Folkcast

The best in new releases from the worlds of Folk, Folk-Rock, Singer-Songwriter and Roots music, presented by Phil Widdows with guest Ken Nicol, freshly returned from his latest tour of Australia and New Zealand. NOTE: An Extra Large version of this show, with added chat and more music, can be found at our website: www.folkcast.co.uk/ShowNotes/shownotes086.html Loving The Skin You're In by Merry Hell Fire And Fortune by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker Angra Mainyu by Nick Edward Harris Australia by Men Of Folk Don't Cry by Ann Vriend One Step Ahead Of The Blues by Gary Hall Download by CLive Gregson The Retirement Song by The Longest Johns Together We're Fine by Dougie Crosbie Emerald Green by Merry Hell Meet Me On The Corner by Lindisfarne Babba presents The Story Behind The Song: She Wore A Yellow Ribbon Alright by Men Of Folk For further details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

The latest releases from the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots-based music. Bagpipe Music by Battlefield Band The Show by Anna Corcoran Solitary Thinker by Common Tongues My Heart On A String by Graham Cairns The Sea-Sick Sailors/The Rough Crossing by Allan Yn Y Fan A Fairer Sea by Co-Pilgrim Sailor Song by Stark Anyone Can Fly by Gordon Giltrap and Oliver Wakeman Do Not Surrender by Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston Red On The Stair by Union Jill Babba presents The Story Behind The Song: Bartholomew Roberts by Roy Mette Ronds De St Vincent by The Celtic Fiddle Festival Spencer The Rover by Said The Maiden Lankin by Blackbeard's Tea Party For further details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

An exclusive interview with singer and songwriter Deborah Bonham. She talks about her new album Spirit, her musical influences and growing up with Led Zeppelin. Interview by Babba. Produced by Phil Widdows. Music Featured: Fly Take Me Down The Old Hyde Feel So Alive For full details see the show notes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Spring Into May: A FolkCast Seasonal Special Music and poetry for the Spring to early Summer, from Easter to the Merry Merry month of May. Produced by Phil Widdows. 1: March Borrowed From April by Hilary James with Oh Sweet Spontaneous by E.E. Cummings § 2: Spring Song by Waking The Witch "Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush!" - Doug Larson * 3: Holding Out For Spring by Jonnie Murphy 4: As I Roved Out by Matthew Ord "The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month!" - Henry Van Dyke * 5: Oh For The Spring by Neil Cousin 6: In Weaving Spring by Sedayne with Days Too Short, by WH Davies read by David Barnes via Librivox.org "Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature—if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not th

Our special guest is singer and guitarist Jed Grimes - well known from his days with folk-rock band Hedgehog Pie, the Doonan Family Band and The Hush. And we tell part two of the amazing life story of Tom Paine - a man who talked with presidents, kings and emperors, inspired revolutions, was jailed for his radical beliefs, and who has inspired several great songs. 1: Whip Jamboree by Blackbeard's Tea Party 2: False Knight On The Road by The Outside Track 3: Long Legged Lurcher Dog by Gavin Davenport 4: Threshing Machine by Faustus 5: A Curse On Lord Arrun by Crompton's Thresher 6: Farewell To Bon County by Jed Grimes 7: Interview with Jed Grimes featuring A Jug Of This by Jed Grimes 8: Byker Hill by Jed Grimes 9: The Earth Song by Bob Hillary and The Massive Mellow 10: Babba presents The Story Behind The Song - Tom Paine's Bones (sung by Jed Grimes) 11: Richer, Thinner, Smarter by Jess Morgan 12: Navigator by Amy Duncan For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Music from the outer reaches of the folk galaxy... The Long Way by Paradigms Woollen Hearts by Jo Bywater View Of My Sanity by Anna Lena and The Orchids Trudging Down The Road by Perry Ostrin Forced To Run by Rita Payne. For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Rewind dips into the FolkCast music archive to bring you more from artists already introduced in our monthly podcasts. In this debut edition of Rewind we concentrate on songs and tunes from the last 12 months or so. |

We present a show full of new (and a few not-so-new) sounds from the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music. Discover the amazing true story of folk hero Tom Paine, who went from being a corset maker in Norfolk to being "the father of the American Revolution" and also inspired a great song or two. And we pay tribute to Fisherman's Friends with a selection of shanties and songs of the sea. Music featured: The Barrels Are Full by True Gents MacPherson's Rant by Andrew Gordon The Friar In The Well by Brass Monkey Honey by D.H Lawrence And The Vaudeville Skiffle Show Songs With The Bark Still On 'Em by Spiritual Wardrobe Uca's Dance by Moulettes South Australia by Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends Haul Away Joe by Zeptepi Shanty Song by Chris Ricketts The Redhills Hornpipe by Colgarra Accountancy Shanty by Fairport Convention Boat And I by Heg And The Wolf Chorus Sea Shanty by Minnie Birch Angels Without Wings by Heidi Talbot Babba presents The Story Behind The Song: Her

New music for a new year from the UK's original and premier independent podcast dedicated to folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music. This month - choose your size: Regular or XL. Regular size is edited for listeners who prefer to burn the show to CD. The XL format includes extra chat and longer songs. Music featured: 1. North Sea Holes by Dr Mango & the Chickpeas 2. The Morning After by Merry Hell (feat Dave Swarbrick) 3. Mad Tom Of Bedlam by Peter Knight's Gigspanner 4. Jealous Angels by Daisy Chapman 5. Scarecrow by Bridie Jackson & The Arbour 6. The River in Her by Charlie Law 7. Highbury by Ivor Game 8. Get Well Soon by Ivor Game 9. Soldier On by Douglas Hinton 10. From a Welsh Kitchen by Until The Bird… 11. Bonus by Dirty Old Folkers 12. I Saw A Woman by Reg Meuross 13. In Your Wake by The Sandman's Orchestra 14. One Night As I Lay On My Bed by Fable Of The Bees 15. Deep Open Chord by Frost At Midnight For full details and links see the ShowNotes at www.folkcas

New music for a new year from the UK's original and premier independent podcast dedicated to folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music. This month - choose your size: Regular or XL. Regular size is edited for listeners who prefer to burn the show to CD. The XL format includes extra chat and longer songs. Music featured: 1. North Sea Holes by Dr Mango & the Chickpeas 2. The Morning After by Merry Hell (feat Dave Swarbrick) 3. Mad Tom Of Bedlam by Peter Knight's Gigspanner 4. Jealous Angels by Daisy Chapman 5. Scarecrow by Bridie Jackson & The Arbour 6. The River in Her by Charlie Law 7. Highbury by Ivor Game 8. Get Well Soon by Ivor Game 9. Soldier On by Douglas Hinton 10. From a Welsh Kitchen by Until The Bird… 11. Bonus by Dirty Old Folkers 12. I Saw A Woman by Reg Meuross 13. In Your Wake by The Sandman's Orchestra 14. One Night As I Lay On My Bed by Fable Of The Bees 15. Deep Open Chord by Frost At Midnight For full details and links see the ShowNotes at www.folkcas

Dark music for the darkest time of the year, with lots of death, tragedy and injustice in December 2012's FolkCast. So, if you're feeling desperate, down or dispirited because of the weather, your wasted wallet or your walloped waistline, this is just the place for you! These are the blues, baby - folk style! Music featured: The Milk White Dove by Kate Denny Stones & Matches by Iain Morrison Cycles by Mike Vass The Well by Red Shoes Broken Crash Barrier by Chris While and Julie Matthews Come Back by Annie Dressner A Highland Lamentation by Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl The Waltham Blacks by Mike Grogan Open Doors by The Portraits Bartonsham Meadows by Sproatly Smith Cygnus The Swan by Eamon Friel Babba presents The Story Behind The Song: Innocents Song by Show Of Hands The January Man by Damh The Bard For full details and links see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk where you'll also find a huge archive of our previous shows, plus links to our Twitter, our Facebook and our Blog.

Come to the FolkCast Village Hall for a special show full of music, poetry and comedy to celebrate winter, Yuletide, Christmas and beyond! Presented and produced by Phil Widdows. Our programme: Fire And Wine by Green Diesel The Last Month Of The Year by Tarbox Ramblers Winter Song by Emily Smith Reothadh (Frost) Joy Dunlop and Twelfth Day with Winter by William Shakespeare (Read by Ruth Golding for librivox.com) Iced In by Life And Times By The Fire by Josienne Clarke Bransles by Kerfuffle with For The Children Or The Grown-ups? by Anon. (Read by Phil Widdows) * It's That Time Of Year Again by Bob Kirkpatrick Silent Night by Priscilla Ahn Mistletoe And Holly by Beegie Adair Wonderful Christmastime by Jars Of Clay Merry Christmas Everyone by Bella Hardy Stop The Cavalry by Barricades Rise Cycles by Mike Vass with Colloquy Of The Oak And Holly King written and recited by Damh The Bard and Cerri Lee * Snow Falls by The Albion Band Tune For A Blythesome Turkey by Ken Nicol with The Turkey by Dave

Go backstage after the Show Of Hands' gig at the Great British Folk Festival, Butlin's Skegness, 2012 where we find Mr Phil Beer - multi-instrumentalist and singer - looking forward to a crafty cocktail and with plans for a life on the ocean wave. Featuring music from Show Of Hands. For further info see the ShowNotes at the FolkCast website

Recorded at the Great British Folk Festival, Butlin's Skegness, December 2012. Phil Widdows interviews John Watterson (aka Fake Thackray) and Peter Knight from Gigspanner, Feast Of Fiddles and Steeleye Span. For further info see the FolkCast website

Interviews recorded at the Great British Folk Festival 2012 at Butlin's, Skegness, with Roy Mette and Triangle, and event compere Sue Marchant. Plus music from Roy Mette and Jake Thackray. For further details see FolkCast

The second interview podcast recorded at the Great British Folk Festival, Butlin's, Skegness, December 2012. We chat to Patsy Matheson and Gordon Giltrap.

The first in a special series of podcasts featuring interviews recorded at the Great British Folk Festival 2012. We chat backstage to Ashley Hutchings and Simon Care of The Morris On Band, and Ashley's son Blair Dunlop on his solo career and work with the new Albion Band. For further info see the FolkCast website

November is the month of memories, and in an opening section we pay tribute to the dead of all wars, with six songs from various viewpoints of war through history. Later in the show our folk historian, Babba, lights the fuse on the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot – an infamous event remembered annually with fireworks and bonfires. And there's a specially-written song to commemmorate "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions". We also remind you that the end of November is time for the Great British Folk Festival, so we preview the event with music from some of the artists appearing this year. Never A Soldier by Duncan McCrone Born To Be A Soldier by Gary Cordice Tommy by Peter Bellamy King And Country by Seth Lakeman and The BBC Concert Orchestra Coming Home by Show Of Hands Fourteen Hundred Hours by Talis Kimberley Huzzah! by Jamie Smith's Mabon Roll Out The Black by Feral Mouth Pretty Nancy Of Yarmouth by Feast Of Fiddles The Lover's Ghost by Fay Hield & The Hurricane Part

In this month-ending show for October 2012 there is a subtle mood of menace for the mysterious season, with strange tales of a modern woodland battle, of blazing bonfires, punch-ups with army recruiting parties, of deadly border raids and of a real life medical man who may not have been all he seemed... Music in this show: Leaves Of Gold by FolkLaw Bonfires by Garforth and Myers Are We There Yet? by Hadrian's Union Dance Around The Fire by The Halstead Clan Crinkle Drive by Dodson And Fogg Girl In A Room (remix) by Antiqcool Arthur McBride/Graeme McDowell's by The Ralf Weirauch Trio She Moved Through The Fair by Maeve Mackinnon Willow Tree by Galley Beggar A Quarter Hour Of Fame by The Albion Band Doctor James by Gilmour & Roberts Black Is The Colour by Blair Dunlop Icy Shivers by Mulholland & Ward The Raiders by Maddy Prior with Hannah James and Giles Lewin For full details and links see http://www.folkcast.co.uk/ShowNotes/shownotes079.html

An exclusive interview with guitarist, composer, playwright, singer and songwriter (and regular FolkCast co-presenter) Ken Nicol on the release of his album Historic Events and other subjects. Phil Widdows chats to Ken about all the tracks on the album, and we hear excerpts of all of the songs and instrumentals: A Woman's Work Is Never Done 10 Pound Poms She's Walking A Waltz With Alice Demon Of The Well Let The Wind Blow My Prayers Old School Days The Beautiful Truth The Shot That Killed Three The Complete Banker