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FolkCast's preview of Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2014: the fabulous music festival in the heart of England presented by the founding fathers of British folk-rock Fairport Convention. The festival runs from August 7-9 in Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England. THE PODCAST PROGRAMME FolkCast Theme Music: Fisherman's Priest by Ken Nicol Podcast presented and produced by Phil Widdows In interview: Mr Dave "Peggy" Pegg, of Fairport Convention, a festival organiser featuring excerpts from the following music: Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble recorded live in rehearsal Jura Wedding Reels by Capercaillie Deja Vu by Steve Hackett Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys Leanabh an Oir by The Mischa Macpherson Trio Who Knows Where The Time Goes by Deborah Rose Eyes Of A Stranger by Edwina Hayes Fire by Benjamin Folke Thomas Hammer It Flat by The Churchfitters The Horizon, Me And You by The Travelling Band Circle Square by The Wonder Stuff The Sideboard Song by Chas & Dave Astronomy Domine by The Australian

Come with us on a journey studded with audio illusions: Americana that's not from America… A strange hunting accident in which the victim's ghost appears as a witness for the defence… Romans from Croatia in the Lake District… Three songs with no words… Blood in the kitchen, blood in the hall… And we march from the Highlands in the company of Bonnie Prince Charlie to hear a song that's all about him, but not in favour of him… All this and more in a mind-expanding edition of … FolkCast! Music featured: The Devil's Backbone by The Knights Of Mentis from the album "New Pound Coin" Take Me For A Ride by Wood, Wire and Words from the album "Riding The Rails" Jimmy by Mishaped Pearls from the album "Thamesis" Vankarin Polska / Shotgun by Bright Season from the album "Bright Season" Come What May by Clutching At Straws from the album "Come What May" The Sea by Ninebarrow from the album "When The Blackthorn Burns" First Europeans by Rainbow Chasers from the album "Chimes At Midnight" Rolling Down Thi

The Summer Sizzler 2014 from FolkCast The Soundtrack of the Season! Pull up a beach chair, help yourself to barbecue and beer, and enjoy 80 minutes of sizzling summer sounds from FolkCast, home of the best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music! Presented and produced by Phil Widdows with interjections from Babba Contents Sing A Song Of Summer by John Martyn from the album "The Tumbler" Springtime Promises by Pentangle, from the album "Basket Of Light" "Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends." - Darell Hammond Meet You In The Summer by Chris Hardy, from the album "Health To Your Hands" "In the Bible when it rained for 40 days and 40 nights they called it a disaster. In England, we call it summer…" - Anon Right As Rain by Peter Lacey, from the album "Last Leaf" “

From the sunny streets of an idealised England to doomed romances both modern and ancient… From a trip to the bathroom to a journey to the Far East… From murderous gangs of lovers to deep-voiced deadly goblins…From a wooden man to a wee man…From the battle of Agincourt to a fight defused by tea and biscuits…It's all in this month's edition of FolkCast! The best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music from the UK and around the world. Music featured: Sunshine Street by The Men With Strong Arms from the album "Sunshine Street" Closer Than You Thought by Crafting For Foes from the EP "Love Is Scorned" In The Garden by Avital Raz from the album "The Believer" Letting Go by Daria Kulesh from the album "Eternal Child" Blackwaterside by Crossharbour from the album "Crossharbour" Daisy In The Sun/Trip To The Bathroom by Fifteen String Trio Unreleased track Shoe Strings by The Rambling Roots from the EP "The Rambling Roots" "Grim And Grimy Folk" The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow by Tammerlin from t

Politics leads to tickling, which leads to happiness. The break of day leads to a terrible mining disaster. We go to sea, meet three ghosts, are taken as slaves by moorish pirates and finally go cuckoo. It's all in this episode of FolkCast - the show that breaks the rules! Music featured: The Journeyman by Pete Morton from the album "The Ramblin' And Frappin' Pete Morton" Socialism in Our Time by Sydney Carter from the album "Anthems In Eden" Joanne by House Of Hats from the album "This Love" Ribbons by The Jones Boys from the album "Like the Sun a-Glittering" I'm So Happy by Billy Brown from the EP "Up Against It" Sunrise Ride by Peter Lacey from the album "Last Leaf" The Coming Of The Day by Adrian Nation from the album "Live at Crossroads" "Grim And Grimy Folk"Trimdon Grange by Martin Carthy from the album "Sweet Wivelsfield" Szanta Oliwska by Brasy from the album "BrasyLive" Soldiers Joy/Floating Candle/The Dutchess by Will Pound from the album "A Cut Above" The Aerial And Taeping

FolkCast's second annual celebration of the season of Spring, as told in music, rhyme and verse. Come on, let's set out now on a journey from the death of Old Man Winter to the dawning of a new summer … on the way we'll visit April and Easter as we March Into May! The Music and Verse (§) Spring Song by Charlie Chaplin First Song Of Spring by Paul McGladdery It May Be Spring But I Still Need A Coat by The Webb Sisters § Spring by Ian Bland (written and recorded exclusively for FolkCast) with Dance Of The Demon Daffodils (instrumental) by John Kirkpatrick I Saw The Sun Today by Becky Mills Come The Springtime by Blue Rose Code § Never Mind, March by Anon The Springtime Of The Year by John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers First Spring Day by Suburban Tribe Spring Has Sprung by George Breakfast § Excerpt from Two Tramps in Mud Time by Robert Frost with The Walk Before Easter (instrumental) by Martin Simpson § Blackrod Hawthorn written and spoken by Dogman (aka David Sands) One More Day

The best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music from the UK and around the world. In this show: New Scottish folk music, the return of Ken Nicol, and the launch of our hunt for the most 'Grim and Grimy' folk songs ever! Music featured:Flash Hard by Mather & Robinson from the album "In Time" Jock Hawk's Adventures In Glasgow by Fiona Hunter from the album "Fiona Hunter" Rum by Ross Ainsley from the album "Wide Open" The Lads Like Beer by Blazin' Fiddles from the album "Six" Kilmartin Glen Campsite by Marit And Rona from the album "Turas" Heel And Toe by Nobodaddy from the album "Longing For Flight" The Manchester Rambler Frap by Pete Morton from the album "The Frappin' And Ramblin' Pete Morton" Walking In The Footsteps Of Giants by Harp And A Monkey from the album "All Life Is Here" Houses And Vineyards by Robin Mitchell from the EP "Return" Another Grey And Grim Old Grimy Day by John Tams from the album "Home" Beedle Um Bum by The Jake Leg Jug Band from the album "Cotton Mouth

This week the world lost Pete Seeger, a true giant of the folk music scene. For seven decades, Pete was at the heart of American folk music and personifies protest music. Here, as a tribute to the great man, we at FolkCast have dipped into our archive to present an edition of our long-running Story Behind The Song feature, to showcase a song that was intimately tied to Pete Seeger throughout his long career. Originally aired in November 2011, here is FolkCast's history man, Babba, with The Story Behind "We Shall Overcome". For regular updates from the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music, keep focused on FolkCast - at folkcast.co.uk. Search for FolkCast on Facebook and Twitter, and check out our blog at folkcasters.blogspot.co.uk FolkCast - it's our finger in your ear!

The best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music from The UK and around the world. New year, new music - plus a pause for thought about the true nature of sacrifice. The Men With Strong Arms by The Men With Strong Arms from the album "Sunshine Street" We Won't Go Home Tonight by Leatherat from the album "Snake Eyes" Not Peace, But A Sword by Robin Mitchell from the EP "Return" A Beggin' I Will Go by Nigel Parry from the album "Row Out To Your Ship Of Dreams" Father's Footsteps by Luke Jackson from the album "Fumes And Faith" A Precious Place by Patsy Reid from the album "The Brightest Path" Towards The Sun by Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault from the album "Hunter's Moon" Drunken Sailor by Chris Ricketts from the album "Outward Bound" The Wicker Man by Damh The Bard single release Buain Ná Rainich (Fairy Love Song) by Eddi Reader from the album "Vagabond" Hate by Ian Roland from the EP "Helicopter" Babba presents The Story Behind The Song: High Germany by Isambarde

An end-of-year special: more songs by some of the artists featured on FolkCast throughout 2013 Presented and Produced by Phil Widdows Music: Marching Through The Green Grass by Lucy Ward Blackjack, Whiskey And Gin by Jenna Let's Have A Drink by True Gents When A Knight Won His Spurs by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker Crudetés by Blanche Rowan and Mike Gulson We Shall Wear Midnight by Steeleye Span Flash Company by The Outside Track Ford O' Kabul River by Blackbeard's Tea Party Morecambe Bay by Union Jill Emerald Green by Merry Hell The Captain's Daughter by The Longest Johns The Landlord's Daughter by Fabian Holland The Landlord's Daughter by Magnet and Paul Giovanni Coming Up For Air by Zeptepi For Peace And For Green by Helen Dorothy Babba presents The Story Behind The Song The Boar's Head Carol by Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band Canu Cwnsela / Pwnco by Allan Yn Y Fan Hymn For The New Year by Gavin Davenport For full details and links see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Music and poetry for the season of Winter, of Christmas & Yuletide. Presented by Babba - Produced by Phil Widdows - Readings by Phil Widdows Song For A New Beginning by Secret Garden, from the album Winter Poem .... with Winter Begins by Phil Widdows Winter Song by Anne Marie Almedal, from the album Memory Lane Winter Rose by Fairground Attraction, from the album The Very Best Of Fairground Attraction .... with Winter Bonus, a limerick... Cold Blow December Winds by Winter Wilson, from the album Cutting Free Wintersongs by Judy Dyble, from the album Flow And Change The Invisible Waltz by Howard Haigh, from the album Ride Forever and A Winter Snowscape by Martin Barre, from the album Stage Left .... with London Snow by Robert Bridges Bring Us In Good Ale by Maddy Prior And The Carnival Band, from the album A Christmas Caper The Company Makes The Feast by Kathryn and Bob Tickell, from the album Northumbrian Voices All In The Winter Time by Life And Times, from the album Charivari Christmas Bell

FolkCast 091 - November 2013 Delights, surprises and new releases from the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music, plus a journey into the catastrophic past of Old London Town in The Story Behind The Song, telling the tale of The Fire Of '66. Robbing On The Highway by James Bell Wintersmith by Steeleye Span Katie Cruel by Salt House Burnwood by Moonrakers Eyes by Elliott Morris The Heart Of It All by The Speedbumps Don't Feel The Same by Annie Dressner Who Killed JFK? by Tommy Sands Kennedy And The Warren Commission by Bill Hicks… New Deal by Gareth Davies-Jones Alien Forces by Monster Ceilidh Band Bushes And Briars by DJ Ualdemar Babba presents The Story Behind The Song: Fire Of '66 by Roy Mette I'm Going Now by Kevin Doherty Presented and produced by Phil Widdows For more details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

The FolkCast Halloween Scream 2013 The Beast In The Attic A tale of terror illustrated with music and poetry Presented and produced by Phil Widdows A Time That Never Was… by Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks Souling Song by Kristen Lawrence It’s Halloween by Laura Warfield Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe Ghost by Matt Stevens Introduction To Horror, presented by Arch Oboler Watching Ghosts by Helen Dorothy Graveyard by True Gents Along Destiny Road, a poem by Dave Alton with Horror by Paul Sop The Bet by Show Of Hands O! Death by Sproatly Smith The Gravedigger by Jake Thackray The “Other Dance”… from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett, read by Babba. The Dark Morris by Steeleye Span Seven Years Old by Sedayne ”Tis Now The Very Witching Time Of The Night”, from Hamlet, read by Richard Burton The Unquiet Grave by Moonrakers The Moonwraith by Bonfire Night Halloween Radio Broadcast by Bing Crosby and Lena Home Goetia AD72 by English Heretic Samhain Eve by Dahm The Bard Death Is Just A

New songs, old songs, pop songs as folk songs, songs about the weather and the Story Behind The Song. It's a rockin', riotous, rumbustious FolkCast show…! The Chemical Worker's Song by The Demon Barbers from their new, as yet unreleased, album Soul Traders Drum by Day Of The Rabblement from the album "Night Time Rallies" Bolinder by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer from the album "Red House" Paint It Black/Devil In The Kitchen by Whalebone from the album "Runes" Road To Nowhere by The Bad Shepherds from the album "Mud, Blood & Beer" Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Red Hot Chilli Pipers from the album "Breathe" The Wind It Will Blow by Doug MacNearney from the album "Rambling Songs" The Wind Blows Around Them All by Beau from the album "Twelve Strings To The Beau" After The Rain by Zeptepi from the album "Coming Up For Air" Erin Farewell by McDermott's 2 Hours from the album "Anticlockwise" Waiting For The River by Merry Hell from the album "Head Full Of Magic, Shoes Full Of Rain" Ro

The FolkCast Autumn Crackler 2013: a collection of songs and quotations for the season "Summer swift becomes memory, and autumn falls to the ground in a harvest of gold leaf and ripe berries, as the year rolls around And here is the FolkCast Crackler, a harvest of verse and of song, a salute to the season's quality as the year rolls along." The Boys Of Summer by Show Of Hands The Green Man by Roy Harper “Autumn -- that season of peculiar and inexhaustible influence on the mind of taste and tenderness -- that season which has drawn from every poet worthy of being read some attempt at description, or some lines of feeling.” ― Jane Austen, Persuasion September (Alternative Version) by Nick Cook Autumn by Paolo Nutini Brambles On A Hill by Ashley Hutchings “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” ― George Eliot Gathering Summer In by Talis Kimberley “But then fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass a

It's oh so quiet as we fill this month's show with folk, singer-songwriter and roots music from the chilled end of the scale. It's all low-key, laid back, and decidedly delicious, including an exclusive live session from our special guest, Sarah McQuaid. Music featured: To Make You Stay by Tinkerscuss from the album "The Best Of Tinkerscuss" Pretty Young Things by Becky Mills from the album "Dandelion" Money And Gold by Day Of The Rabblement from the album "Night Time Rallies" Church On Sunday by Jont from the album "Hello Halifax" The FolkCast Live Session The Sun Goes On Rising by Sarah McQuaid recorded live at MVS Sound, Preston The Private Still by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer from the album "Red House" Sly Whispers by Jenna from the album "Hitchhiker" Sportsman's Hornpipe/Banks Of The Nile by Phillip Henry And Hannah Martin from the album "Mynd" The Story Behind The Song The tale of Mary Queen of Scots is told by Babba featuring Fotheringay by Fairport Convention Shipping Song by Lisa Knapp from

New sounds from the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music. Excerpts from two very different musical journeys, a version of Raggle Taggle Gypsies like you've never heard before, and some music that's so chilled out it moves at just 1mph. Music featured: The Last Pirouette by Lucy Ward from the album "Single Flame" Overcome/Override by The Freedom/Guilt Equation from the album "Breathe" Gazing At The Stars All Night by Chris Flegg from the album "Gazing At The Stars All Night" Forlorn Land by Ange Hardy from the album "Bare Foot Folk" Vagabonds And Rogues by Tess Of The Circle from the album "Thorns" You Are On Beach by One Mile An Hour from the album "One Mile An Hour" Lady Maisery by Lady Maisery from the album "Mayday" The Border by Gill Sandell from the album "Light The Boats" Bird Above Snake Below by Jet McDonald from the album "Soft Soft Soft The Sparrow Sings" Raggle Taggle Reggae by Celtic Reggae Revolution from the album "Everything Comes To Those Who Wait" Duck

New sounds from the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music. Songs of travel, of love, of loss and of a life well lived … and, if you thought you knew what bagpipes sound like, we'll be changing your mind. Plus…. an exclusive interview with singer-songwriter Luke Jackson! Music featured: The Bones by Rusty Shackle from the album "The Bones" These Are The Songs by Chris Ricketts from the album "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" Mary Anne by The Fisherman's Friends from the album "One And All" Green Grow The Laurels by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker from the album "Fire And Fortune" Emily by Cocos Lovers from the album "Gold Or Dust" Late Last Summer by Dick Hyman and Judy Hyman from the album "Late Last Summer" East of Woodstock, West of Vietnam by Tom Russell And The Norwegian Wind Ensemble from the album "Aztec Jazz" The Silver Spear by The Red Hot Chilli Pipers from the album "Breathe" Midnight Train/New by Man's Ruin from the album "Health And Safety" Eyes To The

THE PODCAST PROGRAMME The FolkCast preview of Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2013, the fabulous music festival in the heart of England presented by the founding fathers of British folk-rock, Fairport Convention. With music and interviews. Podcast presented and produced by Phil Widdows FolkCast Theme Music: Fisherman's Priest by Ken Nicol * School's Out by Alice Cooper Interview with Dave Pegg (part 1) Preview of Thursday's line-up * Peggy's Pub by Dave Pegg and PJ Wright * Festival Bell by Fairport Convention * Fantastic Day by Romeo's Daughter * List Of A Sailor by Edward II * No More Mr Nice Guy (live) by Alice Cooper Interview with David McCloud of the Clan McBastard * The Clumsy Lover Set by Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar Interview with Dave Pegg (part 2) Preview of Friday's line-up * Two Magicians by Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar * You Don't Know by Danny & The Champions Of The World * Lusty Smith by Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman * Uca's Danc

A soundtrack for the season: summery songs and songs of the summer, with poetry and quotations to match. A soundtrack for the season: summery songs and songs of the summer, with poetry and quotations to match. Music from: Eddi Reader - The True Gents - Candidate - Co-Pilgrim - Blanche Rowan & Mike Gulston - Lola & The Bludgies - Uku The Mighty - Union Jill - Jack Harris - Alexandre Nestorov - Damh The Bard - Jon Airdrie - Paul Mosley - Nick Drake - Mark Knopfler - Man's Ruin - Nigel Brown - Show Of Hands - Martin Francis - Luke Jackson - Eric Pukos Poetry and quotations from: Enid Blyton - James Dent - William Cullen Bryant - F. Scott Fitzgerald - William Shakespeare - Natalie Babbitt - Deb Caleti For full details, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk