Nigel Spencer

In Michelle Laverick, we have another talented storyteller to join the illustrious ranks of North East song makers. Just maybe, in the magical world she has invited us to enter, cherries will one day grow on apple trees.

Ancestors is the second collection of folk songs from prolific Canadian musician Allister Thompson…what sets it apart are his interpretations -it’s as much a concept album about folk music as an actual folk album.

Nigel Spencer of The Folk Police has made an excellent Mixtape that focuses on songwriting in the British Folk Revival 1963-81. It includes music from Teesside Fettlers, Pete & Chris Coe, Muckram Wakes, Lal and Mike Waterson, Archie Fisher and Barbara Dickson and lots more.

A great mix, the second in a series of occasional memos to Folk Radio UK from Folk Police Towers which ends up in the USA after a quick side-trip to France.