The Festive Selection Box from FolkCast

The Festive Selection Box from FolkCast

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  • FolkCast Selection Box 2018
    The Selection Box 2018: Our latest collection of music, old and new, for Christmas.
    Music by: Cara Dillon - Gregory Fish - Folk On - The Christmas Jug Band - Hidden Xmas Deluxe - Jimmy Lee Morris - The Legendary Ten Seconds - Lew Bear - Rebecca Loebe & Findlay Napier - The Andrews Sisters - Norm Adams & Julia Robertson - JD McPherson - Songwriterz - The Gathering Tide - Duke Robillard - The Grizzly Folk - The Staves - Yvonne Lyon - Morecambe & Wise - Rum Ragged - Crofts Family - Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra - Kurt Lewis Neufer - Keston Cobblers Club - The Black Dyke Band. Guest appearances by: Garrison Keillor - David Nixon
    1 hr 17 min
  • FolkCast 2017 Selection Box
    FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.
    THIS EDITION: A marvellously magical mix of music for a merry Christmas and a cool Yule!
    FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows
    Music featured:
    IT’S ONLY CHRISTMAS TIME
    by Kludo White
    from the album “The Christmas Album” (2012)
    WINTER ECLIPSE
    by Beta Radio
    from the album “The Songs The Season Brings Vol 1-4” (2015)
    CHRISTMAS LITE
    by Milton Hide
    Single release (2017)
    The Biggest Santa Claus Of All…
    1950s Radio Advertisement
    TOO MANY SANTAS
    by Maxwell, Miranda, Parsley
    from the album “Catskill Christmas” (2016)
    CHRISTMAS IS CALLING
    by Julia P
    Single release (2017)
    “Eggnog! Certainly!”
    An excerpt from Christmas Eve (1986)
    A BIT OF MAGIC
    by Daniel Nestlerode
    Single release
    I WATCH THE SNOW
    by Daria Kulesh
    from the EP “Vasilisa” (2017)
    TO THE ANGELS OUT THERE
    by Rebecca Hosking
    Single release (2017)
    “I just don’t understand Christmas, I guess…”
    An excerpt from A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
    HERE COMES CHRISTMAS
    by Davidson/MacFarlane
    Single release (2015)
    I DON’T WANT AN IPAD… (I JUST WANT WORLD PEACE)
    by Skinner & T’Witch
    Single release (2017)
    MIDNIGHT MASS, CHRISTMAS EVE
    by The Citizen (aka Ken O’Duffy)
    Single release (2017)
    IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME
    by Jimmy Lee Morris
    Single release (2017)
    Christmas Day In The Workhouse
    recited by Ed Asner
    An excerpt from “The Gathering” (1977
    CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING
    by Canny Fettle
    from the album “Still Gannin’ Canny” (2016)
    “I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year!”
    Sir Seymour Hicks
    An excerpt from Scrooge (1935)
    CHRISTMAS MORNING / SCROOGE’S CHANGE OF HEART
    by GreenMatthews
    from the album “A Christmas Carol - A Folk Opera”
    THOUGHT OF SNOW
    by Neil Thomson and Gerry Cambridge
    from the album “Shore Crab” (2016)
    AND IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN
    by Rich Krueger
    Single release (2017)
    SNOW
    by Sleeping At Last
    from the album “Christmas Collection Vol 1” (2017)
    SEASON’S BRIGHT
    by Robert Land and Emily Ewing
    Single release (2017)
    It’s O! To Be In Devon At The Merry Christmas Time /
    CHRISTMAS BELLS
    by Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll
    from the album “The Songs Of Edward Capern” (2017)
    “Hello, Bedford Falls! Merry Christmas!”
    An excerpt from It’s A Wonderful Life (1947).mp3
    DOWN AT THE BILLET ON BOXING DAY
    by The Stoned Cherries
    from the album “Baked In A Pie” (2017)
    PIPER AT CAPHEATON
    by Devils Water
    from the album “Treading The Marches” (2017)
    THE BOAR’S HEAD
    by KIVA
    from the album “Yuletide” (2014)
    DECK THE HALLS
    by Andrews Massey Duo
    from the album “Make Merry” (2013)
    “If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year’s!”
    An excerpt from Die Hard (1988)
    For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast Festive Selection Box 2016
    Music, poetry and fun for a very merry Christmas and a blessed Yule!
    The Christmas Goose
    by Kate Rusby
    From the album “The Frost Is All Over” (2015)
    “Johnny’s Christmas Guitar”
    with Johnny Cash
    from The Johnny Cash & Family Christmas TV Show (1977)
    Sleigh Ride
    by Sam Bush
    from the album “Christmas Roots” (2013)
    Standing By My Christmas Tree
    by Cara Dillon
    from the album “Upon A Winter’s Night” (2016)
    The Winter Song
    by Skinner And T’Witch
    single release (2016)
    Infinite Space
    by Eddie & Luc
    from the album “Tirade” (2016)
    with
    “A Christmas Poem”
    written and read by Jim Thielen
    Christmas Pudding
    by Greg Trafidlo
    from the album “Folk Singular” (2005)
    “Have you ever seen a million dollars?”
    Judge Reinhold and Eric Lloyd
    from “The Santa Clause” (1994)
    The Secret Tree Of Gotham
    by Hicks & Goulbourn
    from the album “Immortal” (2016)
    Pass The Bottle (A Christmas Song)
    by Jethro Tull
    single release (2016)
    “Santa’s Little Helper”
    Julie Andrews and Peter Ustinov
    from “Julie’s Christmas TV Special” (1973)
    The Oak King Rises (Live)
    by Wood, Wire & Words
    FolkCast exclusive (2016)
    “Christmas”
    by John Betjeman, read by Robert Donat
    with
    Carol Medley
    by Ken Nicol
    from the album “Tidings” (1991)
    Rejoice (O Come Emmanuel)
    by Eddy Mann
    single release (2016)
    “It’s Christmas Eve…”
    Bill Murray
    from “Scrooged” (1988)
    There’s Magic In Christmas Eve
    by The Changing Room
    from the EP “The Magic Of Christmas” (2016)
    The World Falls In Love
    by The Houghton Weavers
    from the album “Christmas In Lancashire” (2016)
    “December”
    by Dollie Radford
    Reading courtesy of Classic Poetry Aloud
    with
    The Holly And The Ivy
    by Andrews Massey Duo
    from the album “Make Merry” (2013)
    The Magic Christmas Tree
    by Pilgrim’s Way
    from the EP “Shining Gently All Around” (2011)
    A Winter’s Tale
    by The Magnets
    from the album “Christmas - The Collection” (2011)
    “A Christmas Surprise…”
    with The Muppets
    from “Muppet Family Christmas TV Special” (1987)
    #1 Record For Christmas
    by Neil Diamond
    from the album “Acoustic Christmas” (2016)
    The Snowman’s Song
    by Simon Mayor & Hilary James
    from the Musical Mystery Tour albums (2016)
    “Snow for Christmas…”
    Gracie Burns and Peter Brocco
    from “Burns and Allen: Company for Christmas” (1955)
    Come Mad Boys
    by Telynor
    from the album “Off The Beaten Track” (1992)
    The Quantock Carol
    by Ange Hardy
    from the EP “The Quantock Carol & Mary’s Robin” (2016)
    By The Fireside
    by Ellen And The Escapades
    single release (2012)
    “None of us are as young as we look these days…”
    Bing Crosby and David Bowie
    from “Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas” (1977)
    Christmas Day
    by Johnnyswim
    from the album “A Johnnyswim Christmas” (2014)
    “Goodbye…”
    Julie Andrews
    from “The Sound Of Christmas TV Special” (1987)
    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / The Official Brawle
    by Joshua Burnell
    single release (2016)
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast Winter Storm 2016
    A celebration and contemplation for the darkest season.
    Produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows
    Hide! The Storm Is Coming
    by Heg & The Wolf Chorus
    from the album “Raising The Fires” (2016)
    Verses (Tho Winter Comes Dreary)
    by Gordon Tyrrall
    from the album “A Distance From The Town” (2000)
    When Winter Rides In
    by Pete Shirley
    from the album “Sunset Katy And 0ther Stories”(2015)
    Wait For The Storm
    by Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate
    from the album “Invisible” (2011)
    Turning Into Winter
    by Jack The Lad
    from the album “It’s Jack The Lad” (1973)
    When The Last Leaf Falls
    by The Bills
    from the album “Trail Of Tales” (20160
    Coming Home
    by K.P. Devlin
    from the album “Violescent” (2014)
    The Houses Of Winter
    by Peter Mayer
    from the album “Midwinter” (2005)
    For Winter
    by Pilgrim
    from the EP “For Winter” (2016)
    Reading: “Winter Nightfall”
    by Robert Bridges
    This recording is used with the permission of Classic Poetry Aloud : giving voice to the classic poetry of the past.
    December
    by Skippinish
    from the EP “Three Latest Hits” (2015)
    Same Thing Every Year
    by Paul Davy
    from the album “Better Late” (2015)
    The Coming Winter
    by Krista Detor
    from the album “Barely” (2015)
    How Cold The Winter
    by Ida Wenøe
    from the album “Time Of Ghosts” (2015)
    Reading: “A Scottish Winter”
    by Gavin Douglas, read by John Laurie
    from the album “Poetry And Music For Winter” (2011)
    Long Shadows
    by Maddy Prior
    from the album “Year” (2009)
    Reading: Mousehole Tom
    by Phil Widdows
    Tom Bawcock’s Eve
    by Richard Trethewey
    from the album “Dig Where You Stand” (2012)
    To The Coast
    by Gren Bartley
    from the album “Songs To Scythe Back The Overgrown” (2012)
    Season III: The Winter Of Life
    by Lady Maisery
    from the album “Cycle” (2016)
    The Month Of January
    by Mary McPartlan
    from the album “From Mountain To Mountain” (2016)
    Cold Winds Blow
    by Broom Bezzums
    from the album “No Smaller Than The World” (2015)
    Coppicing Song
    by Hannah James
    from the album “Jigdoll” (2016)
    Long Cold Winter
    by Kingfisher Blue
    from the album “Til The Pond Freezes Over” (2016)
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast's Autumn Crackler 2016
    FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the best from the Folkosphere
    Welcome to FolkCast’s Autumn Crackler for 2016. In just under 80 minutes we’ll follow the harvest, collect wild mushrooms and visit the standing stones. We’ll celebrate All Hallow’s Eve and Bonfire Night, and join Thanksgiving. So come on, bring a basket and we’ll gather the season’s bounty in song!
    Presented and produced by Phil Widdows
    Harvest Home
    by Spiral Dance
    from the album “The Quickening” (2006)
    All Among The Barley
    by Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts
    from the album “Shadows & Half Light” (2008)
    “Killing The Corn Spirit”
    from The Golden Bough by Sir James Frazer
    read by “hefyd” for Librivox.org
    John Barleycorn
    by Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy & Paul Weller
    from the album “The Imagined Village” (2007)
    King Harvest
    by Dave Pegg & PJ Wright
    from the album “Galileo’s Apology” (2006)
    Imperceptible
    by Locomotive Ghost
    from the album “Seasons” (2014)
    Mysterious Mushroom Hunter
    by Radim Zenkl
    from the album “Strings & Wings” (2005)
    with
    “Mushrooms”
    written by Margaret Atwood
    Fall
    by Mind Of Max
    from the album “Seasons” (2013)
    La Prima Volta
    by Scott McWatt
    from the album “A Ceíst Amá” (2013)
    The First Leaf Of Autumn
    by Michael Chapman
    from the album “Wrecked Again” (1972)
    Autumn Song (excerpt)
    by Magna Carta
    from “Tomorrow Never Comes - The Anthology” (2012)
    Wild, Wild Berries
    by Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman
    from the album “Unity” (2010)
    To The Stones
    by Ninebarrow
    from the album “Releasing The Leaves” (2016)
    “All Hallow’s Eve”
    read by Owen’s Quest
    written by Erin Morgenstern
    All Hallows
    by Sharron Kraus & Friends
    from the album “ Right Wantonly A​-​Mumming” (2007)
    Hallows’ Eve
    by Show Of Hands
    from the album “The Long Way Home” (2015)
    All Hallow’s Eve
    by The Story
    from the album “John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth” (2011)
    November
    by Christopher Cross
    from the album “Doctor Faith” (2011)
    “The Origin And Customs Of Guy Fawkes’ Day”
    Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson and Harry Bartell as The Host
    from “The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Gunpowder Plot”
    American Radio - Mutual Broadcasting System
    (first broadcast: November 5th 1945)
    Penny For The Guy
    by Giggetty
    from the album “Black Country Time” (1980)
    Bonfire Night
    by The Gathering Tide
    from the album “The Gathering Tide” (2016)
    Cold November Day
    by Katy Rose Bennett
    from the album “Songs Of The River Rea” (2016)
    Thanksgiving Talk / Thankful
    by Kristina Olsen
    from the album “All Over Down Under” (2002)
    Ride The Wind
    by Spiral Dance
    from the album “The Quickening” (2006)
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast Summer Sizzler 2016
    FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.
    The Summer Sizzler 2016: Jump in and take a ride through more than an hour of superb sounds to keep you sizzling all summer long…
    FolkCast is produced and presented by Folkie Phil Widdows
    Music featured:
    First Day Of Summer
    by King Courgette
    from the album “King Courgette” (2016)
    In The Summertime
    by Erik Johnson
    from the album “In The Summertime” (2009)
    A Surfer Courted Me
    by Martha Tilston And The Woods
    from the album “Ropeswing” (2005)
    Sunshine
    by Jimmy Lee Morris
    from the album “Wilderness Wood” (2016)
    It’s A Barbecue Day
    by Wood, Wire & Words
    from the album “It’s A Barbecue Day” (2015)
    On Holiday In Stornaway
    by Ken Nicol
    from the album “Thirteen Reasons” (2011)
    Beach House
    by Bluebird Avenue
    from the EP “Bag Of Animals” (2013)
    Moonlight And Gold
    by Rab Noakes
    from the album “I’m Walkin’ Here” (2016)
    Fly Higher
    by Ross Ainslie
    from the album “Remembering” (2015)
    If You Can’t Land Her On The Old Verandah
    by Hot Fingers
    from the album “Fellside At 40 - The Journey Continues” (2016)
    Blackberry Crisp
    by Genevieve And The Wild Sundays
    from the album “Fine Line” (2016)
    Summer Sands
    by James Filkins
    from the album “Summer Sands And Sleeping Bears” (2012)
    plus
    “Life’s A Beach” (written by Phil Widdows)
    Skimming Stones
    by Jacanda
    from the album “Skimming Stones” (2009)
    Sometimes At Sunset
    by Helen Chadwick
    from the album "Fragments Of Love" (2015)
    Down In The Valley
    by Rusty Shackle
    from the album “Dusk” (2016)
    The Longest Day
    by Kris Drever
    from the album “If Wishes Were Horses” (2016)
    Summer Skin
    by Amy Cook
    from the EP “Summer Skin Sampler” (2012)
    Corn Jenny
    by Talis Kimberley
    from the album “Cloth Of Gold” (2016)
    Campervan Song
    by Jimmy Lee Morris
    from the album “Wilderness Wood” (2016)
    Home
    by Darwin’s Daughter
    Single Release (2016)
    August Leaves
    by Carol Laula
    from the album “The Bones Of It” (2016)
    “You know it’s summer when … the FolkCast Summer Sizzler hits your podcatcher!”
    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)
    *
    Gloomy Winter’s Now Away by Spoil The Dance
    from the album “Northern Commons” (2015)
    *
    Spring 1919 by Coope Boyes & Simpson
    from the album “As If…” (2010)
    *
    “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)
    *
    The Return Of The Sun by Kellianna
    from the album “Lady Moon” (2004)
    *
    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)
    *
    So Early In The Spring by Mark Owen Music
    Digital Release (2014)
    *
    Boing by Mike Reinstein
    from the album “The Tommy Tomato Songbook” (2005)
    *
    Springtime Sunshine by Green Genes
    from the album “Green Genes” (2010)
    *
    “Let us to the open road, where every aspect pleases…”
    “Silly Springtime Poem” (1938)
    *
    Your Man by The Knights Of Mentis
    from the album “New Pound Coin” (2013)
    *
    “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)
    *
    ’Twas On One April’s Morning by Show Of Hands
    from the album “The Long Way Home” (2016)
    *
    Dark Swift And Bright Swallow by Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr & Martin Simpson
    from the album “Murmers” (2015)
    *
    So Much Rain by Sarah McQuaid
    from the album “The Plum Tree And The Rose” (2012)
    *
    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)
    *
    Singing In the May by Mike O’Connor
    from the album “Summon Up The Song” (2010)
    *
    Hal-an-Tow by The Changing Room
    from the album “Behind The Lace” (2015)
    *
    Fort Lauderdale College Spring Break
    1967 newsreel (Part I)
    *
    Hunt The Hare (Part II) by Lisa Knapp
    from the album “Hidden Seam” (2013)
    *
    It’s Saturday morning in Springfield…
    from “Father Knows Best: Spring Cleaning”, NBC radio (1954)
    *
    The Pleasant Month Of May by Jackie Oates
    from the album “Hyperboreans” (2009)
    *
    Fort Lauderdale College Spring Break
    1967 newsreel (Part II)
    *
    Dandelions And Foxgloves by Becky Mills
    from the album “Dandelion” (2013)
    *
    Blow The Windy Morning by Faustus
    from the album “Broken Down Gentlemen” (2013)
    *
    When The Summer Comes Again by Hilary James & Simon Mayor
    from the album “The Mandolin Album” (1990)
    *
    Spring by Fabian Holland
    from the album “A Day Like Tomorrow” (2015)
    *
    Spring Song by Charlie Chaplin
    *
    For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 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 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 Autumn Crackler 2015
    As Summer fades, enjoy the wonders of Autumn with the Crackler!
    Featuring:
    Summer Fades To Fall by Don Amero
    from the album “Refined” (2015)
    Hi The Cuckoo! by Paul Green
    Digital Release (2014)
    ’Tis Autumn by Geraldo & His Orchestra
    B-side to the 78rpm single release “Soft Shoe Shuffle” (1942)
    Look At September, Look At October / Tommy Randell’s by Spoil The Dance
    from the album “Northern Common” (July 2015)
    with
    It’s September - poem by Edgar Albert Guest
    The Orchard by Talis Kimberley
    from the album “Queen Of Spindles” (2012)
    Hopping Down In Kent by The Albion Dance Band
    from the album “Live In Concert” (1993)
    Harvest Will Come by Ashley Hutchings (guitar and vocals by Ken Nicol)
    from the album “Human Nature” (2003)
    The Old Bearded Man written and read by Dahm The Bard
    (recorded exclusively for FolkCast - August 2015)
    John Barleycorn by Oysterband with Steve Knightley and June Tabor
    from the album “The Big Session Volume 1” (2004)
    Gather My Fruit by Little Miss Higgins
    from the album “Across The Plains” (2010)
    Apple Picking Season by The Riverside
    from the album “Apple Picking Season” (2013)
    Now Westlin Winds by Dick Gaughan
    from the album “Handful Of Earth” (1981)
    Autumn Seed by Gill Sandell & Chris T-T
    from the album “Walk Away, Walk Away” (March 2015)
    Embers by March To May
    from the album “The Water’s Edge” (April 2015)
    October Sun by Tudor Lodge
    from the album “Runaway” (2003)
    Weathercock by Phil Beer
    from the album “Plays Guitar And Fiddle. Sings A Bit” (2014)
    “As the nights draw in…” by David Drever, Convenor, General Teaching Council for Scotland
    with
    Fair Drawin’ In by Clype (featuring Jenny Sturgeon)
    from the album “Clype” (July 2015)
    Halloween Is Black As Night by Jackson C. Frank
    from the album “Fixin’ To Die” (2014)
    Jack O Lantern by Gilmore & Roberts
    from the album “Conflict Tourism” (released: September 18 2015)
    Rose Hip November by Beautiful Junkyards
    from the album Beautiful Junkyards (2013)
    Guy Fawkes Night by Luke Daniels & John Dipper
    from the album Sleeping Giants (2012)
    with
    Bonfire Night - read by Ron Hynes
    from the album “Hard Light - 32 Little Stories By Michael Crummey” (2003)
    Welcome In Another Year (Bonfires) by Blanche Rowan & Mike Gulston
    from the album “The Dance Goes On” (2013)
    Milk And Honey by Sandy Denny
    from the album “Sandy Denny (Complete Edition)” (2010)
    Three Bonny Ships by Na-Mara
    from the album “Navajos & Pirates” (May 2015)
    FolkCast is produced and presented by Folkie Phil Widdows
    For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk. Be kind to hedgehogs!
    1 hr 18 min

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A special seasonal feed directly to the Festive Selection Box editions of the FolkCast podcast. Here you will find the annual collections of some of the best independent music, plus poems, readings…