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PODCAST: 29 Mar 2020
01 Séamuisin - Jiggy - Hypernova
02 A Call For The North Country - Jez Lowe - Bede Weeps
03 Lord Ullin's Daughter - Salt House - Huam
04 Coal Black Wine - Bird In The Belly - Neighbours And Sisters
05 The Dolly Vardan (Barn Dance/Slip Jig) - Niamh Ni Charra - Irish Ways- [Disc 2]
06 Spencer The Rover - Sam Lee - Old Wow
07 Jimmy Newman - Tom Paxton - #6
08 Lesson Too Late - Jonny Silvo - Midnight Special
09 Yagan - Carus Thompson - Shakespeare Avenue
10 In The Month Of January - Mrs Sarah Makem - The Absolutely Irish Colection
11 From Dimitri's Hands - Richard Fay - Music For Hard Times
12 Rudi’s War - Robert Severin - Postcard From Budapest
13 Lovely On The Water - Rowan Godel - Where The Wild Horses Roam
14 Arisaig - Project Smok - Bayview
15 Reynardine - Archie Fisher - Archie Fisher
16 Chicago Cops - Bob Gibson & Bob Camp - Bob Gibson & Bob Camp At The Gate Of Horn
17 Three Fishers - Fara - Fara
18 Ship A'sailing / Jackson's / Dunmore Lasses (Live) - Paraic Mac Donnchadha & Cormac Begley - Tunes In The Church
19 Bonny Portmore - Flying Toads - Warts And All
20 Croatia / Hungary – Will Pound – A Day Will Come
21 Seven Years Old - Stuart Douglas - Reflective Covers
22 Three Line Whip - The Two Hat Jug Band - The Two Hat Jug Band
23 Old Molly Oxford - Tom Kitching - Seasons Of Change
24 George Orwell Joins The Commoners On The Road To Wigan Pier - Commoners Choir - Untied Kingdom
25 The Rambler From Clare - John Doyle - Path Of Stones
26 Òran Mòr Mhicleòid (The Great Song Of MacLeod) - Andrew Cronshaw - Zither
27 Just An Oul’ Thing That’s Going Around - Song Bridge - Colum Sands
28 Angel In A Blue Dress - Reg Meuross - Faraway People
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PODCAST: 29 Feb 2020
01 The Guernsey Kitchen Porter - Michael Marra - Hard Cash
02 Daddy Fox - Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band - Natural Invention
03 Waterbound - Alden Paterson & Dashwood - Waterbound
04 Roadfrog - Orkney Mix - Becky Taylor - Tune Chaser
05 Emigrant - Stephen Fearing - The Unconquerable Past
06 Blackwaterside - Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh - Thar Toin / Seaborne
07 O'Keeffe's 1 / O'Keeffe's 2 / Thadelo’s - Beginish - Beginish
08 Blow Boys Blow - Alden Paterson & Dashwood - Waterbound
09 May Morning Dew - Siobhan Miller - All Is Not Forgotten
10 Come On In From The Cold - Commoners Choir - Untied Kingdom
11 Tornala Maika - Brighde Chaimbeul - The Reeling
12 Hard Time Of Old England - Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow - Pill Pilots
13 Bulldoze Blues - Liam Ward & Malcolm Thorne - You Are My Medicine
14 Jack Frost - Eliza Carthy - Wayward Daughter
15 Frida Kahlo's Visit To The Taybridge Bar - Coope Boyes and Simpson - Coda
16 Louis Armstrong's Broken Heart - Eric Taylor - Resurrect
17 I Know My Love - Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow - Pill Pilots
18 Loving Hannah - Siobhan Miller - All Is Not Forgotten
19 New Oklahoma Rag - Peter Croft - Button Box Breakdown
20 Fire Light - Salt House - Huam
21 Long A Growing - Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band - Natural Invention
22 I’ll Walk In Paradise Again - Ribbon Road - Love On The Losing Side
23 Don't Leave Your Records In The Sun - John Hartford - Mark Twang
24 Port Na Pucai 0 Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh - Thar Toin / Seaborne
25 The Marysville Burglar - Teilhard Frost - As The Crow Flies
26 A Heart Needs A Home - Maartin Allcock & Lisa Starnini - Two Bays - Due Baie
27 Dallas Rag – Chico’s Jug Band – Refused
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PODCAST: 26 Jan 2020
01 Three Chords & The Truth - Van Morrison - Three Chords & The Truth
02 The Berry Fields O' Blair - Jim and Susie Malcolm - The Berries
03 Goose And Common - Askew Sisters - Enclosure
04 The Humours Of Castlefinn (Egan's) / The Ewe Reel / McFadden’s - Kevin Burke - Sligo Made
05 The Garden Of England (Seeds Of Love) - Sam Lee - Old Wow
06 Tippin' It Up To Nancy - Christy Moore - Magic Nights [Disc 2]
07 Elvis Presley Blues - Wayward Jane - Old Train
08 Down By The Sally Gardens - Steve Hicks - Rule Of Thumb
09 I Ain't Marching Anymore - Martyn Joseph - Days Of Decision: A Tribute To Phil Ochs
10 Dance Junkies - Drohne - Le Son Du Bois
11 A Pair Of Brown Eyes - Christy Moore - Magic Nights [Disc 1]
12 Egyptian Princess - The Servant's Ball - The Servant's Ball
13 Viva Zapata (1993) - Andy Irvine - Old Dog Long Road – Vol.1 (1961-2012) [Disc 1]
14 Up A Lazy River - Duck Baker - When You Wore A Tulip
15 My Father Built Me A Pretty Tower - Askew Sisters - Enclosure
16 My Little Carpenter - Mozaik - The Long And The Short Of It
17 Murphys Hornpipe / The Showman's Fancy - Ryan Molloy & Fergal Scahill - One Day: November Woods
18 Goodbye Monday Blues (1999) - Andy Irvine - Old Dog Long Road – Vol.1 (1961-2012) [Disc 1]
19 The Shearing's Not For You - Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - Navarasa: Nine Emotions
20 There But For Fortune - Martyn Joseph - Days Of Decision: A Tribute To Phil Ochs
21 The Wounded Huzzar - Ryan Molloy - Pianophony
22 The Song Of The Nightingale - Mozaik - The Long And The Short Of It
23 Lads Of Laois / Dinny O'Brien's / Pat Touhy's (Reels) - Aoibheann and Pamela Queally - Beyond The Bellows And The Bow
24 Scarlet Town - Mishra - The Loft Tapes
25 Pilgrim Brother - Seth Lakeman - The Pilgrims Tale
26 George Whites / The Humours Of Lisadell - Caoimhin O Fearghall & Paddy Tutty - Flute & Fiddle
27 Road Dust And Honey - Mishra - The Loft Tapes
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01 Gobby’s Christmas Hornpipes – Steamchicken
02 Sing We All Merrily – Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith
03 Merry Xmas Everybody / Bloomer’s Birthday Strathspey
04 Sunny Bank – Kate Rusby
05 Here We Come A-Wassailing – Watersons
06 The Huron Indian Carol – Carol Duveneck
07 Christmas Day In Da Mornin’ / Christmas Day In The Morning / Mug Of Brown Ale – Broom Bezzums
08 One More Xmas – O’Hooley & Tidow
09 Family Christmas – Roaring Jelly
10 Silent Night – Churchfitters
11 The Seven Rejoices Of Mary – Oddfellows
12 I Saw Three Ships – Simon Mayor
13 Christmas Eve 1914 – Artisan
14 Bethlehem – Michael Morpurgo / Coope Boyes & Simpson
15 While Shepherds Watched / Chime On – Michael Morpurgo, Coope Boyes & Simpson
16 Sleigh Ride – Sam Bush
17 X-Mas On The Isthmus – Terry Allen & Guy Clark
18 There Are No Lights On Our Christmas Tree – Cyril Tawney
19 Merry Christmas To All And Goodnight – Emily Smith
20 Christmas In Kandahar – Fred Smith
21 Christmas In The Cookhouse – Billy Bennett
22 A Christmas Childhood – Tom Sweeney
23 Up In The Morning Early / Awake Arise – Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldreidge & Sid Goldsmith
24 A Connemara Christmas (Mick’s Tune) – Johnny Coppin
25 The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
26 Christmas Is Coming – Lead Belly
27 Christmas In Australia – Roaring Jelly
28 Merry Christmas – Malcolm Holcombe Feat. Iris Dement
29 Christmas Landscape – Laurie Lee & Johnny Coppin
30 The Holly Bears A Berry – Watersons
31 A Christmas Tale / Christmas Day In The Morning – Magpie Lane
32 Christmas Day In The Morning – Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra
33 Fire & Wine – O’Hooley & Tidow
34 Christmas At Sea – Sting
35 Weihnachten 1914 (Christmas 1914) – Kerstin Blodig & Ian Melrose
36 The Coppers’ Christmas Song – Coope, Boyes & Simpson
37 Coventry Carol – O’Hooley & Tidow
38 The King – Steeleye Span
39 Fairytale Of New York – Christy Moore
40 The 12 Folk Days Of Christmas – The McCalmans
41 I Saw Three Ships (Arr. J. Ritchie) – Tudor Choir, The
42 Cherry Tree Carol – Jean Ritchie
43 The Arrival Of The Wren Boys – The Chieftains
44 The Dingle Set Dance – The Chieftains
45 The Wren In The Furze – The Chieftains
46 The Boar’s Head Carol – The Voice Squad
47 Sans Day Carol – Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band
48 Jogging Along With Me Reindeer – John Kirkpatrick
49 O Little Town Of Bethlehem – Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
50 Christmas Market – Mike Harding / The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band
51 Joy To The World – Tudor Choir, The
52 The Kerrry Christmas Carol – Tim Dennehy
53 I Am Christmas Time – Magpie Lane
54 All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth – The Once
55 Three Ships From Sussex – Chris Newman and Máire Ní Chathasaigh
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PODCAST: 24 Nov 2019
01 They’ll Be Waiting – John Campbell Munro – The Kelly Collection
02 George Collins – Cordelia’s Dad – Comet
03 Going Down To The Wasteland – Jon Boden – Rose In June
04 Mule Skinner Blues – David Grisman – Dawg Duos
05 Polly On The Shore – Bella & Polly – Bella & Polly
06 Glossop Road – Harp and a Monkey – The Victorians
07 Inse Gall – Willie Campbell & Band – Dileab: A Legacy
08 Paddy’s Lamentation – Will Finn & Rosie Calvert – Beneath This Place
09 The Battle Of Cable Street – Man The Lifeboats – When The Bell Rings
10 The Dark Eyed Gypsy – Lankum – The Livelong Day
11 Up A Lazy River – Duck Baker – When You Wore A Tulip
12 The Moving On Song – The Wicca Men – Albion’s Darkness
13 Rufford Park Poachers – Ewan McLennan – Borrowed Songs
14 Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood – Daria Kulesh – Earthly Delights
15 Nana Was A Suffragette – Lizzy Hardingham – Dusk
16 Bear Creak – Lankum – The Livelong Day
17 The Rambling Irishman – Harry Brazil – Travellers
18 Seven Bonnie Gypsies – Jon Boden – Rose In June
19 Fields Of Gold – Flossie Malavialle – Live – June 2018
20 Widnes Bound – Stanley Accrington – Home Banker
21 Paddy And The Judge – Tommy Sands – Fair Play To You All
22 Ode To Europe – Tommy Sands – Fair Play To You All
23 Love And War – Track Dogs – Fire On The Rails
24 Wassail Song – Various – Flash Company/25 Years Of Fellside Records
26 Gortvale Rock – Cathal Haydn – Hooked On Banjo
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PODCAST: 27 Oct 2019
01 My Dixie Darling – Sheesham, Lotus & Son – The High Stepping Music Of Sheesham & Lotus & Son
02 Calico Printer's Clerk - Harp and a Monkey - The Victorians
03 The Flying Farmer - Dana and Susan Robinson - The Town That Music Saved
04 The Golden Eagle - Natalie MacMaster - Sketches
05 Devil Is In The Dust - The Tweed Project - The Tweed Project
06 John Lover - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer - Twelve Months & A Day
07 Paddy's Return / Trip To Athlone - Michael Walsh - Quarehawk
08 The Catalpa - Lunatraktors - This Is Broken Folk
09 The Winding Stair - Johnny Coppin - 30 Songs [Disc 2]
10 The Bleacher Lassie O' Kelvinhaugh - The Tweed Project - The Tweed Project
11 We Looked Away - Reg Meuross - Raw
12 Gertrude and Alice - Ralph McTell - Hill Of Beans
13 Who's Going To Save You? - Keith Christmas - Life, Life
14 We Sailed Away - Tom Reid - Up On The Roof Of Song
15 Do The Right Thing - Tom Reid - Up On The Roof Of Song
16 Paddy In The Smoke - Michael McGoldrick - Wired
17 Baltic Avenue - Charlie Roth - Tartan Cactus Heart
18 So Do I - Christy Moore - This Is The Day
19 The Man Who Waters The Workers' Beer - Dave Brooks / Bernard Wrigley - Folk Songs... At The Octagon
20 Isle Of France - Nic Jones - Noahs Ark Trap
21 Shake 'Em Up Charlie - Mighty Mo Rodgers - Griot Blues
22 Workers Song - Dick Gaughan - Handful Of Earth
23 The Dalesman's Litany - Dave Burland - A Dalesman's Litany
24 Follow The Heron - Malinky - Three Ravens
25 Ton Rowe's/Trip To Athlone/Cathal McConnell’s - Dezi Donnelly - Familiar Footsteps
26 The Auld Triangle - Jack-E McAuley - Shadow Boxing
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PODCAST: 29 Sep 2019
01 Battlefield Dance Floor - Show Of Hands- Battlefield Dance Floor
02 Brighton Belle - Ralph McTell- Hill Of Beans
03 Polly On the Shore - Debra Cowan- Greening the Dark
04 JD's Untitled Mazurka - Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne& John Doyle- Liag
05 The World Turned Upside Down - Dick Gaughan- The Harvard Tapes
06 Lines - Rowan Rheingans- The Lines We Draw Together
07 Yr Hosan Las - Gwilym Bowen Rhys- Arenig
08 Sowing On The Mountain - Tim Grimm- Heart Land Again
09 Tattered and Torn - Steve Tilston& Jez Lowe- The Janus Game
10 Angelus Bell - David Metcalfe- Legionnaire
11 Wheels Of The World - Granny's Attic- Wheels Of The World
12 No Use For A Gun - Rory McLeod- Gusto!
13 Truth From Lies - Tom Reid- Up On The Roof Of Song
14 Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? - Martin Simpson, Andy Cuttingand Nancy Kerr- Rooted [Disc 1]
15 Same Kind Of Blue - Sam Baker- Horses And Stars
16 He Called For A Candle - Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente- The Morning Tempest
17 Back On The Road - Mic & Susie Darling- The Road Is Home
18 Conker (Magic Casket) - The Lost Words: Spell Songs and Karine Polwart- The Lost Words: Spell Songs
19 The Drummer Boy For Waterloo - Coe, Peters& Smyth- The Road To Peterloo
20 The Ex-Pitman's Pot-Holing Pub Quiz Team - Jez Lowe-Wotcheor!
21 The Gasman Cometh - The Bar-Steward Sons Of Val Doonican- Place Of Spades
22 The Derry Hornpipe/The Newcastle Clog/Drops Of Brandy - Tim Edey- Being Myself
23 Mother Tongue - Show Of Hands- Battlefield Dance Floor
24 The Rothes Colliery - TMSA Young Trad Tour 2018- TMSA Young Trad Tour 2018
25 Jigs - Dancing Eyes/Paddy Fahy’s - Ceoltoiri Na Breataine- Glúin Nua
26 Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Luke Jackson- Journals
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PODCAST: 25 Aug 2019
01 Hunters House / The Oak Tree - Hedgehog Pie - The Green Lady
02 When I Get To The Border - Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
03 Calico Printers Clerk - The Wayfarers - The Wayfarers
04 I Live Not Where I Love - Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - Summer Solstice
05 The Gay Goshawk - Mr Fox - The Story Of British Folk
06 Sovay - Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Life And Limb
07 Sweet Thames Flow Softly - Christy Moore - Unreleased
08 Capstick Comes Home - Tony Capstick - Nowt So Funny As Folk
09 Been On The Road - Alex Campbell - In Copenhagen
10 A Blacksmith Courted Me - Shirley Collins - English Originals
11 The Bunch Of Thyme / The Perfect Cure / The Sweets Of May - Oak - Welcome To Our Fair
12 Dirty Old Town - Ewan MacColl - Black & White – The Definite
13 Needle Of Death - Bert Jansch - The All New Electric Muse - The Story Of Folk Into Rock
14 Three Score And Ten - The Watersons - Early Days
15 The Sandgate Girl's Lament / Elsie Marley - The High Level Ranters - Northumberland Forever - Traditional Dance & Song From The North East
16 The Innocent Hare - The Young Tradition - Young Tradition / So Cheerfully Round
17 In My Liverpool Home - The Spinners - Best Of The Spinners (Live)
18 Sir Patrick Spens - Nic Jones - Ballads And Songs
19 Set Dance: The Ace And Deuce Of Piping - John Doonan - Flute For The Feis
20 When Marilyn Monroe Died Blues (Ain't It A Shame) - Mary Asquith - Closing Time
21 Jock O’Hazledean - Dick Gaughan - No More Forever
22 The Diamond - The McCalmans - Lost Tracks
23 Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice - Hamish Imlach - Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice - The Transatlantic Anthology
24 The Rout Of The Blues - Robin and Barry Dransfield - The Rout Of The Blues
25 Here’s The Tender Coming - Dave Burland - A Dalesman’s Litany
26 Heather Down The Moor - June Tabor and Martin Simpson - A Cut Above
27 Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny and Strawbs - I've Always Kept A Unicorn - The Acoustic Sandy Denny
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PODCAST: 28 Jul 2019
01 Derry Gaol - Thom Ashworth - Head Canon
02 Heather Down The Moor - Gatehouse - Heather Down The Moor
03 Henry Gray - Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons - Rooted [Disc 1]
04 Hills Of Shiloh - Martin Simpson & Nancy Kerr - Rooted [Disc 1]
05 Neo - Martin Simpson (Featuring Richard Hawley & Dom Flemons) - Rooted [Disc 1]
06 Hole In The Hedge - Ceoltoiri Na Breataine - Glun Nua
07 Seven Gypsies - Oysterband - Vision & Revision - The First 80 Years Of Topic Records
08 Your Feet's Too Big - The Jake Leg Jug Band - Fifth Avenue
09 Erin Go Bragh - Dick Gaughan - The Harvard Tapes
10 Song For Ireland - Dick Gaughan - The Harvard Tapes
11 The Old Changing Way - Debra Cowan - Greening The Dark
12 Farewell Tae Tarwathie - The Clutha - Live From Harvard
13 The Crystal Year/Foxes' Rock - Flook - Ancora
14 The Snow Hare - Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart - The Lost Words: Spell Songs
15 The Drink Song - Alfi - Wolves In The Woods
16 The Pelican Marsh (Reels) - Kevin Crawford/Colin Farrell/ Patrick Doocey - Music And Mischief
17 The Rakish Young Fellow - Nick Hart - Nick Hart Sings Nine English Folk Songs
18 Little Liza Jane - We Banjo 3 - Roots To Rise - Live
19 Let's Hope The Clock Stands Still - Mike Wilson - Taking Shape
20 Martinmas Time (Demo) - Malinky - Handsel
21 King Of My Own Country - Sunjay - Devil Came Calling
22 Broadside - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan - An Evening With Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
23 Kingfisher - Kris Drever and Beth Porter - The Lost Words: Spell Songs
24 Zodwa - Johnny Clegg & Juluka - The Best Of Juluka
25 The Milliner’s Daughter / The Sligo Maid / The Mill House Reel - Ceoltoiri na Breataine - Glúin Nua
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PODCAST: 30 Jun 2019
01 Harpers Frolic/Bonny Kate - Banter - Dare
02 Man Of Constant Sorrow - Track Dogs - Uke Songs By Track Dogs
03 The Squire And The Parson - Kate Rusby - Philosophers, Poets
04 The Clannad Mare - The Paul McKenna Band - Breathe
05 Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy - Laura Smyth and Ted Kemp - From Here - English Folk Field Recordings Vol 2
06 Wayfaring Stranger - Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi - There Is No Other
07 Candy Man - Lea Nicholson & Naomi Randall - Farewell He ...Another Parcel Of Old Crams
08 Folk Club Song - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer - Twelve Months & A Day
09 I Courted A Wee Girl - Ye Vagabonds - The Hare's Lament
10 Big Ivy - The Resonant Rogues - Autumn Of The World
11 John Barleycorn - Fran Foote, Belinda Kempster - On Clay Hill
12 Bankruptcy Blues - Mark Cook - Backwoods Chaos
13 Jack Frost - Peggy Seeger- Vision & Revision - The First 80 Years Of Topic Records
14 Shawnee Town - Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys - Vision & Revision - The First 80 Years Of Topic Records
15 An Léimras / Harris Dance - Brighde Chaimbeul- The Reeling
16 John Stafford's Song - Coe, Peters & Smyth- The Road To Peterloo
17 Bedtime Stories / Five Miles From Home - Alfi - Wolves In The Woods
18 Crazy Man Michael - Kate Rusby - Philosophers, Poets And Kings
19 The Bonny Boy - Belinda O’Hooley - Inversions
20 Little Margaret - Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi - There Is No Other
21 Heartwood - The Lost Words: Spell Songs, Karine Polwart - The Lost Words: Spell Songs
22 Willow - The Lost Words: Spell Songs, Rachel Newton and Seckou Keita - The Lost Words: Spell Songs
23 Puirt Set - Skipinnish - Steer By The Stars
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