This time out, we’re surveying some wonderful new and classic folk music from the UK. We’ll hear selections from John Smith, Julie Fowlis, Rachael McShane & the Cartographers, The Furrow Collective, Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy and many more. It’s folk music’s British Invasion … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-15: British Folk Invasion

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Bert Jansch w/ John Renbourn / “Henry Martin” / Jack Orion / Vanguard

John Smith / “Unquiet Grave” / Hummingbird / Thirty Tigers

Julie Fowlis / “Go Your Way” / Alterum / Machair

Andrew Cronshaw / “Wasps in the Woospile” / 'Til the Beasts Returning / Topic

Calan / “Y Jigiau” / Bling / Sain

Rachael McShane & the Cartographers / “Lady Isabel” / When All is Still / Topic

Bellowhead / “Yarmouth Town” / Hedonism / Navigator

Bert Jansch w/ John Renbourn / “The Waggoner's Lad” / Jack Orion / Vanguard

Offa Rex / “Willie O' Winsbury” / The Queen of Hearts / Nonesuch

Fairport Convention / “Percy's Song” / A Tree with Roots / Island

The Furrow Collective / “The Cabin Boy” / Fathoms / Hudson

Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy & the Gift Band / “The Galaxy Song” / Anchor / Topic

Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy / “The Proofreader” / Sparks / March Hair

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways