TRACK / artist / album / label
(* Australian content)
(Intro theme: HERON ELECTION JIG / Silly Wizard / Silly Wizard / XTRA)
17 November 2024
The featured album was LIBERTY JUNCTION by MARTIN DOHERTY AND LEIGH BIRKETT (self published). Doherty, Irish
born but a long-time NSW Central West resident, composed or co-composed all the songs with his wife, Lyn. Multi-instrumentalist Birkett,
originally from Staffordshire but now living in the NSW Blue Mountains, provides an eclectic but sympathetic approach to accompanying Doherty's
ballads. (all * Australian content)
THE SENATOR / Si Kahn / Best Of The Rest / Strictly Country Records
HORNPIPE / Duck Soup / Everything And ... / Hebe Music
ANNE PA LI / Reitir / Alt Som Eingong Va / self published
TODAY HAS BEEN A LONESOME DAY / Paul Brown and Company / Red Dog / Ryland Records
THE GAME OF CARDS / Naima Bock & Maudlin / Songs Without Authors / Broadside Hacks Recordings
LIL' KING OF EVERYTHING / Los Lobos / How Will The Wolf Survive? / Slash Records
LAST LEAF ON THE TREE / Willie Nelson / Last Leaf / Legacy
THE CUCKOO'S NEST / Man The Lifeboats / Soul Of Albion / self published
THE BALLAD OF SARAH HUGHES / Man The Lifeboats / Soul Of Albion / self published
* COAL MINER'S SON / Martin Doherty & Leigh Birkett / Liberty Junction / self published
LA VALSE DE PASTERIAUX / Leonard Barry / Littoral / self published
NOW O NOW / Rakish / Now O Now / self published
COTTON MILL GIRLS / Robin Greenstein / Images Of Women / Windy Records
* THE RIBBON GANG / Martin Doherty & Leigh Birkett / Liberty Junction / self published
PADDY FAHY'S NO 14 / Eliot Grasso & Adam Hendy / Breathe Blue / self published
* SOMEWHERE IN THE CAR / Pat Drummond / Laughter Like A Shield / Larrikin
FOLLOW THE HERON / Malinky / 3 Ravens / Greentrax
FROM CLARE TO HERE / Ralph McTell / Right Side Up / Warner Brothers
SALSA'S / The Finlay MacDonald Band / ReEcho / Greentrax
* THE LITHGOW STATE MINE / Martin Doherty & Leigh Birkett / Liberty Junction / self published
* THE BUTCHER BIRD / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & Friends / Gates Of Gold / MSFC
* WHEELS OF FORTUNE / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & Friends / Gates Of Gold / MSFC
DUNCAN AND BRADY / Rattle On The Stovepipe / Old Virginia / WildGoose
CROSSING THE BAR / Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Some Bright Morning / Signature Sounds
* THE OAKEY MINER / Martin Doherty & Leigh Birkett / Liberty Junction / self published
10 November 2024
The featured album was TRIAD by DONAL LUNNY, PADRAIG RYNNE & SYLVAIN BAROU (self published). Lunny's bouzouki,
guitar and production work has been at the forefront of Irish traditional music for more than fifty years. Along with Rynne's innovative
and virtuosic concertina and Barou's uilleann ipes, flutes and whistles, this is an impressive album.
* ALL THOSE SMILING FACES / Paul Kelly / Fever Longing Still / EMI
SEAMUS O'KANE'S / Li Ban / Rud Nach Leir / self published
PLEARACA JONES / Li Ban / Rud Nach Leir / self published
BEMNOZ / Cecile Corbel / Songbook 1 / Bran Music
LORD SUMMER'S REEL / Peter Rolland & Fiddleology / Rare & Beautiful Fiddle Tunes Gathered In Arizona / self published
FOSSEGRIMENS HEVN / Petter Attila Næssan / Vetter Og Villskap / Øksekar
COAL MINER'S BLUES / The Carter Family / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA Records
IT'S A THOUGHT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT / D Lunny, P Rynne, S Barou / Triad / self published
EARLY / Gerry Hallom / On The Periphery / William Boyd Music
SALT AND SWEET / Tarren / Revel / self published
RIGS OF THE TIME / Tarren / Revel / self published
PERRINE ETAIT SERVANTE / Kate & Anna McGarrigle / Dancer With Bruised Knees / Warner Brothers
IRONIC DELANEY / D Lunny, P Rynne, S Barou / Triad / self published
* PHIL'S OLD TIN WHISTLE / Martin Doherty & Leigh Birkett / La Perouse / self published
BEULAH LAND / Keith Kendrick / Songs From The Derbyshire Coast / WildGoose
ROMAN REEL / Keith Kendrick / Songs From The Derbyshire Coast / WildGoose
L'AMANT MALHEUREUX / Eric & Simon Beaudry / Le Sort des Amoureux / Roues et Archets
HERE COMES HERSELF / D Lunny, P Rynne, S Barou / Triad / self published
LET THAT LIAR ALONE / Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / The Hazel And Alice Sessions / Spruce and Maple Music
IF IT PLAYS / Daoimh / Sula / Goat Island Music
LAOIDH FHEARCHAIR EOGHAINN / Daoimh / Sula / Goat Island Music
* SWEENEY / Dave De Hugard / Magpie Morning / Sandstock
LADY MARY ANNE / Karan Casey / Chasing The Sun / Vertical Records
DOWN IN LITTLE EGYPT / Down Trodden String Band / Land Of The Sky / Down Trodden Music
LAZY JOHN / Down Trodden String Band / Land Of The Sky / Down Trodden Music
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
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
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
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
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