The Festive Selection Box from FolkCast

The Festive Selection Box from FolkCast

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The Festive Selection Box from FolkCast episodes

  • FolkCast Summer Sizzler 2013
    A soundtrack for the season: summery songs and songs of the summer, with poetry and quotations to match.
    Music from Eddi Reader - The True Gents - Candidate - Co-Pilgrim - Blanche Rowan & Mike Gulston - Lola & The Bludgies - Uku The Mighty - Union Jill - Jack Harris - Alexandre Nestorov - Damh The Bard - Jon Airdrie - Mike Moerlin - Paul Mosley - Nick Drake - Mark Knopfler - Nigel Brown - Show Of Hands - Martin Francis - Folk On - Man's Ruin - Ben Estherby - Eric Pukos
    Poetry and quotations from: Enid Blyton - James Dent - Susan Polis Schutz - William Cullen Bryant - F. Scott Fitzgerald - William Shakespeare - Deb Caleti
    For full details, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast - Spring Into May: Music and poetry for the Spring to early Summer
    Spring Into May: A FolkCast Seasonal Special
    Music and poetry for the Spring to early Summer.
    Produced by Phil Widdows.
    1: March Borrowed From April by Hilary James
    with Oh Sweet Spontaneous by E.E. Cummings §
    2: Spring Song by Waking The Witch
    "Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush!"
    - Doug Larson *
    3: Holding Out For Spring by Jonnie Murphy
    4: As I Roved Out by Matthew Ord
    "The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month!"
    - Henry Van Dyke *
    5: Oh For The Spring by Neil Cousin
    6: In Weaving Spring by Sedayne
    with Days Too Short, by WH Davies
    read by David Barnes via Librivox.org
    "Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature—if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you—know that the morning and spring of your life are past. Thus may you feel your pulse."
    - Henry David Thoreau §
    "The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields; there, in dalliance, to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now, we just set the clocks an hour ahead…"
    - E.B. White *
    7: When Spring Comes In by Spriguns
    8: The First Rites Of Spring by Simon Fowler's Merrymouth
    9: Springtime by Tess
    "In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of four-and-twenty hours…"
    - Mark Twain *
    10: Spring Song by Fairport Convention
    11: April Morning by The Ralf Weihrauch Trio
    "Come, fill the Cup. And, in the Fire of Spring
    the Winter Garment of Repentance fling.
    The Bird of Time has but a little way to fly,
    and Lo! The bird is on the wing…"
    - Omar Khayyam §
    12: The Cuckoo by James Findlay
    13: Two Giants by Dave Alton
    Music featured:
    Wintro by Mike Vass
    Pan Dance by Jethro Tull
    Lights Out by Mike Vass
    Winter's Dreaming by Spiral Dance
    Melter by Mike Vass
    14: Green Man by Magicfolk
    "And Spring arose on the garden fair,
    Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
    And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
    rose from the dreams of its wintry rest."
    - Percy Bysshe Shelley *
    15: Green Jack by Lisa Knapp
    16: The Pleasant Month Of May by Jackie Oates
    17: Garland Gay by Little Johnny England
    18: Maymorning by Runrig
    19: Middle Of May by Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts
    with Weathers by Thomas Hardy
    read by Richard Burton
    20: Bonny Black Hare by Steeleye Span
    20: Beltane by Jethro Tull
    21: Summerisle by The Bailey Sisters
    "Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."
    - Rainer Maria Rilke*
    22: Under A Beltane Sun by Damh The Bard
    § = read by Phil Widdows
    * = read by Babba
    See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast Selection Box VII for 2012
    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
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast Festive Selection Box VI - 2011
    Bring a bottle and join the party for our festive special for 2011, with music from: Coope, Boyes, Simpson, Fraser, Freya and Boyes - The Rash - Findlay Napier and The Bar Room Mountaineers - Debra Cowan - Thursday's Child - Cross The Border - Damien Barber and The Durbervilles - Erica Wheeler - Waterson:Carthy - The Morris On Band - Neil innes - The Banana Sessions - The Tremendous Seasons - David Cahalan - Carwyn Tywyn - The Glasgow Madrigirls - The Oxford Voices with Sioned Williams - The Oxford Waits - Ken And Lisa Theriot - Magpie Lane - Brocc - St Agnes Fountain - Billy Bragg and Ben Sollee - Robin Allender - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Bailey Sisters.
    1 hr 18 min
  • New Year's Eve Blast (2010)
    A short, smooth blast of folk music that is just right for the end of the year with New Year's songs from Lisa Redford, Amy Dixon Kolar and The Albion Band.

    See the ShowNotes for the New Year's Eve Blast 2010

    15 min
  • FolkCast Festive Selection Box V - 2010

    Our festive special for 2010 features music from: Tennessee Ernie Ford - B.E. Taylor - Damh The Bard - Jon London - Keith Ahern - Monte Selby - Eric Reed - The Magical Christmas Tree Tour featuring Pete Morton, Maggie Boyle and Chris Parkinson - Aine Furey - Brave Combo - Blabbermouth - Michael Silvestri - Stig Denson - Pink Martini - Durbin Elf - Natalie McCool - Tim and Kathy Mahoney - Joemy Wilson - The Lancashire Hotpots - The Columba Minstrels - Triangle - Ken Nicol - Joglaresa - Rusty Bladen - The cast of A Dont Hug Me Christmas Carol - The Swing Cats - Pittsburgh Symphony Brass. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast Festive Selection Box IV - 2009
    Seasonal songs, tunes and readings in a hand-picked mix of some of the very best alternative music for the Christmas period. Featuring: Roger Pontare - Steve Fulton - Undercover Christmas - Adrienne Pierce - Ann Sweeten - The GrooveBarbers - US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants - Magpie Lane - Clearance - Asleep At The Wheel - Would Be Goods - The Tinsel Tones - Triangle - Dan Baraszu and Joseph Patrick Moore - Bill Furner - The Lancashire Hotpots - Torquestra (featuring Jobee) - Amy Marie - Anna Wilson - Janyse - The Swingle Singers - Kites With Lights - Kitty Robbins - Steeleye SpanFor full details see the ShowNotes at http://www.folkcast.co.uk/ShowNotes/shownotesbox09.html
    1 hr 18 min
  • Sir Guy The Seeker - The FolkCast Guiser Play (2009)

    A recreation of the British folk tradition of the guiser or mummers play - an entertainment of great renown, featuring the finest theatrical talent and music both rare and excellent! Music from: The Christmas Revels - Peter Calo - The Oxford Waits.


    See the ShowNotes for Sir Guy The Seeker

    20 min
  • FolkCast Festive Selection Box III - 2008
    Seasonal songs, tunes and readings in a hand-picked mix of some of the very best alternative music for the Christmas period. Music from: The Christmas Revels - Al Pettaway and Amy White - Lee Harris And Country Sunshine - Blitzen Trapper - Ian Whitcomb - Bill Kahler - Chris Goddard - Doug Astrop - Kitka - Pittsburgh Symphony Brass - The Tequila Mockingbirds - Jars Of Clay - Jennifer Avalon - Al Stravinsky - Simon Bernard-Smith - Maeron English Folk Music - Damh The Bard - The Klezmatics - Chris and Siobhan Nelson - James Edwards - Helene Blum - Mike Fred - Howell-Freundlich Orchestra - Neil Murray - Martin Sexton - Ken Nicol.. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
    1 hr 18 min
  • FolkCast Festive Selection Box II - 2007
    No talk, just music. A journey through mid-Winter into Yule, Christmas and New Year, ending with a look to the far distant summer. Featuring: Pig's Ear- Chris and Siobhan Nelson - Venereum Arvum - Philip G. Martin - Stonefield Tramp - Bernie Stocks - Christian Hoffman - Dahm The Bard - Pumajaw - Steeleye Span - The Numbskulz - The Bully Wee Band - Songs From The Blue House - Craig Cardiff - Erik Darling - Hank Stone - Lee Rosemere - Jim Goodrich - The Moonrakers - Ken Nicol - Rachel and John Bowyer - Flowman - The Volume Brothers - Magpie Lane - Abbie Lathe - Pigs Ear - Tracy Jane Comer - The Owl Service - Show Of Hands. See the ShowNotes at http://www.folkcast.co.uk/ShowNotes/shownotesbox07.html
    1 hr 18 min

About The Festive Selection Box from FolkCast

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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…