / Unearthed
THE FALSE FLY / Griff / The False Fly / Appel
COOKERY IS THE NEW ROCK 'N ROLL / The Albion Band / Ashley Hutchings 5 / Talking Elephant
MADDIE'S WALTZ / Vi Wickam & Paul Anastasio / Swingin' At The Savoy / Wickam Music
LA BELLE JOSETTE / Pine Leaf Boys / La Musique / Arhoolie
RICHLAND WOMAN BLUES / Maria Muldaur with John Sabastian / Richland Woman Blues / Stony Plain
I LOVED A LASS / John Faulkner / Nomads / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
* CLACHNACUDDIN / Emma Nixon & Tony Vandermeer / Chasing The Sunset /
www.emmanixon.com.au
23 August 2020
The featured album was DEBUT by CHANCE MCCOY AND THE APPALACHIAN STRING BAND (Appalachian Music Group) I think this album from 2008 was the
only release by this short-lived band led by a singer multi-instrumentalist from West Virginia.
www.chancemccoy.com An
enjoyable selection of old time material. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
DANCE ALL NIGHT WITH A BOTTLE IN MY HAND; INDIAN ATE A WOODCHUCK; GOSPEL PLOW; WAYNESBORO
BULMERS REELS / Damp In The Attic / I Was . . . Flyin' It / Magnetic Music
LOVELY WILLIE / Damp In The Attic / I Was . . . Flyin' It / Magnetic Music
THREE FINGERED JACK / Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer / Little Blue Egg / Red House Records
* CLOUD LINING / Enda Kenny / Cloud Lining /
www.endakenny.com.au
MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER / Mom's Home Cooking / Give Me The Roses /
www.momshomecooking.com
RIVER OF JORDAN / Mom's Home Cooking / Give Me The Roses /
www.momshomecooking.com
* THE HAT NED KELLY WORE / Chloe & Jason Roweth with Jim McWhinnie / Another Threshing Day /
www.rowethmusic.com.au
REGI SZOKAS SZERINT / Poszenyi Tancok / Tance Bratislavy / Folk Europa
THE LAST THING ON MY MIND / Tom Paxton / The Very Best Of Tom Paxton / Flying Fish
THE STREETS OF DERRY / Cara Dillon / After The Morning / Rough Trade
THE SHUFFLE / The Cluster Of Nuts Band / Fridge In The Fast Lane / Poke Records
WHALE CATCHERS / The Cluster Of Nuts Band / Fridge In The Fast Lane / Poke Records
* ALBION STREET / Terry Hannagan / The Songs Of Don Henderson / Shoestring
FIR AN GHUAIL / Marcas O Murchu / O Bheal Go Beal / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
* NOT PRETTY ENOUGH / The Spooky Men's Chorale / Tooled Up /
www.spookymen.com.au
PIPER IN THE NORTH COUNTRY / Colum Sands / Turn The Corner / Spring Records
* TWO JIGS / Loaded Dog / A Coastline Facing West /
www.loadeddog.net.au
THE WINDMILL RUN / Loaded Dog / A Coastline Facing West /
www.loadeddog.net.au
WITHERED AND DIED / Pitch The Peat / Far From Home /
www.pitchthepeat.com
16 August 2020
The featured album was DUETS by LINDA RONSTADT (Rhino). The album was released in 2014, several years after Linda Ronstadt announced her
retirement due to the onset of Parkinson's Disease (since rediagnosed as progressive supranuclear palsy, which is no less severe). Ronstadt collaborated with many artists
in various musical styles over three decades, not only in duos, and this interesting compilation could easily have included twice the number of tracks. The following
tracks were scattered through the program:
I NEVER WILL MARRY (with Dolly Parton); I CAN'T HELP IT IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU with Emmylou Harris); PRETTY BIRD (with Laurie Lewis);
HASTEN DOWN THE WIND (with Don Henley)
TAKING ON MEN / Bob Fox / Highlights - National Folk Festival 2008 /
www.folkfestival.org.au
FINSK BRUDEMARSCH / Highlights - National Folk Festival 2008 /
www.folkfestival.org.au
THE BLACKEST CROW / Altan / The Poison Glen / Compass-Planet
THE LANCERS JIG / Altan / The Poison Glen / Compass-Planet
NAU GOJATAS / Lausa / Lausa /
www.lausa.org
* THE MAP / Keith McKenry / Bugger The Music, Give Us A Poem / Fanged Wombat
THE HUNGRY FOX / James Findlay and others / The Liberty To Choose / Fellside-Planet
IOANNES / WOR / Back To The 1780s / Appel Rekords
ALLESANDRINA / Filippo Gambetta, Carmelo Russo, Sergio Caputo / Maestrale / Visage
* BRADMAN / Paul Kelly / Songs From The South / Mushroom
PI SUPRAMARRI / Unavantaluna / Cumpagnia Ri Musica Siciliana / Finisterre
NEW SONG OF THE SOUTH / Duck Baker / Plymouth Rock / Southern Summer Records
SANDS OF EGYPT / The Occasionals / Reel Of Four / Greentrax
* ABERCROMBIE MOUNTAIN / Collector / The Game Is Getting Lively /
www.rowethmusic.com.au
L'OR SLAVE / Trio Maika / O Topos / Collectif Cooperzic
BEREZNICHEK / Reelroad / Past The Gates / Kailas Records
THE BISHOP OF CHESTER'S JIG / Greg Stephens and Crookfinger Jack / The Beggar Boy Of The North / Harbourtown
FRONT LINE / John McCutcheon / Cabin Fever / Appalsongs
LOVERS RETURN / Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton / Trio II / Asylum
OLD FRIENDS' REUNION / James Bryan & Carl Jones / Cricket's Lullaby / Dittyville
9 August 2020
The featured album was RED RIGHT RETURNING by JIM MCGRATH (Wepecket Island Records) The sleevenotes state: "Newport's most notorious
contemporary saloon singer and balladeer . . . herein helps to balance the scales with six traditional American sea songs and seven of his own." Mostly songs from or
inspired by seafaring tales of north east USA. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
RED RIGHT RETURNING; THE ZUBENELGENUBI; RUM RUNNER; BLOW YOU WINDS; THE WORLD IS ILL DIVIDED
DIAMOND JOE / Windborne / Recollections Revolutions / Wand'ring Feet Records
IDUMEA / Windborne / Recollections Revolutions / Wand'ring Feet Records
KEAYRT DOOYRT MY GHRAIH VEEN RHYM / Ruth Keggin / Sheear / Purt Sheearan Records
DELAY SET / House Of Hamill / March Through Storms /
houseofhamill.com
POUND A WEEK RISE / House Of Hamill / March Through Storms /
houseofhamill.com
PADDY FROM PORTLAW / Brian Rooney / The Godfather / Racket Records
SEARCHING FOR LAMBS / Kerfuffle / Links / RootBeat Records
NOUS IRONS A PARIS / Les Brayauds / Fai Peta(r) / AMTA
BORN HUMAN / Martin Simpson / Rooted / Topic
REEL DE POINTE-AU-PIC / Andre Proulx / Andre Proulx / Disques Merite
* SET TUNES NO. 1 / Jane Brownlee and David De Santi / Australian Dance Tunes Vol. 2 / National Library of Australia
* VAN DIEMANS LAND / Poteen / Out On The Ocean / Green South Records
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL / Triptych / Triptych /
triptych.com
MARCELLINA / Stefano Valla & Daniele Scurati / Per Dove? / Buda Musique
WHEN I LEAVE BEHIND NEIDIN / The Fureys & Davey Arthur / The Fureys Finest / Epic
PROMISES PROMISES / Fieldwork / Tanks For The Memory / WildGoose
2 August 2020
The featured album was WHEN LEAVES FALL by LAUREN MACCOLL
laurenmaccoll.co.uk
(Make Believe Records) This was a debut release back in 2007 for a Scottish fiddler whose light and sweet touch made an immediate impact on audiences
and critics. This should have been a featured album long before now. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
TIANAVAIG; THA MI TINN LEIS A'GHAOL; THE REEL O' WHIRLIE; SALT FISH AND DUMPLINGS
THE RIGS OF THE TIMES / Broom Bezzums / Arise You Sons Of Freedom / Steeplejack Music
POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK / Tom Lehrer / An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer / Decca
WETFRU & POLSKA / Hotel Palindrone / Samo Riba / Extraplatte
WITH MY PIT BOOTS ON / Bob Davenport / Newport Folk Festival 1963 Vol 2 / Vanguard
GREENLAND WHALE FISHERIES / Judy Collins & Theodore Bikel / Newport Folk Festival 1963 Vol 2 / Vanguard
* LITHGOW ONWARDS STRUGGLE / Warren Fahey / Larrikins, Louts and Layabouts / ABC Music
CHWAER MARI / Ffynnon / Celtic Music From Wales / Green Linnet
HOT CORN COLD CORN / Here Today / Here Today / Rounder
HEAVY TRAFFIC AHEAD / Bill Monroe with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs / The Original Bluegrass Band / Rounder
I'M GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY / Bill Monroe with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs / The Original Bluegrass Band / Rounder
LONG JOURNEY HOME / The Kentucky Colonels / Long Journey Home / Vanguard
THE HADDOCK SONG / Tony Hall / One-Man Hand / WildGoose
CON CASSIDY'S JIG / Tony Hall / One-Man Hand / WildGoose
OLD PAINT / Big Hoedown / Big Hoedown / Rounder
LA MACARENA / Mariachi Azteca / Discover Music From Mexico / ARC
LOST JOHN / Doc Watson / Trouble In Mind / Sugar Hill
NAE GUD LUCK / The High Level Ranters / A Mile To Ride / Trailer
COLD AND RAW / The High Level Ranters / A Mile To Ride / Trailer
GONE ARE THE STRONG ONES / Christine Kydd / Gentle Giants / Greentrax
26 July 2020
The featured album was WESTWARD THE LIGHT by WESTWARD THE LIGHT
westwardthelight.com
(Braw Sailin' Records). This 2020 crowdfunded album is the debut release from a Scottish band whose popularity has grown significantly in their
three year life so far. Fairly straightforward traditional style arrangements, very well played and deserving of attention. The following
tracks were scattered through the program:
DR MACLEOD WEARS A DIRK; DOLINA; THE COFFEE BREAK JIG; WESTPORT CHORUS; REELS
RATTLIN' ROARIN' WILLIE / Janet Russell & Christine Kydd / Dancin' Chantin' / Greentrax
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO NEWFOUNDLAND / The Isle Aux Morte Boys / Fishing For The Best / self published
CONNEMARA REEL / Marie Fielding / The Spectrum Project / Rumford Records
SOUTHERN CROSS / Joy Norman / Lately / Gannet Music
* THE SHOALHAVEN MAN / Pat Drummond / The Local Rag / True Blue
THE LADY O' THE DAINTY DOON-BY / Jeannie Robertson / Songs Of The Travelling People / Saydisc
* ISAAC HURRELL / Munro, O'Callaghan, Tichener / First Inversion / self published
* MACHINES ARE CLOSING IN / Margaret Walters / Steadfast /
margaretwalters.com
ARE YOU THERE MORIARTY? / Mick Moloney / McNulty's Row Of Flats / Compass
SIR JAMES THE ROSE / Steeleye Span / The Very Best Of Steeleye Span / Park Records
* BOURKE STREET ON A SATURDAY NIGHT / Welcome Strangers / Nuggets From Here And There / self published
THE OLD BOYS / Runrig / The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk / ARC
THE MAN FROM GLOUNTANE / Niamh Ni Charra / Cuz / Imeartas Records
JACK IRONSIDE / The Young'Uns / Never Forget / Proper
MEADHRAN SAMHRAIDH / Eithne Ni Uallachain / Bilingua / Gael Linn
* HONEST JOHN (THE OLD BARK PUB) / Jim Low / Songs From Mulga Land / Mountain Tracks
* THE CUCKOO / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton / Summer's Lonesome Tale / Tradsville
19 July 2020
The featured album was THE PATH OF STONES by JOHN DOYLE
johndoylemusic.com
(Compass) The third solo release from an Irish born North Carolina resident musician, long respected as an excellent guitarist and accompanist but in recent
years gaining a reputation as a very good singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. All the songs and tunes are Doyle originals, except the lyrics
of one song inspired by a W B Yeats poem, and are of consistently high standard. Assistance is provided by a select group of top shelf musicians and,
overall, the album is a winner. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
THE RAMBLER FROM CLARE; THE ELEVENSES; COOLANEY REEL; THE PATH OF STONES; KNOCK A CHROI
SUGAR IN THE GOURD / R Jones, J Miller, J Nelson / Mississippi Square Dance / Vigortone
BAGPIPE MUSIC / Battlefield Band / Enough Room For All / Temple
CROSS ROAD BLUES / Robert Johnson / Cross Roads / Master Sound
THE LIGHT IN MY MOTHER'S EYE / Chris While & Julie Matthews / 2009 National Folk Festival /
folkfestival.org.au
* WHERE MY PEOPLE GO / Neil Murray / 2009 National Folk Festival /
folkfestival.org.au
CLEVELAND'S MARCH TO THE WHITE HOUSE / James Bryan & Carl Jones / Cricket's Lullaby / Dittyville
THE FUTTERAT WITH THE GREY TAIL / Lauren MacColl / When Leaves Fall / Make Believe Records
SIX MINERS / Sam Kelly / The Lost Boys /
samkelly.org
* BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES / The Roaring Forties / Shore Leave / self published
THE MAYDAY HORNPIPES / Dog Big and Dog Little / Dog Big and Dog Little / Claddagh
NOW WESTLIN' WINDS / Dog Big and Dog Little / Dog Big and Dog Little / Claddagh
SONG OF A DRINKING MAN'S WIFE / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Starry Gazy Pie / Fellside
GREENSTONE POINT / The Hudson Swan Band / Flyte of Fancy / Lochshore
DANNY DANNIELLE / The Hudson Swan Band / Flyte of Fancy / Lochshore
YONDER COMES THE BLUES / Son House, Stefan Grossman, Paul Rowan / Country Blues Guitar / SGGW
THE MILEHOUSE / The Queensberry Rules / Take Your Own Roads / Fellside
NO PARDON / The Queensberry Rules / Take Your Own Roads / Fellside
12 July 2020
The featured album was OLD AUSTRALIAN WAYS by GERRY HALLOM (Fellside), first released on vinyl in 1989. All the tracks were originally poems by
various Australian writers, put to music by Gerry Hallom, who spent some time living in Australia in the 1970s. This is an interesting collection,
with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson strongly represented, but including some lesser known material. The following tracks were scattered through the
program:
LIGHTS OF COBB & CO.; SONG OF THE WHEAT; WHERE THE BRUMBIES COME TO WATER; DOWN THE RIVER; THE GREY GULF WATER
SOME HUMANS AIN’T HUMAN / John Prine / Fair & Square / Oh Boy
PLEASE DON’T BURY ME / John Prine / Souvenirs / Oh Boy
CARLTON COUNTY BREAKDOWN / Ken Perlman / Frails and Frolics / Redbud Recordings
KOLINDA / Beausoleil / Bayou Boogie / Rounder
IPHUPHO / Afrika Mamas / Iphupho / ARC
THE BOOLEY HOUSE / The Gloaming / Live At The NCH / Real World
CROISSANT BOUREE / Lyradanz / Un Giorno In Ballo / Rox Records
THE FATHER’S SONG / Dick Gaughan / A Different Kind Of Love Song / Folk Freak
HAKA HOU / Kahurangi Maori / Discover Music From The Pacific / ARC
AYE WAULKING O / Eddi Reader / Eddie Reader Sings The Songs Of Robert Burns / Reveal
PERCY’S SONG / Fairport Convention / Heyday / Hannibal
THE OLD SCHOOL TIE / Chumbawamba / Folk The Banks / Occupy Records
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON / Billy Bragg / Folk The Banks / Occupy Records
* HANDYMAN BLUES / C W Stoneking / King Hokum / King Hokum Records
THE OXFORD GIRL / Oysterband / Little Rock To Leipzig / Cooking Vinyl
* I KNOW MY LOVE / Hoddle / Apples In Winter / self published
BONNIE JEAN CAMERON / Jamie McMenemy / The Road To Kerrigouarch / Stoof
WEST END BLUES / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch
PO' BLACK SHEEP / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch
EL BESU / Felpeyu / Tierra / Fono Astur
5 July 2020
The featured album was LAST NIGHT'S JOY by GERRY O'CONNOR
www.gerryoconnor.net (Lughnasa Music).
A 'solo' album, with assistance provided by O'Connor's son, Donal, as well as several top Irish music players including Seamie O'Dowd, Niall Hanna, Neil
Martin, Mairtin O'Connor and Sean Og Graham. The material ranges from traditional Irish, through a set of Cape Breton reels, a Swedish polska and a lively
set featuring the "eponymous musical friend", Gerry ("Banjo") O'Connor. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
LAST NIGHT'S JOY; THE OLD DASH CHURN; MIXING THE PORRIDGE; LADS AND DADS; STEREO CONNOR
* THE LIGHTMAN AT THE NORAH HEAD LIGHT / Alan Musgrove & His Watsaname Band / Behind The Times / self published
* SET TUNES MEDLEY / Alan Musgrove & His Watsaname Band / Behind The Times / self published
THE WILD GOOSE / Kate Rusby / 10 / Pure Records
JOHNNY BOOKER / 2nd South Carolina String Band /
www.civilwarband.com
LE FESTIN DE CAMPAGNE / La Bottine Souriante / Je Voudrais Changer D'Chapeau / Rounder
* PIT BOY / Colin Dryden / Australia Years / private issue
TEN SHILLING WIFE / Harp and a Monkey / The Victorians /
www.harpandamonkey.com
* TEN THOUSAND MILES / Ruth Hazelton / Daisywheel /
www.ruthhazelton.com.au
SICKNESS AND DISEASES / Fairport Convention / Angel's Delight / Island
ORAN A BHRANNDAICH / Ewen Henderson / Steall / Old Laundry Productions
* THE JOINER'S ARMS / Home Rule / The Joiner's Arms / Larrikin
MY LITTLE CARPENTER / Beverly Smith & Carl Jones / Glow / Dittyville
MY CREOLE BELLE / Mississippi John Hurt / Avalon Blues 1963 / Rounder
SPANISH FANDANGO / Mississippi John Hurt / Avalon Blues 1963 / Rounder
WALKIN' IN MY SLEEP / Uncle Earl / She Waits For Night / Rounder
* WHERE'S YOUR LICENCE / Warren Fahey & Luke Webb / The World Turned Upside Down / Rouseabout
AYE WAUKIN' O / Jock Tamson's Bairns / Rare / Greentrax
WHY YOU BEEN GONE SO LONG / Grant Dermody / Crossing That River /
www.grantdermody.com
TEN MINUTES TOO LATE / Graham Wells / Traditional Music From Newfoundland / Chain Rock Entertainment
DOUBLES / Graham Wells / Traditional Music From Newfoundland / Chain Rock Entertainment