Archived Playlists:  October - December 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 December 2022

No program due to a technical issue at the radio station.

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18 December 2022

The featured album was THE SPARROW MADE SOME BEER by THE LOST CLOG www.lostclog.com (self published). In their own words, “Ten of Melbourne’s least renowned singers sing ancient Lithuanian songs of love, war, harvest and drink”. Least known, perhaps, but very capable singers and musicians. The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

PADURA ZVIRBLIS ALUTI; KOMPOZICIJA NR XXVIII; EISIM BROLIAI; SALDUS ALUTIS; AN KRANTELIO AKMENELIS

THE RAMBLING COMBER / Socks In The Frying Pan / Return Of The Giant Sock Monsters From Outer Space / www.socksinthefryingpan.com

THE KITCHEN SINK SET / Socks In The Frying Pan / Return Of The Giant Sock Monsters From Outer Space / www.socksinthefryingpan.com

NET HAULING SONG / The Dubliners / The Essential Collection / Parlophone

MARGARET’S WALTZ / J P and Annadeene Fraley / Galley Nipper / June Appal Recordings

SEVEN LITTLE GYPSIES / Ye Vagabonds / The Hare’s Lament / River Lea

BOLD CHAMPIONS / The Dovetail Trio / Bold Champions / GR! Records

TAKE THESE CHAINS / Uncle Earl / She Waits For Night / Rounder

* AROUND THE BOREE LOG / Wongawilli / Australia Street / Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club

YE MARINERS ALL / Waterson : Carthy / Waterson : Carthy / Topic

NIEL GOW’S APPRENTICE / The McCalmans / The Music & Song Of Greentrax / Greentrax

ROSS BATTERY / Deaf Shepherd / The Music & Song Of Greentrax / Greentrax

* CONVICT MAID / Anne Cochrane / A Treasury Of Australian Song / DYNA House

* WILD ROVER / John Currie / A Treasury Of Australian Song / DYNA House

THE LARK IN THE MORNING / The Raineys / The Raineys / Pavee Point Travellers Centre

KATIE DALY / The Raineys / The Raineys / Pavee Point Travellers Centre

THE ROAD TO BAYAMON / Tom Russell / Beyond St Olav’s Gate / Round Tower Music

SALTARELLO / A Fil De Ciel / A Fil De Ciel / Folk Club Ethnosuoni

* WINDING GEAR / The Fagans / Milk And Honey Land / www.thefagans.com.au

* THE GALWAY ROVER / Blackwood / At Home / Making Music

CREOLE STOMP / Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys / Happytown / Rounder

WAY OVER YONDER IN THE MINOR KEY / Billy Bragg and Wilco / Mermaid Avenue / Elektra

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

THREE RUSTY SWORDS / The House Band / October Song / Green Linnet THE GREY FUNNEL LINE / The House Band / October Song / Green Linnet

POLKA LOKA / Spakkabrianza / Greatest Hits II / self published

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11 December 2022

The featured album was  YEAR OF WONDERS  by  BRUCE WATSON  www.brucewatsonmusic.com  This is the eighth and most recent album from a well known Australian artist whose diverse subject matter is always entertaining, thought provoking and witty, as the track titles might indicate.  All original material and well presented.  The following tracks (all * Australian content) were scattered through the program:

I'M ON THE TRAIN;  ENDGAME (THE SAD TALE OF BOBBY FISCHER);  BLOBFISH;  JOHN SNOW & THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD;  WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PANGOLIN?;  THE WRECK OF THE SCHOMBERG

THE HUMOURS OF TAUPO / Beoga / How To Tune A Fish / Compass

OUR CAPTAIN CALLS ALL HANDS / Beoga / How To Tune A Fish / Compass

COUSIN SALLY BROWN / Bruce Molsky / Poor Man's Troubles / Rounder

THE TRYSTING FAIR AT FALKIRK / Hector Gilchrist / Days O Grace / WildGoose

THE ROSE IN THE HEATHER / Mick, Louise and Michelle Mulcahy / The Reel Note / Clo Iar-Chonnacht

TRABALHADOR ALENTEJANO / Francisco Fialho / Songs And Melodies From Portugal / ARC

SHAME OF THE NATION / Robb Johnson & Pip Collings / The Lack Of Jolly Ploughboy / Irregular Records

WING COMMANDER DONALD MACKENZIE / Gordon Duncan / Just For Gordon / Greentrax

* LUTE LUTE / Can Belto / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

* JENNY JENKINS / Cole, Kirkpatrick & Van Dijk / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

* CONJEWOI POLKA / Collector / Musical Traditions In Australia / www.folkalliance.org.au

LIGURIAN BELLS MELODY / Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus / Round Trip / Borealis

TODLEN HAME / Wendy Stewart and Gary West / Hinterlands / Moulincairn

EL BESU / Felpeyu / Tierra / Fono Astur

XIRANDIYES / Felpeyu / Tierra / Fono Astur

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

GREASY COAT / Eliza Carthy, Lucy Farrell, Bella Hardy, Kate Young / Laylam / Hem Hem Records

WIDE RIVER / Eliza Carthy, Lucy Farrell, Bella Hardy, Kate Young / Laylam / Hem Hem Records

TRYING TIMES / Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen / Welcome Day / Sleepy Creek Music

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4 December 2022

The featured album was  NO SADNESS OF FAREWELL  by  DOGGERLAND  (Gammalthea)  A 2017 release by a fine trio playing traditional and contemporary material from Britain, Norway and Sweden, exploring musical links between England and Scandinavia.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

JEG GIKK MEG UT;  CLEAR THE TRACK;  CROSSING THE BAR;  SCANDINAVIAN REELS;  RONJA;  THE SUN NEVER SHINES ON THE POOR

ZITO THE BUBBLEMAN / Ceolbeg / An Unfair Dance / Greentrax

SETON'S LASSIE / Ceolbeg / An Unfair Dance / Greentrax

CARDINAL IN THE SNOW / Marian Mastrorilli / single release / www.marianmastrorilli.com

GAMBLER'S HORNPIPE / Tommy Hunter with John McCutcheon / Deep In Tradition / June Appal Recordings

FELTON LONNIN / The High Level Ranters / Border Spirit / Topic

WALLINGTON HALL / The High Level Ranters / Border Spirit / Topic

* WILLIAM CONQUEST TURLAND / Mutual Acquaintances / One Rainy Day / self published

* APHELION / Ruth Hazleton / single release / www.ruthhazleton.com.au

* CLOUD LINING / Enda Kenny / Cloud Lining / www.endakenny.com.au

A PUB WITH NO BEER / The Dubliners / The Essential Collection / Music For Pleasure

CHEROKEE SHUFFLE / Old Time Gentlemen / Musica Dai Monti Appalachi / self published

* HERE IS MY HOME / Broken Creek / Small Town Anthropologies / self published

THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER / Guy Van Duser / American Finger Style Guitar / Rounder

THE RIGS OF THE TIME / The Lunatraktors / The Missing Star / Broken Folk Records

* NORTH OF THE GRAMPIANS / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & friends / Of An Island / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club

MAGGIE LAUDER / Margaret Christl / The Picture In My Mind / Waterbug

THE WALTZ OF HAPPINESS / Buttons & Bows / Grace Notes / Gael-Linn

THE TROUBLES / John McCutcheon / Leap! / Appalseed Productions

THE SAILOR'S WIFE / Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas / Fire & Grace / Culburnie

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27 November 2022

The featured album was  LIMITED EDITION  by  GERRY HALLOM  (self published)  A highly accomplished English folksinger and guitarist whose teaching career caused him to withdraw from music for about twenty years.  Although perhaps best known for his interpretations of Australian songs, this is a four track EP of original material covering contemporary British social and political issues and with one song written in memory of a friend, the fine Australian musician Hugh McDonald.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE TOWN IS CLOSING;  HALF A WORLD AWAY;  AN ISLAND AGAIN;  TIME TO

ONCE IN A BLUE MOOSE / Niall & Cillian Vallely / Callan Bridge / Compass

THE GHOSTS OF CANSO / J P Cormier / The Messenger / North Fontana Distribution

ROCKING THE BABIES TO SLEEP / Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman / Southern Summits / www.kenperlman.com

* MY HOME IN THE VALLEY / Us Not Them / Jamberoo A Discovery / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

* FEATHERS AND TRIBUTES / Bernard Carney / Jamberoo A Discovery / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

* THE CHAPEL SET / Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith / Presence / www.locrian.com.au/presence

MICHO RUSSELL'S / Josephine Marsh / Live At Westport / self published

BONNY WOODHALL / Goodwin & Gray / As The Crow Flies / Steeplejack Music EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD / The Friel Sisters / The Friel Sisters / www.frielmusic.com

MRS KENNY'S / The Friel Sisters / The Friel Sisters / www.frielmusic.com

* EDES ANYAN / Vardos / Jamberoo A Discovery / www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN WE HAVE NO MONEY / Lankum / Between The Earth And Sky / Rough Trade

ELLY BUCKLEY'S FANCY / Bryan O'Leary & Colm Guilfoyle / Where The Bog Is / self published

SWEET KINGWILLIAMSTOWN / Bryan O'Leary & Colm Guilfoyle / Where The Bog Is / self published

PEL PUERTU / La Bandina / 13 / Discos L'Aguanaz

SARAH ARMSTRONG'S TUNE / Orpheus Supertones / Bound To Have A Little Fun / Mudthumper Music

* I'VE HAD HER / Touchwood / Big Things / Hop Records

LORENA / John Hartford / The Good'le Days / Rounder

* LITTLE RIVER VARSOVIANA / Emu Creek Bush Band / Bush Concert Vol 1 / self published

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20 November 2022

The featured album was  MOST TRULY YOURS  by  THE GILCHRIST COLLECTIVE  (Luke's Row Music)  www.thesnapes.co.uk  Peter and Barbara Snape, Brian Peters, Sue Burgess and Poppy Weatherall have produced an album of folk songs collected by Anne Geddes Gilchrist mostly in the North West of England in the early years of the 20th century, at a time when most other collectors were focused on the Southern counties.  Most of the material is interesting variations of some well known songs, all well presented and performed.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

BRENNAN ON THE MOOR;  ADMIRAL BENBOW;  KESWICK BONNY LASSES;  ROUNDING THE HORN;  WHEN JOHN'S SAIL WAS NEW

ASTURIAN SET / Firebrand / Lost Lady Found / Kites Nest Records

FLANDERS / Firebrand / Lost Lady Found / Kites Nest Records

BLYTHE BLYTHE AND MERRY WAS SHE / Jock Tamson's Bairns / Rare / Greentrax

SCOTCH CAP / Jock Tamson's Bairns / Rare / Greentrax

JOHNSON BOYS / Ed Littlefield Jr / Going To The West / Sage Arts

* BERT'S GALLOP / November Shorn / private recording

* THE LACHLAN TIGERS / November Shorn / private recording

A' ROVIN / Scuttlebutt / Tall Ships / Soundside

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

LITTLE STACK OF OATS / Dan Possumato and Many Friends / Mostly Melodeon / Old Box Records

THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG / Matt McGinn / The Best Of Matt McGinn Volume 2 / Greentrax

DANCE ALL NIGHT / Highwoods Stringband / Live / Mudthumper Music

BLACK CAT BLUES / Lightnin' Hopkins / Texas Blues / De Agostini

TARVES PARISH / Malinky / Far Better Days / Malinky Music

THE TWELVE STEPS / Liz Carroll & Jake Charron / Half Day Road / self published

THE MAN WITH THE CAP / Moloney, O'Donnell & Egan / 3 Way Street / Green Linnet

FEMME L'A DIT / Feufollet / Cow Island Hop / www.feufollet.net

VIGILANTE MAN / Ry Cooder / Into The Purple Valley / Reprise Records

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13 November 2022

The featured album was  FAS  by  BREABACH  www.breabach.com  (Breabach Records)  A very successful Glasgow based modern folk band with roots in the Scottish Highlands and Islands musical tradition.  Mostly trad-style original material, much of it with an identified focus on global climate action awareness.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

REVOLUTIONS;  THE OLD COLLECTION;  EADAR AN DA BHRAIGH;  FAS;  LOCHANSIDE

* GARFIELD’S BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM / Whoa Mule / Get Your House In Order / self published

* LITTLE BLACK TRAIN / Whoa Mule / Get Your House In Order / self published

TINFOIL TOP HAT / The Grid Pickers / Cheap Kazoos And Bad Tattoos / self published

MUNTAGNA PE MUNTAGNA / Vesevo / Vesevo / Aqualoca Records

TARANTELLA ALLA CALABRESE / Vesevo / Vesevo / Aqualoca Records

SATURDAY JOHNNY AND JIMMY THE RAT / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / Saturday Johnny And Jimmy The Rat / Red Rattler

OLD BLIND BARNABAS / Walter Parks and the Unlawful Assembly / Walter Parks and the Unlawful Assembly / self published

THE TWENTY NINTH OF MAY / Maddy Prior with the Carnival Band / Sing Lustily And With Good Courage / Saydisc

WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE / Maddy Prior with the Carnival Band / Sing Lustily And With Good Courage / Saydisc

OLD JAWBONE / Molsky’s Mountain Drifters / Molsky’s Mountain Drifters / Tree Frog Music

GREY OWL / Molsky’s Mountain Drifters / Molsky’s Mountain Drifters / Tree Frog Music

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

THE DIMMING OF THE DAY / Richard Thompson with Mary Black & Dolores Keane / Bringing It All Back Home / BBC

POLKA ANTWERP / MandolinMan / Unfolding The Roots / ARC

BO NA / Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh / Ar Uair Bhig An Lae / www.muireann.ie

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

KNIGHT ON THE ROAD / The Black Twig Pickers / Friend’s Peace / VHF Records

MONEY MUSK / The Black Twig Pickers / Friend’s Peace / VHF Records

JACK’S LISTED I’ TH’ NINETY EIGHT / Benny Graham / Jack’s Listed I’ Th’ Ninety Eight / www.bennygraham.com

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6 November 2022

The featured album was  CELTIC FOLKWEAVE  by  MICHAEL HANLY AND MICHEAL O DOMHNAILL  (Polydor).  A much venerated classic of Irish music released in 1974.  Ballads sung in Irish (Gaeilge), Scottish (Gaidlig) and English, as well as Breton and Irish tune sets.  Hanly and O Domhnaill, along with most of their collaborators on this recording, went on to contribute their musical skills to various seminal Irish bands from the 1970s, including The Bothy Band, Planxty, Moving Hearts and Nightnoise.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

A BOTHAN ABHA'IG FIONNGHUALA;  BRETON DANCES;  THE HILLS OF GRANEMORE;  THE BANKS OF SWEET PRIMROSES

* ANN KATRIN / Sharon Frost / The Good Old Concertina / self published

MY FATHER LOVES NIKITA KRUSCHEV / Michael Black / Michael Black / Compass

JOHNNY RAN AWAY IN THE MUD IN THE NIGHT / Erynn Marshall / Calico / Merriweather Records

SAVE THE WORLD / Shovels And Rope / Swimmin' Time / Dualtone

THE LIGHTS OF COBB & CO / Gerry Hallom / Old Australian Ways / Fellside

* A MINER'S LIFE / Colcannon / Dolphin Bay / Greentrax

THROWN TO THE WOLVES / Tom Russell / Play One More / True North Records

AND HIS DOG / Kinnell / Donald's Dog / Lochshore

* EMPIRE HOTEL / Margaret Walters & John Warner / Who Was Here? / Feathers & Wedge

A SMALL TOWN / Ganey Arsement / Le Forgeron / www.ganeyarsement.com

ORAN A BHRANNDAIDH / Ewen Henderson / Steall / Old Laundry Productions

* MISE EIRE / Declan Affley / Australian Folk Archive - Declan Affley / Australian Folk Archive

* QUEENSLAND WHALERS / Declan Affley / Australian Folk Archive - Declan Affley / Australian Folk Archive

DEAD FUNNY / Ian Robb & James Stephens / Declining ... With Thanks / Fallen Angle Music

GALOPE DE GUISTOLA / Milladoiro / A Quinta Das Lagrimas / Pai Musica

CHARMIN' BETSY / Dom Flemons / Black Cowboys / Smithsonian Folkways

OLIVE AND THE VINE / Martyn Wyndham-Read with No Man's Band / Jackeroo / Wynding Road Music

SHUT DE DO' / Tim & Mollie O'Brien / Sacred Voices / Sugar Hill

THE LILY PONDS / Naragonia Quartet / Batiska / www.naragonia.com

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30 October 2022

The featured album was  THERE'S A BRIGHT SIDE SOMEWHERE  by  HAPPY TRAUM  (Lark's Nest Music)  A genuine New York City folk music icon, well into his 80s, still producing fine American roots music albums after all these years, with a wonderful array of collaborators.  Seven years after his previous album, Happy is back.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THERE'S A BRIGHT SIDE SOMEWHERE;  NEW YORK TOWN;  DRY BONES;  LIVING WITH THE BLUES;  IN THE WEE MIDNIGHT HOUR

L'AVIS D'UN HOMME / Les Tireux d'Roches / ...Papier, Ciseaux / Outside Music

REEL DE LA FESSE CRAMPEE / Les Tireux d'Roches / ...Papier, Ciseaux / Outside Music

BABY PLEASE DON'T GO / Harry Manx / Dog My Cat / Elan Vannan Productions

EVENING RAG / Harry Manx / Dog My Cat / Elan Vannan Productions

* ONLY OUR RIVERS RUN FREE / Riogh / Folk Time / Illawarra Folk Club

* LA MAZURKA DI CAROLINA / Zumpa / Folk Time / Illawarra Folk Club

LA CATTIVA STRADA / James Keelaghan / Second Hand / Borealis

AMISH TOWN / Chirps Smith / Down In Little Egypt / Vigortone Records

GORT NA SALEAN / Susan Hamlin / Younger Than The Sun / FloodWood Music

THE FROST IS ALL OVER / Susan Hamlin / Younger Than The Sun / FloodWood Music

HUNTING THE HARE / Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / Pure Records

GOING TO THE WEST / Marley's Ghost / Live At The Freight / Sage Arts

TAYLOR'S JOY / Full Tilt / Live / Shoebox Recordings

SYLVIE / Gray Sky Girls / Gray Sky Girls / American Melody

THE BAY OF BISCAY / Waterson:Carthy / Broken Ground / Topic

GUABI GUABI / Peter Lang / Testament / Horus Records

JOHN MACKENZIE'S FANCY / Battlefield Band / On The Rise / Temple

CARNLOUGH BAY / Battlefield Band / On The Rise / Temple

POLKA PIQUEE / Rosbif / Traditional Music From Central France / Folksound Records

NO ASH WILL BURN / Altan / The Widening Gyre / Compass

SAY DARLING SAY / Sara Grey / Boy, She's A Daisy / The Tradition Bearers

MARCH OF THE FROGS / Basco / The Remarkable Return Of Old Man Basco / Go' Danish

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23 October 2022

The featured album was  THE CORNER HOUSE SET  by  AIDAN COFFEY  (Riverboat).  Energetic and tightly structured trad and trad style Irish tune sets from the former accordionist in De Dannan, with Frankie Gavin, Alec Finn and Colm Murphy in attendance throughout.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

MICK CULLOTY'S;  THE OLD WALLS OF LISCARROLL;  BROTHER GILDAS;  ANOTHER JIG WILL DO

* THE CONTRACT / Eric Bogle / If It Wisnae For The Union / Greentrax

* MOTHERS DAUGHTERS WIVES / Judy Small / If It Wisnae For The Union / Greentrax

LADS DANCE / Sandor Fodor / Hungarian Folk Music From Transylvania / Hungaroton

MY FATHER'S MANSIONS / Billy Bragg and Eliza Carthy / Where Have All The Flowers Gone / Appleseed

LA BELLE EN VOUS AIMANT / Genticorum / Highlights NFF 2008 / www.folkfestival.asn.au

WORKING ON A BUILDING / The Burns Sisters / The Hills Of Ithaca / Sisters Music

MAGGIE MAY / A L Lloyd / English Drinking Songs / Topic

SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE / Riders Of The Purple Sage / 27 Hits / Wagon Wheel Records

ON THE ROAD TO THE FAIR / unknown / Irish Popular Dances / Folkways

JOLLY WAGGONER / James Findlay / The Liberty To Choose / Fellside

OLD KIMBALL / Anna & Elizabeth / Sun To Sun / Free Dirt

FAIRLY SHOT OF HER / Clannad / Clannad 2 / Gael Linn

DULAMAN / Clannad / Dulaman / Gael Linn

CUCANANDY / Clannad / Dulaman / Gael Linn

GOIN’ DOWN TO CAIRO / The Last Chance Oldtimers / On The Fence / Spooky Western Music

SPITTING COUSINS / Jez Lowe / The Parish Notices / Tantobie Records

* FREEHOLD ON THE PLAIN / The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers / Songs From Queensland / Wattle Recordings

* BANKS OF THE CONDAMINE / The Bandicoots / Songs From Queensland / Wattle Recordings

KING STORM / Dipper Malkin / Tricks Of The Trade / self published

TIV'S TUNE / Joe Thrift / One More / www.joethriftviolins.com

* THE WRECK OF THE DANDENONG / Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke / A Thousand Miles Or More / self published

WARLIKE LADS OF RUSSIA / Old Blind Dogs / Room With A View / OBD Music

GOIN’ TO GERMAN / Mose Scarlett, Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley / We’ll Meet Again / Borealis

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16 October 2022

This was a repeat of a program first broadcast on 1 March 2020.   There was no featured album.

THE BARNYARDS O' DELGATY / Old Blind Dogs / Tall Tales / Lochshore

SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind / Music Maker

* I WILL GIVE YOU BROOCHES / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & friends / Of An Island / www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com

* STRAMASH / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & friends / Of An Island / www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com

* AROUND THE BOREE LOG / Wongawilli / Folk Republic of Bulli / www.illawarrafolkclub.org

DOORUS MILL / Patrick Street / Irish Times / Special Delivery Records

IN THE LAND OF THE PATAGARANG / Irish Times / Special Delivery Records

OH NO, NOT I / Stan Rogers / Turnaround / Borealis

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

BUNCH OF KEYS / Uncle Earl / She Waits For Night / Rounder

* THE MAREE LINE / Ted Egan / Folk Republic of Bulli / www.illawarrafolkclub.org

THE DEIL'S AWA' WI' THE EXCISEMAN / Ceolbeg / Not The Bunnyhop / Greentrax

SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind / Music Maker

BIMINI GIRL / Bruce Molsky / If It Ain't Here When I Get Back / Tree Frog Music

NEW CUT ROAD / Bruce Molsky / If It Ain't Here When I Get Back / Tree Frog Music

PINSON ET CENDROUILLE / Genticorum / La Bibournoise / Mad River Records

LE POMMEAU / Genticorum / La Bibournoise / Mad River Records

THE JEANNIE C. / Stan Rogers / Turnaround / Borealis

TURKEY IN THE STRAW / At The Racket / Mirth-Making Heroes / Racket Records

LITTLE BRIDGET FLYNN / At The Racket / Mirth-Making Heroes / Racket Records

THE PILLS OF WHITE MERCURY / Old Blind Dogs / Tall Tales / Lochshore

LIVERPOOL LULLABY / The Three City Four / Smoke & Dust / Fuse Records

TRAVELLING PEOPLE / The Three City Four / Smoke & Dust / Fuse Records

SAIL AWAY LADIES / Marley's Ghost / Spooked / Sage Arts

THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON / Marley's Ghost / Spooked / Sage Arts

THE SOFT HORSE REEL / Ceolbeg / Not The Bunnyhop / Greentrax

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9 October 2022

The featured album was  OF HARD TIMES & HARMONY  by  WINDBORNE   (Wand'ring Feet Records).  www.windbornesingers.com  A mostly a cappella collection of songs from four very good singers.  Social and environmental justice issues are prominent.  The album is presented with a 78 page mini-hardcover book with lyrics, art and essays about each track.  This is a well produced and well presented album.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

THE SONG OF HARD TIMES;  NOU CARBONS;  THE TERROR TIME;  VIVA LA QUINCE BRIGADAS;  WHEN I'M GONE

TOMMY POTTS' HOP JIG / New Road / Stone Walls & Street Lights / Whirling Discs

TIDE FULL IN / Niamh Parsons / Heart's Desire / Green Linnet

* LET THE CANEFIELDS BURN / Graeme Connors / The Best ... 'Til Now / ABC

THE BLACKBIRD / Celia Briar and Mary Hubble / The Garden Of Daisies / self published

SPANISH IS A LOVING TONGUE / John Synott, Bill & Renee / A Bag Of Rainbows / Heritage Records

* SILVERY MOON / The Poachers / The Poachers / self published

* BOURKE STREET ON A SATURDAY NIGHT / O'Leary & Hildebrand / Together Again ... Again / self published

MURDO'S / Daimh / Crossing Point / Greentrax

EATHAR DUBH A BRADHAGAIR / Daimh / Crossing Point / Greentrax

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

* 4/4 MARCHES / No Such Thing / Dancing 'Til Dawn / self published

HERE'S A HEALTH TO EVERY MINER LAD / Andy Irvine & Luke Plumb / Precious Heroes / www.andyirvine.com

THE WOLVERINES / Duck Baker / There's Something For Everyone In America / SGGW

* THE NEW CHUM SHEARER / Loaded Dog / Dusty Gravel Road / self published

NOTHING SO GRAND AS WAR / Poor Old Horse / The Curate's Egg / Folk-Legacy

A SORE POINT / Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman / Out Of Court / Old Bridge Music

WALS VOOR POLLE / The House Band / Stonetown / Harbourtown

FLOWERS OF SASKATCHEWAN / Lisa Moscatiello & Rosie Shipley / Well Kept Secrets / Shipwhistle

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LEADVILLE MINE / Mike Craver / Wagoner's lad / Sapsucker

MATAPAT / Matapat / Matapat / Orchard

VALNOTSLANGDANS / Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer / Stones On The Ground / WildGoose

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2 October 2022

The featured album was a self titled 2017 release from  ALISTAIR ANDERSON & NORTHLANDS  (self published).  Alistair Anderson has been a respected master of the English concertina and Northumbrian pipes since his time as a member of the High Level Ranters in the 1960s.  He is joined here by three much younger but highly talented musicians for an album of traditional and trad-style material, much of it from the north east of England.  The following tracks were scattered through the program:

TAKING ON MEN;  PADDY WHACK;  IAIN MACPHAIL’S COMPLIMENTS TO CHRISSIE LEATHAM;  RUSTY GULLY;  I DREW MY SHIP INTO A HARBOUR

THE HUMOURS OF WESTPORT / Fine Friday / Gone Dancing / Foot Stompin’ Records

HANNAHMARRIAH / Tune Hash / Smothered & Covered / self published

RED PRAIRIE DAWN / Tune Hash / Smothered & Covered / self published

* THE NUMERELLA SHORE / Alan Scott / Travelling Through The Storm / Fanged Wombat

I NEVER WILL MARRY / Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton / Duets / Rhino

PERERIN WYF / Khasi-Cymru Collective / Sai-Thain Ki Sur / Naxos World

ELFTONES MARCH / The Elftones / The Moon and Seven Stars / www.elftones.com

* HARD LIFE / Blackwood / At Home / Making Music

THE IRISH NAVY / The Dubliners / The Essential Collection / Parlophone

SERGEANT WILLIAM BAILEY / Lankum / Between The Earth & Sky / Rough Trade

READ ‘EM JOHN / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch

AN ROGAIRE DUBH / Martin Hayes & Brooklyn Rider / The Butterfly / 251 Records

DOODLE LET ME GO / Bob Fox & Stu Luckley / Box Of Gold / Fellside

MARBLEHEAD NECK / Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, Michael Cicone / Angels In Daring / Overall Music

SHOVE THE PIG'S FOOT A LITTLE FURTHER IN THE FIRE / We Banjos 3 / Gather The Good / self published

KEEP YOUR FEET STILL / Louis Killen / Northumbrian Garland / Topic

BLAZE OF GLORY / Danko, Fjeld, Andersen / One More Shot / Appleseed

DANZA DE LOS MUERTOS / Saltatio Draconum / Primus / STF Records

STARRY GAZY PIE / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Starry Gazy Pie / Fellside

GIE ME A LASS WI A LUMP O LAND / Ossian / St Kilda Wedding / Iona

* MAZURKAS / Wongawilli / Australian Selection / Illawarra Folk Club

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