TRACK / artist / album / label
(* Australian content)
(Intro theme: HERON ELECTION JIG / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / XTRA)
31 March 2024
The featured (EP) album was UP by KANA (self published)
kanamusic.co.uk A seven piece female harmony group based in Cornwall. Some original material and
some fresh interpretations of traditional songs. "Kana" (or "cana") is the Cornish word for "sing".
WAIST DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY / Kronos Quartet with Brian Carpenter / Long Time Passing / Smithsonian Folkways
TIMONIA / Otava Yo / Loud And Clear / ARC
FAREWELL / Otava Yo / Loud And Clear / ARC
PATSY FAGAN / The Bully Wee Band / Like The Snow / Slaughterhouse Productions
DIXIELAND / The Bully Wee Band / Like The Snow / Slaughterhouse Productions
* MY WICKER BURIAL / Simone Keane / Graced By Leaves / self published
NEVER A FELLA / Kana / Up / self published
* OFF TO CALIFORNIA / Growling Dogs / Australian Fiddle Tunes / self published
KONUNGEN OCH TROLLKVINNAN / Gjallahorn / Ranarop – Call Of The Sea Witch / Finlandia
LE TRE SORELLE / Din Delon / La Rosa e La Ramella / FolkClub Ethnosuoni
CORTISOL SWING / The Schmoozenbergs / Awaken / self published
UP / Kana / Up / self published
DOUBLE FILE / Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton / Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton / Smithsonian Folkways
CUCKOO BIRD / Sam Shackleton / Causeway Recordings / self published
THE SNIPE / Calum Stewart / True North / self published
SPENCER THE ROVER / Far Flung Collective / Black Bay / Far Flung Music
THE BLACK CORMORANT / Far Flung Collective / Black Bay / Far Flung Music
MAGPIE / Kana / Up / self published
SERGEANT WILLIAM BAILEY / Lankum / Between The Earth And Sky / Rough Trade
ACROSS THE WESTERN OCEAN / Kana / Up / self published
DA SABBIT PRAWN / Fiddler's Bid / Hamnataing / Greentrax
THE ROTHERSTHORPE BULLET / Lew Bear / Rose Of The Shires / self published
STORY OF JOB / Marley's Ghost / Live At The Freight / Sage Arts
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT / Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman / Southern Summits / self published
JUDAS WAS A RED-HEADED MAN / June Tabor and Oysterband / Ragged Kingdom / Topic
GREAT WESTERN TV MEDLEY / Guy Van Duser / Finger Style Guitar Solos / Rounder
24 March 2024
The featured album was HIRONDELLE by HIRONDELLE
https://thebrothersgillespie.com/ This is a collaborative project between Northumbrian alt-folk
siblings, The Gillespie Brothers, classical group, Trio Mythos, and a Provencal dialect polyphonic trio, Tant Que Li Siam ("As Long As We Are
There"). Not every track includes all the musicians, although the album is a grand experiment.
A PLACE CALLED ENGLAND / The Young'Uns / Strangers / Hereteu Records
* SAM GRIFFITH / Alan Scott / Travelling Through The Storm / Fanged Wombat
* MANCHESTER HORNPIPE / Alan Scott / Travelling Through The Storm / Fanged Wombat
ORAN DO'N MHORAIRNE / Griogair / Dail-Riata / Dunach
NORMAN MACLEAN / Griogair / Dail-Riata / Dunach
THE BOLD MARAUDER / Holly & The Reivers / Three Galleys / self published
TINA'S SONG / Hirondelle / Hirondelle / self published
VOT' COTILLON BRANLE / Les Chauffeurs a Pieds / Partons Allons / Scorbut Records
SAY OLD MAN CAN YOU PLAY THE FIDDLE / Alfi / Say Old Man / self published
LA ROUMANCO DE PIERE D'ARAGON / Hirondelle / Hirondelle / self published
STREET CRIES / The Teacups / In Which ... / Haystack Records
TARANTELLA CALABRESE / Daniel Sepe / The Rough Guide To The Music Of Italy / World Music Network
HARD AIN'T IT HARD / Maz O'Connor / Upon A Stranger Shore / Demon Barber Sounds
NORTHUMBERLAND II / Hirondelle / Hirondelle / self published
CULLEN BAY / The Tannahill Weavers / Cullen Bay / Green Linnet
READ 'EM JOHN / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch
MAHALLA / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Leaving Eden / Nonesuch
THE ROAD TO CLADY / Craobh Rua / I'd Understand You If I Knew What You Meant / BTB Records
CAROLAN'S CUP / Hirondelle / Hirondelle / self published
A POUND AND A PINT / Hughie Jones / Maritime Miscellany / Fellside
HIGHLANDS / Battlefield Band / Beg & Borrow / Temple
ONE NIGHT IN MY YOUTH / Battlefield Band / Beg & Borrow / Temple
UP AN AWA / Janice Burns and Jon Doran / No More The Green Hills / self published
* FOUR SISTERS' BARN DANCE / The Heritage Ensemble / Bush Dance / Bush Music Club
17 March 2024
There was no featured album in today's program. It was a mix of Irish music for Saint Patrick's Day.
THE PEOPLE OF WEST CORK AND KERRY / Sliabh Notes / Gleanntan / Ossian
THE BALTIMORE SALUTE / Sliabh Notes / Gleanntan / Ossian
ST PATRICK'S BREASTPLATE / Royston and Heather Wood / Best of Irish Folk / Castle
* PADDY KELLY'S / Billy Moran / Irish Button Accordion / self published
AN TAMRAN BREAGACH / Lasairfhiona / Flame Of Wine / self published
THERE'S THE DAY / Cathal McConnell / Celtic Compass / Compass
ROLLING WAVES / Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry / Celtic Compass / Compass
OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT / Eleanor McEvoy / The Thomas Moore Project / Moscodisc
THE MOHER REEL / Bobby Casey & Lucy Farr / Paddy In The Smoke / Topic
THE MIGHTY DANCER / Macdara / The Love Token / self published
* ST PATRICK'S DAY / Enda Kenny / Twelve Songs /
www.endakennymusic.com.au
* O'CAROLAN'S CONCERTO / Louis McManus / With A Heart And A Hand / self published
THE DARK EYED SAILOR / North Cregg / The Roseland Barndance / Greentrax
POSTSCRIPT / Seamus Heaney / The Poet & The Piper / Claddagh
GARRET BARRY'S REEL / Liam O'Flynn / The Poet & The Piper / Claddagh
AONACH MHALLA / General Humbert / General Humbert / Dolphin
COUNTY CLARE THE HOME OF POLKAS? / Socks In The Frying Pan / The Return Of The Sock Monsters ... / self published
* THE MICKEY DAM / The High Notes / The High Notes / self published
I KNOW MY LOVE / The Chieftains with The Corrs / The Wide World Over / RCA Victor
CROWLEY'S / Michael Coleman / Michael Coleman / Gael-Linn
TWO ANGRY DOGS / Colum Sands / Turn The Corner / Spring Records
* MOLLY NA GCUACH NI CHUILLEANAIN / Saoirse / Music Evermore / self published
* ORDINARY MAN / Sean Nash & Bob Connor / Session - Live At Irish Murphy's / O'Kelly's Shamrock Music
PADDY KELLY'S / Kirsten Allstaff / Gallowglass / self published
SILE / Lumiere / Lumiere / Music Network
KEVIN KEEGAN'S WALTZ / Kevin Keegan / The Music Of Kevin Keegan / Clo Iar-Chonnachta
SALLY BROWN / Sweeney's Men / Legend Of Sweeney's Men Anthology / Castle
THE EXILE'S JIG / Sweeney's Men / Legend Of Sweeney's Men Anthology / Castle
10 March 2024
The featured album was FOR THE LOVE OF IT ALL by ROB VAN SANTE (Falcon Records)
www.meneelyvansante.co.uk A well-regarded guitarist singer, Dutch born, English based for
many years, and a long time collaborator with Alan Reid, formerly of Battlefield Band. An album of folk style ballads, all but two being
modern compositions.
WOO'D AN' MARRIED AN' A' / The Knowe O' Deil / Celebration / self published
MISS JENNA DREVER / The Knowe O' Deil / Celebration / self published
WORKAHOLIC / Esma Redzepova and Nune Brothers / My Last Song / ARC
YOU ARE MY FLOWER / The Carter Family / Country Music Hall Of Fame Series / MCA
ROAD TO ERROGIE / Flook / Haven / Flatfish
FALL ON MY KNEES / Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring / Starch & Iron / Heard Her Squeal
FREEMAN / Rob van Sante / For The Love Of It All / Falcon Records
CROOKED JACK / Qristina & Quinnn Bachand / Little Hinges / Beacon Ridge
THE WELCOME FAREWELL SET / Qristina & Quinnn Bachand / Little Hinges / Beacon Ridge
CAGE LOAD OF MEN / Rob van Sante / For The Love Of It All / Falcon Records
GRASSY CREEK / Hog-Eyed Man / Old World Music Of The Southern Appalachians / Tiki Parlour Recordings
* OLD BONES / Enda Kenny / Six Of One / self published
ELAINE'S FAREWELL TO SKYE / Alan Reid and Rob van Sante / Under The Blue / Red Sands Records
SALTARELLO II / Gryphon / Kings & Beggars / self published
THE PRICE OF GASOLINE / Bill Garrett / CD single / Willymac Productions
THE WILD GOOSE / Kate Rusby / 10 / Pure Records
BYKER HILL / Rob van Sante / For The Love Of It All / Falcon Records
SUZANNE / Leonard Cohen / The Essential Leonard Cohen / Columbia
VIELLE POLKA DU MORVAN / Duo Lagrange Rutkowski / Musique Artisanale / self published
HOT ASPHALT / Enoch Kent / I'm A Rover / Second Avenue Records
JENNY RAN AWAY IN THE MUD IN THE NIGHT / Erynn Marshall / Calico / Merriweather Records
ROUT OF THE BLUES / Rob van Sante / For The Love Of It All / Falcon Records
JENTA I CHICAGO / Lillebjorn Nilsen & Andy Irvine / Live In Telemark / Heilo
THE VICTORY WALTZ / The Occasionals / Live / Greentrax
3 March 2024
The featured album was PORTAGE by PORTAGE (Falcon Productions) Four excellent North American female fiddlers
and one excellent female guitarist have compiled an album of Canadian tune sets, many hinting at their earlier Scottish roots.
IZAR EDERRAK / Hiru Truku / Mendebaldeko Euskal Baladak / Nuevos Medios
DIGLAKE FIELDS / De Dannan / Anthem / DARA
JIMMY BURNES / De Dannan / Anthem / DARA
WILLIE MOORE / Luke Abbott / Take Me Home / self published
BRITTA’S POLSKA / Northern Resonance / Vision Of Three / TRAD Records
THE GALWAY SHAWL / Patrick Street / On The Fly / Loftus Music
MRS BELLE SET / Portage / Portage / Falcon Productions
THE BALLAD OF SPRINGHILL / Landless / Bleaching Bones / Humble Serpent
THE WHITE COCKADE / Sangsters / The King Has Landed / Greentrax
JOHNNY COPE / Ceolbeg / The King Has Landed / Greentrax
FLOWERS OF EDINBURGH / Portage / Portage / Falcon Productions
* THE GREAT NORTHERN LINE / Collector / Pumpkin & Bear / self published
TRAIN ROBBERY / Levon Helm / Dirt Farmer / Vanguard
* SPANISH WALTZ / Eileen McCoy / Apple Isle Fiddler / Dulcetone Recordings
COME MY LITTLE SON / Michael Walsh / Quarehawk / self published
THE BOYS OF BLUE HILL / Michael Walsh / Quarehawk / self published
* HUMPING THE DRUM / Graham Seal / Barbed Wire Ballads / Unvarnished Productions
BARBARA MCOWEN’S SET / Portage / Portage / Falcon Productions
SWANSEA TOWN / Mike Waterson / Mike Waterson / Topic
BRUTON TOWN / Pentangle / The Pentangle / Reprise Records
MUNERA’L PENATU / Niundes / Enxamas Ye Pa Siempre / Discogs L’Aguanaz
* PINT POT & BILLY / Warren Fahey & Luke Webb / The World Turned Upside-Down / Rouseabout
LOVELY JOAN / Tony Hall / Mr Universe / Plant Life
LE BLANC SET / Portage / Portage / Falcon Productions
THE VIRGINIA REEL / The Occasionals / Live / Greentrax
25 February 2024
The featured album was BEFLEAN – AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY 2002-2023 (self published) This is a fascinating collection of mostly
reworked and re-recorded material from Jim Moray’s sizeable and impressive back catalogue, with scratches, loops and electric guitars being more
sparingly used than in some previous outings.
JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN / Zeke Morris / Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939 / Tompkins Square
OLD AUNT JENNY WITH HER NIGHTCAP ON / Notorious / Elkins / Black Socks
SO9 MONKTONHALL / David Ferrard / Across The Troubled Wave / Alter Road Records
VANDALS OF HAMMERWICH / Jim Moray / Beflean / self published
THE HANKY / Davie Robertson / Star O The Bar / Greentrax
CHESHIRE ROUNDS / Roy Clinging and Neil Brookes / Another Round / WildGoose
ALL SMILES TONIGHT / Roy Clinging and Neil Brookes / Another Round / WildGoose
FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM / Jim Moray / Beflean / self published
SHEATH AND KNIFE / Corrina Hewat / My Favourite Place /Foot Stompin’ Records
LIGURIAN BELLS MEDLEY / Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus / Round Trip / Borealis
THE EMPEROR IS NAKED TODAY-O / Dave Carter & Tracy Grammar / The Songs Of Pete Seeger Vol 2 / Appleseed
SCHOTTISCHE DU STOCKFISH / Ad Vielle Que Pourra / Green Linnet
HIND ETIN / Jim Moray / Beflean / self published
ANTICS / Beoga / The Incident / Compass
MARY DANCED WITH SOLDIERS / Beoga / The Incident / Compass
SULLIVAN’S JOHN / Paddy Reilly / Paddy Reilly Live / RTE
SCHOTTISCHE ZAVENTEM / MandolinMan / Old Tunes, Dusted Down / ARC
* GOLDEN DOVE / The Yearlings / Folk Showcase 2004 / Folk Alliance Australia
* WHO IS THAT REFUGEE / Pat Drummond / The Yearlings / Folk Showcase 2004 / Folk Alliance Australia
* JACKSON’S FAVOURITE / Trouble In The Kitchen / The Next Turn / Tradsville
SOUNDS OF EARTH / Jim Moray / Beflean / self published
JOHN BLUNT / Jackie Oates / The Spyglass & The Herringbone / EEC Records
18 February 2024
The featured album was HINTERLANDS by WENDY STEWART & GARY WEST (self published) Both members of the fine
Scottish band Ceolbeg in the 1990s, this duo’s album is one half clarsach and pipe tunes and one half songs.
* THE GREEN BAN FUSILIERS / Denis Kevans / Union Is Strength / CFMEU
* THE ECONOMIC RATIONALIST / John Dengate / Union Is Strength / CFMEU
* THE OLD SCHOOLMASTER / Tom Walsh and Alan Musgrove / Verandah Music / National Library of Australia
WEAVERS / Eva Valjaots & Robbie Sherratt / Skylark / Sibelius Academy Folk Music Recordings
GREEN GREEN ROCKY ROAD / Tom Carter & Tom Sauber / Trade Your Headache For A Smile / The Old Time Tiki Parlour
OVER THE WATERFALL / Tom Carter & Tom Sauber / Trade Your Headache For A Smile / The Old Time Tiki Parlour
MARIE HAMILTON / Wendy Stewart & Gary West / Hinterlands / self published
* KILROY WAS HERE / Margaret Walters and John Warner / Who Was Here? / Feathers and Wedge
SWEETNESS AND LIGHT / Bruce Cockburn / Crowing Ignites / True North Records
THE GLASGOW SUNDAY SCHOOL / Adam McNaughtan / The Words That I Used To Know / Greentrax
LANCASHIRE HORNPIPES / Wendy Stewart & Gary West / Hinterlands / self published
* BALLYMENA / Seanachaidh / Gathering Thyme / Late Edition Studios
DR MACPHAIL’S REEL / RANT / Spin / Make Believe Records
BY THE GLOW OF THE KEROSENE LIGHT / The Once / Row Upon Row Of The People They Know / Borealis
POACHER / Hadrian’s Union / Permission / Whapmusic
LOCH TAY BOAT SONG / Wendy Stewart & Gary West / Hinterlands / self published
RETURN FROM FINGAL / Elliot Grasso & Adam Hendy / Breathe Blue / self published
PACE EGGING SONG / The Watersons / Frost and Fire / Topic
THE RAGGED SAILOR SET / The Twisted Twenty / The Twisted Twenty / Penny Fiddle Records
THIRD WAY / John McCutcheon / Leap! / Appalseed
IMBOKODO / Afrika Mamas / Iphupho / ARC
ROUGH AND ROCKY / Cathie Ryan / The Farthest Wave / Shanachie
IAN GREEN / Wendy Stewart & Gary West / Hinterlands / self published
FOLLOW THE HERON / Malinky / 3 Ravens / Greentrax
BANJO BRANCH FIDDLE / Ian Hardie / Westringing / self published
11 February 2024
The featured album was EVERYWHERE YOU GO by BRUCE MOLSKY (Tiki Parlour Recordings) The celebrated singer and
multi-instrumentalist focuses on finger picked guitar for an album of tunes and songs in a wide range of musical styles. Darol Anger and
Mary Ann Kennedy appear on some tracks.
WHAT’LL YOU DO / Low Lily / Angels In The Wreckage / self published
KEEP THE PACHYSANDRA FLYING / Low Lily / Angels In The Wreckage / self published
WILLIE THE WEEPER / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose
MOUNTAIN BRIGANDS’ DANCES / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose
THANKS FOR WRITING / Anna Massie / Two Down / Aye Like Music
DINNER MEDALS / Anna Massie / Two Down / Aye Like Music
WAYS OF A ROVER / Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick / Saturday Johnny and Jimmy The Rat / Red Rattler
IASITERA / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings
ON BOARD A 98 / Mat Green and Andy Turner / Time For A Stottycake / WildGoose
ROSALIE THE PRAIRIE FLOWER / Mat Green and Andy Turner / Time For A Stottycake / WildGoose
* KWELA 21 / Andy Rigby and friends / Andology Vol 1 – Tunes Of The Andys / self published
BYE BYE BABY BLUES / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings
* WALLABY TRACK / Danny Spooner / Cobargo 2014 / Yuin Folk Club
THE BAY TREE / Blowzabella / Dance / self published
* MAUD BUTLER / Cloudstreet / Clouded House / self published
ALWAYS LIFT HIM UP / Ry Cooder / The UFO Has Landed / Rhino
THE BOLD PRINCESS ROYAL / General Humbert / General Humbert / Dolphin
AMISH TOWN / Lynn Chirps Smith / Down In Little Egypt / Vigortone Records
CORNISH LADS / Amelia Hogan / Taking Flight / self published
BOOGIE WOOGIE DANCE / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings
FIOS CHUN A’ BHAIRD / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings
* UNDERGROUND MUTTON AND QUANDONG JAM / Neil Adam and Judy Turner / The Keys To The Field / self published
WAGONER’S LAD / Roger McGuinn with Joan Baez & Eliza Carthy / Treasures From The Folk Den / Appleseed
THE PROHIBITION REEL / Buttons & Bows / The Return Of Spring / self published
FACING THE CHAIR / Bruce Molsky / Everywhere You Go / Tiki Parlour Recordings
4 February 2024
The featured album was I KEPT THESE OLD BLUES by MUIREANN BRADLEY (Tompkins Square) A 2023 recording by a
17 year old finger picking guitarist / singer from Ballybofey, Co. Donegal with a passion for the music of the early blues masters; primarily
Piedmont, ragtime and early country material. An extraordinarily talented young musician.
DOMINION OF THE SWORD / Melrose Quartet / Dominion / self published
A GENEROUS MAN / Melrose Quartet / Dominion / self published
THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE / Neil Young / Harvest / Reprise
JENNY WREN / Maddy Prior, Hannah James & Giles Lewin / Shortwinger / Park Records
SAVE THE HAM / Liz Carroll & Jake Charron / Half Day Road / self published
WEAVE ROOM BLUES / New Lost City Ramblers / There Ain’t No Way Out / Smithsonian Folkways
RABBIT IN THE PEA PATCH / New Lost City Ramblers / There Ain’t No Way Out / Smithsonian Folkways
CANDYMAN / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square
SAUCHIEHALL STREET FRIDAY MORNING / Bill Paterson / Glaschu – Hometown Love Song / ARC
CAMANACHD GHLASCHU / Mary Ann Kennedy / Glaschu – Hometown Love Song / ARC
ALBORAES DE PERLORA / Felpeyu / Cerquina / Tierra Discos
POLICE DOG BLUES / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square
CORNY BILL / Martyn Wyndham-Read / Jackeroo / Wynding Road Music
PATSY CAMPBELL’S / Grosse Isle / The Bonesetter / La Compagnie du Nord
LES TAILLEURS DE PIERRE / Grosse Isle / The Bonesetter / La Compagnie du Nord
FRANKIE / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square
SHAKING OF THE SHEETS / Steeleye Span / Time And Tide / Chrysalis
SEAN IN THE FOG / Lunasa / The Kinnitty Sessions / Compass
JENNY A’ THINGS / The Tannahill Weavers / Orach / Compass
BUCKDANCER’S CHOICE / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square
LAMENT FOR LIMERICK / Gren Morris & Sam Stephens / Hums Ancient And Modern / self published
DELIA / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square
MR TRILL’S SONG / Mr Fox / Join Us In Our Game / Castle Music
* CONVICT AND THE ROSE / The Island Coes / Born On Ol’ Cape Barren / Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
FREIGHT TRAIN / Muireann Bradley / I Kept These Old Blues / Tompkins Square
28 January 2024
The featured album was GAME OF HALVES by FAREFELD (self published) Recording as a duo, although with several
collaborators, Caitlin Jones and Chris Elliott have produced an enjoyable collection of mostly modern folk style ballads, several with a link to
their native Staffordshire.
BANISH THE BATTERING RAM / The Flying Toads / In Stitches / self published
NEWRY TOWN / The Flying Toads / In Stitches / self published
SAN BOUNET / Guillaume and Robin Vargoz / Duo Vargoz / Compagnie Du Rigodon
SHORTNIN’ BREAD / Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi / Sonny & Brownies Last Train / MC Records
PM DONALD MACLEAN OF LEWIS / Colin MacLeod & Rory Sinclair / Roaming Free / self published
WHEN I’M HOME / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published
ONE TRUE / Uncle Earl / Waterloo Tennessee / Rounder
FARM AUCTION / Spencer Coverdale / Five Ways / self published
FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES / Balfa Toujours / La Pointe / Rounder
GAME OF HALVES / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published
ONE FOR THE COUPLE / Frog On A Bike / Velocipede / self published
PENNY FOR THE PLOUGHBOYS / Frog On A Bike / Velocipede / self published
* RALLY ROUND THE DRUM / Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys / Foggy Highway / Gawd Aggie Recordings
FAIR ISLE REINLANDARI / Spaelimenninir / Malargrot / Tutl
THE CHRISTMAS GOOSE / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published
PADDY LAY BACK / El Pony Pisador / Yarr’s I Trons / self published
THE SHEPHERD’S WIFE WALTZ / Bill Spence and Fennig’s All-Star String Band / Fennigmania / Front Hall Records
LADY, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY / Peggy Seeger / The Folkways Years / Smithsonian Folkways
LITTLE BIRDIE / Whiskey Bent Valley Boys / Whiskey Sessions Vol. 2 / self published
GO ALONG TO KINVER / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published
DAME LOMBARDE / Kornog / Fiddle Fair 2 / Red Hat Music
ROARING WATER / Altan / Fiddle Fair 2 / Red Hat Music
OLD MAUI / Farefeld / Game Of Halves / self published
* THE ROAD TO PORT FAIRY / Trouble In The Kitchen / The Next Turn / TradsVille
21 January 2024
The featured album was OUT IN THE NIGHT by FISHERSTREET (Mulligan Records) Traditional Irish music from a great
West Clare band taking its name from the main street in Doolin, a small town with a handful of pubs and a big reputation for traditional
music. This is an old album and a joyous one.
O'STRAVAGANZA / Ensemble Baroque / O'Stravaganza / Virgin Classics
WITCH OF THE WEST-MER-LANDS / Archie Fisher / The Man With A Rhyme / Folk-Legacy
BIG HOEDOWN / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Moving Lightly Through This World / DittyVille
THE WIDOW'S LONE DAUGHTER / Beverly Smith and Carl Jones / Moving Lightly Through This World / DittyVille
SALTHILL / Project Smok / The Outset / self published
FEET DON’T FAIL ME / Bill Carlisle / Push Them Clouds Away / Musical Traditions
BRADY'S / Fisherstreet / Out In The Night / Mulligan
THE SHUTTLE RINS / Kornog / On Seven Winds / Green Linnet
DANS PLINN / Kornog / On Seven Winds / Green Linnet
GOIN’ ACROSS THE SEA / Porterbelly Stringband / Old Time Machine / self published
KILCOOLEY WOOD / Fisherstreet / Out In The Night / Mulligan
IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD / Sophie Harris & Maudlin / Songs Without Authors / Broadside Hacks
SI BHEAG SI MHOR / Organ Morgan / Songs Without Authors / Broadside Hacks
GOUTONS DU PLAISIR / Genticorum / Au Coeur De L'Aube / self published
BEAUTY SPOT / Fisherstreet / Out In The Night / Mulligan
GUMTREE CANOE / John Hartford / Good'le Days / Rounder
O BARDO / Riobo / Riobo / Altafonte
LOST MY HORSE / Otis Taylor / White African / Northern Blues Music
CATRIONA / Blazin' Fiddles / Magnificent Seven / self published
TAILOR IN THE TEA CHEST / George Sansome & Matt Quinn / Sheffield Park / Grimdon Records
BILL HARTE’S / Polca An Ri / From Sliabh Mosco To Cathair Pheadair / self published
AR SOUDARDED'ZO GWISKET E RUZ / Gwalern / The Sounds Of Brittany / Keltia Musique
TOMMY RECK'S / Fisherstreet / Out In The Night / Mulligan
AZAWNTUA / Minyeshu Kifle Tedla / Daa Dee / ARC
14 January 2024
The featured album was DON'T DENY MY NAME by RICK ROBBINS WITH RORY BLOCK (Seeds of Man Records) Robbins
toured with Ramblin' Jack Elliott for some years and Elliott remains a strong influence. Block has excellent credentials as a blues
guitarist but collaborates well on this album of old and newer ballads, many with a cowboy-gambler-outlaw feel.
SOUVENIRS / John Prine / Souvenirs / Oh Boy
TE MAEVA WELCOME / various / Heiva I Tahiti / ARC
AE FOND KISS / Sheena Wellington / Celtic Women From Scotland / Greentrax
THE MASCOT / Open House / Second Story / Green Linnet
THE CLASSICAL GREEK / Open House / Second Story / Green Linnet
LA CARDEUSE / Genticorum / Au Coeur De L'Aube / self published
ROVING GAMBLER / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records
MARCH EVOLUTION / Simon Fraser University Pipe Band / On Home Ground / Greentrax
SWEET EVELINA / Aengus Finnan / Fool's Gold / Shelter Valley Productions
SEAN IN THE MIST / Robin Bullock / The Lightning Field / Azalea City
BANDIT OF BRAZIL / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records
* BALLAD OF LES DARCY / Wongawilli / 16th Illawarra Folk Festival / Illawarra Folk Club
CATHERINE AU CASAOU / Lous Gouyats De L'Adou / Folk Music From South West France / ARC
40 YEARS AGO WALTZ / Lee Stripling / Hogs Picking Up Acorns / Voyager
ARTHRITIS BLUES / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records
HORNPIPES / The Jimi Shandrix Experience / Foxy Laddie / Brechin All Records
THE MORNING BLUES / The Unwanted / Music From The Atlantic Fringe / Compass
REELS / The Unwanted / Music From The Atlantic Fringe / Compass
THE WILD GOOSE / Kate Rusby / Sleepless / Pure
BILLY / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records
FASTERUD / Northern Resonance / Vision Of Three / TRAD Records
ONE TRACK MIND / Rory McLeod / 16th Illawarra Folk Festival / Illawarra Folk Club
BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN / Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen / Thunderhead / Flying Fish
SOUTH COAST / Rick Robbins with Rory Block / Don't Deny My Name / Seeds Of Man Records
THE BROSNA JIG / Buttons & Bows / The Return Of Spring / self published
7 January 2024
The featured album was ÉIRELOCKED by SÁSTA (self published)
sastaband.com A Brisbane band which includes several ex-pat (pun warning!) musicians now active in
the Irish music scene in Australia. Energetic trad and trad-style tune sets. (all * Australian content)
* JACK OF ALL TRADES / The Barleyshakes / Pick Of The Crop 2009 / Trad&Now
*WYONG RIVER / Nick and Liesl / Pick Of The Crop 2009 / Trad&Now
ANNAGHBEG POLKA / Sliabh Notes / Gleanntan / Ossian
OH MY LITTLE DARLIN’ / Salamander Crossing / Passion Train / Signature Sounds
OH WERE I ON PARNASSUS’ HILL / Ceolbeg / Cairn Water / Greentrax
* PALM SUNDAY / Sasta / Eirelocked / self published
* BRUNSWICK ROAD / Graham Dodsworth / 2005 National Folk Festival / NFF
* POSADILA BABA / Xenos / 2005 National Folk Festival / NFF
* FAREWELL TO ERIN / Sasta / Eirelocked / self published
WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS TONIGHT / Emmylou Harris / Wrecking Ball / Asylum
BLACK FOX / The Hudson Swan Band / Flyte Of Fancy / Lochshore
GREENSTONE POINT / The Hudson Swan Band / Flyte Of Fancy / Lochshore
* SWAGGIES PASSING THROUGH / Bob Campbell & Sharon Frost / Pick Of The Bunch / Sunpower
LITTLE SADIE / Tangleweed / Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals / Squatney
FIRST LEAVES OF AUTUMN / Sasta / Eirelocked / self published
NINNI NANNA / Diana Di L’Alba / Diana Di L’Alba / Ricordu
MAZURKA / Diana Di L’Alba / Diana Di L’Alba / Ricordu
A SAILOR LIKES HIS BOTTLE-O / Keith Kendrick & Lynne Heraud / Stars In My Crown / WildGoose
MADDALEN’S WALTZ / Sasta / Eirelocked / self published
LONE SHANAKYLE / Frank Harte / The Hungry Voice / Hummingbird Records
SPEAKING IN TONGUES 1 / Sheila Chandra / Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices / Realworld
TONIGHT WE RIDE / Tom Russell / Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs / Hightone Records
CUMBIA CELTICA / Salsa Celtica / El Agua De la Vida / Greentrax