Archived Playlists:  October - December 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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(Intro theme:  HERON ELECTION JIG / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / XTRA) 


3 November 2024

The featured album was  BURNING BRIGHT  by  PETE COOPER AND RICHARD BOLTON  (WildGoose)  Two well respected and versatile English musicians with an eclectic album ranging across old English and Scottish tune sets, European roots, vaudeville, jazz and blues.  It holds together nicely, utilising not much more than fiddle, guitar and occasional vocals and percussion.

HEAVEN'S FULL OF CATS / William Lee Ellis / Long Night / self published

PEG LEG SAM / William Lee Ellis / Long Night / self published

WHAT CAN A YOUNG LASSIE / Ray Fisher with Martin Carthy / Traditional Songs Of Scotland / Saydisc

LE REEL DE LA TUQUE BLEUE / Joseph Allard / Masters Of French Canadian Dances / Smithsonian Folkways

GOOD OL' DOCTOR JONES / Riders Of The Purple Sage / Drifting Clouds / Wagonwheel Records

THE BIRDS UPON THE TREE / The Boat Band / A Trip To The Lakes / Harbourtown

CUMBERLAND REEL / The Boat Band / A Trip To The Lakes / Harbourtown

POOR LITTLE ELLEN / Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones / Sweet Memories ... Never Leave / DittyVille

CAMP CHASE / Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones / Sweet Memories ... Never Leave / DittyVille

SOO SEWIN' SILK / Sylvia Barnes / The Colour Of Amber / Greentrax

SHEPTON MALLET / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose

JACKSON AND JANE / Paul Brady / The Liberty Tapes / Compass

* I'M ONE OF THE WHITEHALL WARRIORS / Cyril Ritchard / Stars Of Australian Stage & Radio / Larrikin

DENE AND PEARL / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose

THE OLD BARK HUT / Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer / Red House / Wetfootmusic

THE WRECK OF THE ATHENS QUEEN / Stan Rogers / Fogarty's Cove / Borealis

LORD REAY / Bonnie Rideout / Soft May Morn / Maggie's Music

A PAIR OF BROWN EYES / The Pogues / Rum Sodomy And The Lash / Stiff Records

* HEY DONAL / Tantallon / Skiddaw / self published

COILSFIELD HOUSE / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose

LOOK UP LOOK DOWN / Martin Simpson / True Stories / Topic

* LIKE ANOTHER ROLLING STONE / Touchwood / Sydney Folk Gala / Great White Noise

FOLLOW ME UP TO CARLOW / Planxty / Planxty / Polydor

SPYGLASS / Rodney Miller & Evie Miller / Spyglass Waltzes / Brimstone Corner Records

THE BIRKS OF INVERMAY / Karine Polwart / Fairest Floo'er / Hegri Music

LONDON / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose

MAUD MILLER / Pride Of New York / Pride Of New York / Compass

CLIMBING UP THE MOUNTAIN / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Sacred Voices / Sugar Hill

HARPER'S FROLIC / Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton / Burning Bright / WildGoose

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27 October 2024

The featured album was  THE MEETING POINT  by  EVAN & MISCHA  (self published).  This album by Evan Davies (flute, guitar, whistles, banjo) and Mischa Herman (whistles, accordion) was awarded Traditional Album of the year at the 2024 Australian Folk Music Awards.  Quite varied content but the duo say "the prominent tradition is Irish instrumental".  Some involvement of guest musicians.  (All * Australian content)

ROCKY PALLET / The Skillet Lickers / Old Time Fiddle Tunes And Songs From North Georgia / County Records

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES? / Fairport Convention with Ashley Hutchings / 5 / Talking Elephant

FEMALE RAKE / Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne / Rakes & Misfits / Grimdon Records

FROM MARBLE ARCH TO LEICESTER SQUARE / Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne / Rakes & Misfits / Grimdon Records

JACK FROST / The Magpie Arc / Glamour In The Grey / self published

* MISS MCLEOD'S / Dan Gordon & Simon Kravis / Southerly Breeze / ArtSound

THE LIGHT FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE / She Shanties / Futtock Shrouds / self published

* JUMPING OUT OF THE GROUND / Evan & Mischa / The Meeting Point / self published

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

BAD COMPANIONS / Skip Gorman and the Waddie Pals / Dogie Music

* KUKU KAKI KAKEKKU / Evan & Mischa / The Meeting Point / self published

I AM THE FOX / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / Twice Reflected Sun / Navigator

THE LAIRD OF UDNY / Archie Fisher / Off The Map / Greentrax

THE NEW RIGGED SHIP / The Etchingham Steam Band / The Etchingham Steam Band / Fledg'ling Records

THE WARLIKE LADS OF RUSSIA / Show Of Hands / Dark Fields / Park Records

* MAZURKA / Evan & Mischa / The Meeting Point / self published

THE GALWAY RACES / The Dubliners / The Essential Collection / EMI

* GOOD BYE MY COUNTRY / The Bridge Project / Three Waves Under The Bridge / The Bridge Project

TWENTY ONE YEARS ON DARTMOOR / Waterson:Carthy / Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand / Topic

GEORGE TILLS' NO. 2 / Waterson:Carthy / Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand / Topic

SALONIKA / Lankum / Cold Old Fire / self published

* POST TRUTH / Evan & Mischa / The Meeting Point / self published

WINTER IS PAST / Kathryn Tickell with Katie Doherty / Strange But True / Park Records

* THE WOY WOY WORKERS TRAIN / The Fettlers / Northern Railway Tracks / Top End Folk Club

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20 October 2024

The featured album was  THE THING ABOUT FISH  by  RUM RAGGED  (LHM Records)  A group with members from Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia.  Some original material and some older tunes and songs from the region, much of it with a focus on the fishing trade.

30° / Edel Sullivan / In The Time Of / self published

* PRETTY JESSIE / The Pie Eaters / Bonza! / self published

* ROSE OF KILLARNEY / The Pie Eaters / Bonza! / self published

JOSEFINE / Burgess, Adin, Wingard / Doggerland / Sjelvar

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

THE THING ABOUT FISH / Rum Ragged / The Thing About Fish / LHM Records

CHILLY WINDS / Old Buck / Old Buck / self published

A LOVELY CUP OF TEA / The Young'Uns / Never Forget / Proper

THE SEA MAIDEN / Iain MacKintosh & Brian McNeill / Stage By Stage / Greentrax

THE BONNY WEE LASSIE WHO NEVER SAID NO / Iain MacKintosh & Brian McNeill / Stage By Stage / Greentrax

MUG OF OLD ALE / Rum Ragged / The Thing About Fish / LHM Records

BRITTAS POLSKA / Northern Resonance / Vision Of Three / TradRecords

* FRED HOLLAND / Ross Kurtz / Heritage / self published

* THE WEDDING OF LOCHAN MCGRAW / Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke / A Thousand Miles Away / self published

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

I DIDN'T DRINK THE RUM / Rum Ragged / The Thing About Fish / LHM Records

NA GAMHNA GEALA / Sian / Sian / self published

LASSIE LIE NEAR ME / Hom Bru / Obadeea / Celtic Music

JANINE'S SHELL / Hom Bru / Obadeea / Celtic Music

WORK BOYS WORK / Rum Ragged / The Thing About Fish / LHM Records

* POLLY MILK THE COW / Eileen McCoy / Apple Isle Fiddler / Dulcetone Recordings

THE SOUL OF A MAN / Ernie Hawkins / Mean Llittle Poodle / Say Mo' Music

THE GEESE IN THE BOG / Matt Molloy & John Carty with Arty McGlynn / Out Of The Ashes / Racket Records

LET ME FISH OFF CAPE ST MARY'S / Rum Ragged / The Thing About Fish / LHM Records

PLANXTY DAVIS / Nic Jones / Penguin Eggs / Topic

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13 October 2024

The featured album was  THE ROAD TO KENNACRAIG  by  KAREN MARSHALSAY  (self published)  karenmarshalsay.com   An exponent of all three harps from the Scottish tradition: gut strung, wire strung and bray harp.  An album of mostly recent compositions, preserving and continuing the music of a lesser known and underrepresented Scottish folk instrument.

* HENRY O'FARRELL / Mollimor / Trad Time - Live / self published

* THE WINDWAY / Mollimor / Trad Time - Live / self published

IT'S A HARD LIFE WHEREVER YOU GO / Steve Earle / More Than A Whisper / Rounder

* THE STENCH OF THE SWASTIKA / Peter Hicks and the Born Again Pagans / Fighting Back / Stonewall

WILLIE-O / Nuala Kennedy / Hydra / Under The Arch Records

THE ROAD TO KENNACRAIG / Karen Marshalsay / The Road To Kennacraig / self published

ELSIE MARLEY / David Haslam, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sheila Armstrong, Thomas Allen / Durham Big Meetin' Day Around County Durham / Mawson & Wareham Music

LITTLE CHANCE / Jed Grimes & Bob Fox / Durham Big Meetin' Day Around County Durham / Mawson & Wareham Music

WINDING ROOTS / Jocelyn Pettit / Wind Rose / self published

CHEMINANT A LA VILLE / Jocelyn Pettit / Wind Rose / self published

ST FILLAN'S / Karen Marshalsay / The Road To Kennacraig / self published

* ROLLING AND FLOWING / The Roaring Forties / Shore Leave / self published

THE RIVERS OF THE ISLE / Pete Morton / Fair Freedom / self published

BILLY CONNOLLY'S / Tom Campbell Trio / Tom Campbell Trio / self published

HARD TIMES / Christopher Crompton / The Darkness And The Dust / self published

ELLEN'S DREAMS / Karen Marshalsay / The Road To Kennacraig / self published

* TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY / The Rambleers / The Rambleers / NLA

WEAVERS / Eva Valjaots & Robbie Sherratt / Skylark / Sibelius Academy Folk Music Recordings

EVERYBODY'S GOT A RIGHT / Eric Bibb / In The Real World / Stony Plain Records

RICHMOND COTILLION / Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr / Murmurs / Topic

ANDREW LAMMIE / Boys Of The Lough / Boys Of The Lough / Shanachie

GOING TO THE WEST / Marley's Ghost / Across The River / Sage Arts

THE RHYMER'S MARCH / Karen Marshalsay / The Road To Kennacraig / self published

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

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6 October 2024

The featured album was  ON THE RUN  by  THE LONG RUNNERS  (WildGoose).  An English outfit including Dave Arthur and Dan Stewart from the old-time band, Rattle On The Stovepipe, and Eddie and John Armer from The Lonnigans skiffle group.  The music comes from beyond, and before, skiffle, with elements of blues, early jazz, jug band, medicine show, gospel, vaudeville folk, country minstrel, parlour and old time string band music.

DEN RAUDE ROSA / Reitir / Alt Som Eingong Va / self published

THE AULD ROAD O LUMPHANAN / Fraser Fifield / One Great Circle / self published

* JACKSON'S / Alan Scott / Jamberoo - The First Ten Years / Illawarra Folk Club

COUNTY KILBURN / Man The Lifeboats / Soul Of Albion / self published

AN DTUIGMID FAIC / The Crannua Collective / Daisy Rings Musician

* BEESWING / Austral / Thylacine / self published

RED HAIRED LASS / Artisan Row / Wild Winds / LoLa Records

MONK MCCLAMONT'S FAREWELL TO ARTICLAVE / Artisan Row / Wild Winds / LoLa Records

BLACKBOTTOM BLUES / The Long Runners / On The Run / WildGoose

TAKING ON MEN / Bob Fox / The Blast / Topic

* TAKING HIS CHANCE / Trouble In The Kitchen / When The World Was Wide / self published

BLUES IN THE BOTTLE / Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band / Greatest Hits / Vanguard

CLUCK OLD HEN / The Long Runners / On The Run / WildGoose

TON DISANV / Donal Lunny, Padraig Rynne, Sylvain Barou / Triad / self published

ALL AROUND MY HAT / Steeleye Span / All Around My Cat / Chrysalis

ADULTERE & LE REEL DU COCU / Yves Lambert Trio / Tentation / self published

BLACK DOG BLUES / The Long Runners / On The Run / WildGoose

THE ROAD BENEATH MY WHEELS / The Albion Band / Simply Folk disc 1 / Union Square

JENNY GRAY'S WHISKEY / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / Lapwing

THE MAID BEHIND THE BAR / Stockton's Wing / Stockton's Wing / Tara

THE CUCKOO / The Long Runners / On The Run / WildGoose

SATISFIED MIND / The Byrds / Turn! Turn! Turn! / Columbia

PRENEZ LE PROCHAIN BATEAU / Babord Amures / Ballades Marine, Balades Malouines / unknown

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

MIDLOTHIAN MINING SONG / 2Duos / Until The Cows Come Home / artes Records

PEG-LEG SAM THE MEDICINE SHOW MAN / The Long Runners / On The Run / WildGoose

POLKA L.LUNGA / Felpeyu / Ya! / Tierra Discos

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