Archived Playlists:  July - September 2022

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


25 September 2022

The featured album was  LAS  by  BRIGHDE CHAIMBEUL, ROSS AINSLIE & STEVEN BYRNES  (Great White Records).  Wonderful collaboration between Chaimbeul and Ainslie playing Scottish smallpipes, ably supported by Byrnes' steady rhythm guitar accompaniment.  A mix of traditional and original tunes, mostly from the pipers.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

GREEN LIGHT SET;  GAVOTTE POURLET;  JOHN PATTERSON'S MARE;  STRATHSPEYS AND REELS;  IRISH

* MALMSBURY ABBEY / Cloudstreet / Clouded House / www.cloudstreet.org

* JOCK BROON’S 70TH / Cloudstreet / Clouded House / www.cloudstreet.org

OH RED / The Hampton Street Coffee Grinders / Blues, Rags, Stomps, and Obsolete Dance Music / self published

* WINDRADYNE / Railplane / Railplane / self published

* RED GEORGIA CLAY / Railplane / Railplane / self published

BONNY BOY / Bright Season / Bright Season / Folkstock Records

VANKARIN POLSKA / Bright Season / Bright Season / Folkstock Records

THE LANDOWNER’S SONG / The Tour-a-rural Ceilidh Band / Accidental Death Of An Accordionist / Brechin All Records

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

SAY DARLING SAY / Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring / Starch & Iron / Heard Her Squeal

THE DERRY BOAT / The Hoghton Band / Banklands / Fellside

FREE SELECTOR’S DAUGHTER / Gerry Hallom / Banklands / Fellside

OLD PLANK ROAD / Marley’s Ghost / Live At The Freight / Sage Arts

BUCKEYE JIM / Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons / Ever Popular Favourites / Fledg’ling Records

STRATHMARTINE MAINS / Malinky / Last Leaves / Greentrax

* FOUR LITTLE JOHNNY CAKES / Collector / Collector / self published

THE ESCAPE OF JOHN MITCHEL / Thomas McCarthy / Herself And Myself / Tin Folk Music

* YOU TRIED TO RUIN MY NAME / O’Leary & Hildebrand / Together Again .. Again / self published

HARD TIMES / De Danann / Song For Ireland / Cara

* UNION BOY / Danny Spooner and friends / Home / self published

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18 September 2022

The featured album was  THE TRUCKLEY HOWL  by  THE TRUCKLEY HOWL  (self published)  www.thetruckleyhowl.com  This is a very impressive debut album from an Irish band taking its name from a quote attributed to the great piper, Seamus Ennis.  (Go and look him up!)  An album full of trad and trad-style tune sets delivered with great energy and respect for the music.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE FURZE IN BLOOM;  THE SHOEMAKER'S FANCY;  LOUIS QUINN'S;  CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE

YOU CAN'T SAVE EVERYBODY / Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch / You Can't Save Everybody / Dead Reckoning Records

JOHN ANDERSON MY JO / Wendy Weatherby / A Breath On The Cold Glass / Lochshore

BADENOCH / Wendy Weatherby / A Breath On The Cold Glass / Lochshore

THE SLIGHTING OF CU CHULAINN / Deep End Of The Ford / An Tain / www.lorcanmacmathuna.com

ALMA WALTZ / Mississippi Mud Steppers / Violin Sing The Blues For Me / Old Hat

HEIGHTS OF ALMA / Donovan / Neurotica / Burning Airlines

FIRST YOU MUST LEARN THE GRIP / Seamus Ennis / Forty Years Of Irish Piping / Green Linnet

TOY SOLDIERS / M Simpson, A Cutting, N Kerr / Murmurs / Topic

PARCEL O' ROGUES / Old Blind Dogs / Five / Lochshore

ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER / Jimi Hendrix / Electric Ladyland / Sony

JOHNNY LOVELY JOHNNY / Cara Dillon / Hill Of Thieves / Charcoal

RAWHIDE / The Chaps / 7" single / Stiff Records

THE FIDDLE PREACHER / Otter Creek / The Fiddle Preacher / self published

NORTHWEST PASSAGE / Stan Rogers / Northwest Passage / Borealis

JOSEFINS DOPVALS / Vasen / Essence / Auvidis Ethnic

DA LAIMH SA PHIOB / Staran / Staran / www.staranmusic.com

BACK TO GLASGOW (AND BACK TO BACK AGAIN) / Staran / Staran / www.staranmusic.com

* SIGN ON DAY / The Larrikins / High Kickin' & Hollerin' / Castle Communications

* BATTLER'S BALLAD / The Fagans / Milk And Honey Land / www.thefagans.com.au

MAIDEN LANE / Belshazzar's Feast / John Playford's Secret Ball / WildGoose

THE OLD MOLE / Belshazzar's Feast / John Playford's Secret Ball / WildGoose

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11 September 2022

Today's program did not go to air due to technical issues at the radio station.

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4 September 2022

The featured album was  CARRY ME HOME  by  MAVIS STAPLES & LEVON HELM  (ANTI-records).  Recorded in 2011 at one of Levon Helm's series of 'house' concerts, 'Midnight Rambles', the year before his death.  Mavis Staples delivers compelling interpretations of r&b, blues, gospel and social protest material before being joined by Helm for 'The Weight', perhaps best known from Martin Scorsese's film The Last Waltz, in which the Staple Singers performed the song with The Band.  A celebration of great music by two fine artists.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THIS IS MY COUNTRY;  FARTHER ALONG;  I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE;  THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME;  THE WEIGHT

NANCY SPAIN / Lisa Murphy / Skylark / www.lisamurphy.com

THE SKYLARK / Lisa Murphy / Skylark / www.lisamurphy.com

FLY AROUND MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS / The Skillet Lickers / Old Time Fiddle Tunes And Songs From North Georgia / County Records

GRONDO GIGO DE BLINS / Silvio Peron & Gabriele Ferraro / The Rough Guide To The Music Of Italy / Rough Guides

BALLATE A BALLU TUNDU / Tenores Di Bitti / The Rough Guide To The Music Of Italy / Rough Guides

* THE WALLABY TRACK / Dave de Hugard / High Kickin' & Hollerin' / Castle Communications

JOHNNY MICKEY'S / Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh / Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh / Claddagh

HELFA'R DRAENOG / Robin Huw Bowen / The Road To Aberystwyth / Sain

THE BERGEN / Drones & Bellows / The Dancing Dog / Go' Danish

FOR EN FREMMED BARSKT OG FATTIGT / Drones & Bellows / The Dancing Dog / Go' Danish

THE LADY OF CARLISLE / Basil Hay / Anglo-American Ballads, Volume One / Rounder Select

BUGLE CALL RAG / Cannon's Jug Stompers / The Complete Works 1927-1930 / Yazoo

JACK O' DIAMONDS / Fairport Convention / Fairport Convention / Polydor

CALLA'S WALTZ / Jed Marum / Calla's Waltz / Boston Road Records

PORTUGAL E UMA FLOR / Francisco Fialho / Songs And Melodies From Portugal / ARC

THE OYSTER GIRL / Brian McNeill / Monksgate / Greentrax

DEAR OKIE / The New Lost City Ramblers / Out Standing In Their Field / Smithsonian Folkways

MUSIC FOR A FOUND HARMONIUM / Penguin Cafe Orchestra / Broadcasting From Here / EG Records

THE 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION'S FAREWELL TO SICILY / Hamish Henderson / A' The Bairns O' Adam / Greentrax

MUSICAL PRIEST / Andy McGann & Paddy Reynolds / Andy McGann & Paddy Reynolds / Shanachie

PAS DE LOP / Xavier Vidal et ses invites / Le Bal / Dralhe

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28 August 2022

The featured album was  A DELICATE GAME  by  THE TOP FLOOR TAIVERS  (TFT Records)  Four piece female band based in Glasgow, presenting traditional, original and cover material.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

JOHNNY O' BRAIDISLEE;  EVERYBODY KNOWS;  1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING;  RAMBLIN' ROVER

ANGRY WOMEN / The Sally Barker Quartet / Huntingdon Folk / Speaking Volumes

KIELDER SCHOTTISCHE / Kathryn Tickell / Huntingdon Folk / Speaking Volumes

THE OLD FIGUREHEAD CARVER / John Roberts / Sea Fever / Golden Hind Music

TWO LORRIES / Seamus Heaney / The Poet & The Piper / Claddagh

THE HUMOURS OF CASTLEBERNARD / Liam O'Flynn / The Poet & The Piper / Claddagh

THE VOLUNTEER / Ian Robb & James Stephens / Declining With Thanks / Fallen Angle Music

ELLUM SOTIISI / Arto Jarvela / Far In / OART Music

FEL SHARA / KlezRoym / A Jewish Odyssey / Putumayo

DOWLING AND THE DAVIS GUARDS / Jed Marum / Calla's Waltz / Boston Road Records

CIRCULAR LINE / Dave Evans / The Words In Between / Weekend Beatnik

LE ROULIER DE NANTES / Le Claque Galoche / Folk Traditionnel Francais / ARFOLK

DRUNKEN HICCUPS / Joel Mabus / American Anonymous / Fossil Records

COOLANEY REEL / John Doyle / The Path Of Stones / Compass

THE PATH OF STONES / John Doyle / The Path Of Stones / Compass

FIR AN GHUAIL / Marcus O Murchu / O Bheal Go Beal / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

LOS POL.LOS / Felpeyu / Canteros / Tierra Discs

PUIRT-A-BEUL / Mac-Talla / Mairidh Gaol Is Ceol / Temple

THE JOLLY BOLD ROBBER / John Faulkner / Nomads / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

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21 August 2022

The featured album was  THE BRICKFIELDS  by  GRANNY'S ATTIC  (Grimdon Records).  Traditional and trad-inspired instrumentals from an outstanding trio playing distinctively English music.  Previous albums have included songs but this new release loses nothing by retaining a focus on tunes and tune sets.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

CRUDS & CREAM;  CONSIDERATE BIRDERS;  RAKES OF KIRKBY;  WATT'S REEL

* GENTLEMEN OF HIGH RENOWN / The Wheeze & Suck Band / Flash Lads / Fire & Thorn

* BEAN SETTING / The Wheeze & Suck Band / Flash Lads / Fire & Thorn

* OAK AND ASH AND THORN / The Roaring Forties / Shore Leave / self published

REUBEN'S TRAIN / Moody Penner & Swain / South Bound / self published

MURDO'S / Daimh / Crossing Point / Greentrax

ORAN A MHAGARINE / Daimh / Crossing Point / Greentrax

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD / The Askew Sisters / Through Lonesome Woods / WildGoose

LYNCHBURG TOWN / 2nd South Carolina String Band / In High Cotton / www.civilwarband.com

SQUID JIGGING GROUND / Dermot O'Reilly / Another Time - The Songs Of Newfoundland / Pigeon Inlet

THE GAME OF ALL FOURS / Kate Rusby / The Girl Who Couldn't Fly / Pure Records

* STEELWORKS FIRST DAY / Bob Campbell / Songs From Giants Leap / www.fiddlerbob.com.au

LAST FROST / Borja Baragano / Where I Could Go / GEMA

FAREWELL SWEET JANE / New Lost City Ramblers / There Ain't No Way Out / Smithsonian Folkways

JIG SONGS / Dervish / Spirit / Compass

DUNCAN GRAY / The Iron Horse / The Wind Shall Blow For Evermore / Lochshore

SZERESS EGYT S LEGYEN SZEP / Marta Sebestyen / Love Songs Of The World / ARC

THE BLUEBIRD SONG / John McCutcheon / Dear Jean / Compass

ST LOUIS RAG / The Ragtime Skedaddlers / The Latest Popular Mandolin And Guitar Music / Mandophone

A WEE DRAPPIE O'T / Robin Laing / The Water Of Life / Greentrax

LOVE IS PLEASING / Karan Casey / Ships In The Forest / Rough Guides

TRUE LOVER JOHN / Malinky / Handsel / Greentrax

FRED AND PETER'S / Morga / For The Sake Of Auld Decency / www.morga.ie

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14 August 2022

The featured albums were  NICK HART SINGS EIGHT ENGLISH FOLK SONGS  and  NICK HART SINGS NINE ENGLISH FOLK SONGS  by  NICK HART  (Roebuck Records).  An English singer guitarist with two albums of mostly older songs, with one original.  A distinctive and engaging vocal style and a good selection of material.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BUTTER AND CHEESE;  TURPIN BOLD;  THE RIVER DON'T RUN;  THE MOLECATCHER;  JOHN RILEY;  THE TWO SISTERS

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

SPLENDID ISOLATION / Tradish / Beyond The Borders / Go' Danish

BONNY KATE / Chris and Siobhan Nelson / Residents' Lounge / Bothy Folk Song Club

HERE'S A HEALTH TAE THE SAUTERS / Ceolbeg / Seeds To The Wind / Greentrax

SUITE DE MARAICHINES / La Rouzine / Musiques A Danser En Poitou / self published

SAIL AWAY / Tim O'Brian / Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman / Sugar Hill

* CRABBIT SHONA SET / Chris Duncan, Catherine Scott, Julian Thompson / The Red House / ABC

MISS JOHNSTONE / Blazin' Fiddles / Magnificent Seven / www.blazin-fiddles.com

J'AI MON AMANTE POUR RIRE AVEC MOI / Marc Malempre & Remi Decker / Codicille 2013 / www.homerecords.be

JUG OF BROWN ALE / Kevin Crawford / Raising A Glass To Celtic Music / Larrikin

KAYAK / Heisk / Heisk / www.heisk.co.uk

THE RAMBLIN' ROVER / Andy M. Stewart / Raising A Glass To Celtic Music / Larrikin

CAMERON'S CAPER / Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas / In The Moment / Culburnie

BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN / Ken Kolodner & Elke Baker / Out Of The Wind / Fenchurch Music

THE MONKEY AND THE ENGINEER / Lauren Sheehan / Some Old Lonesome Day / self published

BECAUSE HE WAS A BONNY LAD / Burgess, Adin & Wingard / Doggerland / Sjelvar

THE PINERY BOY / Norah Rendell / Spinning Yarns / Two Tap Music

THE OLD BLACKTHORN STICK / Boxing Banjo / Round #1 / www.boxingbanjo.com

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7 August 2022

The featured album was  THE HELLBENDERS,  self titled and self published in 1990, originally on cassette only.  The band included Bruce Molsky and the album is comprised of excellent old time tunes and songs.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

TRAIN ON THE ISLAND;  CHINQUAPIN;  SHE TOOK IT OFF;  INDIAN WAR WHOOP;  POOR LITTLE MARY SITTIN’ IN A CORNER

NELLY WAS A MILKMAID / Blowzabella / Strange News / Blowzabella

FAREWELL TO ARTICLAVE / Artisan Row / Wild Winds / Lola Records

PIRSTA / Varrtina / Aitara / Mipu Music

AITARA / Varrtina / Aitara / Mipu Music

* THE BLUE SHADOWS AT NIGHT / The Tassie Devils / Devilish / self published

* ENGLISH SET / The Tassie Devils / Devilish / self published

WE HAVE FED YOU ALL FOR 1000 YEARS / Bill & Joel Plaskett / Solidarity / self published

ROSEMARY LANE / Robin Greenstein / Images Of Women Vol 1 / Windy Records

BRIGHT PHOEBUS / Dave Burland and the Awkward Squad / Okkard / Fat Cat Records

HUG AIR A’ BHONAID MHOIR / Julie Fowlis / Cuilidh / Spit & Polish

WITTENBERGER POLONAISEN 11 & 12 / Deitsch / Mittsommer Sessions / artes Records

* ISAUS ISAUS PAVASERELIS / The Lost Clog / The Sparrow Made Some Beer / self published

* PADURA ZVIRBLIS ALUTI / The Lost Clog / The Sparrow Made Some Beer / self published

GREASY COAT / Carthy Hardy Farrell Young / Laylam / Hem Hem

LITTLE BIRDS / Carthy Hardy Farrell Young / Laylam / Hem Hem

GLASGOW STREET SONG MEDLEY / Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor / Two Heids Are Better Than Yin / Monitor

FATHER HAD A KNIFE / Lynched / Cold Old Fire / self published

SALONIKA / Lynched / Cold Old Fire / self published

THE PIPE TUNES / Shooglenifty / Venus In Tweeds / Greentrax

* ON THE NIGHT TRAIN / Richard Skreitch Leitch / An Anthology Of … Verse / self published

THE TREES THEY’RE ALL BARE / Chris Foster / Hadelin / Green Man Productions

STREET CRIES / The Teacups / In Which / Haystack Records

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31 July 2022

The featured album was  BONZA!  by  THE PIE EATERS  (self published)  Alan Musgrove has collaborated with Robert Stephens on an album they describe as "old Australian folk music".  Mostly tune sets with some songs as well.  Detailed information is provided about every piece of music, including the tunes' origins if they were brought to Australia.  This is a thoroughly researched album, well played and presented.  The following tracks  (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

THREE MUDGEE SCHOTTISCHES;  JOE CASHMERE'S VARSOVIENNA;  JIM HAM'S SCHOTTISCHE;  STATEN ISLAND HORNPIPE;  JEFF CONROY'S 1ST SET TUNE

* CHARCOAL LANE / Archie Roach / Charcoal Lane / Mushroom

THE MIDNIGHT MAIL / Jez Lowe / Bad Penny / Firebird Music BONNY KATE / Ben & Charlie Lennon / Within A Mile Of Kilty Vol 2 / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

* A HEROINE OF MINE / Hoya / Inspirational Women / self published

LA SUITE DU CASSE-REEL / Matapat / 2 1/2 / Intermede Communications

WHATEVER YOU SAY, SAY NOTHING / Danny Carthy / Stand Look Around You / Gnome Records

HEART OF A MINER / Nanci Griffith / Poet In My Window / Philo

I'D JUMP THE MISSISSIPPI / Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms / Innocent Road / West Sound Music

BOUND FOR BOTANY BAY / John Doyle / Shadow And Light / Compass

FARE THEE WELL MY DEAREST DEAR / The Askew Sisters / All In A Garden Green / WildGoose

PADDY KILLORAN'S HIGHLAND / Seamus Quinn and Gary Hastings / Slan Le Loch Eirne / Clo Iar-Chonnachta

KNOXVILLE GIRL / Tony & Gary Williamson / My Rocky River Home / Mandolin Central Publishing

LITTLE JACK FROST / Crownstreet / Gardenaire / Glenthorn

RETURN TO KASHMAGIRO / Battlefield Band / Celtic Hotel / Temple

JOCK THE CAN / Battlefield Band / Celtic Hotel / Temple

THE LAVEROCK / Selkie / Selkie / WildGoose

HOW LONG / Uncle Earl / She Waits For Night / Rounder

LA CRABA CONGO / La Base Duo / Lo Bas Tempps / self published

THE DAY DAWN / The Cast / Greengold / Greentrax

SWIM SAM SWIM / Regal Slip / Bandstand / Grail Recordings

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24 July 2022

The featured album was  LOSSAN  by the Manx Gaelic singer  RUTH KEGGIN  and Scottish harpist  RACHEL HAIR.   (March Hair Records)  Most tracks are a mix of old and recent Manx songs and include no additional instrumentation.  Very enjoyable album.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

ARRANEYN CADLEE;  TRI NATION HARP JIGS;  YN SCOLLAG AEG;  EUBONIA SOILSHAGH

* I’VE BEEN TO BALI TOO / Redgum / Beating Around The Bush / Castle Communications

THE SKYLARK / Pappy With A Hatchet / EP1 / self published

CASE OF YOU / Cambridge and Walker / Wheel and Dive / self published

THE POOR DITCHING BOY / Richard Thompson / Henry The Human Fly / Island

LES PIGUES / Al Tall & Muluk El Hwa / Xarq Al-Andalus / Erde Records

OLD CHRISTMAS / Bruce Molsky & Brittany Haas / Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project / Borealis

PADDY DOYLE / A L Lloyd and Ewen MacColl / Blow Boys Blow / Tradition

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO / A L Lloyd and Ewen MacColl / Blow Boys Blow / Tradition

THE DEVIL’S NINE QUESTIONS / Moira Smiley / Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project / Borealis

BURY BOULA FOR ME / Drew Concalves / Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project / Borealis

STRATHSPEY & REELS / Battlefield Band / Beg & Borrow / Temple

* THE FREE SELECTOR’S DAUGHTER / Mike & Michelle Jackson / Beating Around The Bush / Castle Communications

FREE AND EASY / Fennig’s All Star Stringband / The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again / Front Hall

KEEP YOUR FEET STILL GEORDIE HINNIE / Bob Davenport and The Rakes / 1977 / Topic

THREE MEN WENT A-HUNTING / Bob Davenport and The Rakes / 1977 / Topic

ROSE OF ALLENDALE / Mary Black / Twenty Five Years / 3u Records

LA FLEUR DE LA JEUNESSE / Magnolia Sisters / Cher Amis / Rounder Select

FLOWERS OF SASKATCHEWAN / Malinky / The Unseen Hours / Greentrax

LITTLE BOXES INTRO / Pete Seeger / Ear To The Ground / Smithsonian Folkways

LITTLE BOXES / Malvina Reynolds / Ear To The Ground / Smithsonian Folkways

CROPPER LADS / Mawkin : Causley / The Awkward Recruit / Navigator

PATRICK PEARSE / Tom McConville / Tommy On The Bridge / Tomcat Music

WIDE RIVER / Carthy, Hardy, Farrell, Young / Laylam / Hem Hem Records

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17 July 2022

The featured album was  NO FIXED ABODE  by  TRU  (self published)  www.tru-music.com  This Northern Irish trio takes its name from a mythological trio of poet-musicians in ancient Ulster, the trú.  A highly stylised album, recorded between 2017 and 2020, with some songs in Irish and some in English.  Fine harmony vocals are a strong point.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

DULAMAN;  COUNTY DOWN;  BONNY PORTMORE;  GAOL ISE GAOL I;  REBEL SONG;  AY WAUKIN O

ALABAMA JOHN CHEROKEE / The Black Family / Time For Touching Home / Dara

WIND ROSE / Jocelyn Pettit / Wind Rose / self published

CANT PER LA DE L’U / Urbalia Rurana / A La Banda De Migjorn / Tram Records

LAUNEDDAS / Urbalia Rurana / A La Banda De Migjorn / Tram Records

CIGAREETS AND WHISKEY / Corn Potato String Band / Good Job Everybody / self published

CALICO / The Old Time Wasters / A Quiet Night In With The Old Time Wasters / self published

THE ORPHAN / Kerfuffle / K2 / RootBeat Records

HOLD BACK THE TIDE / Kerfuffle / K2 / RootBeat Records

MESI BONDYE / Leyla McCalla / Vari-Colored Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

* BATTLE OF AUGHRIM / Billy Moran / Irish Button Accordion / self published

ANTI-CONFEDERATION SONG / Alan Mills / Classic Canadian Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

OH RED / The Hampton Street Coffee Grinders / Blues, Rags, Stomps and Obsolete Dance Music / self published

* SOMETHING FOR NOTHING / David Hyam / Jamberoo - A Change Of Season / Illawarra Folk Club

* AL GRASSBY'S GRANDFATHER / Neil Adam / Jamberoo - A Change Of Season / Illawarra Folk Club

ROLL YOU SWEET RAIN / Niamh Boadle / Maid On The Shore / WildGoose

CONTRA DANCE SET / Mike Mullins / 8-String Sketches / Acoustic Oasis Records

* SHEARING IN A BAR / Dave Isom / In Possum Land / www.daveisom.com

* WHEN THE COAL BLEW AWAY / Maurie Mulheron / Jamberoo - A Change Of Season / Illawarra Folk Club

LORD RANDALL / Brian Peters / Songs Of Trial And Triumph / Pugwash

WALSH'S HORNPIPE / Kathryn Tickell / Common Ground / Black Crow Records

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10 July 2022

The featured album was  RAMBLIN' BOY  by  TOM PAXTON  (Elektra)  www.tompaxton.com  I'm not running out of new albums to feature but this classic from 1964 contains some songs which have retained disturbing relevance for today's world, as well as some which those of us of a certain vintage will have remembered since the sixties.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

DAILY NEWS;  WHAT DID YOU LEARN IN SCHOOL TODAY?;  THE LAST THING ON MY MIND;  I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHERE I'M BOUND;  STANDING ON THE EDGE OF TOWN;  RAMBLIN' BOY

TEAR MY STILLHOUSE DOWN / Euphonia / The Old Jawbone / Tuxedo Records

ANGELINE THE BAKER'S GONE / Euphonia / The Old Jawbone / Tuxedo Records

CAU'L CHOUZANO / Jody Marshall / Cottage In The Glen / Maggie's Music

LOBSTER LAD / Young No More / Three For A Girl / self published

* THE DROVER'S BOY / Ted Egan / The Drover's Boy / self published

VOROMBY / Tarika Sammy / A World Out Of Time / Shanachie

NIGHEAN SIN THALL / Kim Carnie / And So We Gather / Carn Records

LARIDE / Skeduz / Rag Ar Plinn / Keltia Musique

THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL / The Dubliners / The Dubliners / EMI

LONESOME BLUES / Yank Rachell's Tennessee Jug Busters / Mandolin Blues / Delmark

BRIOGAIS / Manran / Urar / www.manran.co.uk

BODIES IN THE WAY / The Simon Hopper Band / A Land For The Many / Control-Shift Music

PLEASURES OF A SINGLE LIFE / Brittany Haas / Impromptu Sessions No. 1 / self published

JAYBIRD AND SPARROW / Andrew Calhoun & Campground / Bound To Go / Waterbug

BEIDH AONACH AMARACH / MacDara O Conaola / The Love Token / self published

ON YONDER HILL / Barry & Laura Kerr / Castor Bay / self published

THE CHICKEN GONE TO SCOTLAND / Barry & Laura Kerr / Castor Bay / self published

DIG A HOLE / Woody Guthrie / American Radical Patriot / Concord

BURNS' SUPPER / Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy / Adieu False Heart / Vanguard

SHETLAND REELS / Kevin Henderson, Jenna Reid, Kevin Mackenzie / Da Homin / self published

JOHN HOBBS / Jon Wilks / Midlife / self published

MO MHATHAIR / Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach / Spiorachas - A High Place / Braw Sailin' Records

SHAKE SUGAREE / Nicholas Edward Williams / Folk Songs For Old Times Sake / Earth Tone

GRAHAM & JILLY'S WEDDING / Emily Smith / A Day Like Today / Foot Stompin' Records

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3 July 2022

The featured albums were  OUT OF BED  (Fellside)  and  HELL'S BELLES  (Selwyn Music),  the only two releases by  THE WITCHES OF ELSWICK,  an excellent English female a cappella quartet which existed from 2001 to 2007.  Some traditional and some more contemporary material, all in a folk style.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BRING US A BARREL;  JAN KNUCKEY;  SOLDIERS THREE;  OLD MOLLY METCALFE;  THE BLUE COCKADE;  THE TREE IN THE WOOD

* JOHNNY DON'T GO WALKING WITH THE FISHES / Enda Kenny / Pearler / www.endakenny.com.au

CON CASSIDY'S / Altan / The Red Crow / Green Linnet

THE FLOWER OF MAGHERALLY / Altan / The Red Crow / Green Linnet

* MT OUSLEY BREAKDOWN / The Roaring Forties / We Made The Steel / www.roaringfortiesfolk.com

WILLIAM AND NANCY / The Full English / The Full English / Topic

CREEPING JANE / The Full English / The Full English / Topic

DURANG'S HORNPIPE / Beverly Smith & Carl Jones / Somewhere Over Yonder / DittyVille

MASTERS OF WAR / Bob Dylan / The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan / Columbia

THE ELYSIAN FIELDS / Calico / Songdogs / Lochshore

BY THE GLOW OF THE KEROSENE LIGHT / The Once / The Once / Borealis

KITTY COME DOWN FROM LIMERICK / Tradish / Beyond The Borders / Go' Danish

THE ULTIMATE LINE / Tradish / Beyond The Borders / Go' Danish

THE BARBADOS LADY / Brass Monkey / Head Of Steam / Topic

BUFFALO GALS / Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves / Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves / Free Dirt

THE BACK O' THE NORTH WIND / Brian McNeill / The Back O' The North Wind / Greentrax

* PACKING MY THINGS / Chloe & Jason Roweth with Jim McWhinnie / Another Threshing Day / www.rowethmusic.com.au

BOUND FOR VAN DIEMAN'S ISLAND / Coope, Boyes & Simpson / Funny Old World / No Masters Voice

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