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PODCAST: 26 May 2019
01 Biko Drum - Christy Moore - The Christy Moore Collection
02 Any Bread - The Young ‘Uns - The Ballad Of Johnny Longstaff
03 We Were Good People - Maria Dunn - We Were Good People
04 The Spirit Of Mother Jones - Andy Irvine - Abocurragh
05 Harriet Tubman - Yan Tan Tether - Over The Heather
06 Workers Song - Dick Gaughan - Handful Of Earth
07 Bed For The Night - Maura O’Connell - Western Highway
08 Woody’s Last Ride - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - I Stand Alone
09 This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie - The Little Red Box Of Protest Songs - The House I Live In [Disc 1]
10 Joe Hill - Paul Robeson - Three Score And Ten
11 My Old Man - Ewan MacColl - Black And White / The Collection
12 For Sophie (This Beautiful Day) - Reg Meuross - Single
13 Lion In A Cage - Dolores Keane - The Best Of
14 Proper Sort Of Gardener - June Tabor - Aleyn
15 Kevin Carter - Martin & Jessica Ruby Simpson - Band Of Angels
16 Victor Jara - Mike Harding - Plutonium Alley
17 My Name Is Emmet Till - Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain
18 The Old Man’s Song - Ian Campbell Folk Group - The Essential Guide To Folk
19 Ghafoor’s Bus - The Young ‘Uns - Strangers
20 Bread And Roses - Judy Collins - Bread And Roses
21 Talking With My Father - Dougie MacLean - Who Am I
22 Brother Can You Spare A Dime - Martin Simpson (With Dick Gaughan) - Purpose And Grace
23 All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth - Annie Patterson - Mountain Side
24 So Here's To You - Alan Bell - The Definitive Collection
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PODCAST: 28 Apr 2019
01 Wrong Side Of The Wall - Rory McLeod - Gusto!
02 Wreck Of The Old 97 - Tom Russell - October In The Railroad Earth
03 Hangman - Tia Blake - Folksongs & Ballads
04 Calliope House/ Dan Collins Father Jig - Damaris Woods - With A Banjo On My Knee
05 Ca The Yowes - Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly - Changeable Heart
06 The Old Sexton - Eliza Carthy, Ben Seal & David Delarre - Restitute
07 Gog Magog - The Willows - Through The Wild
08 I've Got My Country Back - Phil Hare - A Stranger I Came
09 A Young Woman’s Tale - Grace Petrie - Stick In The Wheel / Field Recordings Vol 2
10 The Road To Dundee - The Brothers Gillespie - The Fell
11 Hobo's Lullaby - Hedy West - Untitled
12 Les Clefs De La Prison - Vishtèn - Horizons
13 Hushabye Birdie / Hexham Lasses - Kathryn Tickell - Hollowbone
14 Quasheba, Quasheba - Our Native Daughters - Songs Of Our Native Daughters
15 Whistlin’ Rufus -Rattle The Boards - The Parish Platform
16 Time Away - The Edgelarks - Feather
17 Jack Crook - The Drystones - Apparitions
18 King Bore And The Sandman - Andy Irvine - Rainy Sundays, Windy Dreams
19 Teeth - Trevor Crozier - Farewell She / Another Parcel Of Old Crams
20 The Lark In The Clean Air (Featuring Cara Dillon) - Linda Thompson - My Mother Doesn't Know I'm On The Stage [Disc 1]
21 Your Feets Too Big - Jake Leg - Fifth Avenue
22 Cotton Lords - Faustus - Cotton Lords / Songs Of The Lancashire Cotton Famine
23 Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood - Daria Kulesh - Earthly Delights
24 Fiddler's Green - John Connoly & Pete Sumner - Trawlertown - The Singing Of The Fishing
25 Got Me A Woman - Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
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PODCAST: 31 Mar 2019
01 Adieu Du Village - Le Vent Du Nord - Territoires
02 Hangman - Naomi Bedford, Paul Simmonds - Singing It All Back Home - Appalachian Ballads Of English and Scottish Origin
03 Windmills - Daoiri Farrell - A Lifetime Of Happiness
04 I Can't Find Brummagem - Jon Wilks - Midlife
05 Tatter Jack Walsh, Larry The Beerdrinker, Round The House - Morga - Morga
06 Black Myself - Our Native Daughters - Songs Of Our Native Daughters
07 My Son David - The Furrow Collective - Fathoms
08 Isadore Gonzalez - Tom Russell - October In The Railroad Earth
09 Shallow Brown - Kim Richards - Leaves That Fly
10 Blackberry Blossom - The Brothers Gillespie - The Fell
11 Black Jack Davey - Johnny Dickenson - Castles & Old Kings
12 Betty And Dupree - Tia Blake - Folksongs & Ballads
13 Bacca Pipes (Greensleeves) - Mikey Kenney - The Reverie Road
14 Who's That Knocking - Naomi Bedford, Paul Simmonds - Singing It All Back Home - Appalachian Ballads Of English and Scottish Origin
15 Collier (The Enemy Within) - Jed Grimes - Black Snow/The Album
16 Colliers - Kathryn Tickell - Hollowbone
17 The Foggy Dew - Ye Vagabonds - The Hare’s Lament
18 The Man Who Puffs The Big Cigar - Eliza Carthy feat. Jon Boden - Restitute
19 Cob Malltraeth - Vvri - Tŷ Ein Tadau
20 Stormy Monday - Davy Graham - Midnight Man
21 Seventeen Coffins - Dancing With Ghosts - Tales Of Old Reekie
22 The Castle Jig/Green Groves Of Erin/Damp In The Attic - Damaris Woods - With A Banjo On My Knee
23 My Brother’s A Farmer - Becky Mills - Tall Tales And Home Truths
24 The Times They Are A Changing - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A Changing
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PODCAST: 24 Feb 2019
01 La Marmotteuse - Barachois - Encore!
02 Many People - Chad Dughi - Out Of The West
03 The Cunning Cobbler - Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly - Changeable Heart
04 Broom O' The Cowdenknowes - Diane Ní Chanainn - Idir Muir Agus Sliabh
05 Careless Love - Snooks Eglin - New Orleans Street Singer
06 Mouth Music - Various - Oran Bagraidh
07 Dover Delaware - Judy Dinning - Best Kept Secrets Cd 1
08 Say Goodbye To Your Grimsby Lass - Stuart Forester - The Good Earth
09 The Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits - The Folkscene Collection, Vol. II
10 Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff - Columbia Historic Edition
11 Slan Agus Beannacht (Goodbye And Farewell) - Susan McKeown - Lowlands
12 Shamrock Green - Susan McKeown - Sweet Liberty
13 To Fair London Town - Susan McKeown - Lowlands
14 Oró Mhíle Grá / A Thousand Times My Love - Susan McKeown - Sweet Liberty
15 A Maid Going To Comber - Susan McKeown - Blackthorn
16 Eggs In Her Basket - Susan McKeown - Sweet Liberty
17 Lord Inchiquin - Jerry Read Smith - Strayaway Child Trilogy - Vol 1
18 Aye For Saturday Night (Roud 5701) & My Bloke's A Peaky (Roud 24185) - Jon Wilks & The Grizzly Folk - Midlife
19 True Lovers' Ferry - The Willows - Through The Wild
20 Young Man Cut Down In His Prime - Harry Brazil - The Brazil Family - Down By The Old Riverside
21 Rudi's Reels - Aizle & Ríoghnach Connolly - Aizle
22 Valentine O’Hara - Daoiri Farrell - A Lifetime Of Happiness
23 The Galway Shawl - Daoiri Farrell - A Lifetime Of Happiness
24 The Raven's Song - Rusty Shackle - The Raven The Thief And The Hangman
25 Dinny O’Brien’s / Shandon Bells - John G Walsh - The Magpie’s Nest
26 Elle Tempête - Vishtèn - Horizons
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PODCAST: 27 Jan 2019
01 Star Of Munster / Tom's Reel In Minor - Bill Spence & Fennig's All-Star String Band - Fennig's Redux - [Disc 2]
02 Voice Of The Nation - Megson - Contradicshun
03 First Love Becomes A Lad's Hate - Kim Richardson - Leaves That Fly
04 The Bold Fisherman - Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly - Changeable Heart
05 Fish And Taters - Jigfoot - Kindling
06 Girl On The Billboard - Michael Hurley - Bellemeade Sessions
07 Port Dannsaidh Hiortach / Deóra Dé - Julie Fowlis - Allt
08 Jocky The Mole - Hamish Napier - The Railway
09 Bless The Ground You Grow On - Odette Mitchell - Bless The Ground You Grow On
10 The Shores Of Old Blighty - Will Finn & Rosie Calvert - Beneath This Place
11 On The Road Again - Jake Leg Jug Band - Break A Leg
12 Barndances The Keel Row / Barndance Gan Ainm - Johnny Og Connolly - Fear Inis Bearachain
13 Une Bouteille De Beaujolais - Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra - Soul Of My City
14 Wash Her Man Away Intro - Reg Meuross - 12 Silk Handkerchiefs
15 Wash Her Man Away Lead Vox Mick - Reg Meuross - 12 Silk Handkerchiefs
16 The Lothian Hairst - Clare Hastings - Those Who Roam
17 Bob Cooney's Miracle - The Young'uns - The Ballad Of Johnny Longstaff
18 The Valley Of Jarama - The Young'uns - The Ballad Of Johnny Longstaff
19 Song (Love Gathers All) - Fara - Times From Times Fall
20 Tear My Stillhouse Down - Cardboard Fox - Topspin 21
21 Schoolday's Over - Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly - Changeable Heart
22 I Hope - The Jellyman's Daughter - Dead Reckoning
23 Calico Pie -Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep
24 The Shoogly Peg - The Jellyman's Daughter - Dead Reckoning
25 Cold Haily Windy Night - Duncan McFarlane - Light Our Way Home
26 The Golden Vanity - Iona Fyve - Dark Turn Of Mind
26 Haul Away, Boys (Featuring Commoners Choir) - Joe Solo - Headscarves & Hurricanes
27 Jenny On The Railroad - Jogi Kruskal - Train On The Island
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PODCAST: 30 Dec 2018
01 Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow – Steve Turner – Late Cut
02 Gloria – The Trials Of Cato – Hide And Hair
03 Scarlet Town – Birichen – Hush
04 Doctor O’Neil's / McGinley’s – Stevie Dunne – Live At The Crosskeys Inn
05 Down By The Greenwoodside – The Furrow Collective – Fathoms
06 River – Cara Dillon (Featuring John Smith) – Single
07 Moving On – The Tenmours – Maze
08 Laws Of Motion – Karine Polwart feat. Steven Polwart & Inge Thomson – Laws Of Motion (Martin Green)
09 I Burn But I Am Not Consumed – Karine Polwart feat. Steven Polwart & Inge Thomson – Laws Of Motion (Stephen Polwart)
10 Crow On The Cradle – Karine Polwart feat. Steven Polwart & Inge Thomson – Laws Of Motion
11 Kulkija – The Walking Song – Sans – Kulku
12 The West Indian / Sailor's Delight / Cellar Door Key – Andrew Cadie – Half–Witted, Merry & Mad
13 Left Alone – Malcolm Holcombe feat. Iris Dement – Come Hell Or High Water
14 The Day John Lennon Died – Harbour Moon – Whisper On The Wind
15 Who Put The Blood – Hickory Signals – Turn To Fray
16 The Navvy Of Kinlochleven – Gráinne Brady – The Road Across The Hills
17 Portland Town – Lady Maisery – Lady Maisery Live
18 Mi L'hai Basà (Dirty Old Town) – Teres Aoutes String Band – Lo Rock'n Roll De La Mountagna
19 Unrequited To The Nth Degree – Loudon Wainwright Iii – Years In The Making
20 Cut The Loaf – Martin Matthews – Cowraik To Sliabh Croob
21 The Wife Of Usher's Well – The Outside Track – Rise Up
22 The Man From Luddenden Dean – Bob Pegg – The Last Wolf
23 War Has No Conscience – Churchfitters – Old Friends CD 1
24 Woodbrook – Michael O’Suilleabhain – Gaiseadh (Flowing)
25 Little Sadie – Tom Paley, Robin Gillan – Paley & Son
26 Langstrom's Pony, The Tap Room, Lord Ramsey's Reel – De Danann – The Mist Covered Mountain
27 One Hand On The Radio – Bill Caddick – Unicorns
28 The Rolling Wave/The Hag's Money – Seamus Heaney & Liam
29 The Joy Of Living – Roy Bailey – Coda
30 Lullaby – Martin Alcock – Serving Suggestions
31 Sweet Lover Of Mine – The Outside Track – Rise Up
32 The Two Sisters – Steve Turner – Late Cut
33 Filthy Rich – The Liam Ward Band – Uprising
34 Wild Mountain Thyme – Swan Arcade – Full Circle
35 The Leaving Of Liverpool – Fisherman’s Friends – Sole Mates
36 Save The Last Dance For Me – The Deighton Family – Rolling Home
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PODCAST: 25 Nov 2018
01 Black Jack David - Incredible String Band - (I Looked Up) The All New Electric Muse III
02 Sailing Off To The Yankee Land - John Doyle and Karan Casey - Exiles Return
03 My Love's In Germany - The Trials Of Cato - Hide And Hair
04 Dads And Lads - Gerry O’Connor - Last Night's Joy
05 The Flash Lad - Brass Monkey - Sound And Rumour
06 Rhythm Of The Sea - Rebekah Findlay - Improvising Round The Sun
07 Paper Dolls - Ribbon Road - Paper Dolls
08 Nancy Spain - Planxty - Between The Jigs And The Reels: A Retrospective
09 On Raglan Road - Luke Kelly - The Ultimate Guide To Irish Folk
10 Grace - The High Kings - Decade: Best Of The High Kings
11 Down By The Sally Gardens - Maura O’Connell - Wandering Home
12 The Galway Girl - Steve Earl - Transcendental Blues
13 The Wife Of The Soldier - Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick - Byker Hill
14 Mack The Knife - Dave Van Ronk - Ragtime Jug Stompers
15 Boston Waltz - Daria Kulesh - Autumn Delights
16 Secondary Waltz - Mark Knopfler - Kill To Get Crimson
17 Wall St - Martha Tilston - Machines Of Love And Grace
18 The Gold Diggers - Rob Murch and Michelle Holding - Pass It On E.P.
19 Courting Too Slow - Long Note - Two
20 Byker Hill - Jed Grimes - Black Snow/The Album
21 The Speyside Line - Hamish Napier - The Railway
22 All The Tunes In The World - Janet Russel - Gathering The Fragments
23 Crossing The Bar - David Milton - Songs From The Bell Man
24 Drummond Castle / The Hogmanay - Gas Mark 5 - Gas Mark 5
25 Sixteen Come Next Sunday - Karen Casey - Hieroglyphs That Tell The Tale
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PODCAST: 28 Oct 2018
01 Train On The Island – Foghorn Stringband – Rock Island Grange
02 The Road Home – Fara – Times From Times Fall
03 Careless Love – Woody Mann – Careless Love
04 Canadian Reel Set – Manus McGuire – The Copperplate Set
05 A Stór A Stór A Ghrá – The Friel Sisters – Before The Sun
06 Divided We Will Fall – Seth Lakeman – The Well Worn Path
07 Blow The Man Down – Fisherman’s Friends – Sole Mates
08 Little Duke Arthur’s Nurse – Gwendolyn Snowdon – Three Strand Braid
09 Collier (The Enemy Within) – Jed Grimes – Black Snow/The Album
10 Going To The Mine – Jed Grimes & Stephen Linstead – Black Snow/The Album
11 Wedding Dress – The Craic Addicts – Breakfast With The Craic Addicts
12 The Last Trip Home – Jackie Oates – The Joy Of Living
13 Lowlands Of Holland – Gudrun Walther & Jürgen Treyz – Duo
14 Angel Meadow – Michael McGoldrick – Arc
15 It Couldn’t Last – Ribbon Road – Paper Dolls
16 The Galway Shawl – Dairy Farrell – Single
17 Ná Há Bhithinn / Hó Ro Na Priobidean – Julie Fowlis – Allt
18 Things You Left Behind – Gilmore & Roberts – A Problem Of Our Kind
19 Curlew – Northern Flyway – Northern Flyway
21 Cuckoo – Lisa Knapp – The Summer Draws Near
22 The Sanderling Sessions/The Old Creamery – Angela Usher – The Gort Mile
23 Once I Had A True Love – Rachel Newton – West
24 Rosie Reilly – Daoiri Farell- Single
25 One Of Those Days – Davy Lees – One Of Those Days
26 Oh No! – The Tannahill Weavers – Órach: The Golden Anniversary Album
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PODCAST: 30 Sep 2018
01 I'll Be Rested When The Roll Is Called – Ry Cooder – The Prodigal Son
02 South Australia – High Time – Sunda
03 The Elfin Knight – Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy Feat. The Gift Band – Anchor
04 Happy To Meet–Sorry To Part/The Stolen Purse/Maude Millar's – Mike McGoldrick & Dezi Donnelly – Dog In The Fog
05 Jesse Was A Bootlegger – Pigeon Kings – Pigeon Kings
06 Old–Fashioned Waltz – Daria Kulesh – Summer Delights
07 Maple Leaf Rag – Duck Baker – Les Blues Du Richmond: Demos & Outtakes, 1973–1979
08 May Song – Lisa Knapp – The Summer Draws Near
09 Endless Sleep – Duck Soup – Everything And...
10 Frankie & Albert – Woody Guthrie / Lead Belly – WNYC Radio, New York, 12th December 1940
11 Three Cries – Mishaped Pearls – Shivelight
12 Kelvin's Purling Stream – The Friel Sisters – Before The Sun
13 Cannonball Blues – Jody Kruskal – Train On The Island
14 I Wish I Was In England – Gwendolyn Snowden – Three Strand Braid
15 Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith – Poacher’s Fate – Many A Thousand
16 My Boots Are Made Of Spanish – Jackie Oates – The Joy Of Living
17 The Maid Of Malham Moor – Kevin McSherry – You Know Me
18 Ladies' Pleasure & Constant Billy – Bryony Griffith – Hover
19 Bury Me Beneath The Willow – Oliver The Crow – Oliver The Crow
20 Galway Farewell – Frankie Gavin/Martin Murray/Emma Corbett/ Carl Hession – By Heck
21 Drink 'Til I'm Dry – Seth Lakeman – The Well Worn Path
22 Cousinage Et Penchant Pour Ti–Jean – Yves Lambert Trio – Tentation
23 Lovely Joan – Simon Swarbrick – Oyster Girl
24 An Cailín Rua – The High Seas –The High Seas
25 The Eagle – Inge Thompson and Jenny Sturgeon – Northern Flyway
26 Lullabye – Maartin Allcock – Serving Suggestion
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PODCAST: 26 Aug 2018
01 King Of The Cannibal Islands - The Giggleswick Temperance Band - From The Lion's Den
02 Ordinary Man - Christy Moore - On The Road [Disc 1]
03 Life Is Not Kind To The Drinking Man - Steve Tilston - Steve Tilston: Distant Days
04 Botany Bay - Kelly Oliver - Botany Bay
05 The Galtee Rangers/Meet You Down The Station/Dog In The Fog - Mike McGoldrick & Dezi Donnelly - Dog In The Fog
06 Trouble In Mind - Kevin McSherry - From The Lion's Den
07 The Peace Farmer - Phamie Gow - Beyond The Milky Way
08 Ah Cud Hew - North East Singers - The Hooky Mat. The Songs Of Ed Pickford
09 The Blackleg Miner - George Duff - The Collier Ladde
10 Inversnaid - Kitty MacFarlane - Namer Of Clouds
11 Deep River Blues - Sam & Elaine Bracken - From The Lion's Den
12 If Wishes Were Fishes - Duncan McCrone - Land Of Gold
13 The Bold Fisherman - Kelly Oliver - Botany Bay
14 Waltzing At Giggleswick / The Ginger Cat Monster - Rachel McShane & The Cartographers - When All Is Still
15 All By The Quay - Kevin McSherry - You Know Me
16 Fair Flowers Of The Valley - Teresa Horgan & Matt Griffin - Brightest Sky Blue
17 King Canute / The Little Black Moustache - Duck Soup - Everything And...
18 Strange Weather - Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy Feat. The Gift Band - Anchor
19 Thomond Bridge/The Jug Of Punch/Trip To Durrow - Angela Usher - The Gort Mile
20 Queen May - Mishaped Pearls - Shivelight
20 Ware Out Mother - Melrose Quartet - Dominion
21 Ophelia - Karine Polwart - Laws Of Motion
22 No More Whisky - Martin Lennon - Fish
23 The Sun Never Shines - Matt Walklate & Dr Tom Attah - Sea Of Blues
24 Shepton Mallet Hornpipe / In The Toyshop - The Batty Moss Band - From The Lion's Den
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