FolkCast

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.

* 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: Here's To Tom Paine by Fairport Convention

* Where's Home? by Richard Thompson

* Kenzie by Little Johnny England

For full details see our website: www.folkcast.co.uk

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.folkcast.co.uk

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.folkcast.co.uk

Music for a fiery New Year's Eve, featuring tales of drinking and arson. Ring out the old, ring in the new with The Last Hurrah, from FolkCast.co.uk, and have a Happy New Year!

Music featured:

* Landlord by Blackbeard's Tea Party

* Bring Us In Good Ale by Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band

* The Stonehaven Fireballs by Life And Times

* Tar Barrel In Dale by The Unthanks

* Auld Lang Syne by Caroline Herring

* One Good Year by Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston

* Carol For The New Year by Nowell Sing We Clear

* Hogmanay by Peter Nardini

* Drinking Song and Stool Of Repentance by The Duncan McFarlane Acoustic Band

For full details of the music, and links to the artists, see the ShowNotes at http://www.folkcast.co.uk/ShowNotes/shownotesNYE12.html

Dark music for the darkest time of the year, and lots of death, tragedy and injustice in this month'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. Keep our finger in your ear!

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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 Carr (Read by Phil Widdows) *

* Essex Wassail by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

* Jingle Bells by Anup with Is There A Father Christmas? by The Human Nutrino (Read by Babba)* with a rebutting excerpt from Miracle on 34th Street

* Dad, Is There Really A Santa Claus? by The Albion Band

* We Three Gypsy Kings by The Christmas Album Band with The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus by Ogden Nash (Read by Phil Widdows) *

* Little Christmas (Chasing Fairy Lights) by Jo Bywater *

* Love Came Down by Gareth Davies-Jones

* Winter Song by Lindisfarne

(* = a FolkCast exclusive)

For further details and links, click here to see the ShowNotes

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.

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.

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.

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