Archived Playlists:  April - June 2024

'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 to listen on demand.  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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30 June 2024

The featured album was  THREE GALLEYS  by  HOLLY & THE REIVERS  (self published)  https://hollyclarkemusic.com/  Debut 2023 album from a stylish musical trio from the north east of England, comprising Holly Clarke, Merle Harbron and Bertie Armstrong.  Dark arrangements, beautifully presented.

THE ST KILDA WEDDING / Ossian / St Kilda Wedding / Iona Records

GALA WATER / Ossian / St Kilda Wedding / Iona Records

'SI DO MHAIMEO I / Altan / Harvest Storm / Green Linnet

SITAMOIA / Thin Lizzy / Live At The BBC / BBC

PLOUGHMAN LADS / Rachel McShane & The Cartographers / When All Is Still / Topic

* CUCKOO'S NEST / Mick Doherty and Robert Zielinski / Out West / NLA

THE THREE DANISH GALLEYS / Holly & The Reivers / Three Galleys / self published

JUBILEE / Alfi / Say Old Man / self published

OH THE DAYS WHEN I WAS YOUNG / Leveret / Forms / Leveret Musician

WELL MAY THE WORLD GO / Tim Robbins / Appleseed 21st Anniversary / Appleseed

KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE / Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt / Appleseed 21st Anniversary / Appleseed

CASTELL CAERNARFON / Ar Log / The Best Of Ar Log / Sain

WALKING BOSS / Holly & The Reivers / Three Galleys / self published

* THE MISSOURI WALTZ / O'Leary & Hildebrand / Together Again ... Again / self published

CASTLE BY THE SEA / Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen / Bottle / Navigator

DANIEL O'CONNELL / Noel Hill & Tony Linnane / Noel Hill & Tony Linnane / TARA

* BLOOD AND GOLD / The Fagans / Common Teasury / Mossbawn Music

LAST CHANCE / Holly & The Reivers / Three Galleys / self published

THE ANGELS LAID HIM AWAY / Rhiannon Giddens / Freedom Highway / Nonesuch

GREAT BIG TATERS IN THE SANDY LAND / Rayna Gellert / Ways Of The World / Yodel-Ay-Hee

WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN WE HAVE NO MONEY / Amelia Hogan / Taking Flight / self published

JOHN HARRISON'S HANDS / Dick Gaughan / Outlaws & Dreamers / Greentrax

JOHN RANDALL / Holly & The Reivers / Three Galleys / self published

RECUERDOS / Kitus / Apres L'after / CdMDT

ARE YOU THERE MORIARTY / Mick Moloney / McNally's Row Of Flats / Compass

WILLY O' WINSBURY / Holly & The Reivers / Three Galleys / self published

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23 June 2024

The featured album was  THE FIRST TURN  by  DAOIRI FARRELL  (self published)  Fine Dublin born singer and strings player.  A first solo album, released in 2009, of well presented trad-style Irish songs.  Three subsequent albums are also worthy of attention.

WAT YE WHA I MET THE STREEN / Dave Swarbrick / Smiddyburn / LOGO

THE EDITOR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE / Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson / The Liberty Tree / PM Press

ROSA'S LOVELY DAUGHTERS / Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson / The Liberty Tree / PM Press

REFLECTIONS ON UNHAPPY MARRIAGES / Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson / The Liberty Tree / PM Press

DON'T GET MARRIED, GIRLS / Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson / The Liberty Tree / PM Press

M COMME MAZURKA / La Rouzine / Bal Mijote, Bal Rouzine / self published

NELLIE WAS A LADY / Sarah Grey / A Long Way From Home / Fellside

MCSHANE / Daoiri Farrell / The First Turn / self published

OVER THE WATERFALL / Ed Littlefield Jr / Going To The West / Sage Arts

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

DEJELILL OCH LAGERMAN / Gjallarhorn / Arctic Paradise 2001 / Arctic CD

BOOZING / Daoiri Farrell / The First Turn / self published

THE SHUFFLE / The Cluster Of Nuts Band / Fridge In The Fast Lane / Poke Records

WHALE CATCHERS / The Cluster Of Nuts Band / Fridge In The Fast Lane / Poke Records

PUIRT-A-BEUL SET / Julie Fowlis / Cuilidh / Spit & Polish

* MERRILY KISS THE QUAKER'S WIFE / Napper Tandy / Schnapper / Fischead

* CHANSON POUR LES PETITS ENFANTS / Colcannon / Folk S.A Vol 2 / Hard Yacka Records

THE POOL SONG / Daoiri Farrell / The First Turn / self published

BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN / Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen / Thunderhead / Flying Fish

JACK MCGRAW / Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger / Scottish Drinking And Pipe Songs

MISS THOMPSON'S / Sharon Shannon / Sharon Shannon / Philo

THE SONG OF ARTESIAN WATER / Gerry Hallom / Half A Lifetime Ago / self published

DANS LOUDEAC / Kinnell / Donald's Dog / Lochshore

THE MICKEY DAM / Daoiri Farrell / The First Turn / self published

MARGARITAVILLE / Jimmy Buffett / Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes / ABC Records

TIPPIN' IT UP TO NANCY / Daoiri Farrell / The First Turn / self published

BONAPARTE'S RETREAT / James Bryan & Carl Jones / Cricket's Lullaby / DittyVille

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16 June 2024

The featured album was  THE ROAD  by  KEJAFI  (self published).  www.kejafi.com  A long overdue second album by an excellent Sydney trio whose repertoire includes traditional Scottish and Irish tunes and songs along with trad-style original tunes.

HOMMAGE A SERGE LEBOEUF / Nicolas Boulerice & Olivier Demers / Un Peu D'Ci, Un Peu D'Ca / Rues et Archets

BIG TOWN / Priscilla Herdman / The Road Home / Redwing Music

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

* DON'T GO DOWN THE MINE DAD / Harvest Moon Band / In Some Old Shed / Collective Effort

CANADEE-I-O / Nic Jones / Penguin Eggs / Topic

* VORTEX / Kejafi / The Road / self published

NA TAR ACH SAN OICHE / Craob Rua / Soh It is / Lochshore

MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER / J. P. Fraley & Betty Vornbrock / Side By Side / Burning Wolf

* THOU BONNIE WOODS O' CRAIGILEA / Kejafi / The Road / self published

ROSEMARY LANE / Bert Jansch / Best Of British Folk / Castle Communications

DA SANG O DA FISHER LAD / Hom Bru / No Afore Time / Hom Bru Recordings

TUNBRIDGE BEAUTIES / Boldwood / Feet, Don't Fail Me Now / Barking Green Music

OLD BONES / The Black Family / Time For Touching Home / DARA

* THE TEA SET / Kejafi / The Road / self published

* ELSIE MARLEY / Wheeze And Suck Band / Elsie Marley's Mates / Fire and Thorn

* COAL HOLE CAVALRY / Wheeze And Suck Band / Elsie Marley's Mates / Fire and Thorn

ANTIGONISH POLKAS / Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald / Classic Cuts / Breton Books & Music

J'ENTENDS LE MOULIN / Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen / Being There / Compass Rose Music

THE BANDON CAR / Jimmy Crowley / Uncorked / Free State Records

* THE LOCHABER BADGER / Kejafi / The Road / self published

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

* SING ME A SONG / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & Friends / Reel Cool / self published

* SUNDAY MORNING SLIPS / Kejafi / The Road / self published

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9 June 2024

The featured album was SECOND-HAND by JAMES KEELAGHAN (Borealis) A 2022 collection of mostly collaborative original songs from a fine Canadian singer composer.

HANDSOME MOLLY / Mick Jagger / Wandering Spirit / Promotone

GOD AND THE ORANGE CLOWN / Ian Robb with Richard & Jess Arrowsmith / promo single

CLEAR THE TRACK / Doggerland / No Sadness Of Farewell / Gammalthea

JEG GIKK MEG UT / Doggerland / No Sadness Of Farewell / Gammalthea

BENNACHIE / Old Blind Dogs / New Tricks / Lochshore

THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT / Session A9 / The Magic Roundabout / RAJ

SECOND-HAND / James Keelaghan / Second-Hand / Borealis

COTTONFIELD CAPERS / The Ragtime Skedaddlers / The Latest Popular Mandolin And Guitar Music / Mandophone

* RECIPE FOR A MINING EXPERT / Bob Rummery / The Man With The Concertina / self published

* THE LUCKY BAY WALTZ / Bob Rummery / The Man With The Concertina / self published

LA CATTIVA STRADA / James Keelaghan / Second-Hand / Borealis

LOVER'S RETURN / Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton / Trio II / Asylum

* OLD MISSION ROAD / Archie Roach / 20th Anniversary Festival / Cobargo Folk Festival

* THE OLD DARK WATERS / Danny Spooner / 20th Anniversary Festival / Cobargo Folk Festival

ANIXE LIGO TO PARATHIRO / Springtide / 20th Anniversary Festival / Cobargo Folk Festival

THE QUEEN AND THE SOLDIER / Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / Pure Records

JUST A LETTER / James Keelaghan / Second-Hand / Borealis

FEHER MARTON EMLEKERE / Szlama Band / Folk Music From Moldavia / Dialekton

TURTLE DOVE / Marley's Ghost / Four Spacious Guys / self published

LORD INCHIQUIN / Deiseal / The Long Long Note / STARC

ILLEAN BITHIBH SUNNDACH / Mac-Talla / Mairidh Gaol Is Ceol / Temple

WALK ON / James Keelaghan / Second-Hand / Borealis

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

JIMMY BROWN, THE NEWSBOY / Walt Koken / Finger Lakes Ramble / Mudthumper

LISTENING TO MY BOOTS / Pete Morton / Swarthmoor / Harbourtown

PORCIA / Felpeyu / Ya! / Secret Street

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2 June 2024

All the tracks in today’s program come from albums that were featured albums during the first half of 2023.

SHEPHERD LAD / Wayne Brereton / The Robin’s Call / self published

DON’T GET MARRIED GIRLS / Nancy Kerr / The Poor Shall Wear The Crown / Little Dish Records

LIMESTONE ROCK / Gadan / Gadan / self published

HAULING ON / Melrose Quartet / Live At Cheltenham / self published

MAYBE THE LAST TIME / Reeltime Travelers / Livin’ Reeltime, Thinkin’ Old-Time / Yodel-Ay-Hee

THE SLOE / Ron Stradling / Treacle & Bread / Ghosts From The Basement

TINKER IN THE LUM / Alistair Hulett / In Sleepy Scotland / Red Rattler

FISHERROW / Maxwell Quartet / Gather / Linn Records

THE BONE LACE WEAVER’S SONG / Jackie Oates & John Spiers / The Lacemakers / self published

THE REARRANGEMENT REEL / Westward The Light / Flow Country / Braw Sailin’

THIS MORNING / David Francey / The Breath Between / Laker Music

GO FROM MY WINDOW / Eliza Carthy Trio / Conversations We’ve Had Before / self published

UKRAINIAN NOW / Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon / Together / Appalseed

SJOVALD / Kevin Henderson & Neil Pearlman / Burden Lake / self published

COME ALL YE FAIR AND TENDER LADIES / SykesMartin / Unquenching Fire / Dragonfly Roots

BLANN’S GOOD ALE / Alistair Brown / No Idle Jest / Prospect Records

DEVILS WATER / Devils Water / Treading The Marches / Osmosis

THE COLLIERS / The Dublin Trio / The Pride Of Pimlico / DubCeol Records

REUBEN'S TRAIN / Foghorn Stringband / Rock Island Grange / self published

JE M’EN FUS A SA PORTE / Nicolas Boulerice, Olivier Demers, Robert Deveaux / Art Populaire / Compagnie Du Nord

JOLLY BEGGAR / Jack The Lad / The Old Straight Line / Charisma

ILLIAM / Scran / Jees / Culture Vannin

WEDDING DRESS / T With The Maggies / T With The Maggies / TWM Music

THE BELLS OF DUBLIN / The Chieftains / Bells Of Dublin / BMG

IN SLEEPY SCOTLAND / Alistair Hulett / In Sleepy Scotland / Red Rattler

MARGARET FAGAN'S 50TH BIRTHDAY POLKA / Melrose Quartet / Live At Cheltenham / self published

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26 May 2024

All the tracks in today’s program come from albums that were featured albums during the first half of 2023.

GORMSHUIL MHOR / Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones / Despite The Wind And Rain / Ros Dearg Records

THE DREADNAUGHT / various / Sea Song Sessions / Topic

DARLING COREY / Crooked Still / Hop High / Footprint Records

I WISH I WAS AN APPLE ON A TREE / Van Morrison / Moving On Skiffle / Exile Productions

WITH THE CATTLE / Gerry Hallom / Half A Lifetime Ago / self published

COLD BLOW THE RAINY NIGHT / Siobhan Miller / Bloom / Songprint

XOTIS DE LA NOTICIA / Pere Romani / Harmonic / Microscopi

* THE BALLAD OF QUEENIE AND ROVER / Paul Kelly / People / Cooking Vinyl

SUITE AMBIANT / Arthur Coates / Trapdoor To Hell / self published

THE BATTLE OF WELLINGTON / Grainneog / Laugh While You May / self published

YOUNG EMMET / Daoiri Farrell / The Wedding Above In Glencree / Daoiri Recordings

CLEE HILL / Bosun Higgs English Country Dance Band / A Most Particular Vintage / WildGoose

JIGS / Joy Dunlop / Caoir / Sradag Music

FATHER O’FLYNN’S / Corey Purcell / Undaunted / Corey Purcell Music

BON GARÇON / Mary Beth Carty / Crossing The Causeway / self published

* THE OLD DOG’S SONG / Eric Bogle / The Source Of Light / Rouseabout

MRS JOHN MACCOLL / Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy / Élan / March Hair Records

SHOALS OF HERRING / Ewan McColl / Singing The Fishing / Topic

THE IRON ROAD IS A HARD ROAD / Ewan MacColl / The Ballad Of John Axton / Topic

THIRTY FOOT TRAILER / Ewan MacColl / The Travelling People / Topic

GO MOVE SHIFT / Siobhan Miller / Bloom / Songprint

SUITE DU SEXY FIDDLER / Arthur Coates / Trapdoor To Hell / self published

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19 May 2024

All the tracks in today’s program come from albums that were featured albums during the second half of 2022.

HONEY FOR THE BEE / The Witches Of Elswick / Out Of Bed / Fellside

THE LAST THING ON MY MIND / Tom Paxton / Rambling Boy / Elektra

GAOL ISE GAOL I / TRU / No Fixed Abode / self published

ARRANEYN CADLEE / Ruth Keggin and Rachel Hair / Lossan / March Hair Records

* JIM HAM’S SCHOTTISCHE / The Pie Eaters / Bonza! / self published

TRAIN ON THE ISLAND / Thhe Hellbenders / The Hellbenders / self published

THE MOLECATCHER / Nick Hart / Nick Hart Sings Eight English Folk Songs / Roebuck Records

RAKES OF KIRKBY / Granny’s Attic / The Brickfields / Grimdon Records

RAMBLIN’ ROVER / Top Floor Taivers / A Delicate Game / TFT Records

THE WEIGHT / Mavis Staples & Levon Helm / Carry Me Home / ANTI-records

LOUIS QUINN’S / The Truckley Howl / The Truckley Howl / self published

STRATHSPEYS AND REELS / Brighde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainslie, Steven Byrnes / LAS / Great White Records

PADDY WHACK / Alistair Anderson & Northlands / Alistair Anderson & Northlands / self published

THE SONG OF HARD TIMES / Windborne / Of Hard Times & Harmony / Wand’ring Feet Records

BROTHER GILDA’S / Aidan Coffey / The Corner House Set / Riverboat

IN THE WEE MIDNIGHT HOUR / Happy Traum / There’s A Bright Side Somewhere / Lark’s Nest Music

A BOTHAN ABHA'IG FIONNGHUALA / Michael Hanly and Micheal O Domhnaill / Celtic Folkweave / Polydor

EADAR AN DA BHRAIGH / Breabach / Fas / Breabach Records

KESWICK BONNY LASSES / The Gilchrist Collective / Most Truly Yours / Luke’s Row Musician

AN ISLAND AGAIN / Gerry Hallom / Limited Edition / self published

CLEAR THE TRACK / Doggerland / No Sadness Of Farewell / Gammalthea

* JOHN SNOW & THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD / Bruce Watson / Year Of Wonders / self published

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

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12 May 2024

All the tracks in today’s program come from albums that were featured albums during the first half of 2022.

ALE IS DEAR / Robbie Greig / Robbie Greig and friends / self published

BENEATH THE SANDWELL GATE / The Young‘Uns / Man I Feel Like A Young’Un / self published

CAMPBELL’S FAREWELL TO RED GAP / Cummings, Sutherland, Kolodner / The Bird’s Flight / Birchen Music

DER MARKGRAFENSOHN / 2DUOS / Until The Cows Come Home / artes Records

I WILL GO WITH MY FATHER A PLOUGHING / Patterson Dipper / Unearthing / self published

FENNARIO / The Norfolk Broads / Yonder Green Grove / self published

INDIAN CORN / Bigfoot / I’ve Got A Bulldog / Yodel-Ay-Hee

A WINTER’S NIGHT / Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage / Ink Of The Rosy Morning / Topic

THE PARTISAN / Bob Jensen / For The Sake Of The Song / SGO Music

ISLE OF EIGG / Ho-Ro / New Moon / self published

COD LIVER OIL & THE ORANGE JUICE / The Mary Wallopers / A Mouthful Of The Mary Wallopers / self published

COTTON EYED JOE / The Volo Bogtrotters / Hell Broke Loose In Volo / Marimac Recordings

BATCHELOR’S HALL / Martin Simpson / Prodigal Son / Topic

FAMOUS LAST WORDS / Rura / Our Voices Echo / Rura Music

TOUR DU MONDE / Le Vent Du Nord / 20 Printemps / La Compagnie du Nord

* POUND A WEEK RISE / Austral / Thylacine / self published

VALENTINE’S DAY / Serious Sam Barrett / The Seeds Of Love / Ya Dig

FRED FINN’S REEL / Andy Irvine & Paul Brady / Andy Irvine & Paul Brady / Mulligan Records

TAKE IT FROM DAY TO DAY / Stan Rogers / From Coffee House To Concert Hall / Fogarty’s Cove

TA NA LA / The Alt / Day Is Come / self published

THE FIDDLING SOLICITOR’S REELS / Kevin MacLeod / Highland Strands / Greentrax

WANTON LASSES PITY HER / Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones / A Year Too Late And A Month Too Soon / Splid Records

BOLL WEEVIL / Aly Bain, Ale Moller, Bruce Molsky / Meeting Point / Whirlie Records

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5 May 2024

The featured album was  SILVER SAILS  by  ELIR (self published)  A Glasgow based trio creating a well-crafted sound from a blend of their Scottish, Italian and French musical traditions.  Mostly traditional songs underpinned by solid fiddle and guitar.

EXILE’S RETURN / Karan Casey & John Doyle / Exile’s Return / Compass

FLAMMES D’ENFER / Le Trio Cadien / Le Trio Cadien / Rounder

PRETTY PEGGY O / Ed Littlefield Jr / Going To The West / Sage Arts

* BULLOCKY BILL / Loaded Dog / Hair Of The Dog / self published

* ALL FOR ME GROG / Loaded Dog / Hair Of The Dog / self published

BROOMFIELD WAGER / Elir / Silver Sails / self published

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

BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES / June Tabor & Oysterband / Ragged Kingdom / Topic

* TESORITO / Tunari / Musical Traditions In Australia / Folk Alliance Australia

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD / Elir / Silver Sails / self published

DANZE DA PIFFERO / La Ciapa Rusa / Antologia / Robi Droli

* THE TRIFECTA SONG / John Dengate / Bulli – The Tradition Continues / Illawarra Folk Club

IAN’S FANCY / The Border Country Band / Banklands / Fellside

MUDDLEY BARRACKS / Roy Harris / Banklands / Fellside

DIRIZABLIS / Ilgi / Ej Tu Dejot / self published

EDWARD / Elir / Silver Sails / self published

THE FRIEZE BREECHES / John Carty / At It Again / Shanachie

HE WENT TO PARIS / Jimmy Buffett / The Great Jimmy Buffett / Goldies

MON CHER AMANT / Lisa Moscatiello and Rosie Shipley / Well Kept Secrets / Shipwhistle

FAR FROM HOME / Lisa Moscatiello and Rosie Shipley / Well Kept Secrets / Shipwhistle

COME ALL YOU ROVING GAMBLERS / Jesse Milnes and Emily Miller / Deep End Sessions Vol 2 / self published

FINE TIMES AT OUR HOUSE / Jesse Milnes and Emily Miller / Deep End Sessions Vol 2 / self published

* FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW / Paul Kelly / Songs From The South / Mushroom

ST FRONT / Elir / Silver Sails / self published

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28 April 2024

The featured album was  BALLADS  by  HEDY WEST  (Topic)  Born in 1938 in the mountains of north Georgia, West brought her working class Appalachian experience to her singing, acting and recordings, starting with the Greenwich Village folk scene in 1959.  This was the third recording West made while living in England during the 1960s.

CATHCART / Project Smok / The Outset / self published

OLD MOKE / She Shanties / Lubber’s Hole / self published

LIBBY BIRD SONG MAZURKA / Gu-Achi Fiddlers / Old Time O’odham Fiddle Music / Canyon Records

500 MILES / Hedy West / Hedy West Plus Hedy West Vol 2 / Vanguard

FAREWELL TO GERALDINE / Phil Garland / Jamberoo A Season Of Change / Illawarra Folk Club

DR MACPHAIL’S REEL / RANT / Spin / Make Believe Records

THE FOGGY DEW / Hedy West / Ballads / Topic

A FROG HE WENT A-COURTING / Jeff Warner / Roam The Country Through / WildGoose

PUIRT A BEUL SET / Julie Fowlis / Cuilidh / Spit & Polish

* BOUND FOR WESTERN PORT / Wongawilli / After The Tradition / self published

BAULAMPKIN / Hedy West / Ballads / Topic

ZOLD FUSZULYKA KONKORODIK / Jozsef Lunka / Peterlaki Bandavezeto / Archive Recordings of Antal Fekete

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

SHEFFIELD APPRENTICE / Hedy West / Ballads / Topic

THE WIFE OF THE SOLDIER / Steeleye Span / Storm Force Ten / Chrysalis

SMOKESTACK LAND / Martyn Wyndham-Read / Mussels On A Tree / Fellside

THE DERRY HORNPIPE / John Blake / The Narrow Edge / self published

DOING THE INGLISH / Home Service / Doing The Inglish / The Luggage Label

SAUTE DE LAPIN / Sheesham and Lotus / Everytime / self published

LITTLE SADIE / Hedy West / Ballads / Topic

HAWKES AND EAGLES / The McCalmans / The Greentrax Years / Greentrax

MRS SCOTT SKINNER / Joe Cormier / The Rounder Records Story / Rounder

* BRIDGEWATER JERRY / The Tassie Devils / Devilish / self published

HOUDINI / Mozaik / The Long And The Short Of It / self published

GEORGE COLLINS / Hedy West / Ballads / Topic

ANTHEM OF A WORKING MUM / Melrose Quartet / Dominion / self published

FIVE LITTLE SINNERS / Mike Craver / Mould’s Undertaking / Sapsucker

IBIAS / Felpeyu / Tierra / Fono Astur

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21 April 2024

The featured album was  SKYE CONSORT & EMMA BJORLING  by  SKYE CONSORT & EMMA BJORLING  (Leaf Music).  A Baroque / Celtic ensemble from Montreal with a well known Swedish singer, composer and arranger.  This is an excellent album of “Trans-Atlantic Chamber Folk”.

ANY MICK’LL DO / Brian McNeill / No Gods / Greentrax

THE DROVER’S ROAD / Brian McNeill / No Gods / Greentrax

VIVA LA QUINCE BRIGADA / Pete Seeger / Songs Of The Spanish Civil War / Smithsonian Folkways

MAZURKA / Diamh / The Pirates Of Puirt / Goat Island Music

SHEATH AND KNIFE / Corrina Hewat / My Favourite Place / Foot Stompin’ Records

BLACKEST CROW / Old Salt / Commons / Trad Records

HERR HILLEBRAND / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / self published

HONEYMOON / Aoibheann and Pamela Queally / Beyond The Bellows & The Bow / self published

* LET THE MYSTERY BE / Coyote Serenade / Yippy Yo Ki Yay / self published

WHAT I SAW IN MY DREAM AS I SLEPT IN MY CHAIR / Granny’s Attic / Wheels Of The World / Grimdon Records

THE BANKS OF THE SWEET PRIMROSES / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / self published

LA BAMBA / various / Fiesta Mexicana / ARC

* THE RABBIT TRAPPER / Dave de Hugard / Magpie Morning / Sandstock

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

* TIME IS A TEMPEST / Alan Scott / Travelling Through The Storm / Fanged Wombat

ALOHA MEANS I LOVE YOU / The Tau Moe Family / Hills Of Home / Rounder

CAROLAN’S CONCERTO / The Chieftains / The Essential Chieftains / RCA Victor

THE OLD MAN FROM OVER THE SEA / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / self published

LIVERPOOL HANDY / Gordon Bok / North Wind’s Clearing / Folk-Legacy

BLACKWELL COURT / Relativity / Gathering Pace / Green Linnet

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

IT SUITS ME WELL / Sandy Denny / Sandy / Island

COPPERS AND BRASS / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / self published

I’D RATHER BE THE DEVIL / Red Tail Ring / Fall Away Blues / Earthworks

KISS ME QUICK MY MAMMY’S COMING / The Demon Barbers / The Adventures Of Captain Ward / Folk Against Fascism

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL / The Demon Barbers / The Adventures Of Captain Ward / Folk Against Fascism

* CONJEWOI POLKA / Collector / Coming In From The Old / self published

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14 April 2024

The featured album was  POSTCARDS OF THE TWANGING  by  THE SCRUB JAY ORCHESTRA  (Ghosts From The Basement)  Ian A. Anderson and Maggie Holland established a reputation playing American roots music in the 1970s as Hot Vultures, before going on to perform as the Scrub Jay Orchestra with a very young Martin Simpson.  The scrub jay is a medium sized North American bird with a diet mainly of acorns and pine nuts.

* FISHY / Whoa Mule / Get Your House In Order / self published

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

NEW YEAR CAROL – RESIDUE / Waterson:Carthy / Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man / Topic

THE BLACKHAIRED LASS / Arcady / Many Happy Returns / Shanachie

ONCE I LOVED / Arcady / Many Happy Returns / Shanachie

EN FLANDRE / Wim Claeys, Frederic Paris, Gilles Chabenat, Maarten Decombel / LiveEn Flandre / Wild Boar Music

CHATTANOOGA PAPA / The Scrub Jay Orchestra / Postcards Of The Twanging / Ghosts From The Basement

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

GROUNDHOG / Daniel Koulack & Karnel Sawitsky / Fiddle & Banjo / self published

* MY NAME IS BEN HALL / Collector / Collector / self published

PONTCHARTRAIN / The Scrub Jay Orchestra / Postcards Of The Twanging / Ghosts From The Basement

BARRA TO BARROCH / Daibh / Tuneship / self published

* LIMBO / Danny Spooner and Mick Farrell / Limbo / Anthology Recording

THE BONNIE LASS O WELLWID HA’ / Deaf Shepherd / Even In The Rain / Deaf Shepherd

JIMMY LOTHIAN’S / Deaf Shepherd / Even In The Rain / Deaf Shepherd

SONG OF THE OLIVE TREE / Chris Foster / Outsiders / Green Man Productions

SOUTH COAST BOUND / The Scrub Jay Orchestra / Postcards Of The Twanging / Ghosts From The Basement

THE MERMAID / Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin / Return / self published

GUNBOAT / Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin / Return / self published

* THE RABBIT TRAPPER / Dave de Hugard / Magpie Morning / Larrikin

LE CHEVALIER VERT / John Wright and Catherine Perrier / Traditional Music Of France,, Ireland & England / Green Linnet

HORNPIPE DU XVIIIe / John Wright and Catherine Perrier / Traditional Music Of France,, Ireland & England / Green Linnet

THE MORNING DEW / Eliot Grasso & Adam Hendy / Breathe Blue / self published

PLANETS / Kate Rusby / Awkward Annie / Pure Records

MAZURKA / Fiddlers 4 / Fiddlers 4 / Compass

HOBO BILL’S LAST RIDE / The Scrub Jay Orchestra / Postcards Of The Twanging / Ghosts From The Basement

THE GARRON TROTTING / Battlefield Band / Room Enough For All / Temple

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7 April 2024

The featured album was  RULE OF THREE  by  TRITON  tritontrad.com A trio from Vermont and Quebec mostly playing a mix of traditional dance repertoire from northwest Europe.

THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE DREADFUL SNAKE / The New Lost City Ramblers / Out Standing In Their Field / Smithsonian Folkways

FISHING CREEK BLUES / The New Lost City Ramblers / Out Standing In Their Field / Smithsonian Folkways

KINGFISHER / Martin Simpson / Rooted / Topic

BUYING A BLANKET / Shooglenifty / Venus In Tweeds / Greentrax

* WAR SONG / Bernard Carney / No Blood For Oil / Australlian Voices For Peace

LA CROUZADE / Triton / Rule Of Three / self published

* SWEET WILLIAM / Cath Ovenden, Wendy Hodgins, Steve Cook, Barry McDonald / The Fiddle Music Of Joe Yates / National Library Of Australia

* SCHOTTISCHES / Cath Ovenden, Wendy Hodgins, Steve Cook, Barry McDonald / The Fiddle Music Of Joe Yates / National Library Of Australia

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

GAVOTTEN / Triton / Rule Of Three / self published

* ROSEVILLE FAIR / Jim Macquarrie / Tapestry Vol. 1 / Trad & Now

* LOVELY NANCY / Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton with Sally Sloane / Tapestry Vol. 1 / Trad & Now

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

LES FILLES DES FORGES / Triton / Rule Of Three / self published

THE BARLEY GRAIN FOR ME / Margaret Christl and Ian Robb / The Barley Grain For Me / Folk-Legacy

GRADH GEAL MO CHRIDH' / Ishbel McAskill / Love Songs Of The World / ARC

THE MORNING STAR / Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford / The Star Above The Garter / Claddagh

BENJO / John Morgan / Motionography / self published

THE FISHING / Bob Fox & Stu Luckley / Box Of Gold / Fellside

GRIND HANS / Triton / Rule Of Three / self published

* AT PENNYWEIGHT FLAT / Jim Low / The Further I Travel / self published

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

DERRIERE CHEZ NOUS / Triton / Rule Of Three / self published

DANS LA FROIDURE / Triton / Rule Of Three / self published

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