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BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST-Sun 17 Aug 2008
1. SHOW OF HANDS Ð Roots (3.53) Disc 1 Track 1 from ROOTS Ð best of CD on Hands on HMCD 28 (Steve Knightley- PRS) at Towersey Folk Festival 22-25 Aug, Wadebridge Folk Festival 22-25, Fylde Folk Festival 29-31, Bromyard Folk Festival 12-14 Sept, and St Ives Festival sun 14 Sept.
2. BREABACH Ð The Rolling Hills (4.25) Track 3 from THE BIG SPREE on Vertical VERTCD 081 (Trad arr Breabach Ð Vertical Music/PRS) 23-25 Tenby Folk Festival, 22-25 Shrewsbury Folk Festival
3. RUTH NOTMAN ÐHeather Down the Moor (3.16) Track 4 from THREADS on Mrs Casey Records MCRCD 7003 (Trad arr Ruth Notman- PRS) 22-25 Aug Towersey Folk Festival, 29-31 Aug - Fylde Folk Festival, 29-31 Aug - Moseley Folk Festival in Birmingham
4. RICHARD THOMPSON Ð Needle and Thread (4.43) Track 1 from SWEET WARRIOR on Proper PRPCD 032 (Richard Thompson- Beeswing Music) 22-25 Shrewsbury Folk Festival
5. LUNASA Ð Loophead (3.21) Track 2 from SE on Compass Records 7 4422 2 (Trad arr Crawford, Smyth, Hutchinson etc../ Kevin Crawford- SGO Music Pub Ltd) 21-25 Aug Towersey Folk Festival, 22-25 Shrewsbury Folk Festival., and Mon 25 Aug Devizes Street Festival
6. THE DEMON BARBERS Ð The Good Old Days (4.02) Track 1 from new EP CD + 24DB on own label Demon Barbers DBS 001 (Damien Barber Ð PRS) 22-25 Aug Shrewsbury Folk Festival
7. 3 DAFT MONKEYS Ð Go Tell the Bees (3.26) Track 5 from SOCIAL VERTIGO on own label 3DM 2007 (Ashton/Roberts/waters Ð PRS) 22-25 Aug at Rock n Roots Festival at Much Marcle nr Ledbury, and 23-25 Wadebridge Folk Festival
8. JANE AND AMANDA THRELFALL Ð No My Love, Not I (3.53) Track 2 from new album SWEET NIGHTINGALE on Beehive Music WBCD 004 (Trad arr J and A Threlfall, R Edwards- PRS)
9. JENNA REID Ð The Laughing Girl (3.26) Track 1 from LAUGHING GIRL CD on Footstompin Records CDFSR 1738 (Jenna Reid- PRS) 5-17 Sept BLAS Festival in Scotland
10. LOU BROWN Ð A Scenic View (2.37) Track 5 from album WHAT ARE YOU SINGING ABOUT? On own label Lou Brown Music LBM 2007 Sun 24 Aug at Priory Inn Tetbury 8pm
11. JOHN TAMS Ð All Clouds the Sky (3.54) Track 4 from THE RECKONING on Topic TSCD 551 (John Tams Ð Topic Records Ltd) 29-31 Aug - Fylde Folk Festival, 29-31 Aug - Moseley Folk Festival in Birmingham, 5-7 Sept North Devon Folk Festival at Ilfracombe
12. BOLDWOOD Ð Tunbridge Beauties/Galloway Girth (4.08) Track 10 from FEET, DONÕT FAIL ME NOW on Hobgoblin Records HOBCD 1006 (Trad arr Boldwood- Barking Green Music) 23-25 Aug Wadebridge Folk Festival, 22-25 Aug Shrewsbury Folk Festival
13. ELBOW JANE Ð England Stone ( 2.46) Track 1 from ENGLAND STONE on own label EJCD 02 ( Rich Woods- PRS) 22-25 Aug Shrewsbury Folk Festival 14. CHERISH THE LADIES Ð Betsy Belle and Mary Gray (3.27) Track 7 from WOMAN OF THE HOUSE on Rounder 11661 7063 Ð2 (Trad arr CTL Ð Wood Park Publishing) -17 Sept BLAS Festival in Scotland, 8 Sept St Ives Festival in Cornwall, 12-14 Bromyard Folk Festival ENDS....
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST-Sun 10 Aug 2008
1. MARY BLACK Ð Summer Sent You (3.55) Disc 1 Track 12 from new 2 CD set TWENTY-FIVE YEARS/TWENTY ÐFIVE SONGS on 3U Records TUCD 8 (Noel Brazil Ð Little Rox Music)
2 KRIS DREVER, JOHN McCUSKER, RODDY WOOMBLE Ð Silver and Gold (3.42) single and Track 1 from new CD BEFORE THE RUIN on Navigator 1P (Roddy Woomble- PRS)
3. JIM MORAY ÐAcross the Western Ocean (4.05) Track 6 from new album LOW CULTURE on Niblick is a Giraffe Records NIBL 007 (Trad arr Jim Moray Ð PRS)
4. KIM EDGAR Ð Red (3.46) Track 1 from new album BUTTERFLIES AND BROKEN GLASS on Quietly Fantastic Music QFM 002 (Kim Edgar- QFM/PRS)
5. RON TAYLOR AND JEFF GILLETT Ð All Among the Barley (3.31) Track 6 from BOTH SHINE AS ONE on Wild Goose WGS 334 CD (Trad / Mike Garbriel Ð PRS) 15-17 Aug White Horse Folk Festival at Grove, nr Wantage 01235 765445
6 SIAN JAMES Ð Dacw ÔNghariad (2.12) Track 5 from PUR on Bos Recotds RBOS 001 (Trad arr Sian James- PRS) 15-16 August Tegeingl in Mold, Flintshire
7. LUNASA Ð Road to Barga (3.03) Track 8 from SE on Compass Records 7 4422 2 (Trad arr Crawford, Smyth, Hutchinson etc../ Cillian Vallely- SGO Music Pub Ltd) 21-25 Aug Towersey Folk Festival, 22-25 Shrewsbury Folk Festival 22-25 Aug., and Mon 25 Aug Devizes Street Festival
8. CHRIS WOOD Ð Summerfield Avenue (4.15) Track 1 from TRESPASSER on Ruf RUFCD 11 (Chris Wood- PRS) 21-25 Towersey Folk Festival , 30-31 Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham
9. JO FREYA Ð Different Shades of Meaning (4.12) Track 2 from new album FEMALE SMUGGLER on No Masters NMCD 29 (Jo Freya Ð Voice Pub)
10. COLIN SILLENCE Ð Chicken Run (2.01) Track 2 from new album WIRE AND WOOD on own label - email É..colin@sillence.co.uk (Colin Sillence- Cop Control)
11. SECKOU KEITA Ð Bimo (3.45) Track 1 from SILIMBO PASSAGE on World Adventures WA 2008 (Seckou Keita Ð PRS) 15-17 Aug Pontardawe Festival with Ar Log, Kila, Guo Yue etc..
12. MARTYN JOSEPH Ð How Did We End Up Here? (4.50) Track 4 from DEEP BLUE on Pipe PRCD 014 (Martyn Joseph Ð PRS) 23-25 Aug Rock n Roots Festival, at Much Marcle nr Ledbury Tel 01269 596056 / 23-25 Tenby Folk Festival 01834 843568
13. CEILIDHOGRAPHY Ð Walter BulwerÕs No 2/ Speed the Plough (4.12) Track 5 from new album SPOTS ON THE SUN on FolkSound FSCD 78 (Trad arr Ceilidhography- PRS) 15-17 Aug White Horse Folk Festival at Grove, nr Wantage 01235 765445
14. ROSIE DOONAN Ð Moving On (3.35) Disc 2 Track 10 from new album FOLK RISING 2 on Proper PROPERFOLK 07 (Rosie Doonan Ð PRS ) and from the album Moving On.
15. KILA Ð Electric Landlady (2.43) Track 2 from GAMBLERÕS BALLET on Kila Music KRCD 012 Fonn/Dee Armstrong- Kila Music ) 15-17 Aug Pontardawe Festival with Seckou Keita, Ar Log, Guo Yue etc.. www.pontardawefestival.com ENDS....
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST-Sun 3 Aug 2008
1. PAUL BRADY Ð Follow On (4.16) Track 11 from SONGS AND CRAZY DREAMS on Fontana 512397-2 (Paul Brady Ð Hornall Brothers/PRS) Paul Brady at FairportÕs Cropredy Convention 7-9 August see website www.fairportconvention.com
2. JIM MORAY Ð Rufford Park Poachers (4.58) Track 2 from new album LOW CULTURE on Niblick is a Giraffe Records NIBL 007 (Trad arr Jim Moray Ð PRS)
3. MADDY PRIOR Ð Dives and Lazarus (4.15) Track 1 from new album SEVEN FOR OLD ENGLAND on Park PRKCD 100 (Trad arr Prior, B Kirkpatrick, G Lewin -Parkwest Music) Fr 8 BBC Radio 3 7.45pm Roy Palmer talk on the history of song ÔDives and LazarusÕ
4. SAM CARTER Ð Next of Kin (2.18) Disc 1 Track 6 from new album FOLK RISING 2 on Proper PROPERFOLK 07 (Sam Carter ÐPRS) from his EP Here in the Ground
5 CALUM STEWART Ð Looking at a Rainbow through a Dirty Window (3.43) Disc 1 Track 10 from new album FOLK RISING 2 on Proper PROPERFOLK 07 (Calum StewartÐEarlywood Music) from his album Earlywood.
6 JEANA LESLIE and SIOBHAN MILLER Ð Burning of Auchindoun/Pint of Wine (3.11) Track 1 from new album IN A BLEEZE on Green-trax Records CDTRAX 324 (Trad arr Leslie, Miller-Grian Music) BBC Radio Young Folk Award 2008 winners at FairportÕs Cropredy Convention 7-9 August see website www.fairportconvention.com
7 FAIRPORT CONVENTION Ð Westward (4.09) Track 9 from OVER THE NEXT HILL on Matty Grooves MGCD 041 (Julie Matthews- Circuit Music) at FairportÕs Cropredy Convention 7-9 August see website www.fairportconvention.com
8 MICK RYAN AND PAUL DOWNES Ð The Lazy man (2.54) Track 12 from new album GRAND CONVERSATION on Wild Goose WGS 355 CD (Mick Ryan Ð PRS) at Dartmoor Folk Festival 8-10 Aug with Mawkin Causley, Steamchicken, Young Coppers etc 01837 840102
9 CARA DILLON AND JOHN SMITH Ð If I Prove False (3.54) Single on Charcoal Records CHAR 001 (Trad arr Dillon/Smith Ð PRS) Cara at Broadstairs Folk Week 8-15 Aug, Pickering Folk F Festival 8-10 Aug
10. SHEELANAGIG ÐMonster Stomp (2.28) Track 3 from BABA YAGAÕ S BALL on Big Badger BBRCD 2007 (Adrian Catlow- PRS) at Broadstairs Folk Week 8-15 Aug, Croissant Neuf Summer Party at Usk in Wales 15 Aug, and Shrewsbury Folk Festival 22-25 Aug
11. STEVE TILSTON Ð In-between Years (3.51) Track 7 from new album ZIGGURAT on Hubris HUB 004 (Steve Tilston- Hubrisity Music) at Broadstairs Folk Week 8-15 Aug, Tegeingl in Mold, Flintshire 15-16 Aug, and Shrewsbury Folk Festival 22-25 Aug
12. MAWKIN CAUSLEY Ð Cookie MonsterÐ (4.11) Track 5 from new album COLD RUIN on Navigator 14 (Trad/James Delarre PRS) 8-10 Aug at Dartmoor Folk Festival 01837 840102
13. EAMON FRIEL with MARY DILLON- In for the Day (3.35) Track 1 from new EP IN FOR THE DAY on Thran Records THR 1005 (Eamon Friel- PRS)
14. FAUSTUS Ð Next Stop: Grimsby/Three rascals/Aunt Crisps
(2.12) Track 4 from new album FAUSTUS on Navigator 5 (Benji Kirkpatrick/Paul
Sartin/Saul Rose- PRS) 11-17 Aug at Bideford Folk Festival with Fiddlers
Bid, John Kirkpatrick, Les Barker, Random etc..01237 470792 ENDS....
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST-
for Sun 27 July 2008
1. KARINE POLWART - The Good Years (3.47) Track 1 from new album THIS EARTHLY SPELL on Hegri HEGRICD 04 (Karine Polwart- Bay Songs/PRS) 31- 3 Aug at Cambridge Folk Festival SOLD OUT. And 1- 8 August Sidmouth Folk Week 01395 578627
2. IMAGINED VILLAGE - Cold Haily Windy Night (4.32) Disc 1 Track 1 from FOLK AWARDS 2008 on Proper PROPERFOLK 05 (Trad arr E Carthy/ Trans-Global Underground/ M Carthy/ Chris Wood - EMI/PRS) 1-3 August Big Chill Festival at Eastnor Castle nr Ledbury www.bigchill.net www.ticketline.co.uk and 31- 3 Aug at Cambridge Folk Festival SOLD OUT.
3 MAWKIN CAUSLEY Ð Come My lads Ð (2.57) Track 4 from new album COLD RUIN on Navigator 14 (Trad/Jim Causley- PRS) 8-10 Aug at Dartmoor Folk Festival 01837 840102
4. CORRINA HEWAT Ð Fourteen Years (4.54) Track 2 from new album HARP I DO on Big Bash Records BBRCD 016 (Corrina Hewat- PRS/MCPS)
5. KIM EDGAR Ð Heavy Skies (4.43) Track 4 from new album BUTTERFLIES AND BROKEN GLASS on Quietly Fantastic Music QFM 002 (Kim Edgar Ð Cop Control/PRS)
6. JON CLEARY and THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN Ð People Say (5.02 ) Track 2 from new live album MO HIPPA on FHQ records FHQ 003 (J Modeliste, A Neville,L Necentelli,G Porter- Bugaloo Music/Bug Music/ BMI) 26 July to 3 Aug Gloucester R n B Festival..Sun 27 Jon Cleary headlines free concert in Kings Square 1pm to 7pm Ð more info 01452 396755 www.gloucesterblues.co.uk
7. JANE AND AMANDA THRELFALL Ð No My Love, Not I (4.32) Track 2 from new album SWEET NIGHTINGALE 0n Beehive Music WBCD 004 (Trad arr J and A Threlfall/Roger Edwards- Beehive Music)
8. MARTIN HAYES AND DENNIS CAHILL Ð John naughtonÕs Reel/Another Paddy Fahy Reel (2.39) Track 4 from THE LONESOME TOUCH on Green Linnet GLCD 1181 (Trad arr Hayes/Cahill Ð IMRO/MCPS) 1 Aug Borough Theatre Abergavenny 01873 850 805 and 1- 8 August Sidmouth Folk Week 01395 578627
9. CAPERCAILLIE Ð Soldier Boy (4.57) Track 9 from latest album ROSES AND TEARS on Vertical VERTCD 084 (Donald Shaw- Vertical Music ) 31 July- 3 Aug Stokes Bay Festival on Hampshire coast 023 8071 1818 or online at www.ticketsouth.co.uk
10. CHERRYHOLMES- How Long? (3.31) Track 1 from new album CHERRYHOLMES on Skaggs Family Records 698020 142 (Sin leigh Cherryholmes Ð Spirit High Ridge Music/BMI) Tues 29 July Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd 01443 485934
11 SPIERS AND BODEN Ð Three Tunes (3.54) Track 3 from new album VAGABOND on Navigator 12 (Trad/ J Boden/Trad Ð PRS)
12. BENITA JOHNSON Ð WeÕre Okay (2.34) Track 2 from the EP 29th MAY on own label Ðinfo www.benitajohnson.co.uk email benitajohnson76@yahoo.co.uk (Benita Johnson- Cop Control) Sun 27 July at Priory Inn Tetbury 8pm
13. ALTAN with PAUL BRADY - Daily Growing (2.45) Track 1 from THE BLUE IDOL on Virgin CDVE 961/ 8119552 (trad arr altan- Altan Music/IMRO) at 31- 3 Aug at Cambridge Folk Festival SOLD OUT. Paul Brady at FairportÕs Cropredy Convention 7-9 August see website www.fairportconvention.com ENDS....
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST-Sun 13 July 2008
1. ERIC BIBB Ð Spirit I Am ( 3.42) Track 1 from latest album GET ON BOARD on Telarc Blues CD 83675 (Eric Bibb/ Frederik Bostrom- Flatbrim Songs/SGO Music Pub) 16-20 July at Larmer Tree Festival, Dorset 023 8071 1820 and 31- 3 Aug at Cambridge Folk Festival SOLD OUT.
2. CAPERCAILLIE Ð Leodhasach An Tir Chein (A Lewisman in a Foreign Country) (4.30) Track 12 from latest album ROSES AND TEARS on Vertical VERTCD 084 (Murdo MacDonald Ð PRS) 31 July- 3 Aug Stokes Bay Festival on Hampshire coast 023 8071 1818 Or online at www.ticketsouth.co.uk
3. STEVE TURNER Ð The Isle of St Helena (4.35) Track 1 from new album THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME on Tradition Bearers LTCD 1103 (Trad arr Steve Turner- Living Tradition Music)
4. SETH LAKEMAN Ð Crimson Dawn (3.14) Track 3 from new album POOR MANÕ HEAVEN on Relentless CDRELDJ 18 (Seth Lakeman- PRS) various festivals inc Folk by the Oak, Hatfield House, Herts Sun 27 July 01432 355416 , and Cambridge Folk Festival 31-3 Aug Sold Out!
5. BEAL TUINNE Ð la Eigin Fado Fado (2.34) Track 8 from new album LIVE AT ST JAMES CHURCH, DINGLE on Tara TARA 4022 (poem by Kevin Kennedy/ music Shaun Davey- Bucks Music)
6. SHOW OF HANDS Ð Country Life (4.21) Disc 1 Track 4 from ROOTS- BEST OF on Hands On HMCD 28 (Steve Knightley- PRS) Sun 20 July at Over the Rainbow event in Tewkesbury (live excerpts on BBC radio Glos 2-5pm) plus 25-27 July at Womad Festival nr Malmesbury 0845 146 1735 , Trowbridge Folk Festival 25-27 July 01225 710535, and other festivalsÉ.
7. DEVON SPROULE Ð Keep your Silver Shined (3.49) Track 1 single and title track from lastest album on Tin Angel Records TACD 2008 (Devon Sproule- Tin Angel Music/PRS) at Womad, Trowbridge, Cambridge and Stokes Bay Festivals s(ee above for details)
8. BREABACH Ð George WhiteÕs Favourite/ Green Fields od Glentown/ HullÕs Reel (4.14 ) Track 4 from THE BIG SPREE on Vertical VERTCD 081 (Trad arr Breabach/ Tommy Peoples/ J M Rankin Ð Vertical Music/PRS) 25-27 at Warwick Folk Festival 01926 776438, and Trowbridge Folk Festival 25-27 July 01225 710535
9. MICK RYAN AND PAUL DOWNES Ð Land of Cockagne (3.15) Track 10 from new album GRAND CONVERSATION on Wild Goose WGS 355 CD (Trad arr Mick Ryan/Paul Downes-PRS)
10. JON CLEARY and THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN Ð Go to the Mardi Gras (4.12) Track 1 from new live album MO HIPPA on FHQ records FHQ 003 (R Byrd- Professor Longhair Music/BMI) 26 July to 3 Aug Gloucester R n B Festival..Sun 27 Jon Cleary headlines free concert in Kings Square 1pm to 7pm Ð more info 01452 396755 www.gloucesterblues.co.uk
11. ALLAN YN Y FAN - Ril Abergwaun/Castell Thomas/ Madam Mayor (2.24) Track 4 from promo CD 2008 www.allanynyfan.co.uk tel 01495 240371 ... - Sat 19 July Borough Theatre Abergavenny 01873 850 805
12. CARA DILLON Ð hereÕs a Health ( 2.14) Track 3 from AFTER THE MORNING on RoughTrade RTRADCD 198 (Trad arr Dillon/Lakeman- PRS) 25-27 July at Womad and Trowbridge Festivals plus Folk by the Oak, Hatfield- see above for phone numbers
13. KELLY JO PHELPS Ð Macdougal (3.19) Track 8 from TUNESMITH RETROFIT on Rounder 11661 3249 2 (Kelly Jo Phelps- PilgrimÕs Way Pub)
14. LEANNE WALSH Ð Have a Party Instead ( 2.15) Track 4 from new album LAUGH WHEN IT RAINS on own label www.myspace.com/littlegirlblues (Leanne Walsh- cop control) Mon 21 July 13, headlining Open Mike night at Porter Cellar Bar in Bath, and Wed 23 July at Wunderbar in Midsomer Norton ( + 2 other singer/songwriters Stephanie Hall and Evelyn Star)
15. TOUMANI DIABATEÕs SYMMETRIC ORCHESTRA ÐBoulevard De LÕIndependence (3.11) TRACK 2 from BOULEVARD DE LÕINDEPENDENCE on World Circuit WCD 074 (T Diabate ÐWorld Circuit Music) - 25-27 July at Womad Festival nr Malmesbury 0845 146 1735 , É. ENDS....
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST-
Sun 6 July 2008
1. DONNIE MUNRO - The Cutter (4.03) Track 4 from new live CD AN TURAS (THE JOURNEY) on Green-trax CDTRAX 323 ( C and R MacDonald - Chrysalis Music Ltd)
2. HEIDI TALBOT- Music Tree (3.57) Track 7 from new album IN LOVE AND LIGHT on Navigator 6 (Tim OÕBrien/Darrell Scott- Howdy Skies Music/Chuck Wagon Gourmet Music (ASCAP)
3. SPIERS AND BODEN - Mary Anne (3.42) Track 6 from new CD VAGABOND on Navigator 12 (Trad arr Spiers/Boden- PRS) at Ely Folk Festival 11-13 July
4. BODEGA - The Stamping Ground (4.04) Track 2 from new album UNDER THE COUNTER on Green-trax CDTRAX 325 ( C and R MacDonald - Chrysalis Music Ltd)
5. STEVE TILSTON - The Rambling Comber (3.38) Track 4 from new album ZIGGURAT on Hubris Records HUB 004 (Trad arr. Steve Tilston- Hubrisity Music)
6. THE KATHRYN TICKELL BAND-TigerÕs First Bird (3.36) Track 11 from INSTRUMENTAL on Park PRKCD 92 (K Tickell- Parkwest Music) CHELTENHAM INT. MUSIC FESTIVAL - Thurs 10th July with Kuijit Bhamra on tabla at Pittville Pump Room / Fri 11th July Cheltenham Town Hall tickets tel 01242 227979
7. NICKEL CREEK (feat Chris Thile) Doubting Thomas (3.18) Track 11 from WHY SHOULD THE FIRE DIE? on Sugar Hill SUG CD 3990 (Chris Thile- QueenÕs Counsel Music) with new band The Punch Brothers at Trinity Centre in Bristol on Sat 12th July
8. NICKEL CREEK (feat Chris Thile) Stumptown (1.43) Track 8 from WHY SHOULD THE FIRE DIE? on Sugar Hill SUG CD 3990 (Chris Thile- QueenÕs Counsel Music) with new band The Punch Brothers at Trinity Centre in Bristol on Sat 12th July
9. EMBER - A Murder Song (3.50) Track 1 from OPEN ALL THE DOORS on Salt and Slate Records SALT 004CD (Emily Williams- PRS) 11-13 July Priddy Folk Festival nr Cheddar in Somerset
10. THE ASKEW SISTERS - Blenheim House (2.32) Track 9 from ALL IN A GARDEN GREEN on Wild Goose WGS 345 CD (Trad arr Emily and Hazel Askew- PRS) 11-13 July Priddy Folk Festival nr Cheddar in Somerset www.priddyfolk.org
11. COSMOTHEKA (feat Dave Sealey) - All I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee (3.52) Track 3 from 30 YEARS -BROMYARD FOLK FESTIVAL - on own label CD BFF 30.1 (Weston and Lee- PRS) Sat 12 July Dave Sealey pres story of Stanley Holloway witb songs and monologues- Aust Church, S GLos 01454 632306
12.RUTH ROYALL - Box (2.52) Track 4 from new album MUSIC IN WORDS on Jelli Records JRCD 2008 (Ruth Royall- cop control) www.myspace.com/ruthroyall - info tel 0793 141 1014
13. HORSES BRAWL - Passim Estampie ( 3.56) Track 1 from promo CD ........ Mon 7 July The Bell, Walcot Street
14. CHRIS WOOD - Summerfield Avenue (2.14) Track 1 from TRESPASSER on Ruf Records RUFCD 11 (Chris Wood- PRS) 21-25 July English Acoustic Collective Summer School at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth
15. ALLAN YN Y FAN - Ril Abergwaun/Castell Thomas/ Madam Mayor (2.24) Track 4 from promo CD 2008 www.allanynyfan.co.uk tel 01495 240371 ...Fri 11 July at Priddy Folk Festival nr Cheddar in Somerset www.priddyfolk.org / Sat 19 July Borough Theatre Abergavenny 01873 850 805 ENDS....
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 29 June 2008
1. OYSTERBAND- Where the World Divides (3.35) Track 3 from MEET YOU THERE CD on Westpark 87141 (Chopper, Jones, Partis, Prosser, Telfer- Westpark Music) 4-6 July FOLK ON THE WATER at Saul, Glos 01453 760900 / and 4-6 Two Rivers Festival, Chepstow tel - 07870 611979
2. MARY McPARTLAN - Sanctuary (2.56) Track 1 from latest album PETTICOAT LOOSE on Mac P Productions MCPRCD 002 (Vincent Woods/Mairtin O'Connor- IMRO)
3. DERVISH - The Master's Return/Dunrobin castle/The Boys of Tulla (reels) (3.38) Track 9 from latest album TRAVELLING SHOW on Whirling Discs WHRL 011 (Trad arr Dervish - IMRO)
4. ARCHIE FISHER - Borderlands (3.10) Track 1 from new album WINDWARD AWAY on Green-trax CDTRAX 329 (Archie Fisher/Roger Quin - Kettle Music)
5. HEIDI TALBOT - Time (3.39) single Track 1 on Navigator- Navigator 10 (taken from latest album ) (Tom Waits - Fifth Floor Music/Ascap)
6. KERR FAGAN HARBRON - The Tide Coming In/The Beehive (3.03) Track 6 from new album STATION HOUSE on Fellside FECD 211 (Trad arr Kerr,Fagan,Harbron/ Nollaig Casey- MCPS/PRS) 4-6 July FOLK ON THE WATER at Saul, Glos 01453 760900
7. SHOW OF HANDS - Are We Alright? (3.04) Disc 1 Track 2 from ROOTS- THE BEST OF .....on Hands On Records HMCD 28 (Steve Knightley- PRS) 4-6 July FOLK ON THE WATER at Saul, Glos 01453 760900 / Sat 5 SOH Family Day at Abbotsbury Gardens, Dorset - 01305 871130
8. RUTH NOTMAN - Caledonia (3.53) Track 2 from latest album THREADS on Mrs Casey Music MCRCD 7003 (Dougie Maclean- Limetree Music and Arts) Thu 3 Hereford Courtyard Arts Centre 0870 1122330 / 4-6 July FOLK ON THE WATER at Saul, Glos 01453 760900
9. KELLY JO PHELPS -Plumb Line (3.01) Track 4 from latest album TUNESMITH RETROFIT on Rounder 11661 3249 2 (Kelly Jo Phelps - Pilgrim's Way Pub)
10. PAUL SIMON - Father and Daughter (4.11) Track 11 from latest album SURPRISE on Warner Brothers 7243 2008 (Paul Simon- Warner Brothers Music/PRS) Sat 5 July Cornbury Music Festival at Charlbury, Oxon 0871 472 0420 / Sun 6 July Liverpool Echo Arena 0844 847 1616
11. PENTANGLE - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (2.44) Disc 2 Track 1 from ACOUSTIC FOLK BOX on Topic TSFCD 4001 (Trad arr Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson- Carlin Music) Reunion Tour 1-14 July inc 1 July Cardiff St David's Hall / 5 July Birmingham Symphony Hall / 6 July Oxford New Theatre
12. FAUSTUS - Next Stop Grimsby/The Three Rascals/ Aunt Crisps (4.37) Track 4 from latest album FAUSTUS on Navigator 5 (Benji Kirkpatrick/Paul Sartin/Saul Rose- PRS)
13. PETE TAYLOR - I Am Yielding (3.47) Track 3 from WARM RED on own label Pete Taylor Music PTMCD 2005 (Pete Taylor- Pete taylor Music/PRS) www.petetaylormusic.co.uk Folk Quest winnere concert on afternoon of Sat 5 July at FOLK ON THE WATER at Saul, Glos 01453 760900
14. RABBI JOHN - Rabbi John (3.40) Track 11 from SKIN AND BONE album on Dreadnought Records DREAD 101 (Paul Bienek arr Rabbi John- PRS) info@rabbijohn.com 4-6 July FOLK ON THE WATER at Saul, Glos 01453 760900
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 22 June 2008
1. KARINE POLWART - The Good Years (3.47) Track 1 from new album THIS EARTHLY SPELL on Hegri HEGRICD 04 (Karine Polwart- Bay Songs/PRS) Crawley Folk Festival 27-29 June / 29 June Maidenhead Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
2. OLIVER LAUGHLIN AND DAMIAN O'BRIEN - The gallowglass/Come in to the Town my Fair Lady/9th of JUly (3.04) Track 2 from new album THE FACTORY TURN on Copperplate COPP 008 (Trad arr D O'Brien/O Loughlin- IMRO)
3. EMILY SMITH -As I was a Wandering (3.52) Track 4 from new album TOO LONG AWAY om Spit and Polish SPIT 035 (Robert Burns/ Trad arr Emily Smith- public domain/PRS)
4. SETH LAKEMAN - Solomon Browne (3.05)) Track 5 from new album POOR MAN'S HEAVEN on Relentless RELDJ 18 (Seth Lakeman - PRS) Crawley Folk Festival 27-29 June + various festivals this summer
5. DOUG EUNSON AND SARAH MATTHEWS - The King of Rome (3.40) Track 5 from ON SHINING WINGS on Coth COTH CD 006 (D Sudbury- PRS)
6. NICK KEIR - Here's To You (3.27) Track 1 from new album FISHING UP THE MOON on Laverock LRK 3 (Nick Keir- PRS/MCPS)
7. GWENNAN GIBBARD - Polcas Llewelyn Alaw (3.26) Track 3 from new album HEARTSTRINGS on Sain SCD 2586 (Trad arr G Gibbard- Sain PUb)
8. CHRIS WHILE AND JULIE MATTHEWS - The Here and Now (3.57) Disc 2 Track 5 from FOLK AWARDS 2008 on Proper PROPERFOLK 05 (matthews/While- PRS) Party on the Lawn at Swindon- with Spec guests Show of Hands 01793 790485
9. ERIC BIBB -New Beale Street Blues (3.46) Track 3 from GET ON BOARD on Telarc Blues TELARC CD 83675 (Eric Bibb - Flatbrim Songs/ASCAP) Th 26 June Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, and Glastonbury Festival 27-29 June
10. DROHNE (Aka PHILIP G MARTIN) - Bourree du Marc/ in C Minor/ La Tricotada (3.06) Track 1 from new album MOONSHINE , MURDER, MOUNTAINS AND MUDFLATS - songs and tunes from the Leigh Folk Festival 2008 on Thames Delta Recording MUD 001CD (Trad arr P G Martin/P G Martin/ Trad arr P G M-PRS)
11 REBECCA HOLLWEG - Somerset (4.07) Track 6 from new album ORANGE ROSES on Emu EMU 04 (Rebecca Hollweg- PRS)
12. BOO HEWERDINE - Koh-I - Noor ( 3.52) Track 1 from new album TOY BOX NO 1 on Navigator 13 (Boo Hewardine - Chrysalis Music Ltd) Fr 27 June Prema Arts, Uley nr Dursley 01453- 860703
13. OLIVER LAUGHLIN AND DAMIAN O'BRIEN - The Musical Priest set (3.19) Track 1 from new album THE FACTORY TURN on Copperplate COPP 008 (Trad arr D O'Brien/O Loughlin- IMRO)
14. MARTHA WAINWRIGHT - Bleeding All Over You (3.29) Track 1 and single from new album I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED BUT I'VE GOT FEELINGS TOO on Drowned in Sound Records promo copy..UK Tour.. Mon 23 June London Hospital Club./ 28 Glastonbury Festival Pyramid Stage/ 18 Juky Latitude Festival
15. KILA - Electric Landlady (4.47 ) Track 2 from new album GAMBLER'S BALLET on Kila Music KRCD 012 (Dee Armstrong/Kila - Kila Music/IMRO)- various festivals
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 15 June 2008
1. SETH LAKEMAN - Crimson Dawn (3. 14) Track 3 from new album POOR MAN'S HEAVEB on Relentless RELDJ 18 (Seth Lakeman - PRS) various festivals this summer
2. KERFUFFLE -Arise Arise (1.23) Track 5 from new album TO THE GROUND on Root Beat TBRCD 06 (Trad arr Kerfuffle- PRS)
3. KERFUFFLE -Bonaparte's Retreat (1.13) Track 11 from new album TO THE GROUND on Root Beat TBRCD 06 (Trad arr Kerfuffle- PRS)
4. THEA GILMORE - Rosie (4.24) Track 4 from new album LIEJACKER on Fullfill FCCD 109 (Thea Gilmore - Cop Control) UK Tour see www.theagilmore.co.uk
5. TOM BLISS - The Merry Bells of Helier (4.16) Track 9 from ISLAND STORIES on Slipjig SLIP 011 (Tom Bliss- Slipjig Music/PRS) Fri 20 June - Forest Folk Club, at the Crown in Coalway nr Coleford
6. KATHLEEN BOYLE - Waltzes (3.37) Track 8 from new album AN CAILIN RUA (the Red Haired Girl) on own label KTR 001CD (K Boyle - PRS)
7. BOO HEWERDINE - Koh-I - Noor ( 3.52) Track 1 from new album TOY BOX NO 1 on Navigator 13 (Boo Hewardine - Chrysalis Music Ltd) Fr 27 June Prema Arts, Uley nr Dursley 01453- 860703
8. JACKIE OATES (with Wiatman's Wood)- 3/8 Bourrees (4.19) Track 14 from THE VIOLET HOUR on Chudleigh Roots CR 002 (Trad arrJ Oates/ Steve Turner/Andy Clarke- PRS) 20-22 Teignmouth Folk Festival 01803 290427 / Sun 22 Devizes Folk Festival with Reg Meuross
9. PATRICK STREET - Erin Go Bragh (4.08) Track 10 from ON THE FLY on Loftus Music LM 002 (Trad / Andy Irvine- PRS/IMRO) 23 June to 4 July Blas Int Summer School of Irish Music at Univ of LImerick- tutors include Andy Irvine, Kevin Burke, Donal Lunny, Martin Hayes, Karan casey,etc - www.ul.ie
10. LANDERMASON - All Roads (4.20) Track 11 from THE REASON on Lander and Mason LAMA 004 (Fiona Lander - PRS) Sun 15 June The Priory Inn Tetbury 8pm
11. SHEELANAGIG - Monster Stomp (3.21) Track 3 from BABA YAGA'S BALL on Big Badger BBCD 2007 (Adrian catlow- PRS) CD info 07811 410360 Sat 21 June Bristol, The Old Duke pub and Glastonbury Festival 26-29 JUne
12. DIANA JOHNSTONE - Mirrors ( 3.07) Track 1 from promo CD THE TROUBLED HEART info diana.johnstone2@btinternet.com Say 21 CosmicAcoustica pres A Midsummer Night at The Scout Hut, Bristol Harbour BS1 4RB- with s/s Jane Taylor, storyteller Kevan manwaring, and poet Anna Freeman
13. CRUCIBLE - Roxburgh castle/Up the Walls of the World (4.30) Track 2 from new album LOVE AND MONEY pn Fellside FECD 212 ( Trad Martin Reese/ Paul Thompson- PRS)
14. STEPHEN FEARING - When My Work is Done (2.48) Track 6 from new album YELLOWJACKET on True North TND 410 (Josh Finlayson/Stephen Fearing- High Romance Music/SOCAN) Sun 15 June Bristol Folk House, Park Street
15. SECKOU KEITA -Bimo (3.24) Track 1 from new album THE SILIMBO PASSAGE on World Adventures WA 2008 (Seckou Keita - PRS) Tour includes Fr 20 Big Village Festival in Oxford
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 8 June 2008
1. KILA - Electric Landlady (4.47 ) Track 2 from new album GAMBLER'S BALLET on Kila Music KRCD 012 (Dee Armstrong/Kila - Kila Music/IMRO)
2. CARA DILLON AND JOHN SMITH - If I Prove False (4.08) Track 1- single on Charcoal Records CHAR 001 (Trad arr John Smith and Cara Dillon- PRS) Thu 12 Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton/ Sat 14 Oxford Academy 0844 477 2000/ 13-15 Big Session Festival in Leicester- with Oysterband, Steve Earle, Seth lakeman, Bellowhead, Lau etc... 0116 233 3111
3. WHEELER STREET - Sir Eglamore ( 4.08) Track 3 from new album COMPLAINTS AND PRIVILEGES on Stump Nugget Records SNR 01 (Lyrics Trad /Music Kate Rusby- PRS)
4. BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST -Softly Good Tummas/Shropshire Lass (4.44) Track 3 from new album THE FOOD OF LOVE on Wild Goose WGS 353 CD ( Trad arr Sartin/Hutchinson-PRS) Th 12 June Frampton-on Severn Community Arts Centre 01531 822362 / Fr 13 Chippenham The Cause Arts Centre
5. STEPHEN FEARING - One Flat Tyre (4.02) Track 3 from new album YELLOWJACKET on True North TND 410 (Stephen Fearing- High Romance Music/SOCAN) Sun 15 June Bristol Folk House, Park Street
6. LAU - Freeborn Man (3.53) Track 8 from LIGHTWEIGHTS AND GENTLEMEN on Reveal REVEAL 17 (Ewan McColl - PRS/MCPS) at Wimborne Festival, Dorset 14-15 June 01202 623740 and Big Session Festival 13-15 June in Leicester- with Oysterband, Steve Earle, Seth lakeman, Bellowhead, etc... 0116 233 3111
7. LANDERMASON - First Past the Post (3.10) Track 9 from THE REASON on Lander and Mason LAMA 004 (Fiona Lander - PRS) Sun 15 June The Priory Inn Tetbury 8pm
8. THE OMEGA 3 - Second Song (We Don't Look as Stupid as We Are) (2.35) Track 2 from ESSENTIAL BATTY ACIDS on ADA - ADA 111CD (C M Harvey/D J Pearce- PRS) at various Festivals....
9. PAUL DOWNES (with Phil Beer) -Watch the Sun Go Down (4.24) Track 9 from DIRECTLY album on Hands On HMCD 16 (P Wilson- Cop Control) Fr13 June Forthampton Village Hall nr Tewkesbury 7.30pm tel 01684 298293
10. MARY HUMPHREYS AND ANAHATA - Nutting Song (3.23) Track 1 from FENLANDIA on Wild Goose WGS 340 CD (Trad arr Mary Humphreys/Anahata- PRS) FRi 13 Cheltenham Folk Club, Beaufort Arms London Rd.
11. CHRIS WOOD - The Cottager's Reply (3.24) Track 2 from TRESPASSER on Ruf RUFCD 11 (Poem BY FRank Mansell/ Music Chris Wood- PRS) Sat 14 June - in the Church at Aust, S GLos 7.30pm tel 01454 632306
12. OLIVER LAUGHLIN AND DAMIAN O'BRIEN -The Musical Priest/Ail Gan Ainm/Paddy Fahey's (3.19) Track 1 from new album THE FACTORY TURN on Copperplate COPP 008 (Trad arr D O'Brien/O Loughlin- IMRO)
13. JUDY COLLINS - The Long and Winding Road ( 3.10) Track 12 from ~SINGS LENNON AND McCARTNEY .on Wildflower WFL 1312 (Lennon/McCartney- PRS) UK Tour Sun 8 June Wolverhampton Civic Centre / 12 June Warwick Arts Centre Coventry / 13 June Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 1 June 2008
1. LUCY KAPLANSKY - Amelia (4.07) Track 2 from OVER THE HILLS album on Red House RHR CD 200 (Lucy Kaplansky/Richard Litvin- Lucyricky Music/ASCAP) UK Tour dates 12 June Pontypridd 01443 485934 / 13 June Anvil Basingstoke 01256 844244 / 15 June Milton Keynes Stables 01908 280800
2. CATRIONA McKAY - Cape of Good Hope (3.17) Track 5 from new album STARFISH on Glimster Records GLIMCD 02 (Catriona McKay - PRS/MCPS)
3. MADDY PRIOR -Trooper's Nag (2.43) Track 2 from new album SEVEN FOR OLD ENGLAND on Park PRKCD 100 (Trad arr Prior/Kirkpatrick/Lewin- Park West Music)
4. BOB FOX - The White Cockade (3.07) Track 2 from DREAMS NEVER LEAVE YOU on Woodworm WRCD 035 (Trad arr Bob Fox- PRS) Th 5 June Hereford Courtyard Arts 0870 1122330 / Fr 6 JUne Birmingham- The Endwood Pub, Hamstead Rd B20 2RA 0121 358 2665 + Gate to Southwell Festival 7/8 June
5. ANAIS MITCHELL - Cosmic American (3.41) Track 3 from HYMNS FOR THE EXILED on Righteous Babe RBR 060 -DE (Anais Mitchell/ Gram Parsons- Treleven Music/Cosmic American Music)
6. KATHLEEN BOYLE with JULIE FOWLIS -An Cailin Rua (3.17) Track 3 from new album AN CAILIN RUA (the Red Haired Girl) on own label KTR 001CD (Trad arr K Boyle - PRS)
7. STEVE TILSTON - The Naked Highwayman (4.09) Track 3 from THE GREENING WIND on Hubris Records HRCD 002 (Steve Tilston- Hubrisity Music) Sat 7 Bristol- Charity Concert for Amnesty Int- QEH THeatre tickets from BRistol Ticket Shop
8. JUDY COLLINS - Suzanne (4.24) Track 5 from COLOURS OF THE DAY- THE BEST OF...on Elektra 7559 60681 2 (Leonard Cohen- Project 7 Music) UK Tour Sun 8 June Wolverhampton Civic Centre / 12 June Warwick Arts Centre Coventry / 13 June Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare
9. DAN JAMES - Love is Teasing (2.56) Track 3 from new album BE BOP DA JIG on Bee Bop Da Jig BBDJ 01 (Trad arr Dan james- PRS) Tour 6-15 June includes 8 June Bristol- Little Lab Redfield 2pm, Queen;s Head Monmouth 9pm/ 9 June - BATH- The Bell 1pm, Mr Wolff's Noodle Bar 10pm / 13 June STROUD Star Anise Cafe 1.20pm , Old Crown at Uley 9pm / 14 June GLOUCESTER Cafe Rene 12.30pm, Pig Inn 9pm/ 15 June -The Marrs Bar Worcester 9pm
10. THE PARISH PLATFORM - Whistling Rufus (3.05) Track 5 from new album RATTLE THE BOARDS on Doon Productions DP 001 (Trad arr Parish Platform - PRS)
11. THE CEDAR - Room to Beat (2.34) Track 2 from promo from forthcoming EP - Tinhut Productions 07967 215842 (Neil Gay/E Murphy - PRS) Fr 6 ACOUSTICA SUMMER FESTIVAL at Gloucester Guildhall Arts Centre 01452 503050
12. BABEL - Rain (2.34) Track 1 from the THE ARK EP on Pear Tree Records Tinhut Productions 07967 215842 (Babel- PRS) Fr 6 ACOUSTICA SUMMER FESTIVAL at Gloucester Guildhall Arts Centre 01452 503050
13. RICHARD DIGANCE - Working Class Millionaire (2.54) Disc 2 Track 9 from TRANSATLANTIC FOLK BOX SET on Sanctuary Music SME TD 137 (R Digance- Logo Songs Ltd) Wed 4 Hereford Courtyard Arts 01870 1122330 / FR 6 Tewkesbury Roses Theatre 01684 295074
14. BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST - Mandesse/ Gathering Peascods (5.31) Track 1 from new album THE FOOD OF LOVE on Wild Goose WGS 353 CD ( Trad arr Sartin/Hutchinson-PRS) Th 12 June Frampton-on Severn Community Arts Centre 01531 822362 / Fr 13 Chippenham The Cause Arts Centre
15. SECKOU KEITA -Fonding Ke (4.12) Track 3 from new album THE SILIMBO PASSAGE on World Adventures WA 2008 (Seckou Keita - PRS) Tour includes Tues 27 May Hay on Wye Festival / Tues 3 June Bath Invention Arts CEntre / Th 5th Taunton Brewhouse Theatre / Th 12 Worcester Huntingdon hall 01905 611427
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 25 May 2008
1. ERIC BIBB - Get on Board (3.27) Track 4 from new album GET ON BOARD on Telarc Blues CD 83675 (Eric Bibb -Flatbrim Songs)
2. SETH LAKEMAN - Sound of Drum (3.50) Track 2 from new single THE HURLERS/SOUND OF DRUM on Relentless RELCDJ 53 and from forthcoming album Poor Man's Heaven - (Seth Lakeman- PRS)
3. MARTHA WAINWRIGHT - Bleeding All Over You (3.29) Track 1 and single from new album I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED BUT I'VE GOT FEELINGS TOO on Drowned in Sound Records promo copy...
4. KERFUFFLE - Two Sisters (3.38) Track 10 from new album TO THE GROUND on Root Beat Records RBRCD 06 (Trad arr Kerfuffle- PRS)
5. FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Best Wishes (3.41) Track 16 from A SENSE OF OCCASION on Matty Grooves MGCD 044 (steve Ashley- PRS) Wed 28 Worcester Huntingdon hall 01905 611427 / Sat 31 Little Theatre, Chipping Norton
6. KATE RUSBY - Old Man (3.49) Track 7 from AWKWARD ANNIE on Pure PRCD 23 (Trad/k Rusby- PRS)Sat 31 May - Cheese and Grain Frome / Sun 1 June Cheltenham Racecourse WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL other acts at weekend Spiers and Boden, Orchestra Baobab, The Proclaimers, Trans Global Underground, Rachel Unthank and the Winterset tickets Town Hall Box Office 01242 227979
7. SOLAS - The Coconut Dog/ Morning Dew (3.54) Track 6 from WAITING FOR AN ECHO on Shanachie SH 78060 (Seamus Egan/Trad arr Solas - Seamus Egan Music/BMI) Mon 26 Chippenham Folk Festival- The Cause Music and Arts Centre 01249- 851331
8. DAN JAMES - Love is Teasing (2.56) Track 3 from new album BE BOP DA JIG on Bee Bop Da Jig BBDJ 01 (Trad arr Dan james- PRS)
9. CARA DILLON AND JOHN SMITH - If I Prove False (4.08) Track 1- single on Charcoal Records CHAR 001 (Trad arr John Smith and Cara Dillon- PR) Fr 30 May Tewkesbury Roses Theatre 01684 295074
10. SECKOU KEITA - Bimo ( 4.12) Track 1 from new album THE SILIMBO PASSAGE on World Adventures WA 2008 (Seckou Keita - PRS) Tour includes Tues 27 May Hay on Wye Festival / Tues 3 June Bath Invention Arts CEntre / Th 5th Taunton Brewhouse Theatre / Th 12 Worcester Huntingdon hall 01905 611427
11. TANGLEFOOT - Empire and the Right (George) (3.53) Track 7 from DANCE LIKE FLAMES on Borealis BCD 179 (Al Parrish - SOCAN) Sat 31 Birmingham Red LIon Kings Heath 0121 202 5000 / 2 June Nettlebed Village Hall 01628 636620
12. HORSE'S BRAWL - Passim Estampie (3.56) from demo CD from AUST church (Laura Cannell/Adrian Lever- PRS) Wed 28 May Bath Festival live recording for BBC radio 3 01225 463362
13. IMAGINED VILLAGE - Cold Haily Windy Night (4.32) Disc 1 Track 1 from FOLK AWARDS 2008 on Proper PROPERFOLK 05 (Trad arr E Carthy/ Trans-Global Underground/ M Carthy/ Chris Wood - EMI/PRS) 30-1 June WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL at Cheltenham Racecourse with Kate Rusby, Spiers and Boden, Orchestra Baobab, The Proclaimers, Trans Global Underground, Rachel Unthank and the Winterset tickets Town Hall Box Office 01242 227979
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 18 May 2008
1. SOLAS -The Ploughman (3.52) Track 11 from WAITING FOR AN ECHO on
Shanachie 78060 (Trad Arr Solas- Moy River Pub/BMI) Chippenham Folk
Festival Mon 26th May...... 01249 657190
2. THE PAPERBOYS - Comfort and Kind (3.46) Track 7 from THE ROAD TO ELLENSIDE on Stompy Discs SD 20602 (Tom Landa/Geoffrey Kelly- Socan) UK Tour....19- 25 May
3. KERR FAGAN HARBRON -Thaxted/Leaving Old England (4.56) Track 1 from new album STATION HOUSE on Fellside FECD 211 (Gustav Holst/Trad arr Kerr/Fagan/Harbron- Fellsongs Pub/PRS) Chippenham Folk Festival 23-26 MAY 01249 657190
4. THE KATHRYN TICKELL BAND-Hareshaw Burn (3.29) Track 8 from INSTRUMENTAL on Park PRKCD 92 (K Tickell- Parkwest Music) Sat 24 Tewkesbury Abbey 7.30pm 01684 295074 / and BATH FESTIVAL
5. PETE MORTON- The Shepherd's Song (4.03) Track 3 from new album NAPOLEON JUKEBOX on Further 001 (Pete Morton- Harbourtown Music)
6. CARA DILLON - Here's a Health (4.24) Track 3 from AFTER THE MORNING on Rough Trade RTRADCD 198 (Trad arr Cara Dillon/Sam Lakeman- PRS) Fr 30 May Tewkesbury Roses Theatre 01684 295074
Interview with Karen Tweed...
7 MAY MONDAY (KAREN TWEED AND TIMO ALOKATILA) - Ensuite Barn/Spaghetti Panic/ with Chilli (5.09) Track 5 from new album MIDNIGHT on May Monday Adventures MMA 6327001 (John Dipper / Andy Cutting - PRS/Topic Publishing/PRS) Fri 23 May Stroud Sub Rooms 01453 760900 /Sat 24 May Malvern, The GRove 01684 576359
8. MAY MONDAY - Midnight Macmaster (3.35) Track 6 from new album MIDNIGHT on May Monday Adventures MMA 6327001 (Karen Tweed -PRS) Fri 23 May Stroud Sub Rooms 01453 760900 /Sat 24 May Malvern, The GRove 01684 576359
9. BELLA HARDY - Searching for Lambs (2.05) Track 6 from NIGHT VISITING on Noe Records NOE 01 (Trad arr Bella Hardy/Chris Sherburn- PRS) FR 22 Cardiff Norwegian Church Arts Centre/ Fr 23 Prema Arts Centre, Uley nr Dursley, Glos 01453 860703
10. CATRIONA MCKAY AND CHRIS STOUT - End of the Line (4,07) Track 7 from LAEBRACK on Green-trax CDTRAX 278 (C McKay/D Shaw- PRS)- 21 May- 7 June BATH Festival and FRinge 01225 463362
11. STEAMCHICKEN - Kerry Slide/Sweet and Lovely (4.16) Track 3 from Live Deed promo CD recorded at Warwick Folk Festival 2007 (Trad ET Crum/John Kirkpatrick -PRS) 23-26 May Chippenham Folk Festival 01249 657190
12 TINAWARIN - Zin Es Gourmeden (3.24) Track 2 from FROOTS no 18 from FROOTS Magazine FROOTCD 018 (Agillale /Khalid/Agalhabib- Emma Productions) TOUR includes 21 May Cardiff The Point / 22 May Bristol Colston hall/ Sat 24 Birmingham Town hall
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 11 May 2008
1. ERIC BIBB - Get on Board (3.27) Track 4 from new album GET ON BOARD on Telarc Blues CD 83675 (Eric Bibb -Flatbrim Songs)
2. EMILY SMITH - May Colven (4.25) Track 5 from new album TOO LONG AWAY on Spit and Polish SPIT 035 (Trad / Emily Smith- MCPS/PRS)
3. EMILY SMITH - Audience of Souls(4.10) Track 3 from new album TOO LONG AWAY on Spit and Polish SPIT 035 ( Emily Smith- MCPS/PRS)
4. DICK HENSOLD - First Leaves of Spring ( 3,00) Track 2 frm new album BIG MUSIC FOR NORTHUMBRIAN SMALLPIPES on Ten Thousand lakes/ Schubert Club SC 127 (Dick Hensold - BMI)
5. TIM VAN EYKEN - Yound Alvin (5.29) Track 7 from STIFF LOVERS HOLYMEN THIEVES on Topic TSCD 565 (Trad arr T V Eyken- Topic Records Music) Tour dates....16 MAY Blackwood Miner's Institute S Wales 01495 227206 / 30 May Marlborough Town hall
6. EAMON FRIEL with Mary Dillon - In for the Day (3.35) Track 1 from EP IN FOR THE DAY on THran THR 1005 (E Friel- Cop Control)
7. PATRICK STREET - Stewball and the Monaghan Grey Mare (4.09) Track 9 from LIVE FROM PATRICK STREET on Green Linnet GLCD 1194 ( Andy Irvine- PRS/IMRO) Tour includes..12 May The Welfare, Ystragynlais 01639 843163 / 13 May Cardiff St david's Hall 02920 878444 / 25 May Bath Fringe Festival 01225 463362
8. BARRON BRADY- The Fisherman (3. 34) Track 2 from STRANGE HARVEST on own label Barron Brady info- 01803 868954 (Simon Barron/Ros Brady- PRS) Fri 16th The Crown Inn, Coalway nr Coleford 8.30pm
9. MISERICORDIA - Ecco la Primavera (2.50) Track 1 from sampler of live recordings (Trad arr Anne Marie Summers/Stephen Tyler- PRS) Sat 17th Aust Church , s Glos 01454 632306
10. BELLA HARDY - Searching for Lambs ( 2.47) Track 6 from NIGHT VISITING on Noe Records NOE 01 (Trad arr bella Hardy- PRS) 22 May Cardiff Norwegian Church Arts Centre / 23 May Prema Arts Centre, Uley nr Dursley 01453 860703
11. KENT DU CHAINE -Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (3.32) Track 1 from LIVE AT LES LOUFIATS on Cadillac Records CAD 1616 (Bukka White- PRS) Sun 18th May Bristol Bordeaux Quay, V Shed , Canon's Way 0117 904 1870
12. CRUCIBLE - Old Mrs Wilson/Dorsetshire Hornpipe (3.47) Track 5 from new album LOVE AND MONEY on Fellside FECD 212 (Trad arr Crucible- Fellsongs Pub)
13. BENITA JOHNSON - Mountaineer (2.01) Track 5 from EP - 29th MAY on own label ....... (words and music by B L Knowles aka Benita Johnson- cop control) Sun 11th May Tetbury, Priory Inn 8pm www. benitajohnson.co.uk
14. PEATBOG FAERIES - Friend of Crazy Joe (2.37) Track 6 from WHAT MEN DESERVE TO LOSE on Peatbog Records CDBOG 003 (Peter Morrison- PRS) Sat 17 Worcester Huntingdon hall 01905 611427
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 4 May 2008
1. IMAGINED VILLAGE - Cold Haily Rainy Night (6.10) Disc 1 Track 1 from FOLK AWARDS 2008 on Proper Properfolk 05 (Trad arr Eliza Carthy.Transglobal Underground, Martin carthy, Chris Wood- PRS) Mon 5th May- Bristol -The Thekla/ Th 8th Brewhouse Theatre Taunton / Th 15th GLOUCESTER Guildhall Arts CEntre 01452 503050- Imagined Village at Wychwood Festival in Cheltenham early June
2. EMILY SMITH - Caledonia (4.33) Track 2 from new album TOO LONG AWAY on Spit and Polish SPIT 035 (Trad / Tony Cuffe - Iona Publishing)
3. KERR FAGAN HARBRON - The Smiling Bride/Drummond Castle/Holly's Jig (3.10) Track 7 from new album STATION HOUSE on Fellside FECD 211 (Charlie Lennon/Trad /Fagan- Fellsongs Pub/PRS)
4. BOO HEWARDINE - Ellis Island Blues (3.42) Track 2 from new EP - TOY BOX No 1 on Navigator NAVIGATOR 13 (Boo Hewardine - Chrysalis Music Ltd)
5. MARTIN SIMPSON - Lakes of Champlain (4.36) Track 3 from PRODIGAL SON on Topic TSCD 567 (Trad arr M Simpson- Topic Records Ltd ) Thu 8th Marlborough St Peter's Church 01672 512465 / Fri 9th Worcester Huntingdon Hall 01905 611427
6. CHERISH THE LADIES with KATE RUSBY - Bogie's Bonny Belle (5.14) Track 4 from WOMAN OF THE HOUSE on Rounder 11661 - 7063-2 (Trad arr CTL/ Phil Cunningham - Wood Park Pub/PRS) KATE RUSBY Tour 5th May Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry / TH 8th Exeter Corn Exchange/ 31st May Cheese and Grain, Frome.
7. TANNAHILL WEAVERS - Are Ye Sleeping Maggie?/Noose and the Ghillie (3.04) Track 9 from TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM SCOTLAND on Celtophile CELT 9005 (Trad arr Tannahill Weavers- PRS) Fri 9th Hereford Courtyard Arts 0870 1122330 / Sat 10th Wolverhampton Newhampton Inn 01902 745 7733
8. RORY McLEOD- Me and the Winds Blow (3.42) Track 3 from SONGS FOR BIG LITTLE PEOPLE on Talkative music TALK 003 (Rory McLeod- Talkative Music) Th 8th May Cardiff Norwegian Church Arts CEntre/ Fri 9th Gloucester Guildhall Arts Centre 01452 503050
9. CELTISH - Elizabeth McDermot Row/After the Rain (4.23) Track 8 from CENTRIFUSION on Wise WISCD 3435 (O'Carolan arr John Harris/John Harris arr Celtish - PRS) Sat 10th Hartpury Old Chapel nr Gloucester- tickets 01452 790860/ 07958 193964
10. BENITA JOHNSON - We're Okay (3.53) Track 3 from EP - 29th MAY on own label ....... (words and music by B L Knowles aka Benita Johnson- cop control) Sun 11th May Tetbury, Priory Inn 8pm www. benitajohnson.co.uk
11. DANA AND SUSAN ROBINSON - Glory in the Meeting House(2.48) Track 4 from new album ROUND MY DOORon Threshold Music TM 0089 (Trad arr Dana Robinson/Susan Robinson- Threshold Music/BMI) Tour includes Th 8 Corsham Royal Oak / Sat 10 Bristol Nova Scotia, Cumberland Basin
12. JOHNNY COPPIN AND MIKE SILVER - Rydal (4.12) Track 5 from BREAKING THE SILENCE on Faymus FRCD 0101 (Johnny Coppin- PRS) Th 8th Burslem Fringe nr Stoke/ Fr 9th JC solo at Dursley Kingshill House 01453 549133
13. LUNASA - Punch (3.12) Track 3 from THE KINNITTY SESSIONS on Compass 7 4377 2 (Charlie Lennon/Trad arr Lunasa/Gerry O'Connor- SGO Pub) Tour3-17th May includes 10th May Wimborne Allendale Centre 01202 897958 / 15th May London Irish Cultural Centre in hammersmith 0208 563 8232
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 27 April 2008 - Music for May Day
1. ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION -Goodbye is All We Have (3.53) Track 4 from LONELY RUNS BOTH WAYS on Rounder RRCD 525 (Sarah Siskind Pedestrian Pub/BMI) on tour with Robert Plant 5 May Birmingham NIA 0870 400 0688 / 8 May Cardiff Int Arena 0870 400 0688
2. GENTICORUM - Les Cousinages (3.50) Track 1 from new album MALINS PLAISIRS on Roues et Archets RA 006 (Trad arr Jean-Paul Guimond - Socan)
3. STEELEYE SPAN - All Around My Hat (4.03) Disc 1 Track 9 from THE VERY BEST OF STEELEYE SPAN- PRESENT on Park PRKCD 064 (Trad arr Prior, Johnson, Knight, Kemp, Genockey- Peer Music UK) Tour includes Mon 28 Abergavenny Borough THeatre 01873 850805 / Wed 30 and Thu 1 May Tewkesbury Roses Theatre 01684 295074 / Bristol later on...plus other dates
4. IAN MACMILLAN ORCHESTRA - Song ofthe Quarryman (3.27) Track 1 from SHARP STORIES on Taith Records TRCD 0006 (Ian Macmillan/Luke carver Goss- PRS) Sat 3 May Nailsworth Festival- The Town Hall, Old Bristol Road 7.30pm 01453 760900
5. DANA AND SUSAN ROBINSON - Cotton from the Clay (3.33) Track 3 from new album ROUND MY DOORon Threshold Music TM 0089 (Dana Robinson- Threshold Music/BMI) Tour includes Fr 2 May Nailsworth Ruskin Mill 01453 - 837537 / Th 8 Corsham Royal Oak / Sat 10 Bristol Nova Scotia, Cumberland Basin
6. CLIVE GREGSON - Cornerstone (3.36) Track 1 from LONG STORY SHORT on Fellside FECD 184 (Clive Gregson- Gregsongs Pub) Th 1 May Hereford Courtyard Arts 0870 1122330 / `Wed 8 Bristol, The Thunderbolt, Totterdown
7. TOUMANI DIABATE- Kaounding Cissoko (2.31) Track 4 from new album THE MANDE VARIATIONS on World Circuit WCD 079 (Toumani Diabate- World Circuit/PRS) 6 May Bristol St Georges tel 0845 402 4001
8. SU HART -The British Policeman Song (3.14) Track 10 from new album WORTH IT AFTER ALL on March Hare MAHACD 27 (Trad arr Su Hart/ Martin Cradick- March hare Music) Mon 28 Bath The Bell Inn, Walcot Street
9. TANGLEFOOT - The Whiskey Trick (2.49) Track 1 from DANCE LIKE FLAMES on Borealis BCD 179 (Al Parrish, Steve Ritchie, Terry Snider- Socan) Th 1 May Worcester Huntingdon Hall 01905 611427
Interview with Chris Arscott re UPTON ON SEVERN FOLK FESTIVAL
10. FAUSTUS - The Hostesses Daughter ( 4.32) Track 2 from new album FAUSTUS on Navigator 5 (Trad arr B Kirkpatrick, Paul sartin, Saul Rose - PRS) 3-5 MAY Upton on Severn Folk Festival with Roy Bailey, Diskan (with Karen Tweed), Keith Donnelly, Wistman's Wood (with Jackie Oates) and many more...
11. MAY MONDAY (Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila)- Ensuite Barn/ Spaghetti Panic(3.43) Track 5 from new album MIDNIGHT on May Monday Adventures MMA 6327001 (Karen Tweed - May Monday Pub) Tour includes 22 May at Stroud Sub Rooms 01453 760900 and Karen at Upton Festival 3-5 May
12. THE WATERSONS - Hal an Tow (2.04) Track 7 from THE SEASON ROUND by Various- on Topic TSCD 700 (Trad arr Watersons- Gwyneth Music) Th 1 May Peggy Seeger plus the Watersons- at St Georges, Bristol 0845 402 4001
13. STEELEYE SPAN - Padstow May Song (2.31) Disc 1 Track 2 from FOLK ROCK PIONEERS IN CONCERT on Park PRKCD 89 (Trad arr Prior, Knight, Kemp, Nicol, Genockey- Peer Music UK)Tour includes Mon 28 Abergavenny Borough THeatre 01873 850805 / Wed 30 and Thu 1 May Tewkesbury Roses Theatre 01684 295074 / Bristol later on...plus other dates
BBC RADIO GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOLK ROOTS PLAYLIST
Sun 20 April 2008 - Music for St George's Day Wed 23 April
1. SHOW OF HANDS - Roots (4. 09) Disc 1 Track 1 from ROOTS on Hands on Records HMCD 28 (Steve Knightley- PRS) Wed 23 April Pontardawe Arts Centre/ Th 24 Ebbw Vale Beaufort Theatre 01495 355800 / FR 25 Tamworth Folk Moot 01827 709618 / Sat 26 Birmingham St Georges Day Festival 0121 780 3333
2. CHUMBAWAMBA - Words can save us (1.52 ) Track 3 from new album THE BOY BANDS HAVE WON on No Masters NMCD 28 (Chumbawamba- EMI Music Pub Germany)
3. ELBOW JANE - England Stone (4.05) Track 1 from new album ENGLAND STONE on own label Elbow Jane EJCD 02 (Rich Woods - PRS)
4. JUNE TABOR - April Morning (5.02) Track 4 from ENGLISH ORIGINALS on Topic TSCD 706 (Trad arr Tabor, Cutting, Emerson- Topic Records Ltd)
5. MAY MONDAY (Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila)- Midnight Macmaster (3.34) Track 6 from new album MIDNIGHT on May Monday Adventures MMA 6327001 (Karen Tweed - May MOnday Pub) Tour includes 22 May at Stroud Sub Rooms 01453 760900
6. PETE MORTON - St George Slew the Dragon (3.44) Track 16 from new album NAPOLEON JUKEBOX on Further Records FURTHER 001 (Pete Morton- Harbourtown Music)
7. KATE RUSBY- High on the Hill (4.14) Track 4 from AWKWARD ANNIE album on Pure PRCD 23 (Kate Rusby-PRS) Tour includes Fri 25th April Bristol Colston hall / 5 May Warwick Arts CEntre/ 8 May Exeter Corn Exchange
8. SETH LAKEMAN- The Charmer (2.30) Track 1 from FREEDOM FIELDS on Relentless CDRELX 10 (Seth Lakeman- PRS) Tour includes Th 24 April Cardiff University / FR 25 Salisbury City Hall / Sat 26 Birmingham Town Hall 0121 780 3333
9. KARINE POLWART -The Good Years (3.46) Track 1 from new album THIS EARTHLY SPELL on Hegri HEGRICD 04 (Edwin Morgan/Karine Polwart- Bay Songs Ltd) FR 25th April Oxford Carling Academy
10. CHRIS WOOD - The Cottager's Reply (4.11) Track 2 from TRESPASSER on Ruf RUFCD 11 (adapted from poem by FRank Mansell/ music by Chris Wood - PRS) Sun 20th April with Hugh Lupton 'On Common GRound' at Martley Village Hall, Worcs.
11. MARTYN JOSEPH - This Fragile World (3.38) Track 6 from DEEP BLUE on Pipe PRCD 014 (Martyn Joseph- PRS) Fri 25th April Hereford Courtyard Arts Centre 0870 1122330 with Q and A session / Sat 26th Bromsgrove, Lickey Parish Hall- SOLD OUT!
12. BELLOWHEAD - Jordan (4.07) Disc 2 Track 1 from FOLK AWARDS 2008 on Proper PROPERFOLK 05 (Trad arr Jon Boden- PRS) Th 24th April STROUD Sub Rooms 01453 760900
13. KEITH HYETT - Portway (3.34) Track 3 from REFLECTIONS on Platinum Music UGP 7566 (Keith Hyett- Platinum Music) Th 24 April Bristol, Pierian Centre, St Paul's - info 01454 633327 www.keithhyett.co.uk
14. ROY BAILEY - Here's to the Juggler/Katherine (3.38) Track 8 from NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE OLD on Fuse CFCD 402 (Robb Johnson/Andy Cutting- PRS) Tour with John Kirkpatrick Mon 21 April Nettlebed Village Hall, Oxon / Thu 24 Worcester Huntingdon Hall 01905 611427
15. JO FREYA - Midnight Feast (4.21) Trackj 1 from LAL on No Masters NMCD 27 (Lal Waterson/ Oliver Knight- Voice Pub) with Fi Fraser Fr 25th April Cheltenham Folk Club, Beaufort Arms, London Rd 8pm
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