An extra long Folk Show this week with just over two hours of music featuring some of my personal British folk favourites from the 60’s and 70’s including Michael Raven and Joan Mills, Fairport Convention, Meic Stevens, Bob Dylan, John Renbourn, The McPeake Family and The Watersons. Not so distant music from Tim Van Eyken, False Lights, Sam Lee and Richard Thompson.
Plus new and forthcoming releases from Seth Lakeman, Foghorn Stringband, Carly Dow, The Deep Hollow, The Willows, The Brother Brothers, Karine Polwart, John Smith, Philip Henry, Stewart Henderson, Yvonne Lyon & Carol Henderson, Mawkin, Gerry O’Connor, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Christy Moore, Afro Celt Sound System, VRï, Helen Diamond and Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona MacKenzie.
Music Played on Folk Show Episode 41
00:00:00 Michael Raven & Joan Mills – Death And The Lady
Originally released as a run of 250 vinyl copies in 1972 on the Folk Heritage Label (FHR047). It has since been remastered and is available on CD & Vinyl (Sunbeam)
00:04:22 Fairport Convention – The Bonny Black Hare
From Angel Delight (1971)
00:07:22 Tim Van Eyken – Fair Ellen of Ratcliffe
From Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves (2010)
00:13:34 False Lights – Polly On The Shore
From Savor (2015)
00:18:48 Seth Lakeman – Drink ‘Til I’m Dry
From The Well Worn Path (out on 26th October)
00:22:54 Sam Lee – The Ballad of George Collins (The Memory Band mix)
00:27:51 Andrew Cronshaw – Wasps in the Woodpile
From Till The Beasts’ Returning (Topic 1988)
00:31:25 Foghorn Stringband – Reuben’s Train
From Rock Island Grange (Out on 30 Nov 2018 – European Release)
00:34:53 Carly Dow – Brightest Time Of Year
From Comet (Out on 18 October)
00:38:12 The Deep Hollow – Freedom Street
From Weary Traveler (Out on 9 November)
00:41:22 The Willows – Honest Man
From Through the Wild (Out on 30 November)
00:45:48 The Brother Brothers – Red And Gold
From Some People I know (Out on 18 October)
00:47:58 Karine Polwart – Cornerstone
From Laws of Motion (Out on 19 October)
00:52:27 John Smith – Hummingbird
From Hummingbird (Out now)
00:57:39 Richard Thompson – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
From RT – The Life and Music of Richard Thompson Boxset (Free Reed Records 2006)
01:02:30 Meic Stevens – Left Over Time
From Outlander (1970)
01:06:58 Bob Dylan – Girl from the North Country
From The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)
01:10:15 Phillip Henry – Brother Wind
From True North (Out Now)
01:15:41 John Renbourn – Willy O’Winsbury
From Faro Annie (1972)
01:21:13 Stewart Henderson, Yvonne Lyon & Carol Henderson – Vesper Sky
From Vesper Sky (Out 26 October – Self Released)
01:25:04 Mawkin – Jolly Roving Tar
From Down Among the Dead Men (Out Now)
01:28:25 Gerry O’Connor – Last Night’s Joy
From Last Night’s Joy (Out Now)
01:31:45 Jamie Smith’s Mabon – Jig Trouble In Little Blaina (Live)
From Twenty Live (Out on 26 October)
01:36:29 Christy Moore – Sail on Jimmy (Live at the Marquee)
Out this week, the new single from Christy who said “I just love singing Albert Niland’s song. More than any other, it has become an instant hit with audiences everywhere. We recorded this version at The Marquee in Cork on June 30th, 2018. 4,000 people, who had never heard the song before, were singing beautifully by the end of the 3rd chorus. It was a joyful and memorable moment … a stand out memory in 52 years of gigging.”
01:40:24 The McPeake Family – My Singing Bird
From Wild Mountain Thyme (1962 – Topic Records)
01:43:35 Afro Celt Sound System – Marbhrann Do Shir Eachann Mac’illEathainn / Lament for MacLean
From Flight (Out on 23 November via ECC)
01:48:24 VRï – Aros Mae’r Mynyddau Mawr
From Tŷ ein Tadau (Debut Album Out Now)
01:53:27 Helen Diamond – Willie-O
From Helen Diamond (Debut Album Out now)
01:55:41 The Watersons – Harvest Song: We Gets Up In the Morn
From Frost & Fire (Topic Records – 1965)
01:56:55 Stick in the Wheel – Cruel Ships Captain (Radio Edit)
New Single out now on From Here Records.
02:00:24 Stewart Henderson, Yvonne Lyon & Carol Henderson – Eyes Down
From Vesper Sky (Out 26 October – Self Released)
02:02:02 Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona MacKenzie – Deus Auribus / Glèidh M’ Anama
From their debut album TÌR – Highland Life and Lore, on the Anam Communications record label. Co-produced by esteemed musician/composer Mike Vass, this album reflects their traditional Gaelic roots as well as other musical influences including Nordic, Eastern European and electronica.
Photo of the Scottish Highlands by Martin Adams on Unsplash