Folk Show – Episode 155 (A Winter Folk Mixtape)

As the frost settles, KLOF Mag returns with another essential winter folk mixtape, a lovingly curated journey for this festive season. This collection balances the sparse, haunting beauty of Anne Briggs and Plinth’s late-evening ambience with the psychedelic folk of Trees and the flighty fingers of Leo Kottke.

A rich tapestry of the folk tradition that weaves together the communal warmth of the Georgia Sea Island Singers with the evocative poetry of Michael Hartnett. Alongside songs about the house-visiting Mummering tradition, you can hear the intricate guitar work of Dick Gaughan and the joivial communal singing of Martin Carthy with June Tabor (backed by Norma Waterson, Leyley Davies, Alison Younger, and Eliza Carthy). As well as capturing the stillness of a snowy night, the collection includes “lively winter warmers” to stave off the chill. Whether you are drawn to solo ballads or spirited group sing-alongs, this mixtape serves as a perfect companion for the festive period.

We wish you all the best for this festive period.

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Playlist

1. Plinth – For C.S.
2. Fionnuala Maxwell – When the Mummers Come Calling
3. Sairie – Bushes and Briars
4. Dick Gaughan – MacCrimmon’s Lament/Mistress Jamieson’s Favourite
5. Appendix Out – The Cherry Tree Carol
6. Jean Ritchie – Wintergrace
7. Norman Edmonds and the Old-Timers – Breaking Up Christmas
8. John Sebastian and the J Band with Geoff Muldaur – Minglewood Blues
9. Georgia Sea Island Singers w/ Hobart Smith and Ed Young – Yonder Come Day
10. Michael Hartnett – Moonsnow ‘77
11. Plinth – In the Bleak Midwinter
12. Anne Briggs – Bruton Town
13. Phil Tyler & Sarah Hill – Heathery Hills Of Yarrow
14. Ultan O’Brien – The Boyne Hunt
15. The Boys of the Lough – Jackson and Jane
16. Ossian – Gie Me A Lass Wi A Lump O’land
17. Leo Kottke – Vaseline Machine Gun
18. Spud – Twa Corbies
19. Trees – Geordie
20. Pentangle – Rain And Snow
21. Piers Faccini – When Winter Comes
22. Katherine Priddy – Still Winter, Still Waiting
23. Appendix Out – Year Waxing, Year Waning
24. Dave Burland – the Bleacher Lassie O’ Kelvinhaugh
25. Lal Waterson – To Make You Stay
26. Anne Briggs – Three Maidens a Milking Did Go
27. Martin Carthy – Hunting The Cutty Wren (w/ June Tabor – backed by Norma Waterson, Leyley Davies, Alison Younger, and Eliza Carthy)
28. David Strawbridge & Tim Laycock – The Humstrum
29. Steve Tilston – Roving on a Winter’s Night
30. Lisa O’Neill – The Wren, The Wren
31. Lizzie Higgins – Up and Awa’ Wi’ the Laverock
32. Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise – Binnorie O (live)
33. Dick Gaughan – Jock O’Hazeldean
34. Ewan McCall – Moving on Song
35. United Sacred Harp Musical Association – Sherburne