Archived Playlists:  July - September 2021

'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, from the cities of Bathurst (92.3 Mhz) and Orange (94.7 Mhz).  The program is streamed and later becomes available as a podcast.  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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 TRACK / artist / album / label     (* Australian content) 

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

26 September 2021

The featured album was COAST by the Sydney based trio  KEJAFI  www.kejafi.com  Twin fiddles with mandola providing an excellent collection of traditional and original Scottish style tune sets.  Sweet playing by three very good musicians.  The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

CAPTAIN CAMPBELL;  THE CHANTER’S TUNE;  NACH TRUAGH MO CHAS;  THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME;  HIELAND DONALD KISSED KITTY

DON’T CALL ME / The Barra McNeils / Racket In The Attic / Greentrax

JOHN BROWN’S DREAM / The Ebony Hillbillies / Trimmin’ Da Fat Vol 2 / EH Music

THE WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP ETHIE / Rufus Guinchard / Humouring The Tunes / SingSong

MARTIN KEOUGH’S TUNE / Rufus Guinchard / Humouring The Tunes / SingSong

* WHEN THE COAL BLEW AWAY / The Rattlers with Maurie Mulheron / Jamberoo - A Change of Season / Illawarra Folk Club

BILLY BOY / Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer / Stones On The Ground / WildGoose

* J’ENTENDS DE MOULIN / Mattawa / Jamberoo – A Change Of Season / Illawarra Folk Club

LA PAJARERA / Los Texmaniacs / Cruzando Borders / Smithsonian Folkways

TEXAS TONY / Yank Rachell’s Tennessee Jug-Busters / Mandolin Blues / Delmark

ALL THINGS ARE QUITE SILENT / Dipper Malkin / Tricks Of The Trade / self published

VARRY CANNY / Canny Fettle / Varry Canny / Fellside

HOP HIGH / Charm City Junction / Duckpin / www.charmcityjunction.com

HANDSOME MOLLY / Down Trodden String Band / Land Of The Sky / Down Trodden Music

DOWN IN LITTLE EGYPT / Down Trodden String Band / Land Of The Sky / Down Trodden Music

THE TATTIE HOWKIN / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / Saturday Johnny and Jimmy The Rat / Red Rattler

BLOW THE CANDLES OUT / Mischief Afoot / Mischief Afoot / WildGoose

KNOCK ON WOOD / Mischief Afoot / Mischief Afoot / WildGoose

VAIKE TAMM / Leana & Hartwin / Kodu / Trad Records

SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL / Levon Helm / Dirt Farmer / Vanguard

CARU YN Y COED / Cass Meurig & Nial Cain / Deuawd / Fflach

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19 September 2021

The featured album was  FOR THE FAMILY  by  STAN ROGERS  (Gadfly).  Recorded in 1982, the year before Rogers’ death, this album includes older Canadian folk songs and several composed by Rogers’ family members.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

LOOKOUT HILL;  CLIFFS OF BACCALIEU;  CAPE ST MARY’S;  TWO BIT CAYUSE;  SCARBOROUGH SETTLER’S LAMENT;  THREE FISHERS

JOHNNY O’ BRAIDISLEE / Top Floor Taivers / A Delicate Game / TFT Records

HUGHIE GRAEME / Devils Water / Treading The Marches / Osmosys

MOLLY / Brian McGuire / When The Morning Comes Early / self published

DIRTY OLD TOWN / The Pogues / Rum, Sodomy And The Lash / Rhino

THE HOMESTEAD HERO / Beoga / Before We Change Our Mind / www.beogamusic.com

FAREWELL TO CARLINGFORD / Beoga / Before We Change Our Mind / www.beogamusic.com

SPIKE ISLAND GALS / Hog Eyed Man / Old World Music Of The Southern Appalachians / Smithsonian Folkways

FANDANGO FRONTIZERO / Quetzal / Puente Sonoros / Smithsonian Folkways

TWO MAGICIANS / The Magpies / Tidings / www.themagpiesmusic.com

CATHARSIS / The Magpies / Tidings / www.themagpiesmusic.com

THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION / Mrs Ackroyd Band / Gnus And Roses / Mrs Ackroyd Records

CONGOS / Bifolc / Bal Folc / self published

* COLD WIND / Last Drinks / Live In The Lounge Room / self published

SI HEI LWLI / The Foxglove Trio / Distant Havens / Foxglove Records

WEAVE ROOM BLUES / Happy Traum / Relax Your Mind / Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop

* NESINE / Mara / Live In Europe / Mara Music

ALBORADA DE MAQUILLO / Llan de Cubel / Na Llende / Fonoastur

CANTAR DEL AYERAN QUE PERDIO LA GUERRA / Llan de Cubel / Na Llende / Fonoastur THE LAKES OF CHAMPLAIN / Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman / Out Of Court / BMG

A SORE POINT / Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman / Out Of Court / BMG

LA PAJARERA / Los Texmaniacs / Cruzando Borders / Smithsonian Folkways

THE LOSS OF THE RAMILLIES / Brass Monkey / Head Of Steam / Topic

SPORTING GALWAY / Urnua / self published

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12 September 2021

The featured album was  ONWARDS! VOL 1  by  IAN A. ANDERSON  (Ghosts From The Basement).  www.ianaanderson.com  A veteran English musician, record producer, magazine editor and radio presenter who has now released two volumes of music compiled over fifty years of performing in six bands.  The material includes country blues, English dance music, world fusion and solo acoustic.  A good album from a genuine musical innovator.  The following tracks, with band names, were scattered through the program:

THE PREACHER'S BLUES (Hot Vultures);  BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO (English Country Blues Band);  'SMARLON (Tiger Moth);  PRETTY POLLY (Ian A. Anderson):  A SIGN OF THE TIMES (The False Beards);  RADIO POLKA INTERNATIONAL (Orchestra Super Moth)

RUSHIN / Heisk / Heisk / www.heisk.co.uk

ATLANTA IS BURNING / The Boys From Indiana / Good Time Blues / Rebel Records

GORDON’S / Gnoss / The Light Of The Moon / Blackfly Records

1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING / Red Molly / The Red Album / www.redmolly.com

YOU OUGHTA MOVE OUT TOWN / Sheesham and Lotus / Everytime / Sepiaphone Records

MISS WRIGHT’S FANCY / Leveret / In The Round / RootBeat

* E TRA LLA LLERU / Kavisha Mazzella / Riturnella / www.kavisha.com

* CNOC NA FEILLE / Triantan / Triantan / self published

TATA MADIBA / Afrika Mamas / Iphupho / ARC

LA TURLUTTE DE LA DURE LUTTE / Ad Vielle Que Pourra / Xenophile

SWEET THAMES FLOW SOFTLY / Planxty / Planxty / Polydor

JUNIOR CREHAN’S FAVOURITE / Planxty / Planxty / Polydor

JOHNNIE GET YOUR GUN / Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers / Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939 / Tomkins Square

LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY / Frank Hutchinson / Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939 / Tomkins Square

NO MORE FRYING BACON / The Young’uns / Man, I Feel Like A Young’un / self published

ROLLING DOWN THE BAY TO JULIANA / The Young’uns / Man, I Feel Like A Young’un / self published

* THE CUCKOO WALTZ / The Emu Creek Bush Band / Bush Concert Vol 1 Back To Goornong / self published

* TAKE ME BACK TO BENDIGO / The Emu Creek Bush Band / Bush Concert Vol 1 Back To Goornong / self published

KELLSWATERSIDE / Realta / Clear Skies / www.realtamusic.com

BO BHIN NA TOITEAN / Realta / Clear Skies / www.realtamusic.com

CHAIRMAN AND THE LITTLE MAN / Ralph McTell / Right Side Up / Leola Music

BUTTER AND EGG MAN / Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Cocktail Swing / Signature Sounds

THE SHUTTLE RINS / Kornog / Ar Seizh Avel / Green Linnet

GAVOTTEN / Kornog / Ar Seizh Avel / Green Linnet

YOU CAN’T SAY **** ON THE AIR / Matt Watroba / The Far Si / self published

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5 September 2021

The featured album was  HANDSEL  by  MALINKY  (Greentrax).  A double album released in 2019 to mark the wonderful Scottish band’s 20th anniversary.  One CD contains previous releases, live and demo recordings.  I’ve taken tracks from the other CD, which are all new recordings, some with guest vocalists, as indicated.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE FORESTER;  TRUE LOVER JOHN (with Len Graham);  THE BRAES O’ BROO;  THE BARON O’ BRACKLEY (with Cameron Nixon);  THE LADS O’ THE LINDSAY;  AWA WI’ MA LADDIE

SEOLTA GEALA / Altan / The Poison Glen / Compass-Planet

THE ARDARA GIRLS / Altan / The Poison Glen / Compass-Planet

THE MANCHESTER ANGEL / Harp And A Monkey / All Life Is Here / Moonraker

THE WALLS OF LISCARROLL / Grey Larsen & Paddy League / The Green House / Sleepy Creek Music

* ONE MORE DAY THAN THEM / The Tassie Devils / Devilish / self published

* INSIDE OUT / The Tassie Devils / Devilish / self published

KEEP YOUR LAMP TRIMMED AND BURNING / Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin / Return / www.jodyandkate.com

CINDY IN THE MEADOW / The Stairwell Sisters / Feet All Over The Floor / Yodel-Ay-Hee

* SIGN OF THE TIMES / Enda Kenny / Twelve Songs / www.endakenny.com.au

COURANTE DE JOSEPH ROMEO / Lestrtille / La Forcelle / www.auvergnediffusion.fr

BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER ASH / Fairport Convention / Angel Delight / Island

SICKNESS AND DISEASES / Fairport Convention / Angel Delight / Island

* BALLAD OF READING GAOL / Extradition / Hush / self published

* LOWE’S HORNPIPE / The Black Bear Duo / Ursa Major / www.emmanixon.com.au

THE RISING OF THE MOON / The Dubliners / The Essential Collection / EMI

RIDEES / Guidewires / II / self produced

DEHLIA / Ernie Hawkins / Mean Little Poodle / Say Mo’ Musicians

LITTLE LENALDO / Hazel Dickens / A Few Old Memories / Rounder

OLD AUNT JENNY / Brad Kolodner / Chimney Swifts / Fenchurch Music

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29 August 2021

The featured album was  THE WOODSTOCK SESSIONS  by  MARLEY'S GHOST  (self published)  A 2017 release from a highly entertaining band formed in the mid 1980s by multi-instrumentalist singers from California and Washington State whose music happily covers Appalachian, old-time; Celtic, honky tonk, gospel, bluegrass and reggae.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

AIN'T THAT TROUBLE IN MIND;  PRODIGAL SON;  STONE WALLS AND STEEL BARS;  LOUISVILLE BURGLAR;  STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN;  UNCLE JOE

* DONAL OG / Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke / A Thousand Miles Or More / www.kateandruth.com

* POLKAS / Growling Dogs / Australian Fiddle Tunes / self published

SALONIKA / Lynched / Cold Old Fire / www.lankumdublin.com

FATHER HAD A KNIFE / Lynched / Cold Old Fire / www.lankumdublin.com

THE BERKSHIRE TRAGEDY / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Starry Gazy Pie / Fellside

JOHN BRADY’S / Snaarmaarwaar / B.L.O.C.K. / www.snaarmaarwaar.be

DIGLAKE FIELDS / De Danann / Anthem / Dara

THE BELLS OF ST LOUIS / De Danann / Song For Ireland / Sugar Hill

VAS-Y GABIN / Duo Sionneau Gielen / Vas-y Gabin / self published

TYIN’ KNOTS IN THE DEVIL’S TAIL / Dom Flemons / Smithsonian Folkways

WIFE OF USHER’S WELL / Steeleye Span / All Around My Hat / Chrysalis

ALL AROUND MY HAT / Steeleye Span / All Around My Hat / Chrysalis

MUNEIRA ‘L ESPIN Y CAMPIELLU / Tejedor / Positivu / Ediciones Resistencia

TOM THE BARBER / Tony Rose / Poor Fellows / Dingle’s Records

ALBION SUNRISE / Albion Country Band / Battle Of The Field / Island

GALWAY BAY / Dolores Keane & John Faulkner / Sail Og Rua / Shanachie

* MAYPOLE POLKAS MEDLEY / Alan Musgrove & His Watsaname Band / Behind The Times / self published

* THE DYING SPRAGGER / Alan Musgrove & His Watsaname Band / Behind The Times / self published

I WONDER WHAT IS KEEPING MY TRUE LOVE / Kate Rusby / Ten / Compass Records

THE LONG LONG NOTE / Deiseal / The Long Long Note / Starc

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22 August 2021

This was a pre-recorded program with no featured album.  We're suddenly back in COVID lockdown so it's time for more home-made radio prepared at short notice.

DTIGEAS A DAMHSA / Clannad / Christ Church Cathedral / ARC

JEAN CARIGNAN / Deaf Shepherd / Synergy / Greentrax

JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES / Maggie Holland / Still Pause / Rogue

BROWN GIRL IN THE RING / Lord Invader / Classic Folk Songs For Kids / Smithsonian Folkways

OH SUSANNAH / Pete Seeger / Classic Folk Songs For Kids / Smithsonian Folkways

* NOSTALGIAS DEL ARAUCA / Blackwood / At Home / Making Music

* DIMMING OF THE DAY / Blackwood / At Home / Making Music

FATHER KELLY’S / The Elftones / The Moon And Seven Stars / www.elftones.com

PLANETS / Kate Rusby / Awkward Annie / Pure Records

* YOU GONNA QUIT ME / Ten Cent Shooters / Sweet To Mama / Ten Cent Records

GREEK LIGHTNING / Bob Fox / Dreams Never Leave You / Woodworm Records

* INGLEWOOD COCKY / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear / www.rowethmusic.com.au

SWEET LIBERTY / The Black Family / Time For Touching Home / DARA

RECES A SZOLO LEVELE / Szlema Band / Folk Music From Moldavia / Dialekton

FISHER LASSIES / Cilla Fisher & Artie Tresize / Cilla & Artie / Topic

LOS BARANDALES DEL PUENTE / Los Texmaniacs / Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds / Smithsonian Folkways

THE SUNFLOWER / Skylark / Light & Shade / Claddagh

LA CASA GRIS / Llan de Cubel / Un Tiempu Meyor / Fono Astur

THE YOUNG LIBRARIAN / Ange Hardy / The Lament Of The Black Sheep / Story Records

ACROSS THE BORDER / Tom Russell / Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary / Appleseed

CHICKEN AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A BIRD / Duck Baker / Plymouth Rock / Tompkins Square

MISS WRIGHT’S FANCY / Leveret / In The Round / RootBeat

BANKS OF THE SWEET PRIMROSES / Fairport Convention / Angel Delight / Island

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD / James Keelaghan / Home / Appleseed

* BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & Friends / Gates Of Gold / www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com

* WHEELS OF FORTUNE / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & Friends / Gates Of Gold / www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com

THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE / Norman & Nancy Blake / Take Me Back To The Range / Smithsonian Folkways

* SET TUNE MEDLEY / Harvest Moon Band / In Some Old Shed / Collective Effort

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15 August 2021

The featured album was  OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS  by  NANCI GRIFFITH  (Elektra).  Nanci Griffith died on 13 August 2021.  This is a Grammy Award winning 1993 album of cover songs, including several as duets with a range of other artists, and it's interesting to consider how Griffith's own songwriting may have been influenced by some of the composers.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE (with Emmylou Harris);  TECUMSEH VALLEY (with Arlo Guthrie);  SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS (with John Prine);  TEN DEGREES AND GETTING COLDER (with Iris DeMent);  MORNING SONG FOR SALLY

BREAD AND ROSES / Windborne / Recollections Revolutions / Wand'ring Feet Records

MSR / Skipinnish / Western Ocean / Skipinnish Records

MAILI DHONN / Skipinnish / Western Ocean / Skipinnish Records

THE LEARIG / Wendy Weatherby / A Breath On The Cold Glass / Lochshore

BALLACHULISH TANGO / Wendy Weatherby / A Breath On The Cold Glass / Lochshore

THE NIGHT THE CHINESE RESTAURANT BURNED DOWN / Tom Russell / Play One More / True North Records

LONDON GENTLEWOMEN / Belshazzar's Fest / John Playford's Secret Ball / WildGoose

NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS / Matt Molloy, John Carty, Arty McGlynn / Out Of The Ashes / Racket Records

DANCING ON A SUNDAY / Robb Johnson & Pip Collings / The Lack Of Jolly Ploughboy / Irregular Records

SCARBOROUGH FAIR / Martin Carthy / A Collection / Topic

ISLAND PADDY / Lunasa / The Kinnitty Sessions / Compass

I ONLY WANT A BUDDY NOT A SWEETHEART / Lee Stripling / Hogs Picking Up Acorns / Voyager

I AM THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD / Ernie Hawkins with Maria Muldour / Rags & Bones / www.erniehawkins.com

WHEN ALL MEN SING / Derek Gifford / When All Men Sing / Cock Robin Music

BOLL WEEVIL / The Rhythm Rats / Pretty Crowin' Chicken / 5-String Productions

THE SPIRIT LIVES ON / Colum Sands / Turn The Corner / Spring Records

HELICOPTER / Fine Friday / Gone Dancing / Foot Stompin'

TROUBLE WITH ROSES / Nanci Griffith / Poet In My Window / Philo

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8 August 2021

There was no featured album today.  The program was dominated by poetry, either recited or set to music.  There were also a couple of tracks written as songs but which work well as recitations.  In this playlist I've included the poet's name in brackets after the title.

* LUDLOW TOWN (A. E. Houseman) / Neil Adam & Judy Turner / The Keys To The Field / www.neiladamandjudyturner.com

COLONEL MARTIN (W. B. Yeats) / Kyle Alden / Songs From Yeats' Bee-Loud Glade / www.kylealden.com

* MORGAN (Edward Harrington) / Richard 'Skreitch' Leitch / An Anthology of ... Verse / self published

DOWN THE RIVER (Henry Lawson) / Martyn Wyndham-Read / Beyond The Red Horizon / Fellside

* THE BALLAD OF 1891 (Helen Palmer & Doreen Bridges) / Collector / Collector / www.rowethmusic.com.au

A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT (Robert Burns) / Five Hand Reel / For A' That / RCA

THE BOYS OF BARR NA SRAIDE (Sigerson Clifford) / Pauline Scanlan / Red Colour Sun / Independent Records

HEY RAIN (Bill Scott) / Gerry Hallom / On The Periphery / William Boyd Music

* THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER (A. B. Paterson) / Warren Fahey / Classic Bush Poetry / ABC Radio

* CLANCY OF THE OVERFLOW (A. B. Paterson) / Warren Fahey / Classic Bush Poetry / ABC Radio

THE WILD GEESE (Violet Jacob) / Jim Reid / Yont The Tay / Greentrax

* OLD CALABRIAN MAN (John Dengate) / John Dengate / Jamberoo - 20 Years On / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

THE DEIL'S AWA WI' THE EXCISEMAN (Robert Burns) / Ceolbeg / Not The Bunnyhop / Greentrax

* CALL OF THE NORTH (Jack Sorensen) / Loaded Dog / Dusty Gravel Road / www.loadeddog.net.au

* FOLLERIN' UP (Tom 'Crosscut' Wilson) / Loaded Dog / Dusty Gravel Road / www.loadeddog.net.au

* WE DON'T KNOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE (John Clarke) / Frederick Dagg / Fred Dagg Anthology / Columbia

* BALLAD OF EUREKA (Helen Palmer & Doreen Bridges) / The Fagans / Common Treasury / Mossbawn Music

* THE LITTLE SPARROW (Lancelot Harrison) / Alan Scott / Battler's Ballad / Fanged Wombat

* THE GROG 'N' GRUMBLE STEEPLECHASE (Henry Lawson) / Keith McKenry / Battler's Ballad / Fanged Wombat

* THE MORNING OF THE FRAY (possibly Frank Gardiner) / Warren Fahey & The Larrikins / The Larrikin Sessions / ABC Music

THE Y FILES (Les Barker) / Les Barker / Arovatherapy / Mrs Ackroyd Enterprises

GUIDE CATS FOR THE BLIND (Les Barker) / Les Barker / Arovatherapy / Mrs Ackroyd Enterprises

OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT (Thomas Moore) / Eleanor McEvoy / The Thomas Moore Project / Moscodisc

ROLLING DOWN TO RIO (Rudyard Kipling) / Tom Lewis / Mixed Cargo / Borealis

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1 August 2021

The featured album was  DON'T YOU MARRY NO RAILROAD MAN  by  J. P. HARRIS' DREADFUL WIND & RAIN  (Free Dirt Records)  A banjo and fiddle duo, J. P. Harris and Chance McCoy present an album of traditional British and Appalachian string band ballads.  Not at all flashy delivery, with just the two instruments providing excellent carriage for the songs. This is a very fine album.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

HOUSE CARPENTER;  CLOSER TO THE MILL;  OLD BANGUM;  BARBRY ELLEN

* THE CROSS OF THE SOUTH / Parradiddle / Wait Till The Word Gets Around / Pumphandle Recordings

BATTLE OF SHILOH / Dave Dalessandro / Village Green / Cobwebs Recording

THE SINKING OF THE REUBEN JAMES / The Weavers / The Weavers At Carnegie Hall / Vanguard

HUMOURS OF GALWAY / De Danann / Bringing It All Back Home / BBC

SONNY / Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane, Mary Black / Bringing It All Back Home / BBC

THE RUFF, THE PIKE AND THE BASTARD / The Sandy Brechin Trio / Polecats And Dead Cats / Brechin All Records

YOU COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME / Luka Bloom / Bringing It All Back Home / BBC

FOX WENT OUT ON A CHILLY NIGHT / Windborne / Recollections Revolutions / Wand'ring Feet Records

LE REEL DU PENDU / John Faulkner / Nomads / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

JOHN BARLEYCORN / Chris Wood / The Lark Descending / RUF

THE LOBSTER SET / The Paul McKenna Band / Between Two Worlds / Greentrax

P STANDS FOR PADDY / The Paul McKenna Band / Between Two Worlds / Greentrax

I AM A PILGRIM / The Byrds / Sweetheart Of The Rodeo / Columbia

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

AS I ROVED OUT / The Voice Squad / Concerning Of Three Young Men / Tara

FEMSKAFT / Uhrbrand Lydom Cahill / Spring / Go' Danish

THE CONSTANT LOVERS / James Keelaghan / A Few Simple Verses / Jericho Beach

EASTER SNOW / Catherine Ennis & Liam O'Flynn / Bringing It All Back Home / BBC

WESTERN HIGHWAY / Maura O'Connell / Bringing It All Back Home / BBC

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25 July 2021

The featured album was  THE RED HOUSE  by  CHRIS DUNCAN, CATHERINE STRUTT & JULIAN THOMPSON  (ABC Classics)  www.duncanandstrutt.com  This is a 2006 release from Australia's premier traditional Scottish style fiddle player accompanied by his partner, keyboardist Catherine Strutt, and world class cellist Julian Thompson.  The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

CRABBIT SHONA SET;  RED HOUSE SET;  REEL BEATRICE SET;  STUMPIE'S SET

THE LAST PINT / Anam / First Footing / One World Music

THE NEXT MARKET DAY / Anam / First Footing / One World Music

SULLIVAN'S JOHN / Sweeney's Men / Legend of Sweeney's Men / Castle Music

FAREWELL TO LOCHABER / Annie Grace / Take Me Out Drinking Tonight / Greentrax

* DUST OF URUZGAN / Fred Smith / Dust Of Uruzgan / www.fredsmith.com.au

KENMURE / Iona Fyfe & Max Thomson / private pre-release single / self published

* JANE ELIZA / Tonchi McIntosh & Andrew Hull / Fire Stone / www.bushroots.com

ER MELINER / Skolvan / Kerzh Ba'n' Dans / Keltia Musique

COULTER'S CANDY / Ray Fisher / Traditional Songs Of Scotland / Saydisc Records

SEINN O / LAS / LAS / www.lasmusic.co.uk

THE PARSON AND THE SUCKING PIG / Firebrand / Lost Lady Found / Kite's Nest Records

THE GOLD RING SET / Firebrand / Lost Lady Found / Kite's Nest Records

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER / Hal Parfitt-Murray & Nikolaj Busk / Music From The Edge Of The World / Go' Danish

STILL IS STILL MOVING TO ME / Toots and the Maytals with Willie Nelson / One World, Many Cultures / Putumayo

THE HARE'S LAMENT / Ye Vagabonds / The Hare's Lament / River Lea Rough Trade

CAN MERTHYR / Allan Yn Y Fan / Newid / Steam Pie Records

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18 July 2021

The featured album was  BON DEBARRAS  by  BON DEBARRAS  www.bondebarras.ca   (Productions de L'Onde)  A multi-instrumental Quebecois trio who have included traditional and recent tunes and songs on this, their 2009 debut CD.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

FILLE D'UN AVOCAT;  LA DEBROUILLE;  LA MALMARIEE ET SON MARI ENSEVELI;  REEL DU FJORD

CLANCY & DOOLEY & DON MCLEOD / Roy Bailey / Sit Down & Sing / Fuse Records

THE BRICK / Tim Laycock & Colin Thompson / Hampshire Dance Tunes / WildGoose

* THE MARANOA DROVERS / The Rambleers / The Rambleers / National Library of Australia

CANARIES / Ann Heymann / Cruit Go n'Or / www.clairseach.com

THE PARISH OF DUNKELD / Andy M. Stewart / The Jug Of Punch / Larrikin

THE JUG OF PUNCH / Altan / The Jug Of Punch / Larrikin

MADS DOSS / Spaelimenninir / Flod Og Fjora / Tutl

RUNDT PA GULVET / Spaelimenninir / Flod Og Fjora / Tutl

MUDDY MUDDY RIVER / Sons Of The Never Wrong / Undertaker's Songbook / Sons3Records

* YOUR DAUGHTERS AND YOUR SONS / The Fagans / Jamberoo - The First Ten Years / Illawarra Folk Club

* SATURDAY NIGHT AT MARSHALL MOUNT / Wongawilli / Jamberoo - The First Ten Years / Illawarra Folk Club

THE BUFFOON / Tom Kitching / Interloper / Fellside-Planet

SHAWNEETOWN / Goodwin & Gray / As The Crow Flies / Steeplejack Music

THE BIRD IN THE BUSH / Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh / Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh / Gael-Linn

THE RUBY / Bumblebees / Buzzin' / Beehave Records

JOHN ANDERSON MY JO / Ian F. Benzie / So Far / Lochshore

* CHARLESWORTH BAY / Judy Small / Jamberoo - The First Ten Years / Illawarra Folk Club

A CAVEAT FOR CUTPURSES / James Raynard / Strange Histories / Unearthed

NECKBELLY / Sharon Shannon / Renegade / www.sharonshannon.com

THE SHORE HEID BOAT / Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre / White Wings / Greentrax

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11 July 2021

The featured album was  CREOLE SOUNDS FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN  by  SAKILI  (ARC).  An intriguing, vibrant and engaging album of Séga style Creole songs from Rodrigues, a 108 square kilometre (42 sq mi) autonomous outer island in the Republic of Mauritius.  The island has a fascinating history and this trio's music is captivating, with instrumentation based around the sound of the frame drum, the accordion and the kabosy.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

MA NININE;  DAN MO LA KWIZIN;  FLANBWAYAN;  SOLITAIRE;  MISIE SEMIZ AFLER

* FREEDOM / Blackwood / Home Soon / Making Music

DROPS OF SPRING WATER / Helene Brunet & Nicola Hayes / Travelling / Sigfried

WHERE IS THE GAMBLIN' MAN? / Pharis and Jason Romero / A Passing Glimpse / Lula Records

THE MILEHOUSE / The Queensberry Rules / Take Your Own Roads / Fellside-Planet

CANAL SONG / The Queensberry Rules / Take Your Own Roads / Fellside-Planet

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN PRESERVATION / Father Michael Williams / The Southeast Alaska Folk Tradition / Smithsonian-Folkways

* ROB'S PLACE / Desert Child / Desert Child / self published

ROLL DOWN / The Young'Uns / When Our Grandfathers Said No / Navigator-Planet

THE TERM TIME / Malinky / Far Better Days / Malinky Music

HALLINGER / Burgess, Adin & Wingard / Doggerland / Sjelvar

GLORIOUS DESERTERS / Burgess, Adin & Wingard / Doggerland / Sjelvar

THE KISS BEHIND THE DOOR / Seamus Quinn and Gary Hastings / Slan Le Loch Eirne / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

CLUCK OLD HEN / Red Hen Stringband / Birds Of A Feather / Wepecket Island Records

BARRA CLAPPING SONG / Capercaillie / Roses And tears / Vertical Records

IZAR EDERRAK / Hiru Truku / Mendebaldeko Euskal Baladak / Nuevos Medios

* PAMELA ROSE GRANT / Jo Cresswell / Elysium / self published

JACKY MOLARD'S / Lunasa / Lunasa / Vertical

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4 July 2021

The featured album was  PENGUIN EGGS  by  NIC JONES  www.nicjones.net  (Topic).  Released in 1980, this was Jones' last studio recording before being severely injured in a motor vehicle accident.  An iconic album, hugely influential on a generation of musicians for both Jones' distinctive guitar playing and his interpretation of mostly traditional songs.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

CANADEE-I-O;  THE LITTLE POT STOVE;  THE DROWNED LOVERS;  BARRACK STREET;  THE FLANDYKE SHORE

THE CUCKOO / JSD Band / For The Record / Lochshore

THE IRISH GIRL / JSD Band / For The Record / Lochshore

* BROTHER JOE AND ME / Bob Campbell / The Divide / www.fiddlerbob.com.au

* LADY OF CARLISLE / Kate Delaney / Highlights 2009 NFF / www.folkfestival.asn.au

SYRTOS ARGOS / Stanley Greenthal / Melodie / Madrona Ring Music

MARBHA LUIMNI / Gren Morris & Sam Stephens / Hums Ancient And Modern / self published

* CLACHNACUDDIN / Emma Nixon & Tony Vandermeer / Chasing The Sunset / www.emmanixon.com.au

DE SAINT PAUL A TERREBONNE / Bumblebees / Buzzin' / Beehave Records

THE MARY ELLEN CARTER / Stan Rogers / Between The Breaks / Borealis

CHELSEA MORNING / Fairport Convention / Fairport Convention / Polydor

THE HEN THAT BECAME A HARE / Paddy Graber / The Craic Was Great / Celtic-Palatine Press

KENTUCKY WINDER / The Stairwell Sisters / Get Off Your Money / Yodel-Ay-Hee

WHO'S TO BLAME / The Stairwell Sisters / Get Off Your Money / Yodel-Ay-Hee

THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS / Notorious / The Road To Damascus / Black Socks Press

WILD ROSE OF THE MOUNTAIN / Notorious / The Road To Damascus / Black Socks Press

THE MIGHTY DANCER / MacDara O Conaola / The Love Token / self published

MRS SAGGS / Kerfuffle / K2 / RootBeat Records

HOLLAND HANDKERCHIEF / Kerfuffle / K2 / RootBeat Records

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