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**FolkCast**

The acclaimed folk music podcast from the United Kingdom, bringing you the best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots-based music. FolkCast – OUR finger in YOUR ear! See our website: www.folkcast.co.uk

Latest Episodes:

folkcast116logox500 — **FolkCast 116 - March 2016** Mar 26, 2016
Show notes

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

Featuring a Story Behind The Song that is astronomical, geographical and historical!

FolkCast is produced and presented by
'Folkie' Phil Widdows

Music featured:

**When The Morning Comes**
by Rusty Shackle
from the album "Dusk" (2016)

**Time & Tide**
by Kitty Macfarlane
from the EP "Time & Tide" (2016)

**Ignition**
by 4Square
from the album "Fuel" (2016)

**There's A Sound**
by Chris Flegg
from the album "The Road To The Rainbow's End" (2016)

**Better Days Right At The Door**
by Out Of The Box
digital release (2015)

**Clinch Mountain Backstep**
by Will Pound & Eddy Jay
from the album "Ignite" (2016)

**Blackbeard**
by Graffiti
from the album "Nautical Graffiti" (2016)

**Rout Of The Blues**
by Pilgrims' Way
from the album "Red Diesel" (2016)

**Talons Trip To Thompson Island**
by The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
from the album "Deliverance" (2016)

**For A Time**
by Ninebarrow
from the album "Releasing The Leaves"

*Babba presents…*
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG
**Sailing To Philadelphia**
by Mark Knopfler (with James Taylor)
from the album "Sailing To Philadelphia" (2000)

Being the amazing (and amazingly geeky) tale
behind the mapping of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Also featuring **Dueling Banjos** by Hayseed Dixie
from the album "A Hot Piece Of Grass" (2005)

**Wildernesss Wood**
by Jimmy Lee Morris
from the album "Wilderness Wood" (2016)

**Brave New World**
by Eamon Friel
from the album "In My Time"

**George**
by Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
from the album "The Silent Majority" (2016)

**Fate Of The Kelts / Out To Sea**
by Hamish Napier
from the album "The River" (2016)

**Princess Rosanna Drowned in the Clyde**
by Findlay Napier
from the EP "VIP: Very Interesting Extras" (2016)
Buy at Bandcamp

**Lord Randall**
by Mary McPartlan
from the album "From Mountain To Mountain" (2016)

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

spring16 — **FolkCast-MarchIntoMay2016** Mar 09, 2016
Show notes

March Into May 2016: A Podcast all about the season of Spring!

FolkCast's fourth annual celebration of Spring.

Presented and produced by Phil Widdows

**It's Spring Again** by Arthur Askey
from the album "Hello Playmates" (2006)
*
**Gloomy Winter's Now Away** by Spoil The Dance
from the album "Northern Commons" (2015)
*
**Spring 1919** by Coope Boyes & Simpson
from the album "As If…" (2010)
*
"On Tower Hill beside All Hallows Church, members of the Groves of the Ancient Druid Order celebrate the 'Spring Equinox' (when Spring breathes new life into the dead Winter and barren earth becomes green again)…"
Newsreel (1973)
*
**The Return Of The Sun** by Kellianna
from the album "Lady Moon" (2004)
*
*The Shepperd: III. March* by Margaret Buckle
(read by Niamh Cusack)
from the album "Summer's End: The Poems of Margaret Buckle with music by Edward Watson" (2009)
*
**So Early In The Spring** by Mark Owen Music
Digital Release (2014)
*
**Boing** by Mike Reinstein
from the album "The Tommy Tomato Songbook" (2005)
*
**Springtime Sunshine** by Green Genes
from the album "Green Genes" (2010)
*
*"Let us to the open road, where every aspect pleases…"*
"Silly Springtime Poem" (1938)
*
**Your Man** by The Knights Of Mentis
from the album "New Pound Coin" (2013)
*
*"The origins of All Fools' Day"*
from the book "The Twelve Months Of The Year" (published 1980)
Music: **April Fool** by John Kirkpatrick
from the album "The Duck Race" (2004)
*
**'Twas On One April's Morning** by Show Of Hands
from the album "The Long Way Home" (2016)
*
**Dark Swift And Bright Swallow** by Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr & Martin Simpson
from the album “Murmers” (2015)
*
**So Much Rain** by Sarah McQuaid
from the album "The Plum Tree And The Rose" (2012)
*
**Pussywillows Cattails** by Kenny Rankin
from the album "Silver Morning" (1974)
*
"Spring is sprung, grass iz rizz. I wonder where dem boidies is?
Ah! The boid is on the wing! But isn't dat absoid? I thought the wing is on da boid…"
Anon.
*
**Cuckoo** by Christof
from the EP "Springtime" (2010)
*
**Singing In the May** by Mike O’Connor
from the album "Summon Up The Song" (2010)
*
**Hal-an-Tow** by The Changing Room
from the album "Behind The Lace" (2015)
*
*Fort Lauderdale College Spring Break*
1967 newsreel (Part I)
*
**Hunt The Hare (Part II)** by Lisa Knapp
from the album "Hidden Seam" (2013)
*
*It's Saturday morning in Springfield…*
from "Father Knows Best: Spring Cleaning", NBC radio (1954)
*
**The Pleasant Month Of May** by Jackie Oates
from the album "Hyperboreans" (2009)
*
*Fort Lauderdale College Spring Break*
1967 newsreel (Part II)
*
**Dandelions And Foxgloves** by Becky Mills
from the album "Dandelion" (2013)
*
**Blow The Windy Morning** by Faustus
from the album "Broken Down Gentlemen" (2013)
*
**When The Summer Comes Again** by Hilary James & Simon Mayor
from the album "The Mandolin Album" (1990)
*
**Spring** by Fabian Holland
from the album "A Day Like Tomorrow" (2015)
*
**Spring Song** by Charlie Chaplin
*

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

**FolkCast 115 - February 2016** Feb 20, 2016
Show notes

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

All aboard the FolkCast Express, calling at Womanchester, Lonely Town, Duopolis and Band City with added excursions on a whaling ship, a catamaran and the ferry to Babba's Island!

FolkCast is produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows

MUSIC FEATURED:

**The Poison Train** by James Fagan And Jamie McClennan from the album “The James Brothers” (2016)

**The Thatcher** by Roseanna Ball, from the album “Time” (2016)

**The Bonny Ship The Diamond** by She Shanties, from the album “Spanker Boom” (2015)

**Alaska** by Mikhail Birch, free download (2015)

**Dagger** by Simon Scardanelli, from the album “Make Us Happy” (2016)

**Memories Of Dublin (Radio Edit)** by Theo Bard, single release (2015)

**Deep Within The Sky** by Ben River, from the EP “Tomorrow’s Child” (2015)

**St James Infirmary Blues** by Salty Paws, from the album “Live Bait” (2015)

**The Botanist** by Mairearad And Anna, from the album “Best Day” (2015)

**The Watchmaker's Wife** by Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, from the album “The Watchmaker’s Wife” (2016)

**Behind The Wheel** by The Red Dirt Skinners from the album “Behind The Wheel” (March 2016)

**Somhairle** by Niteworks, from the album “Nw” (2016)

**The Lord Giveth (And The Landlord Taketh Away)** by Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra, from the album “Heavy Wood” (2015)

Babba presents…
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG

“**Sam Jones**” by Richard Thompson, from the album “You? Me? Us?” (1996)
*Being the tale of the original recyclers, the battlefield scavengers, and the rag-and-bone men.*

**The Settle & Carlisle** by Dave Goulder, from the triple CD set “Fellside At 40: The Journey Continues” (2016)

**The Railway Children** by Joe Tilston, from the triple CD set “Fellside At 40: The Journey Continues” (2016)

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

**FolkCast Selection Box 2015** Dec 14, 2015
Show notes

The FolkCast Festive Selection Box - bursting with good things for the season of Christmas, Yule and Saturnalia, with specially selected music and readings. Beware the Abbot of Unreason!

Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows, featuring Babba

**The Festive Programme:**
*"What's in the shed?" featuring Phil & Babba*

**Sentimental Song** by Reid Jamieson
from the album "Songs For A Winter's Night" (2012)

**Fairytale Of New York** by Christy Moore
from the album "Live At The Point" (1994)

**All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate** by Homer & Jethro
Single Release (1953)

**Christmas In Bed** by Terence Blacker
from the album "Lovely Little Games" (2012)

**Frost On The Gatepost (Instrumental)** by Whapweasel
from the album "Skirl Naked" (1998)
*with excerpts from "Christmas": A Dictionary Of English Folklore by Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud (2000)*

*"Christmas Is Coming…" by Dominic Behan*
from the album "The Singing Streets" (1958)

**Deck The Halls** by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
from the album "A Sound Of Christmas Past" (2014)

*Babba's Bad Christmas (part one)*

**Snow on Snow (The Bleak Midwinter)** by Rue Royale
from "Christmas EP 2009/2010"

**Old December** by Thea Gilmore
from the album "Strange Communion" (2009)

**Santa Will Find You** by Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook (vocals: Eddi Reader)
from the album "Phil Cunningham's Songbook" (2015)

*"Over the housetops and through the snow…"*
from the animated film "Merry Christmas" (1950)

**Silver Bells** by Lorrie Newman Keating
from the EP "Memories Of The Season" (2015)

**Dear Santa** by Mike Reinstein and the Christmas Daysies
from the EP "Dear Santa" (2015)

*Babba's Bad Christmas (part two)*

**The Boar's Head Carol** by The Voice Squad
from the album "Concerning Of Three Young Men" (2014)

**Festival Of Lights** by Under A Banner
from the album "Close To The Clouds" (2014)

*Phil is confronted by Babba's "Reindeer"….*

**Christmas Is Killing Me** by 100 Mile House
from the EP "New Year" (2011)

**Jingle Bells** by River Whyless
Single release (2014)

*Babba's Bad Christmas (part three)*

**Solstice Carol** by Catt Kingsgrave
Digital release (2015)

**Carol Of The Bells** by The Last Bison
from the EP "Sleigh Ride" (2013)

**Through Your Eyes On Christmas Eve** by Abney Park
from the album "Through Your Eyes On Christmas Eve" (2012)

**Gaudete E Personent Hodie** by Angelo Branduardi
from the album "Futuro Antico I" (1996)

**River** by Kirsty Almeida
Digital release (2015)

*Excerpt from "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding And Other Stories"*
By Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser

**The Winter Wind** by Marina Florence
Single Release (2015)

**Three Boats** by Commoners Choir
Digital release (2015)

**Santa, Teach The World To Fly** by Skinner & T'witch
Single release (2015)

**When Christmas Day Is Near** by Ange Hardy
From the EP "When Christmas Day Is Near" (2015)

**A Dram To Warm The Piper** by Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie
from the album "Journeys To The Heart" (1984)

*Phil & Babba discover Santa's secret identity…*

Merry Christmas from Everyone at FolkCast!

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

**FolkCast 114 - December 2015** Dec 04, 2015
Show notes

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows

Music in this month's show:

**Parasite's Lust (Revox)** by Firkin
*Single release (2015)*

**Keep Hauling** by Show Of Hands
*from the album "The Long Way Home" (to be released January 15 2016)*

**Carry Me** by Sara
*Single release (December 2015)*

**December** by Skipinnish
*from the EP "3 Latest Hits" (December 2015)*

**Prince Of The Waltzer** by Andy Harding
*Digital Release (2015)*

**Rear View Mirror Baby** by Hannah In The Wars
*Single Release (November 2015)*

**Not The Losing Kind** by Great Western Tears
*Single Release (December 2015)*

**Cold Haily Rainy Night** by Lew Bear
*from the album "A Time And A Place" (2015)*

**Every Midnight Mile** by Gilmore & Roberts (feat. Lucy Ward & Sam Kelly)
*Single Release (December 2015) raising funds for Shelter, the homelessness charity.*
**PLEASE CONTRIBUTE AND DOWNLOAD**

**Queen Of The High Rise** by The Occasional Orchestra
*from the album "Clever Bones" (2015)*

**Mortality Blues** by Josh Gray
*from the EP "Josh Gray" (2015)*

**Babba presents… The Seasonal Story Behind The Song**
**“Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / Here Comes Santa Claus”**
Being the true history of the NORAD Santa Tracker
Featuring musical sprinklings by Woody Herman - Kenny G -The Jackson 5 -The New York Jazz Trio - Gene Autry - Bruce Springsteen

**Dreams Come Through** by Owen Gerrard
*Single release (2015)*

**View** by Wilson McGladdery
*from the EP "Wilson McGladdery" (2015)*

**Winter Moves In** by The Black Feathers
*from the album "Soaked To The Bone" (to be released 2016)*

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCastWinterStorm2015x500 — **FolkCast Winter Storm 2015** Nov 27, 2015
Show notes

The Winter Storm 2015: music and readings for the darkest months.

**Storm Warnings** by various meteorologists...

**Winter's Dreaming** by Spiral Dance
*from the album "Through A Sylvan Doorway" (2012)*

*Reading: **December** from "The Masque of Months" by Edward Fawcett (1878)*

**Winter Song** by Jay Woodward
*Single release (2013)*

**A Winter's Blues** by Maz O'Connor
*from the EP "London Lights" (2014)*

**Gathering Storm** by Battlefield Band
*from the album "Dookin'" (2007)*

*Reading: ”It was a dark and stormy night…"*
**Anon.**

**These Winter Winds** by Luke Jackson
*from the album "This Family Tree" (2015)*

**Winter (Part 1)** by Iain Morrison
*from the album "Skimming Stones… Sinking Boats" (2008)*

**Out Of Light** by Kris Drever, John McCusker, Roddy Woomble
*from the album "Before The Ruin (Remastered)" (2014)*

**Snow Blind** by NE3Folk
*from the album "Show Us Your Reds" (2015)*
with
*Reading: **"The Snow Storm"** by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841)*

**Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening** by Jackie Leven
*from the album "The Haunted Year" (2009)*

**Midwinter** by Magna Carta
*from the album "Tomorrow Never Comes - Best Of" (2012)*

***"Godzilla El Niño"…***
with
**Black Mamba/El Niño** by Jethro Tull
*from the album "Dot Com" (1999)*

**King Of Snow** by Mike Reinstein and The Christmas Daysies
*from the EP "Dear Santa" (2015)*

**The Blackest Night** by Heed The Thunder
*from the album "Cokaigne" (2014)*

**Forgotten, Never Be** by Damh The Bard
*from the album "Sabbat" (2015)*

**Sugar Wassail** by Waterson-Carthy
*from the album "Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man" (2006)*

**The January Stars** by Winter Mountain
*from the album "Winter Mountain" (2013)*

**January** by Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin
*from the album "Watershed" (2015)*

**The Last Dim Light Of January** by Adam Dale
*from the album "The Last Dim Light Of January" (2013)*

**The Green Man** by Thedra
*Single release (2008)*
with
*Reading: **"The Green Man"** by Lauren Raine*

**When The Green Man Walks The Forest** by Martyn Wyndham-Read
*from the album Where Ravens Feed (2001)*

**February** by Alex Cambridge
*Single release (2015)*

***"Damn You Snow!"*** ~ The Simpsons

**Goodbye Cold Winter** by Steve Folk (aka Blabbermouth)
*from the album "Ramble" (2012)*

**Spring To Come** by John Butler Trio
*from the album "Flesh And Blood" (2014)*

For full details see the ShowNotes section of www.folkcast.co.uk

113showlogo — **FolkCast 113 - November 2015** Nov 04, 2015
Show notes

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

This month: A cornucopia of good things, a harvest festival of great music!

**The Blacksmith** by Damien O'Kane
from the album "Areas Of High Traffic" (Released: November 9 2015)

**Harris Dance** by Daimh
from the album "The Hebridean Sessions" (November 9th 2015)

**The Egloshayle Ringers** by Salt & Sky
from the EP "Salt & Sky" (October 2015)

**Kubla Khan** (Featuring Tamsin Rosewell) by Ange Hardy
from the album "Esteesee" (September 2015)

**Overground** by Root and Branch
from the EP "Overground" (2015)

**Raggle Taggle Gypsy** by Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party
from the EP "Old Adam Advance" (Oct 2015) and the album "Old Adam" (Feb 2016)

**I'm Walkin' Here/Your Clear White Light**
by Rab Noakes
from the album "I'm Walkin' Here" (October 2015)

**The Sandpiper** by Paul Davy
from the album "Better Late" (October 2015)

**Bon Scott He Rocked** by Track Dogs
single release (September 2015)

**Liars, Liars, Liars** by The Deadly Winters
from the EP "Table In The Corner" (November 2015)

Babba presents The Story Behind The Song
**St Crispin's Day** by Nelson's Wake
from the album "Ebb And Flow" (2008)
A plot to kill the king and steal the throne of England!

**Close The Coalhouse Door** by Blackbeard's Tea Party
from the album "Reprobates" (September 2015)

**Benefit Street/The Twilight Tone**
by Phil Hare
from the album "The Twilight Tone" (September 2015)

**Time Soldiers On** by Gilmour & Roberts
from the album "Conflict Tourism" (September 2015)

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

112showlogo — **FolkCast 112 - October 2015** Oct 02, 2015
Show notes

FolkCast's Ken Nicol pays tribute to one of his greatest guitar influences: John Renbourn. Plus the pick of the latest releases, and Story Behind The Song delves into a legend that has been 700 years in the making!

**FolkCast is produced and presented by "Folkie" Phil Widdows**

Music featured:

**North Sea Holes** by Boreas
Digital single release (released September 2015)
**Tuesday Night Troubadour** by Andy Harding
Unreleased

**Don't Forget** by Beggar's Bridge
from the album "Short Stories, Tall Tales" (September 2015)

**Craro** by Scott Wood Band
from the album "Upsurge" (September 2015)

**The Rain** by Wood, Wire & Words
from the album "It's A Barbecue Day" (2015)

**Cat Nip Rag** by Ken Nicol
from the album "Things" (September 2015)

Ken's Classic
A Tribute To John Renbourn
Recorded and produced by Ken Nicol exclusively for FolkCast

**Watershed** by Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
from the album "Watershed" (September 2015)

**Snow Blind** by NE3Folk
from the album "Show Us Your Reds" (September 2015)

**Small Town Man** by Nigel Brown
from the album "Time Looks On" (September 2015)

**The Story Behind The Song**
presented by Babba
**Dunwich Bells** by Union Jill
from the album "Respectable Rebellion" (2013)

**Close To The Wind** by Celandine
from the album "She's Like The Swallow" (August 2015)

**Lord Randall** by Lucy Ward
from the album "I Dreamt I Was A Bird" (October 2015)

**For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk**

FolkCast Autumn Crackler 2015 Sep 01, 2015

Show notes

As Summer fades, enjoy the wonders of Autumn with the Crackler!

Featuring:

Summer Fades To Fall by Don Amero
from the album "Refined" (2015)

Hi The Cuckoo! by Paul Green
Digital Release (2014)

'Tis Autumn by Geraldo & His Orchestra
B-side to the 78rpm single release "Soft Shoe Shuffle" (1942)

Look At September, Look At October / Tommy Randell's by Spoil The Dance
from the album "Northern Common" (July 2015)
with
It's September - poem by Edgar Albert Guest

The Orchard by Talis Kimberley
from the album "Queen Of Spindles" (2012)

Hopping Down In Kent by The Albion Dance Band
from the album "Live In Concert" (1993)

Harvest Will Come by Ashley Hutchings (guitar and vocals by Ken Nicol)
from the album "Human Nature" (2003)

The Old Bearded Man written and read by Dahm The Bard
(recorded exclusively for FolkCast - August 2015)

John Barleycorn by Oysterband with Steve Knightley and June Tabor
from the album "The Big Session Volume 1" (2004)

Gather My Fruit by Little Miss Higgins
from the album "Across The Plains" (2010)

Apple Picking Season by The Riverside
from the album "Apple Picking Season" (2013)

Now Westlin Winds by Dick Gaughan
from the album "Handful Of Earth" (1981)

Autumn Seed by Gill Sandell & Chris T-T
from the album "Walk Away, Walk Away" (March 2015)

Embers by March To May
from the album "The Water's Edge" (April 2015)

October Sun by Tudor Lodge
from the album "Runaway" (2003)

Weathercock by Phil Beer
from the album "Plays Guitar And Fiddle. Sings A Bit" (2014)

"As the nights draw in…" by David Drever, Convenor, General Teaching Council for Scotland
with
Fair Drawin' In by Clype (featuring Jenny Sturgeon)
from the album "Clype" (July 2015)

Halloween Is Black As Night by Jackson C. Frank
from the album "Fixin' To Die" (2014)

Jack O Lantern by Gilmore & Roberts
from the album "Conflict Tourism" (released: September 18 2015)

Rose Hip November by Beautiful Junkyards
from the album Beautiful Junkyards (2013)

Guy Fawkes Night by Luke Daniels & John Dipper
from the album Sleeping Giants (2012)
with
Bonfire Night - read by Ron Hynes
from the album "Hard Light - 32 Little Stories By Michael Crummey" (2003)

Welcome In Another Year (Bonfires) by Blanche Rowan & Mike Gulston
from the album "The Dance Goes On" (2013)

Milk And Honey by Sandy Denny
from the album "Sandy Denny (Complete Edition)" (2010)

Three Bonny Ships by Na-Mara
from the album "Navajos & Pirates" (May 2015)

FolkCast is produced and presented by Folkie Phil Widdows

For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk. Be kind to hedgehogs!

FolkCast 111 - August 2015 Aug 17, 2015

Show notes

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

This month we ask: "What does the term 'singer-songwriter' mean to you?" Let us know by email or on Facebook

FolkCast is produced and presented by "Folkie" Phil Widdows

Music featured:

Rio by Kelly Oliver
Double A-side single
(released: September 26th 2015)

Jock Speaks/Head High by Ross Ainslie
from the album "Remembering"
(released: September 18th 2015)

Long Stride by Eleven Magpies
from the album "Eleven Magpies"
(released: July 2015)
buy the album online

Waterboy by Breda Mayock
from the album "Breda Mayock"
(released: March 2015)

Drunken Sailor by Liability
from the album "Never Believe You're Dead"
(released: January 2012)

Navajos & Pirates by Na-Mara
from the album "Navajos & Pirates"
(released: May 2015)

Immigrant Heart by Mark Gamon
from the album "Deck"
(released: July 2015)

Doing The Best I Can by Emily Barker
from the album "Land Of Hope & Fury"
(released: July 2015)

Homes For Heroes by The Jamie Freeman Agreement
from the album "Land Of Hope & Fury"
(released: July 2015)

Do As I Say by James Leclaire & The Cable 22's
from the album "These Weights"
(released: September 17th 2105)

Slow I Go by Paul Doffing
from the album "Songs From The (Quaking) Heart"
(released: May 2015)

The Mary-Ellen Carter by KC Barber
from the album "We'll See A Beautiful Day"
(released: March 2015)
Babba presents…

The Story Behind The Song

Wreckers by The Changing Room
from the album "Behind The Lace" (released: 2015)

The Marshal's Dance by Captain Morgan's Rum Do
from the album "Thames, Sails And Scalliwag's Tales"
(released: May 2015)

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

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Featuring a Story Behind The Song that is astronomical, geographical and historical!

FolkCast is produced and presented by
'Folkie' Phil Widdows

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

March Into May 2016: A Podcast all about the season of Spring!

FolkCast's fourth annual celebration of Spring.

Presented and produced by Phil Widdows

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

All aboard the FolkCast Express, calling at Womanchester, Lonely Town, Duopolis and Band City with added excursions on a whaling ship, a catamaran and the ferry to Babba's Island!

FolkCast is produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows

Babba presents…
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

The FolkCast Festive Selection Box - bursting with good things for the season of Christmas, Yule and Saturnalia, with specially selected music and readings. Beware the Abbot of Unreason!

Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows, featuring Babba

Merry Christmas from Everyone at FolkCast!

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows

Music in this month's show:

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

The Winter Storm 2015: music and readings for the darkest months.

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

This month: A cornucopia of good things, a harvest festival of great music!

FolkCast's Ken Nicol pays tribute to one of his greatest guitar influences: John Renbourn. Plus the pick of the latest releases, and Story Behind The Song delves into a legend that has been 700 years in the making!

Music featured:

As Summer fades, enjoy the wonders of Autumn with the Crackler!

Featuring:

FolkCast is produced and presented by Folkie Phil Widdows

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

This month we ask: "What does the term 'singer-songwriter' mean to you?" Let us know by email or on Facebook

Music featured:

The Story Behind The Song

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FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

Featuring a Story Behind The Song that is astronomical, geographical and historical!

FolkCast is produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

March Into May 2016: A Podcast all about the season of Spring!

FolkCast's fourth annual celebration of Spring.

Presented and produced by Phil Widdows

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

All aboard the FolkCast Express, calling at Womanchester, Lonely Town, Duopolis and Band City with added excursions on a whaling ship, a catamaran and the ferry to Babba's Island!

FolkCast is produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows

Babba presents… THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

The FolkCast Festive Selection Box - bursting with good things for the season of Christmas, Yule and Saturnalia, with specially selected music and readings. Beware the Abbot of Unreason!

Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows, featuring Babba

Merry Christmas from Everyone at FolkCast!

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows

Music in this month's show:

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

The Winter Storm 2015: music and readings for the darkest months.

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

This month: A cornucopia of good things, a harvest festival of great music!

FolkCast's Ken Nicol pays tribute to one of his greatest guitar influences: John Renbourn. Plus the pick of the latest releases, and Story Behind The Song delves into a legend that has been 700 years in the making!

Music featured:

As Summer fades, enjoy the wonders of Autumn with the Crackler!

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FolkCast is produced and presented by Folkie Phil Widdows

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

This month we ask: "What does the term 'singer-songwriter' mean to you?" Let us know by email or on Facebook

Music featured:

The Story Behind The Song

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