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  • FolkCast 117 - AprIl 2016 - Rewind Special
    FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.
    Good evening! This is a Rewind Special, in which we play a selection of music from albums released over recent months, some previously featured on the show but also to check out some that for one reason or another just didn’t get played at all. And we conclude by Fast Forwarding to a brand new FolkCast Premiere!
    FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows
    Music featured:
    The Two Magicians
    by Bob Fox and Stu Luckley
    from the album “Fellside At 40” (2016)
    I’m Gonna Find Out
    By Nigel Brown
    from the album “Time Looks On” (2015)
    Molasses
    by Mark Gamon
    from the album “Deck” (2015)
    Mr. Sloan
    by Scott Wood Band
    from the album “Upsurge” (2015)
    I Got Nothing
    by Scott Krokoff
    from the album “Realizations & Declarations, Volume 2” (2015)
    Gentle Chunks
    by Robin Elliott
    from the EP “Green Ginger Wine” (2015)
    The Striking Clock
    by Braebach
    from the album “Astar” (2016)
    Bog An Lochan
    by Daimh
    from the album “The Hebridean Sessions” (2015)
    Portland
    by Gren Bartley
    from the album “Magnificent Creatures” (2015)
    The Devil’s Claw
    by Beggar’s Bridge
    from the album “Short Stories, Tall Tales” (2015)
    Babba presents…
    The Story Behind The Song
    The Triumph Of General Ludd by Chumbawamba
    from the album “English Rebel Songs 1381-1914” (1994)
    Being the story of civil unrest in jolly old England as
    textile workers fear the rise of the machines…
    There Is Power In A Union
    by The Farrell Family
    from the album “The William Morris Songbook” (2014)
    Lady London
    by Phil Hare
    from the album “The Twilight Tone” (2015)
    Alone in London
    by Paul Davy
    from the album “Better Late” (2015)
    Gravy Train
    by Talis Kimberley
    FolkCast Premiere (April 2016)
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast 116 - March 2016
    FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.
    Featuring a Story Behind The Song that is astronomical, geographical and historical!
    FolkCast is produced and presented by
    ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows
    Music featured:
    When The Morning Comes
    by Rusty Shackle
    from the album “Dusk” (2016)
    Time & Tide
    by Kitty Macfarlane
    from the EP “Time & Tide” (2016)
    Ignition
    by 4Square
    from the album “Fuel” (2016)
    There’s A Sound
    by Chris Flegg
    from the album “The Road To The Rainbow’s End” (2016)
    Better Days Right At The Door
    by Out Of The Box
    digital release (2015)
    Clinch Mountain Backstep
    by Will Pound & Eddy Jay
    from the album “Ignite” (2016)
    Blackbeard
    by Graffiti
    from the album “Nautical Graffiti” (2016)
    Rout Of The Blues
    by Pilgrims’ Way
    from the album “Red Diesel” (2016)
    Talons Trip To Thompson Island
    by The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
    from the album “Deliverance” (2016)
    For A Time
    by Ninebarrow
    from the album “Releasing The Leaves”
    Babba presents…
    THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG
    Sailing To Philadelphia
    by Mark Knopfler (with James Taylor)
    from the album “Sailing To Philadelphia” (2000)
    Being the amazing (and amazingly geeky) tale
    behind the mapping of the Mason-Dixon Line.
    Also featuring Dueling Banjos by Hayseed Dixie
    from the album “A Hot Piece Of Grass” (2005)
    Wildernesss Wood
    by Jimmy Lee Morris
    from the album “Wilderness Wood” (2016)
    Brave New World
    by Eamon Friel
    from the album “In My Time”
    George
    by Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
    from the album “The Silent Majority” (2016)
    Fate Of The Kelts / Out To Sea
    by Hamish Napier
    from the album “The River” (2016)
    Princess Rosanna Drowned in the Clyde
    by Findlay Napier
    from the EP “VIP: Very Interesting Extras” (2016)
    Buy at Bandcamp
    Lord Randall
    by Mary McPartlan
    from the album “From Mountain To Mountain” (2016)
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast-MarchIntoMay2016
    March Into May 2016: A Podcast all about the season of Spring!
    FolkCast’s fourth annual celebration of Spring.
    Presented and produced by Phil Widdows
    It’s Spring Again by Arthur Askey
    from the album “Hello Playmates” (2006)
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    Gloomy Winter’s Now Away by Spoil The Dance
    from the album “Northern Commons” (2015)
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    Spring 1919 by Coope Boyes & Simpson
    from the album “As If…” (2010)
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    “On Tower Hill beside All Hallows Church, members of the Groves of the Ancient Druid Order celebrate the ‘Spring Equinox’ (when Spring breathes new life into the dead Winter and barren earth becomes green again)…”
    Newsreel (1973)
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    The Return Of The Sun by Kellianna
    from the album “Lady Moon” (2004)
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    The Shepperd: III. March by Margaret Buckle
    (read by Niamh Cusack)
    from the album “Summer’s End: The Poems of Margaret Buckle with music by Edward Watson” (2009)
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    So Early In The Spring by Mark Owen Music
    Digital Release (2014)
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    Boing by Mike Reinstein
    from the album “The Tommy Tomato Songbook” (2005)
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    Springtime Sunshine by Green Genes
    from the album “Green Genes” (2010)
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    “Let us to the open road, where every aspect pleases…”
    “Silly Springtime Poem” (1938)
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    Your Man by The Knights Of Mentis
    from the album “New Pound Coin” (2013)
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    “The origins of All Fools’ Day”
    from the book “The Twelve Months Of The Year” (published 1980)
    Music: April Fool by John Kirkpatrick
    from the album “The Duck Race” (2004)
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    ’Twas On One April’s Morning by Show Of Hands
    from the album “The Long Way Home” (2016)
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    Dark Swift And Bright Swallow by Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr & Martin Simpson
    from the album “Murmers” (2015)
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    So Much Rain by Sarah McQuaid
    from the album “The Plum Tree And The Rose” (2012)
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    Pussywillows Cattails by Kenny Rankin
    from the album “Silver Morning” (1974)
    *
    “Spring is sprung, grass iz rizz. I wonder where dem boidies is?
    Ah! The boid is on the wing! But isn’t dat absoid? I thought the wing is on da boid…”
    Anon.
    *
    Cuckoo by Christof
    from the EP “Springtime” (2010)
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    Singing In the May by Mike O’Connor
    from the album “Summon Up The Song” (2010)
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    Hal-an-Tow by The Changing Room
    from the album “Behind The Lace” (2015)
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    Fort Lauderdale College Spring Break
    1967 newsreel (Part I)
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    Hunt The Hare (Part II) by Lisa Knapp
    from the album “Hidden Seam” (2013)
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    It’s Saturday morning in Springfield…
    from “Father Knows Best: Spring Cleaning”, NBC radio (1954)
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    The Pleasant Month Of May by Jackie Oates
    from the album “Hyperboreans” (2009)
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    Fort Lauderdale College Spring Break
    1967 newsreel (Part II)
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    Dandelions And Foxgloves by Becky Mills
    from the album “Dandelion” (2013)
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    Blow The Windy Morning by Faustus
    from the album “Broken Down Gentlemen” (2013)
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    When The Summer Comes Again by Hilary James & Simon Mayor
    from the album “The Mandolin Album” (1990)
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    Spring by Fabian Holland
    from the album “A Day Like Tomorrow” (2015)
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    Spring Song by Charlie Chaplin
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    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast 115 - February 2016
    FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.
    All aboard the FolkCast Express, calling at Womanchester, Lonely Town, Duopolis and Band City with added excursions on a whaling ship, a catamaran and the ferry to Babba’s Island!
    FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows
    MUSIC FEATURED:
    The Poison Train by James Fagan And Jamie McClennan from the album “The James Brothers” (2016)
    The Thatcher by Roseanna Ball, from the album “Time” (2016)
    The Bonny Ship The Diamond by She Shanties, from the album “Spanker Boom” (2015)
    Alaska by Mikhail Birch, free download (2015)
    Dagger by Simon Scardanelli, from the album “Make Us Happy” (2016)
    Memories Of Dublin (Radio Edit) by Theo Bard, single release (2015)
    Deep Within The Sky by Ben River, from the EP “Tomorrow’s Child” (2015)
    St James Infirmary Blues by Salty Paws, from the album “Live Bait” (2015)
    The Botanist by Mairearad And Anna, from the album “Best Day” (2015)
    The Watchmaker’s Wife by Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, from the album “The Watchmaker’s Wife” (2016)
    Behind The Wheel by The Red Dirt Skinners from the album “Behind The Wheel” (March 2016)
    Somhairle by Niteworks, from the album “Nw” (2016)
    The Lord Giveth (And The Landlord Taketh Away) by Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra, from the album “Heavy Wood” (2015)
    Babba presents…
    THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG
    “Sam Jones” by Richard Thompson, from the album “You? Me? Us?” (1996)
    Being the tale of the original recyclers, the battlefield scavengers, and the rag-and-bone men.
    The Settle & Carlisle by Dave Goulder, from the triple CD set “Fellside At 40: The Journey Continues” (2016)
    The Railway Children by Joe Tilston, from the triple CD set “Fellside At 40: The Journey Continues” (2016)
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast - The Last Hurrah of 2015 - Music for New Year's Eve
    FolkCast's Last Hurrah of 2015!
    Updated every year, this is the ever-expanding, ever-improving mix of music for a fiery New Year's Eve, full of drinking songs, tradition, jigs, reels, hangovers and repentance!
    Landlord by Blackbeard's Tea Party
    Bring Us In Good Ale by Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band
    The Stonehaven Fireballs by Life And Times
    100 Pipers / Rockin' All Over The World by The Red Hot Chilli Pipers
    The Drinkers by Swill And The Swaggerband
    Just The One by The Levellers / The Levellers & Bellowhead
    One Last Drink by Enter The Haggis
    This Last Year by Krista Di Gregorio
    New Year by 100 Mile House
    Tar Barrel In Dale by The Unthanks
    New Year’s Day by Mary Chapin Carpenter
    Last Day Of The Year by Reid Jamieson
    This Year Next Year by Oysterband
    Wee Drappie O’t by Findlay Napier and The Bar Room Mountaineers
    Glorious Year by Moulettes
    Here Come The Bells by Eddi Reader
    Midnight Chimes by Heavy Mellow
    Auld Lang Syne Boogie by The Freddie Mitchell Orchestra
    Happy New Year by Spike Jones and his City Slickers
    The Midnight Clear by Robb Johnson & The Irregulars
    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
    Happy New Year by Frank Turner and Jon Snodgrass
    New Year’s Song by Over The Rhine
    The Auld Lang Syne Megamix featuring: Sufjan Stevens - North Sea Gas - Barenaked Ladies - Caribbean Island Steel Drum Troupe - John Holt - B.B. King - Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Girlschool - Jimmy Shand - James Taylor - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
    1 hr 34 min
  • FolkCast Selection Box 2015

    The FolkCast Festive Selection Box - bursting with good things for the season of Christmas, Yule and Saturnalia, with specially selected music and readings. Beware the Abbot of Unreason!

    Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows, featuring Babba

    The Festive Programme:


    "What's in the shed?" featuring Phil & Babba

    Sentimental Song by Reid Jamieson


    from the album "Songs For A Winter's Night" (2012)

    Fairytale Of New York by Christy Moore


    from the album "Live At The Point" (1994)

    All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate by Homer & Jethro


    Single Release (1953)

    Christmas In Bed by Terence Blacker


    from the album "Lovely Little Games" (2012)

    Frost On The Gatepost (Instrumental) by Whapweasel


    from the album "Skirl Naked" (1998)

    with excerpts from "Christmas": A Dictionary Of English Folklore by Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud (2000)

    "Christmas Is Coming…" by Dominic Behan


    from the album "The Singing Streets" (1958)

    Deck The Halls by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer


    from the album "A Sound Of Christmas Past" (2014)

    Babba's Bad Christmas (part one)

    Snow on Snow (The Bleak Midwinter) by Rue Royale


    from "Christmas EP 2009/2010"

    Old December by Thea Gilmore


    from the album "Strange Communion" (2009)

    Santa Will Find You by Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook (vocals: Eddi Reader)


    from the album "Phil Cunningham's Songbook" (2015)

    "Over the housetops and through the snow…"


    from the animated film "Merry Christmas" (1950)

    Silver Bells by Lorrie Newman Keating


    from the EP "Memories Of The Season" (2015)

    Dear Santa by Mike Reinstein and the Christmas Daysies


    from the EP "Dear Santa" (2015)

    Babba's Bad Christmas (part two)

    The Boar's Head Carol by The Voice Squad


    from the album "Concerning Of Three Young Men" (2014)

    Festival Of Lights by Under A Banner


    from the album "Close To The Clouds" (2014)

    Phil is confronted by Babba's "Reindeer"….

    Christmas Is Killing Me by 100 Mile House


    from the EP "New Year" (2011)

    Jingle Bells by River Whyless


    Single release (2014)

    Babba's Bad Christmas (part three)

    Solstice Carol by Catt Kingsgrave


    Digital release (2015)

    Carol Of The Bells by The Last Bison


    from the EP "Sleigh Ride" (2013)

    Through Your Eyes On Christmas Eve by Abney Park


    from the album "Through Your Eyes On Christmas Eve" (2012)

    Gaudete E Personent Hodie by Angelo Branduardi


    from the album "Futuro Antico I" (1996)

    River by Kirsty Almeida


    Digital release (2015)

    Excerpt from "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding And Other Stories"


    By Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser

    The Winter Wind by Marina Florence


    Single Release (2015)

    Three Boats by Commoners Choir


    Digital release (2015)

    Santa, Teach The World To Fly by Skinner & T'witch


    Single release (2015)

    When Christmas Day Is Near by Ange Hardy


    From the EP "When Christmas Day Is Near" (2015)

    A Dram To Warm The Piper by Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie


    from the album "Journeys To The Heart" (1984)

    Phil & Babba discover Santa's secret identity…

    Merry Christmas from Everyone at FolkCast!
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast 114 - December 2015

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

    Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows
    Music in this month's show:

    Parasite's Lust (Revox) by Firkin


    Single release (2015)

    Keep Hauling by Show Of Hands


    from the album "The Long Way Home" (to be released January 15 2016)

    Carry Me by Sara


    Single release (December 2015)

    December by Skipinnish


    from the EP "3 Latest Hits" (December 2015)

    Prince Of The Waltzer by Andy Harding


    Digital Release (2015)

    Rear View Mirror Baby by Hannah In The Wars


    Single Release (November 2015)

    Not The Losing Kind by Great Western Tears


    Single Release (December 2015)

    Cold Haily Rainy Night by Lew Bear


    from the album "A Time And A Place" (2015)

    Every Midnight Mile by Gilmore & Roberts (feat. Lucy Ward & Sam Kelly)


    Single Release (December 2015) raising funds for Shelter, the homelessness charity.

    PLEASE CONTRIBUTE AND DOWNLOAD

    Queen Of The High Rise by The Occasional Orchestra


    from the album "Clever Bones" (2015)

    Mortality Blues by Josh Gray


    from the EP "Josh Gray" (2015)

    Babba presents… The Seasonal Story Behind The Song


    “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / Here Comes Santa Claus”

    Being the true history of the NORAD Santa Tracker

    Featuring musical sprinklings by Woody Herman - Kenny G -The Jackson 5 -The New York Jazz Trio - Gene Autry - Bruce Springsteen

    Dreams Come Through by Owen Gerrard


    Single release (2015)

    View by Wilson McGladdery


    from the EP "Wilson McGladdery" (2015)

    Winter Moves In by The Black Feathers


    from the album "Soaked To The Bone" (to be released 2016)

    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast Winter Storm 2015
    The Winter Storm 2015: music and readings for the darkest months.
    Storm Warnings by various meteorologists...
    Winter's Dreaming by Spiral Dance
    from the album "Through A Sylvan Doorway" (2012)
    Reading: December from "The Masque of Months" by Edward Fawcett (1878)
    Winter Song by Jay Woodward
    Single release (2013)
    A Winter's Blues by Maz O'Connor
    from the EP "London Lights" (2014)
    Gathering Storm by Battlefield Band
    from the album "Dookin'" (2007)
    Reading: ”It was a dark and stormy night…"
    Anon.
    These Winter Winds by Luke Jackson
    from the album "This Family Tree" (2015)
    Winter (Part 1) by Iain Morrison
    from the album "Skimming Stones… Sinking Boats" (2008)
    Out Of Light by Kris Drever, John McCusker, Roddy Woomble
    from the album "Before The Ruin (Remastered)" (2014)
    Snow Blind by NE3Folk
    from the album "Show Us Your Reds" (2015)
    with
    Reading: ”The Snow Storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841)
    Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Jackie Leven
    from the album "The Haunted Year" (2009)
    Midwinter by Magna Carta
    from the album "Tomorrow Never Comes - Best Of" (2012)
    "Godzilla El Niño"…
    with
    Black Mamba/El Niño by Jethro Tull
    from the album “Dot Com” (1999)
    King Of Snow by Mike Reinstein and The Christmas Daysies
    from the EP “Dear Santa” (2015)
    The Blackest Night by Heed The Thunder
    from the album “Cokaigne” (2014)
    Forgotten, Never Be by Damh The Bard
    from the album “Sabbat” (2015)
    Sugar Wassail by Waterson-Carthy
    from the album “Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man” (2006)
    The January Stars by Winter Mountain
    from the album “Winter Mountain” (2013)
    January by Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin
    from the album “Watershed” (2015)
    The Last Dim Light Of January by Adam Dale
    from the album “The Last Dim Light Of January” (2013)
    The Green Man by Thedra
    Single release (2008)
    with
    Reading: ”The Green Man” by Lauren Raine
    When The Green Man Walks The Forest by Martyn Wyndham-Read
    from the album Where Ravens Feed (2001)
    February by Alex Cambridge
    Single release (2015)
    “Damn You Snow!” ~ The Simpsons
    Goodbye Cold Winter by Steve Folk (aka Blabbermouth)
    from the album “Ramble” (2012)
    Spring To Come by John Butler Trio
    from the album “Flesh And Blood” (2014)
    For full details see the ShowNotes section of www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast 113 - November 2015
    FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.
    This month: A cornucopia of good things, a harvest festival of great music!
    The Blacksmith by Damien O’Kane
    from the album “Areas Of High Traffic” (Released: November 9 2015)
    Harris Dance by Daimh
    from the album “The Hebridean Sessions” (November 9th 2015)
    The Egloshayle Ringers by Salt & Sky
    from the EP “Salt & Sky” (October 2015)
    Kubla Khan (Featuring Tamsin Rosewell) by Ange Hardy
    from the album “Esteesee” (September 2015)
    Overground by Root and Branch
    from the EP “Overground” (2015)
    Raggle Taggle Gypsy by Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party
    from the EP “Old Adam Advance” (Oct 2015) and the album “Old Adam” (Feb 2016)
    I’m Walkin’ Here/Your Clear White Light
    by Rab Noakes
    from the album “I’m Walkin’ Here” (October 2015)
    The Sandpiper by Paul Davy
    from the album “Better Late” (October 2015)
    Bon Scott He Rocked by Track Dogs
    single release (September 2015)
    Liars, Liars, Liars by The Deadly Winters
    from the EP “Table In The Corner” (November 2015)
    Babba presents The Story Behind The Song
    St Crispin’s Day by Nelson’s Wake
    from the album “Ebb And Flow” (2008)
    A plot to kill the king and steal the throne of England!
    Close The Coalhouse Door by Blackbeard’s Tea Party
    from the album “Reprobates” (September 2015)
    Benefit Street/The Twilight Tone
    by Phil Hare
    from the album “The Twilight Tone” (September 2015)
    Time Soldiers On by Gilmour & Roberts
    from the album “Conflict Tourism” (September 2015)
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast 112 - October 2015
    FolkCast’s Ken Nicol pays tribute to one of his greatest guitar influences: John Renbourn. Plus the pick of the latest releases, and Story Behind The Song delves into a legend that has been 700 years in the making!
    FolkCast is produced and presented by “Folkie” Phil Widdows
    Music featured:
    North Sea Holes by Boreas
    Digital single release (released September 2015)
    Tuesday Night Troubadour by Andy Harding
    Unreleased
    Don’t Forget by Beggar’s Bridge
    from the album “Short Stories, Tall Tales” (September 2015)
    Craro by Scott Wood Band
    from the album “Upsurge” (September 2015)
    The Rain by Wood, Wire & Words
    from the album “It’s A Barbecue Day” (2015)
    Cat Nip Rag by Ken Nicol
    from the album “Things” (September 2015)
    Ken’s Classic
    A Tribute To John Renbourn
    Recorded and produced by Ken Nicol exclusively for FolkCast
    Watershed by Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
    from the album “Watershed” (September 2015)
    Snow Blind by NE3Folk
    from the album “Show Us Your Reds” (September 2015)
    Small Town Man by Nigel Brown
    from the album “Time Looks On” (September 2015)
    The Story Behind The Song
    presented by Babba
    Dunwich Bells by Union Jill
    from the album “Respectable Rebellion” (2013)
    Close To The Wind by Celandine
    from the album “She’s Like The Swallow” (August 2015)
    Lord Randall by Lucy Ward
    from the album “I Dreamt I Was A Bird” (October 2015)
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min

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