TRACK / artist / album / label
(* Australian content)
(Intro theme: HERON ELECTION JIG / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / XTRA)
26 December 2021
This was my CHRISTMAS PROGRAM for 2021
THE BELLS OF DUBLIN / The Chieftains / Bells Of Dublin / BMG
IL EST NE / The Chieftains with Kate & Anna McGarrigle / Bells Of Dublin / BMG
THE FIRST NOEL / Tracey Silverman and Thea Suits-Silverman / A Winter Solstice V / Windham Hill
* EUCALYPTUS CHRISTMAS / Graham Seal / Barbed Wire Ballads / Unvarnished Productions
A CHRISTMAS CAROL / Tom Lehrer / Bah Humbug / Greentrax
GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN / Loreena McKennitt / A Christmas Radio Sampler / Quinlan Road
GOOD KING WENCESLAS / Loreena McKennitt / A Christmas Radio Sampler / Quinlan Road
GOOD KING WENCESLAUS / John Lennon / ?
LEADING OF THE STAR / Ann & Phil Case / Holiday Sampler / Dry Run Recordings
APPLE-TREE WASSAIL / The Watersons / For Pence And Spicy Ale / Topic
JOY HEALTH LOVE AND PEACE / The Watersons / Sound Sound Your Instruments Of Joy / Topic
THE POACHER'S CHRISTMAS / The Kipper Family / The Ever Decreasing Circle / Dambuster
THE MAN THAT SLITS THE TURKEYS' THROATS AT CHRISTMAS / Robin Laing / Bah Humbug / Greentrax
THE BOAR'S HEAD / The Chieftains with The Voice Squad / Bells Of Dublin / BMG
JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING / John Palmes / Mouthbow: Small Voices / self published
STAR OF WONDER / Frederick Dagg / Fred Dagg Anthology / Columbia
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS / Frank Kelly / Comedy Countdown / Ritz
* STILLE NACHT / Melbourne Austrian Choir / Christmas In Australia / self published
FIRST CHRISTMAS / Stan Rogers / Between The Breaks / Fogarty's Cove
CELEBRONS LA NAISSANCE / Steve Eulberg / ‘Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime / Old Mountain Music
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM / Finest Kind / Feasts & Spirits / Fallen Angel Music
THE SANS DAY CAROL / Maddy Prior with the Carnival Band / A Tapestry Of Carols / Saydisc
THE GOLDEN CAROL / Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band / Vaughan Williams – Carols, Songs & Hymns / Park Records
CAROL OF THE BELLS / Vi Wickam / ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas / Wickam Music
OIDHCHE NOLLAIG MÒIRE / Fiona Mackenzie / Duan Nollaig / Greentrax
* HOW TO MAKE GRAVY / Paul Kelly / Songs From The South / Mushroom
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS / Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer / A Sound Of Christmas Past / WetFoot Music
WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED / Waterson : Carthy / Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man / Topic-Planet
NEW YEAR CAROL – RESIDUE / Waterson : Carthy / Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man / Topic-Planet
I SAW THREE SHIPS / Simon Mayor / Winter With Mandolins / Acoustics Records
19 December 2021
The first half of the program was a selection of ‘seasonal’ music. The second half of the program was an album titled FEASTS & SPIRITS by
the Canadian trio, FINEST KIND, with John D. Huston retelling the story of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The combination of songs
and readings works very nicely.
I SAW THREE SHIPS / Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer / A Sound Of Christmas Past / Wet Foot Music
PAPER ANGELS / Artisan / Paper Angels / Bedspring Music
CAROL OF THE BELLS / Vi Wickam / ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas / Wickam Music
THE SILVER STARS ARE IN THE SKY / Karen Jacobson / The Longest Night Of The Year / Hudson Harding
FUM FUM FUM / Steve Eulberg / ‘Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime / Owl Music
SANTA AND ELVIS / Mark Stepanoff / The Longest Night Of The Year / Hudson Harding
THE OLD WAYS / Loreena McKennitt / A Christmas Sampler / Quinlan Road
SUSSEX CAROL / Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer / A Sound Of Christmas Past / Wet Foot Music
GLOUCESTER WASSAIL / Iona / Mid-Winter Light / Barnaby Productions
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? / Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer / The Longest Night Of The Year / Hudson Harding
TALADH CHRIOSDA / Fiona Mackenzie / Duan Nollaig / Greentrax
THE BLESSINGS OF MARY / Steve Eulberg / ‘Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime / Owl Music
THE SIMPLE BIRTH / Barbara Higbie / A Winter’s Solstice V / Windham Hill
The complete album A CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT by FINEST KIND and John D. Huston (Fallen Angle Music)
SHEPHERDS ARISE; A TIGHT-FISTED HAND AT THE GRINDSTONE; HORSHAM TIPTEERERS’ SONG; THE FACE IN THE KNOCKER; GOWER
WASSAIL; PARTY AT FEZZIWIG’S; THE HOLLY AND THE IVY; THE CRATCHITS’ CHRISTMAS DINNER; WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR
FLOCKS BY NIGHT; THE TWO CHILDREN – IGNORANCE AND WANT; THE HOMELESS WASSAIL; GRIEVING FOR TINY TIM; THE CRADLE
CAROL; CHRISTMAS MORNING; O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM; THE END OF IT; PLEASE TO SEE THE KING; OH BEAUTIFUL STAR
OF BETHLEHEM
12 December 2021
The featured album was MY WESTERN HOME by ED LITTLEFIELD JR (Sage Arts)
www.edlittlefieldjr.com A solo selection of mostly cowboy songs from a 30+ years member of
Marley's Ghost, skilled multi-instrumentalist and possessed of a voice described as "weathered, wistful and a little weary". An easy album
to enjoy. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
DARCY FARROW; RED RIVER VALLEY; THE COWBOY WALTZ; FOUR STRONG WINDS; TEXAS RANGERS
CRIPPLE CREEK / Steve Rosen / Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook Vol 1 / Bloodshot Records
DEEP RIVER BLUES / Janet Bean / Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook Vol 1 / Bloodshot Records
* HARRY SCHAEFFER'S TUNES / Growling Dogs / Verandah Music / National Library of Australia
GREEN GROWS THE LAUREL / Andrew Murray / Hell Or High Water / White Cow Music
HENRY LEE / The Furrow Collective / At Our Next Meeting / Furrow Records
LIVELY STEPS / Isla Ratcliff / The Castalia /
www.islaratcliff.com
CARLS O' DYSART / Janet Russell & Christine Kidd / Music & Song Of Scotland / Greentrax
CASTELL CAERNARFON / Ar Log / The Best Of Ar Log / Sain
THE FINAL TRAWL / Archie Fisher / People And Songs Of The Sea / Greentrax
THE SHAALDS OF FOULA SET / John Carnie / People And Songs Of The Sea / Greentrax
SALTON DE MERES / Llan de Cubel / L'Otru Llau de la Mar / Fono Astur
SWEET KINGWILLIAMSTOWN / Bryan O'Leary & Colm Guilfoyle with Brendan Begley / Where The Bog Is / self published
KITTY THE HANDSOME CAT / Tony Hall / One Man Hand / WildGoose
NOCHE EN VELA / Brotto-Lopez / Le Bal / C.A.M.O.M.
* MISS MARY STIRLING'S HORNPIPE / The Black Bear Duo / The Dancing Bear /
www.emmanixon.com.au
HAPPY ON THE MISSISSIPPI SHORE / Beverly Smith & Carl Jones / Somewhere Over Yonder / DittyVille
OLD DANISH / Polka Works / Borrowed Shoes / G&T Music
* CONNOLY'S JIGS / Billy Moran / Irish Button Accordion / self published
5 December 2021
The featured album was DECLINING ... WITH THANKS by IAN ROBB & JAMES STEPHENS (Fallen Angle Music) Another
excellent "COVID lockdown" recording, this time from two well known Ottawa based musicians. A collection of ballads, including some Ian Robb
originals and David Parry's very good musical setting of a Robert W. Service poem. Thoroughly entertaining album. The following
tracks were scattered through the program:
SAVE YOUR MONEY WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG; DAFT ANNIE; THE VOLUNTEER; DEAD FUNNY
HOG-EYED MAN / The Stairwell Sisters / The Stairwell Sisters / Yodel-Ay-Hee
TOY SOLDIERS / Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr / Murmurs / Topic
GATHER THE OWLS / Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr / Murmurs / Topic
* THE DAY THE VIRGIN MARY CAME TO COOGEE / The Wheeze and Suck Band / NFF Highlights 2008 /
www.folkfestival.org.au
FINSK BRUDEMARSCH / Faerd / NFF Highlights 2008 /
www.folkfestival.org.au
THE LAST THING ON MY MIND / Tom Paxton / The Very Best Of Tom Paxton / Flying Fish
INERA 1 / DRD / DRD / Ambitu-L'Aguanaz
* AN TSEAN TRIANTAN / Triantan / Triantan / self published
THE DEPLICTION / FARA / Times From Times Fall / FARA Music
* BOB IN THE WASH HOUSE / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear / self published
SONNY / Mary Black with Emmylou Harris and Dolores Keane / Twenty Five Years Twenty Five Songs / 3u Records
* HEADING FOR HALIFAX / Jim MacQuarrie / Time Can't Erase / self published
SET OF JIGS / Mark Dunlop / Islands On The Moon / Greentrax
THE THREE HUNTSMEN / Mark Dunlop / Islands On The Moon / Greentrax
* JONES' SELECTION / Keith McKenry and Alan Scott / Battler's Ballad / Fanged Wombat
OLD BUSH / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Partners In Crime / Vertical Records
SPAILPIN FANACH / Tus Nua / Gatehouse / Gael Linn
JOSEFIN'S DOPVALS / Vasen / Essence / Auvidis
EL QUE SIEMBRA SU MAIZ / Las Perlas Del Son / Si Senor / Festival
28 November 2021
Today's program was made up of tracks from some of the albums which were featured in 2020.
IZAR EDERRAK / Hiru Truku / Mendebaleko Euskal Baladek / Nuevos Medios
THE BELL RINGING SONG / Hilary James / English Sketches / Acoustics
COLORED ARISTOCRACY / Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones / Old Tin / DittyVille
DRUMMOND CASTLE / Tolka / Tales From The External Hard Drive / self published
MADAME MAXWELL / Blas / Blas /
www.daviddoocey.com
BOAT’S UP THE RIVER / Rattle On The Stovepipe / Through The Woods / WildGoose
VALSE DES MOISONNEURS / Groupe Sans-Gain / Cire Tes Souliers /
www.groupesansgain.org
ORO / Eithne Ni Uallachain / Bilingua / Gael Linn
JIGS / Ewen Henderson / Steall / Old Laundry Productions
A-NOCHD A' CHIAD OIDHCHE 'N FHOGHAIR / Sian / Sian /
www.sian-music.com
LAST NIGHT’S JOY / Gerry O’Connor / Last Night’s Joy / Lughnasa Music
THE LIGHTS OF COBB & CO / Gerry Hallom / Old Australian Ways / Fellside
THE RAMBLER FROM CLARE / John Doyle / The Path Of Stones / Compass
DOLINA / Westward The Light / Westward The Light / Braw Sailin’ Records
TIANAVAIG / Lauren MacColl / When Leaves Fall / Make Believe Records
I NEVER WILL MARRY / Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton / Duets / Rhino
GOSPEL PLOW / Chance McCoy and the Appalachian String Band / Debut / Appalachian Music Group
MOVE DANIEL / Jake Blount / Spider Tales / Free Dirt
* QUEENSLAND WHALERS / Harry Robertson / Whale Chasing Men / Screen Sound Australia
GENERATIONS OF CHANGE / Cilla Fisher & Artie Tresize / Cilla & Artie / Topic
NO RELATION / Socks In The Frying Pan / Without A Paddle /
www.socksinthefryingpan.com
BILL DALTON’S WIFE / Dave Arthur / Someone To Love You / WildGoose
* GOOSE-NECK SPURS / Alan Musgrove & His Watsaname Band / Behind The Times / self published
PADDY RYAN’S DREAM / Realta / Clear Skies /
www.realtamusic.com
21 November 2021
The featured album was CELEBRATION by THE KNOWE O' DEIL
https://theknoweodeil.bandcamp.com Traditional and more recent tunes and songs from an
Orkney band whose name (meaning 'The Knowe of Dale') comes from the name of a burnt mound on the Orcadian island of Rousay. This is a worthy
compilation of tracks from the band's four earlier albums, with a range of musicians playing. The following tracks were scattered through
the program:
SIR OLAF; THE ELBOW ROOM; LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND; MISS JENNA DREVER; WOO'D AN' MARRIED AN' A'
WILLIE AND MARY / Deanta / Whisper Of A Secret / Green Linnet
CINDY / Tangleweed / Just A Spoonful / Squatney Records
* OLD BLOKES SET TUNES / Wongawilli / Live At The Local / self published
* PAMULWUY / Home Rule / The Genuine Article /
www.fiddlerbob.com.au
MARCIA MORA / Tendachent / Arneis / FolkClub Ethnosuoni
CUMBERLAND GAP / Woody Guthrie / House Of The Rising Sun / Legacy International
VAN DIEMAN'S LAND / Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band / No Roses / Mooncrest
THE JACINTA / Alan Bell / The Definitive Collection / Greentrax
THE EMIGRANT / Battlefield Band / The Road Of Tears / Temple Records
THE HIGHLANDER'S FAREWELL TO IRELAND / Battlefield Band / The Road Of Tears / Temple Records
WRECK OF OLD 97 / John Synnott, Bill & Renee / A Bag Of Rainbows / Heritage Records
* RAILWAY WIDOW'S BLUES / Margaret Walters & JohnWarner / Who Was Here? / Feathers and Wedge
BROTHER JOHN / Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan / The Long Grazing Acre / Compass
A SERVANT OF THE COMPANY / Brian Peters / The Seeds Of Time / Harbourtown
LE RANG DU PIC DUR / Claude Methe / L'Amant Confesseur / Roues et Archets
I'SE THE B'Y / Wade Hillier / Songs Of Newfoundland & Labrador / self published
I WENT DOWN TO LONDON / The Claque / Sounding Now / WildGoose
WORLD GONE WRONG / Bob Dylan / World Gone Wrong / Columbia
JIM O'KEEFE'S / The Green Fields Of America / The Green Fields Of America / Compass
* THE LIME JUICE TUB / Warren Fahey / The Larrikin Sessions / ABC Music
SCOTTISH 3/4 PIPE MARCHES / Kevin Macleod / Springwell / Greentrax
BABY PLEASE DON'T GO / Harry Manx / Dog My Cat / Ellen Vannan Productions
14 November 2021
The featured album was BUY IT, TRY IT AND NEVER REPENT YOU by RON TAYLOR AND JEFF GILLETT (WildGoose) This is
an impressive album of (all but one) traditional English and anglicised songs. Taylor's fine voice and Gillett's polished accompaniment make
this a most enjoyable offering. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
STORMY SCENES OF WINTER; HOLLAND'S LEAGUER; REYNARD THE FOX; FLASH LAD; GLENLOGIE
* LAY THE BENT TO THE BONNY BROOM / Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke / A Thousand Miles Or More /
www.kateandruth.com
TOM JOAD / Dick Gaughan / Outlaws & Dreamers / Greentrax
RIL AN SPIDEAL / De Danann / Anthem / DARA
ANTHEM FOR IRELAND / De Danann / Anthem / DARA
THE BACHAND JIGS / Qristina & Quinn Bachand / Little Hinges / Beacon Ridge Productions
ALL MY FRIENDS / Jerry Holland & John Doyle / Helping Hands / Fiddlesticks Music
SIEGE OF ENNIS / Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh Band / Open With Care / Brechin All Records
MO GHILE MEAR / The Chieftains with Sting / The Long Black Veil / BMG
EL FANDANGO DE LA MANCHA / Viguela / Traditional Music From Spain / ARC
OLD AUNT JENNY WITH HER NIGHTCAP ON / Notorious / Elkins / Black Socks Press
LITTLE BOXES / Malvina Reynolds / Ear To The Ground / Smithsonian Folkways
HERE COME THE WEAK / The House Band / Stonetown / Harbourtown
MA MIE TANT BLANCHE / Vishten / Terre Rouge / Les Editions Do Corfus
A STREAK OF FAT, A STREAK OF LEAN / Skip Gorman & The Waddie Pals / Dogie Music / Old West Recordings
THE GOODNIGHT LOVING TRAIL / Skip Gorman & The Waddie Pals / Dogie Music / Old West Recordings
ABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCE TUNE / Ruth Angell / The Mother Of All Morris / Talking Elephant
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY / Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick / Straws In The Wind / Topic
SWEET LITTLE MISS BLUE EYES / Here Today / Here Today / Rounder
RICHMOND COTILLION / Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr / Murmurs / Topic
7 November 2021
The featured album was THE LEDGER by FINDLAY NAPIER AND GILLIAN FRAME WITH MIKE VASS (Cheery Groove).
www.findlaynapier.com/the-ledger In the 1950s and 1960s, The Scotsman newspaper
published a traditional Scottish folk song each week, with notes by folklorist Norman Buchan. Findlay Napier’s grandfather kept a ledger of
these songs and this excellent album
draws from that collection. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
BARBARA ALLEN; BURNIE BUSHEL; VAN DIEMAN’S LAND; MORMOND BRAES; BALOO BALEERY
ACCORDING TO THE ACT / Tom Lewis / 360 Degrees / Borealis
FIR AN GHUAIL / Marcas O Murchu / O Bheal Go Beal / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
SARO JANE / Joe Rollin Porter / Take This Hammer / Joropo Records
TAMZARA / A.G.A. Trio / Meeting / ARC
HELLO IN THERE / John Prine / Souvenirs / Oh Boy
KERRY POLKAS / Lisa Moscatiello & Rosie Shipley / Well Kept Secrets / Shipswhistle
THE FLOWERS OF SASKATCHEWAN / Lisa Moscatiello & Rosie Shipley / Well Kept Secrets / Shipswhistle
MARAMAROSI TANCOT / Muzsikas / The Bartok Album / Festival
MY SON TIM / John Francis Flynn / I Would Not Live Always / River Lea
TRALEE GAOL / John Francis Flynn / I Would Not Live Always / River Lea
MY OLD MAN / Ange Hardy / Bare Foot Folk / Story Records
ARTHUR MCBRIDE / Planxty / Planxty / Polydor
ALTAMONT / The Horsenecks / The Horsenecks / CDB
THE INCOMPARABLE DOUG MACPHEE / David Greenberg / Tunes Until Dawn / Marquis Music
PADMAKARA / Choying Drolma / Selwa / Six Degrees
THE SLIP SHOD TAP ROOM DANCE / Ralph McTell / Huntingdon Folk / Speaking Volumes
HIRING FAIR / Fairport Convention / Huntingdon Folk / Speaking Volumes
LOST GIRL / Foghorn Stringband / Rattlesnake Tidal Wave /
www.foghornmusic.com
FARTHER ALONG / Foghorn Stringband / Rattlesnake Tidal Wave /
www.foghornmusic.com
WHEN I’M GONE / Socks In The Frying Pan / The Return of the Sock Monsters From Outer Space / self published
THE SHTEADY SET / Socks In The Frying Pan / The Return of the Sock Monsters From Outer Space / self published
31 October 2021
The featured album was THE SCORE by TROUBLE IN THE KITCHEN (self published). Well established Australian band
perhaps best known for playing traditional Irish music, with some recent and original material. The following tracks (all * Australian
content) were scattered through the program:
THE BRIDE’S RETURN; SONG OF CHOICE; THE WITCH; ALL FOR ME; THE RAMBLES
SAINTS AND SINNERS / Clare Mann and Aaron Jones / Secret Orders / tradmusic
THE NODDING SONG / Ceolbeg / Ceolbeg 5 / Greentrax
MUNERA’L CENTRO / Felpeyu / Ya / Secret Street
THYME / The Wilson Family / The Wilson Family Album / Harbourtown
THE GIANT SET / Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller / Shadows Tall / Greentrax
THE KING’S SHILLING / Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller / Shadows Tall / Greentrax
LE VOYAGEUR / Barachois / Barachois / IONA
I’LL GO LIST FOR A SAILOR / Jim Moray / Low Culture / Niblick is a Giraffe
ANACHIE GORDON / Mary Black / Twenty Five Years Twenty Five Songs / 3u Records
MAZURKA HOUTEM / MANdolinMAN / Unfolding The Roots / ARC
* THE STREETS OF JOYCE / Enda Kenny / Here & There /
www.endakenny.com.au
MR PANTALEISH / Brad Kolodner / Chimney Swifts / Fenchurch Music
FISHERMAN’S WIFE / The Johnson Girls / The Johnson Girls /
www.thejohnsongirls.com
ATONEMENT / John McCutcheon / Bucket List / Appalseed
AILSA / Heisk / Heisk /
www.heisk.co.uk
UNCLE BOO BOO STORY #1 / Atwater Donnelly / And Then I’m Going Home / Rabbit Island Music
FOUR MARYS / Atwater Donnelly / And Then I’m Going Home / Rabbit Island Music
UNCLE BOO BOO STORY #2 / Atwater Donnelly / And Then I’m Going Home / Rabbit Island Music
REEL DE PENDU / Barachois / Barachois / IONA
HEEYM YN GEUREY / Ruth Keggin / Turrys / Purt Sheearan Records
* CIAO BILLABONG / Wongawilli / NFF 2009 /
www.folkfestival.asn.au
24 October 2021
The featured album was FIRE DRAW NEAR - AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRADITIONAL IRISH SONG AND MUSIC compiled by Ian Lynch, a Dublin based
musician and member of the band Lankum, a folklorist and broadcaster. (River Lea Recordings) This is a most
interesting and significant contemporary contribution to the promotion of collected traditional Irish music, including material sourced from over
six decades. The following tracks (with named performers) were scattered through the program:
WOMAN OF THE HOUSE (The Raineys); WHEN I WAS IN HORSEBACK (Mary Doran); PADDY'S PANACEA (Tom Lenihan): THE KILFRUSH (Tommy
Reck); AMHRAN NA HEASCAINNE (Joe Heaney); COLONEL FRASER ( Johnny Doran); THE JOLLY TINKER (John Reilly Jr.)
NEVER PUT TO SEA BOYS / Linda Thompson / Won't Be Long Now / Topic
KISS THE MAID / Dessie Kelliher, Brian O'Loughlin, Tom Delaney / Well For Some / self published
THE GIFT OF GOD / Kitsyke Will / Devil's Ride / Highway Records
THE OLD TORN PETTICOAT / Kitsyke Will / Devil's Ride / Highway Records
* WOODTURNER'S LOVE SONG / Phyl Lobl / Bronzewing / self published
THE MIAMI / Jez Lowe / Jack Common's Anthem / Tantobie
CAVEAT FOR CATPURSES / Pilgrim's Way / Stand And Deliver / Talking Cat
MYSTERIOUS MOSE / The Motor City Sidestrokers / Strokin' / self published
THE FIEND AND THE HOUND / Assynt / A Road To The North / Garthland Records
THE FAITHFUL PLOUGH / Chris Foster / Hadelin / Green Man Productions
BILL STARK'S FIDDLE / Steve Lawrence & Hudson Swan / Amalgamation / Lochshore
DURANG'S HORNPIPE / Gil Kiesecker / Dance Fiddler From The Blue Mountains / Voyager
THEID MI DO LOCH ALAINN / Julie Fowlis / Alterum / Machair Records
* BEWARE OH TAKE CARE / Honeyfields / Fortune's Wheel / self published
TURTLE AND THE ASP / Skyhook / At The Stringsmith's Forge /
www.skyhookmusic.com
EYRE ON A C STRING / Skyhook / At The Stringsmith's Forge /
www.skyhookmusic.com
17 October 2021
The featured album was WIGHT COCKADE by THE DOLLYMOPPS (WildGoose). A trio who sing songs, mostly a cappella,
from the folk tradition of southern England and, in particular, songs collected from their native Isle of Wight. The following tracks were
scattered through the program:
FROM SPITHEAD ROADS AS WE SET SAIL; NEWTOWN RANDY; THE LOYAL ISLE OF WIGHT VOLUNTEERS' QUICK MARCH; JOLLY HARVESTMEN;
JONAS AND THE DEVIL
* RIPPLES IN THE ROCKPOOL / Colcannon / Covering Our Tracks / Greentrax
SEVEN YELLOW GYPSIES / The House Band / October Song / Green Linnet
THREE RUSTY SWORDS / The House Band / October Song / Green Linnet
WE ARE CLIMBING / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Glow / DittyVille
CLUCK OLD HEN / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Glow / DittyVille
NORMAN MACLEAN OF LORA / Griogair Labhruidh / Dail-riata / Dunach Records
ORAN DO 'N MHORAIRNE / Griogair Labhruidh / Dail-riata / Dunach Records
WHEELS / John McCutcheon / Sprout Wings And Fly / Rounder
* AMONG PRODDY DOGS AND PAPES / Alistair Hulett / Dance Of The Underclass / Mighty Boy
* THE STOLEN KISS / David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band / Knowing The Place / self published
* FAREWELL TO NIGG / Strathmannan / Strathmannan / self published
BONY ON THE ISLE OF ST HELENA / Uncle Earl / Waterloo, Tennessee / Rounder
WINGS / Drop The Box / Honeytrap / Lochshore
BLACK MYSELF / R Giddens. A Kiah, L McCalla, A Russell / Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways
UP IN THE MORNING EARLY / Billy Ross / Shore Street / Greentrax
GALLO DEL CIELO / Tom Russell / Song Of The West / HMG
DA SLOCKIT LIGHT / Frankie Laine / Dobro / Gael-Linn
FREEDOM SONG / Karan Casey / Chasing The Sun / Vertical Records
LADS OF ALNWICK / Kathryn Tickell / The Gathering / Park Records
10 October 2021
The featured album was CLOSING THE GAP by BRUCE MOLSKY’S MOUNTAIN DRIFTERS (Tree Frog Music).
www.brucemolsky.com This is another outstanding release from one of the best old-time
multi-instrumentalists in the business. Molsky only plays fiddle and sings this time around, with Allison de Groot on banjo and Stash
Wyslouch on guitar. Great vocal harmonies and tune selection, as always. The following tracks were scattered through the program:
THERE'S A BRIGHT SIGHT SOMEWHERE; FORTUNE; THE GRAF SPEE; ALL GONE NOW; LET ME FALL; I GET MY WHISKEY FROM
ROCKINGHAM
VIAXE / Mutenrohi / Sete / Zouma
* THE RASPBERRY PICKERS’ SONG / Harvest Moon Band / In Some Old Shed / Collective Effort
SWEET MILK AND PEACHES / Mike Compton & Norman Blake Play The Tunes Of Narmour & Smith / Gallop To Georgia / Taterbug
THE BELL RINGING SONG / Hilary James / English Sketches / Acooustics Records
THE THOMSON BOYS / The Occasionals / Reel Of Four / Greentrax
SPRIG O THYME / Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham / Well Dressed / WildGoose
THE LITTLE BIRD SET / J P Cormier & Tim Edey / Once / self published
* ARNOLD WORDSWORTH / John Clarke / The Complete Book Of Australian Verse / ABC
MATTHEW LOVES MARK / Banter / Yes / Mrs Casey Records
KAFOOZALUM / Banter / Yes / Mrs Casey Records
HAI SAI OJI-SAN / John French, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Richard Thompson / Live, Love, Larf. & Loaf / Shanachie
SALLY BROWN / Heidi Talbot / The Last Star / Navigator
THE BABYLON (+Just As The Tide Is Flowing) / Boldwood / Glory Of The West / Hobgoblin
ON THE ONE ROAD / The High Kings / Memory Lane / Universal
LA VALSE D’AMBRE / Bargainatt / Omic / self published
* OCTOBER SONG (+Corinna Corinna) / Hildebrand / Early Live Recordings / self published
* STAY HOME / The Maes / The Maes / self published
DIRT DUST LORRIES AND NOISE / Home Service / A New Ground / Dotted Line
NET HAULING SONG / The Dubliners / The Essential Collection / EMI
TCHINA / Thalweg / Berbero Celtic / Coop Breizh
* SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA / Eric Bogle / The Music & Song of Greentrax / Greentrax
THE FAITHFUL SAILOR BOY / The Keane Family / Muintir Chathain / Gael Linn
GORDON’S / Gnoss / The Light Of The Moon / self published
3 October 2021
The featured album was FISHES & FINE YELLOW SAND by WATERSON:CARTHY (Topic). All but one track on this 2004
release are traditional songs or older tunes played in the distinctive style of England’s first family of folk. The following tracks were
scattered through the program:
GOODBYE FARE YOU WELL; THE GALOPEDE; BLACK MUDDY RIVER; THE QUADRILLE; GEORGE TILLS' NO. 2
SHOALS OF HERRING / Ceolbeg / Cairn Water / Greentrax
FOLLOW THE HERON / Cathie Ryan / The Farthest Wave / Shanachie
HAPPY TUNE / Daniel Koulack / Frailing To Succeed / Little Giant Music
CORNWALL THE LAND I LOVE / Brenda Wootton / Scarborough Fair / Castle Music
BROWN ADAM / Spiers & Boden / The Works / Navigator
CHAN CHAN / The Mammals / Rock That Babe / Signature Sounds
QUITE EARLY MORNING / The Mammals / Rock That Babe / Signature Sounds
* GALILEO / The Fagans / Kitchen Dance / self published
THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE / Paul Simon / Graceland / Warner Bros
THE PINERY BOY / Norah Rendell / Spinning Yarns / Two Tap Music
THE GABERLUNZIE MAN / The Tannahill Weavers / IV / Plant Life
MARY DANCED WITH SOLDIERS / Emmylou Harris and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Universal
LA PORTE DANS ARRIERE / Joe Cormier and the Louisiana Aces / The Rounder Records Story / Rounder
MRS SCOTT SKINNER / D L Menard / The Rounder Records Story / Rounder
AURETTI’S DUTCH SKIPPER / Brass Monkey / Sound & Rumour / Topic
* TEXAS / Fred Smith / Pick Of The Crop 2009 / Trad & Now
ISUÉ / Mercedes Peon / The Ultimate Guide To Spanish Folk / ARC
* DRUMMOND CASTLE / Tolka / Tunes From The External Hard Drive / self published
* MISTY / The New Graces / Season / self published
SILICOSIS BLUES / The Golden Gate Quartet & Josh White / Freedom / Bridge