Folkcast

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