FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

THIS EDITION: An unofficial theme of Sisterhood develops throughout the show.

Folkie sisters are doing it for themselves! And the brothers join in the fun, too.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows

Music featured:

The Intro…

INNER SANCTUARY

by Ross Ainsley

from the album “Sanctuary” (2017)

COLD HAILY WINDY NIGHT

by Fish Out Of Water

from the EP “Hares On The Mountain” (2017)

THE BLOOD OF THE HUNT

by The Warp/The Weft

from the album “Mapping An Absense” (2017)

THE BIRD IN THE BUSH

by Said The Maiden

from the album “Here’s A Health” (2017)

SISTERS THREE

by Ange Hardy

from the album “Bring Back Home” (2017)

BOLD RILEY

by Peter Knight’s Gigspanner

from the album “The Wife of Urban Law” (2017)

The Story Behind My Song

Cheryl York tells us about…

TINKERBOROUGH

by Thomson & York

from the album “Circle Of Life” (2017)

VASILISA

by Daria Kulesh

Single release (2017)

VIDEO

SPHAGNUM MASS FOR A DEAD QUEEN

by Karine Palwart

from the album “A Pocket Of Wind Resistance” (2017)

I WAS A YOUNG MAN

by Martin Carthy

from the album “Shearwater” (1972 - re-released 2017)

PINCH OF SNUFF

by Five Hand Reel

from the album “Earl O’Moray” (1978 - re-released 2017)

CITY’ CRY

by Shelagh McDonald

from the album “Stargazer” (1971 - re-released 2017)

The Story Behind My Song

Greg Hancock tells us about…

JONI MITCHELL’S GUITAR

by Greg Hancock

from the album “A303” (2017)

LOVE ME LIKE A ROCK

by The Wailin’ Jennys

from the album “Fifteen” (2018)

The Story Behind My Song

Ffion Mair tells us about…

BRANWEN

by The Foxglove Trio

from the album “Distant Havens” (2017)

… And The Outro

ESCAPING GRAVITY

by Ross Ainsley

from the album “Sanctuary” (2017)

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

THIS EDITION: A 2017 retrospective - more music from releases we’ve featured this year.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows

Music featured:

GYPSY LADDIE

by The Rachel Hamer Band

from the album “Hard Ground” (2017)

IF YOU WERE A MOUNTAIN

by Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer

from the album “Marble Town” (2017)

OLD GLORY BLUES

by Neil McSweeney

from the album “A Coat Worth Wearing” (2017)

NEVERTHELESS

by Old Blind Dogs

from the album “A Room With A View” (2017)

Story Behind My Song

NO SING

by Chris Tye

from the album “Stronger In Numbers” (2017)

PASSING ON THE LOVE

by The Roving Crows

from the album “Bury Me Naked” (2017)

HAND THAT FEEDS YOU

by Keston Cobblers Club

from the album “Almost Home” (2017)

The Insanely Mental Instrumental

DIS FOUND HARMONIUM

by The Hut People

from the album “Routes” (2017)

THE DINNER BELL

by Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll

from the album “The Songs Of Edward Capern” (2017)

Story Behind My Song

RUN

by Roxanne de Bastion

from the album “Heirlooms & Hearsay” (2017)

IN THE MORNING

by Sam Airey

from the album “In Darkened Rooms”

WESTERN APPROACHES

by Steamchicken

from the album “Look Both Ways” (2017)

THE RUGGED SAILOR SET

by The Twisted Twenty

from the album “The Twisted Twenty” (2017)

TAKE ME HOME

by Jimmy Lee Morris

from the album “Gallery” (2017)

HUGHIE GRAEME

by Devils Water

from the album “Treading The Marches” (2017)

TWO RECRUITIN’ SERGEANTS

by Auld Hat New Heids

from the album “Auld Hat New Heids Vol 1” (2017)

DING DONG DOLLAR

by Findlay Napier / Glasgow Song Guild

from the album “Shake The Chains” (2017)

THIS OLD LIFE

by The Deadly Winters

from the album “Ravynstoun” (2017)

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

THIS EDITION: A whale of a show! We meet a British naval hero who wasn’t Lord Nelson; hear topical songs about tragedies averted; and play songs that put the “FUN” into funeral. We get Insanely Mental with an Underground Instrumental, and we find out what happens when you mix bluegrass with thrash metal to create a folkie Frankenstein’s monster! All that, and Stories Behind two Songs recorded just for us by the people who wrote them.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows

Music featured:

The Intro…

GREENLAND WHALE

by Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys

from the album “Pretty Peggy” (2017)

ADMIRAL BENBOW

by John Dory

from the album “Street Songs” (1996)

YouTube

BRAVE BENBOW

by Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp

from the album “The Poacher’s Fate” (2017)

The Story Behind My Song

Jon Bennett tells us about…

THE SINGER

by Moonrakers

from the album “Tides” (2017)

ADRIFT, ADRIFT

by Rosie Hood

from the album “The Beautiful & The Actual” (2017)

DARK WATER

by The Young ‘Uns

from the album “Strangers” (2017)

The Insanely Mental Instrumental

MIND THE GAP

by Assembly Lane

from the album “Northbound” (2017)

THUNDERHEAD

by The Native Howl

from the album “Thrash Grass” (2017)

FINAL ARRANGEMENTS

by The Stoned Cherries

from the album “Baked In A Pie” (2017)

I WISH I WAS IN HEAVEN SITTING DOWN and A NEW ROAD

by Mark T.

from the album “From Blues To Rembetika” (2017)

QUIET GIANT

by Emma Langford

from the album “Quiet Giant” (2017)

The Story Behind My Song

Ian Churchward tells of the mystery of…

THE DUBLIN KING

by The Legendary Ten Seconds

from the album “Murray And Blue” (2017)

THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN

by Leatherat

from the album “Garden Of Eden” (2007)

Leatherat play their final gig on December 16 2017

JOHNNY SANDS

by Peter Fergus McClelland

from the album “The Turn Of The Tide” (2017)

…and The Outro

THE ROSE

by Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys

from the album “Pretty Peggy” (2017)

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

THIS EDITION: A short sharp blast of new singles and releases that wouldn’t fit into our regular show.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows. FolkCast Theme Music: Fisherman’s Priest by Ken Nicol

Music featured:

WILLOW BABY

by

Tara Velarde

FOR YOUR HEALTH

by

Edan Laniado

SECRET

by

Circumnavigate

THE AGEING SECRET AGENT

by

Skinner & T’Witch

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

THIS EDITION: We make a return trip to Glasgow, we’ve a trio of Hallowe’en treats, we have three guests dropping by to tell us the Stories Behind Their Songs, and we take a squint at interesting and topical new recordings from the USA.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows

Music featured:

The Intro…

ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY’S ARMS

by Dan Walsh & Alistair Anderson

from the album “Right At Home: Live At Mount Hooley” (2017)

OVERTURNED BOAT

by Dusty Cut

from the album “Hawaii” (2017)

CAPE CORNWALL

by Jupiter Owls

from the album “The Fallow Cry Of The Jupiter Owls” (2017)

THE STORY BEHIND MY SONG

THE DEAR GREEN PLACE

by Alan Reid and Rob van Sante

from the album “The Dear Green Place” (2017)

THE STORY BEHIND MY SONG

YOUNG GOTHS IN THE NECROPOLIS

by Findlay Napier

from the album “Glasgow” (2017)

BREATH YOU IN

by Ashton Lane

Single release (2017)

OVER THE FIELDS

by Blue Rose Code

from the album “The Water Of Leith” (2017)

SEARCHING FOR LAND

by Lucy Kitchen

from the album “Sun To My Moon” (2017)

FORFARSHIRE (featuring Steve Knightley)

by Kirsty Merryn

from the album “She & I” (2017)

THE STORY BEHIND MY SONG

LANDLORD

by Jim Page

from the album “A Handful Of Songs” (2017)\

WALK TOGETHER

by Hot Tamale

Single release (2017)

HOLDING ON TO ME

by Lane Norberg

from the EP “Under The Trees” (2017)

THE WHITE WITCH

by Heg & The Wolf Chorus

from the album “Raising The Fires” (2016)

WITCHES FLIGHT

by The Stoned Cherries

from the album “Baked In A Pie” (2017)

HALLOWEEN

by Skinner And T’Witch

from the album “The Fool’s Journey” (2017)

… and The Outro

THE ROAD TO THE NORTH / LASSES PASS THE BRANDY

by Dan Walsh & Alistair Anderson

from the album “Right At Home: Live At Mount Hooley” (2017)

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

THIS EDITION: Brand new scrumpings from the FolkCast orchard which is groaning under the weight of this season’s fruity folk, ripe folk-rock, scrumptious singer-songwriter and rather tasty roots type music. We sing songs of trees, of gallows trees, of pirates and highwaymen.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows. WEBSITE: www.folkcast.co.uk

Music featured:

The Intro…

TAKE THE POWER BACK

by Bob Hillary & The Massive Mellow

from the album “Simplify” (2017)

http://www.bobhillary.com

THE TREE

by Marek Dusil Blend

from the EP “Raw” (2017)

https://www.reverbnation.com/marekdusilblend

UK gig 26 Oct 2017: https://www.thegladpub.co.uk/events

PLANE TREE

by Banter

from the album “Yes” (2017)

http://www.banter.band

DANCE AROUND THE GALLOWS TREE

by Magpie Lane

from the album “Three Quarter Time” (2017)

http://www.magpielane.co.uk

POOR WILL AND THE JOLLY HANGMAN

by Richard Thompson

from the album “Acoustic Rarities” (2017)

http://www.richardthompson-music.com

PEGGY AND THE SOLDIER

by Peter Knight’s Gigspanner

from the album “The Wife Of Urban Law” (2017)

http://www.gigspanner.com

The Story Behind My Song

TREACHERY AT THE BLUE ANCHOR

by Trouble At Mill

from the album “Brindle Ballads” (2017)

https://www.troubleatmill.com

SAUCY BOLD ROBBER

by Pilgrims’ Way

from the album “Stand And Deliver” (2017)

http://www.pilgrims-way.net

PIRATE GOLD

by Skullthuggery

from the album “Oh No! Not More Songs About Pirates!” (2017)

http://www.destructors.co.uk/buy/4571969932/skullthuggery-by-skullthuggery/8798714

The Insanely Mental Instrumental

THE FIRST STRAW

by Ken Nicol

from the album “Days Of Reason” (2017)

https://kennicol.com

THE BANKS OF SWEET PRIMROSES

by Blackthorn Band

from the album “Hobgoblin Music: 40 Years” (2017)

The Story Behind My Song

LULLABYE

by James Parkin

from the album “My Cure” (2017)

http://jamesparkinmusic.com/

WHO’S GOING TO HOLD YOUR HAND?

by Hope In High Water

from the album “Never Settle” (2017)

https://www.hopeinhighwater.com

IT ISN’T OVER YET

by Red Shoes

from the album “It Isn’t Over Yet” (2017)

http://www.redshoes-music.com/index.html

THE JANUARY GIRL

by The Foxglove Trio

from the album “Distant Havens” (2017)

http://www.thefoxglovetrio.co.uk

…The Outro

LET THE MOMENT HIT YOU GENTLY

by Bob Hillary & The Massive Mellow

from the album “Simplify” (2017)

http://www.bobhillary.com

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

THIS EDITION: Help yourself to another collection of tangy and tasty choice pickings from the musical buffet that we call ‘folk’.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows. WEBSITE: www.folkcast.co.uk

Music featured:

THE INTRO…

Ravynstoun

by The Deadly Winters

from the album “Ravynstoun” (2017)

—

A303 (Radio Edit)

by Greg Hancock

from the album “A303” (2017)

—

The One Man Folk Band

by Neil Brophy

Single release (2017)

—

Lean On Me Love

by Merry Hell

from the EP “Come On, England” (2017)

—

Building Ships

by Findlay Napier

from the album “Shake The Chains” (2017)

—

THE STORY BEHIND MY SONG

Little Piece Of Tin

by Andy Harding

from the album “Tuesday Night Troubadour” (2017)

—

The Dear Green Place

by Alan Reid and Rob van Sante

from the album “The Dear Green Place” (2017)

—

THE STORY BEHIND MY SONG

Love & Freedom

by New Celeste

from the album “A Perfect Sky” (2016)

also single release (2017)

—

THE INSANELY MENTAL INSTRUMENTAL

Friggin’ Polska

by Frigg

from the album “Frost On Fiddles” (2017)

—

Ocean Of The Free

by Skippinish

from the album “The Seventh Wave” (2017)

—

THE STORY BEHIND MY SONG

Joyce

by Thursday’s Child

from the album “Carry My Thoughts” (2016)

—

Windwhistle Hill

by Alison & Jack

from the album “Adzooks!” (2017)

—

Be Someone Better

by Dougal’s Jumper

Single release (2017)

—

Cable Street

by The Young ‘Uns

from the album “Strangers” (2017)

—

…AND THE OUTRO

The Day We Went To War

by The Deadly Winters

from the album “Ravynstoun” (2017)

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

THIS EDITION: A focus on new singles from singer-songwriters and indie-folk bands, plus chamber folk, dance instrumentals and trad. songs.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows. Website: www.folkcast.co.uk

Music featured:

The Intro…

Eagle Eye

by Mancunia

from the album “Turn Towards The Sun” (2017)

—

On A Stage

by Elijah James and The Nightmares

from the EP “Live From Elevator Studios” (2017)

—

Analytical & Open

by Gallery 47

Single release (2017)

—

Magnificent

by Speak, Brother

Single release (2017)

—

Drifter

by Richard Sutton

Single release (2017)

—

The Story Behind My Song

Michael James tells us about…

Girls Like You

by Michael James and The Bedheads

Single Release (2017)

—

City Skies

by Jay Ebby East

Single release (2017)

—

Chamber Folk

The Butterfly / Kodo

by Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble

from the album “Painted” (2017)

—

The Three Ravens

by The Twisted Twenty

from the album “The Twisted Twenty” (2017)

—

Night Mouse

by The Routes Quartet

from the album “Windrose” (2017)

—

Sovay

by Magpie Lane

from the album “Three Quarter Time” (2017)

—

Through The Seasons

Will Pound

from the album “Through The Season” (To be released 2018)

—

Blackwaterside

by Karin Grandal-Park And Karl Robins

from the album “The Snows They Melt The Soonest” (2017)

—

Jump At The Sun

by Banter

from the album “Yes” (2017)

—

The Trees They Do Grow High

by Georgia Lewis

from the album “The Bird Who Sings Freedom” (2017)

—

The Outro…

Posillipo / Reels

by Mancunia

from the album “Turn Towards The Sun” (2017)

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

The newest song and the oldest song, long songs and short songs, tribute songs and angry songs, songs of summer and songs of season’s end. And a tune with a daft title. All folkie life is here!

* Free Kazoo subject to terms and conditions.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows

Music featured:

THE INTRO…

The Banks Of Newfoundland

by Siobhan Miller

from the album “Strata” (2017)

—

Summer Rose

by Nigel Brown

from the album “Looking For The Rising Sun” (2017)

—

Summer

by Elephant Sessions

from the album “All We Have Is Now” (2017)

—

Summer

by David Hershaw & Sandie Forbes

from the album “Here Comes Tomorrow” (2017)

—

Last Night Of Summer

by Ian Bland

from the album “Everything And Nothing” (2016)

—

One For Jo

by Bert Jansch

from the album “LA Turnaround” (1974)

—

70s’s Bert

by Pairdown

from the album “Reach To Ring” (2017)

—

Far Too Long

by Apples … I’m Home

from the album “Against The Tide” (2017

—

These Days Are Gone

by Nescora

from the album “Some Place Some Where” (2017)

—

THE INSANELY MENTAL INSTRUMENTAL

The Back Of The Change House / The Nine Pint Coggie / John Of Badenyon / Och Is Duine Truagh Mi (Strathspey and Reels)

by Ryan Young

from the album “Ryan Young” (2017)

—

THE STORY BEHIND MY SONG

Stew Simpson tells us about…

Alice

by Hadrian’s Union

from the album “Aural Borderalis” (2017)

—

Not With A Bang

by Simon Scardinelli

Single release (2017)

—

A Melody Of Emmett’s Yodels

by Yodel Song

Released on 78rpm disc (1902)

Available online as part of the Great 78 Project

—

The Trysting Tree

by Vision Thing

from the EP “The Trysting Tree” (2017)

—

THE OUTRO…

The Ramblin’ Rover

by Siobhan Miller

from the album “Strata” (2017)

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

This edition: songs of protest, songs of the outsider and the isolated, songs to stir the spirit and songs of unity.

FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows

Music featured:

THE INTRO…

Through The Trees

by Nancy Kerr

from the album “Shake The Chains” (2017)

http://www.shakethechains.com

Refugee

by The Roving Crows

from the album “Bury Me Naked” (2017)

http://www.rovingcrows.com/

Refugee

by Reg Meuross

from the album “Faraway People” (2017)

http://www.regmeuross.com

STORY BEHIND MY SONG

Stew Simpson tells us about…

Wandering Winnie

by Hadrian’s Union

from the album “Aural Borderalis” (2017)

http://www.hadriansunion.co.uk/

Been On The Road So Long

by Auld Hats New Heids

from the album “Auld Hats New Heids Vol 1”

https://www.fraserbruce.co.uk/auld-hat---new-heids

The Derwentwater Lights

by Devils Water

from the album “Treading The Marches” (2017)

http://www.devilswater.co.uk

Until One Day

by Georgia Lewis

from the album “The Bird Who Sings Freedom” (2017)

http://www.georgialewis.co.uk

THE INSANELY MENTAL INSTRUMENTAL

The 5-8 Set

by Solasta

Recorded Live

http://www.solastaband.com/

KICKSTARTER: http://bit.ly/solastakickstarter

Wayfaring Stranger

by Daniel Nestlerode

from the album “Almost Home”

https://www.nestlerode.co.uk

Small Towns

by Mondegreen

from the EP “Small Towns” (2017)

https://heymondegreen.bandcamp.com/album/small-towns-single

Come On, England!

by Merry Hell

from the EP “Come On, England!” (2017)

http://www.merryhell.co.uk

Warriors’ Cry

by Christine Weir

from the album “Weir Celts” (2017)

http://www.christineweir.co.za/

THE OUTRO…

We Shall Overcome

by Shake The Chains

from the album “Shake The Chains” (2017)

http://www.shakethechains.com

For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk