Podcast appearances and mentions of Bella Hardy

Enjoy this classic episode from December 2019In search of the festive spirit of Christmas – and bearing gifts - we travel to the Peak District and Sheffield to hear the area's unique local carols. Along the way we collect music from Jon Boden, Bella Hardy, The Melrose Quartet and the singers of the villages of Dungworth and Hathersage. We hear how the traditional carols written and sung by working people were thrown out of the church – and had to find a new home in the village pubs. Put on your Santa hat, reindeer antlers or Christmas jumper, get yourself a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie and join us. ---We rely on support from our listeners to keep this show on the road. If you like what we do please either...Become a member and get great rewards: patreon.com/folkonfootOr just buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/folkonfootSign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.comFollow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it smell like when you're sitting up on Kinder Scout Plateau? ‘Patron of the Bog' Bella Hardy describes it as sweet and earthy. During this episode she shares memories of growing up in Edale, ‘beating the bounds' with the local community, stories about sleeping dragons and giants from her childhood, and reflects on what makes her wild about Kinder. It's a place that both inspires her music and gives her brain a break. You'll hear Bella play the fiddle - ‘Broadlee Bank' and ‘Crowden jig' at the beginning and the end of this interview.Bella is a folk musician, with many of her songs inspired by the landscape and folk tales of the Peak District. The ‘Dark Peak and The White' album is her first collection of music specifically from the area, with adaptations and new tunes to works from ‘The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire' published 1867, and original songs written for the history, folklore and legends of the area. Bella attended Edale CE Primary School and Hope Valley College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from York St John University in 2005 and a Master of Music degree from the University of Newcastle in 2007. You can read more about Bella on her website.Listen now to find out why Bella thinks Kinder Scout is a unique place.LinksBella's websiteFollow Bella on InstagramListen to Bella's songs on SpotifyFollow Bella on BandcampReferencesThe Dark Peak and The WhiteWith the dawnFirst light of the morningHares on the MountainLoving Hannah Africa's Mountains of the moon by Guy YeomanMoors For The Future Recording dateThis interview was recorded at Bella's home in Edale on 15th January 2024.Host & ProductionBy Sarah Lister, About The AdventureContact the hostYou can email sarah@sarahventurer.com to send in your comments and suggestions.Get involved with the conversationSend in your own Kinder Scout stories on the Wild About Kinder website and contact the show host to send in your comments, questions and suggestions.Share your favourite episodes by tagging

Folk musician Johnny Campbell is recording an album of songs from the summits and industrial hotspots of northern England. Jez Lowe joins him at Kinder Scout in Derbyshire to celebrate ninety years since the ‘Right to Roam' movement began and explore the traditional songs of the Peak District. Jez meets local singer Bella Hardy to hear how her home in Edale has inspired and influenced her work, and writer Roly Smith who can explain the history of Kinder and the 1932 mass trespass. It may be ninety years ago, but for young global folk stars Kate Griffin and Ford Collier of Mishra, the call for a right to roam is still relevant. They have recorded a version of Ewan MacColl's ‘Manchester Rambler', a song inspired by the Kinder trespass. Jez meets Kate, Ford, Johnny and Bella to hear how a new generation of musicians are continuing MacColl's legacy of folk singers fighting for our rights in the countryside. Produced by Helen Lennard

Join Ian McMillan for a festive recording of The Verb, in which we'll encounter a parade of imaginary creatures conjured through poems and songs and stories brought by his guests. The poet and performer John Hegley has written us a brand new poem, YA superstar Melvin Burgess tells us about his debut adult novel ‘Loki', poet and playwright Testament will be performing a piece from his show ‘Blake Remixed' fusing hip-hop with the iconic poetry of William Blake and folk singer Bella Hardy who'll be talking about her return to traditional ballads and of course singing a song or two. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright

As the dog days of summer roll in, the music heats up in the Windy City Irish Radio studios wtih music from Andy Cooney, Amy Godard, Meg Lagrande, Michael Darcy and the Atlantic Tramps, Mike Hanarahan, Emma Langford, Bonfire Radicals, Bella Hardy, Damian McKee, Andy Martyn, The Dublin City Ramplers, Cara McGinnon and Noel Flynn!  It's all right here on Windy City Irish Radio each and every Sunday broadcasting on WNDZ 750AM or live streaming on globalirishradio.com or on our website at windycityirishradio.com.  

This month's Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot is presented by Matthew Bannister from the Sidmouth Folk Festival and features an interview with Bella Hardy about her new album “Love Songs” plus music from Kim Carnie, Martyn Joseph, David Ford and Annie Dressner, Will Allen, Damien O'Kane and Ron Block, Kathryn Williams and Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler. --- Delve deeper into the Folk on Foot world and keep us on the road by becoming a Patron—sign up at patreon.com/folkonfoot. You can choose your level and get great rewards, ranging from a stylish Folk on Foot badge to access to our amazing and ever expanding Folk on Foot on Film video archive of more than 150 unique performances filmed on our travels. Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot

Singer and fiddle player Bella Hardy talks about her new album – her tenth – Love Songs, which sees this adventurous musician return to where she began, with the traditional songs she's known all her life. Thomas Lynch is an American poet with strong connections to Ireland. He is, too, an undertaker, a career that has informed his verse and essays, which dwell on life and death, faith and doubt, and also place. From his ancestral cottage in County Clare Lynch talks to Shahidha Bari about these things and reads from Bone Rosary, his New and Selected poems, just out. The Birmingham 2022 Festival is the biggest celebration of creativity ever in the region, showcasing the work of artists within the Commonwealth. Ahead of the Commonwealth Games starting this week, the arts festival Executive Producer Raidene Carter and artist Beverley Bennett share their continued vision and excitement with Shahida Bari. Presenter: Shahidha Bari Producer: Julian May Photo: Elly Lucas

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Our fifty-sixth (and final!) tree, Holly (Ilex aquifolium). Released to coincide with the Winter Solstice, aka the end of the rule of the Holly King, this episode celebrates a tree that is rooted in the winter celebrations of Celts, Romans, Christians, and even Cretaceous Dinosaurs! For centuries it has also fed the cattle that feeds us, it has supported generations of over-wintering birds (such as the greedy Mistle Thrush) and it has kept Goblins, Witches and arson-obsessed Cumbrian villagers at bay. Illuminated by the words of Emily Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Robert Southey and a whole collective known of historical botanists, this episode celebrates one of our undeniably great trees. There is also a VERY special Christmas present to you all, courtesy of the stunning Leisure Society. (Special thanks to Richard Hollis and Holly Newell for adding their voices, and to Bella Hardy and the Leisure Society for their musical meliflosities.) More from David Oakes as he uproots the secrets and stories beneath the 56(ish) Native Trees of the British Isles can be found at: https://www.treesacrowd.fm/56Trees/ Weekly episodes available early AND bonus content made free to forage by "Subscribtion Squirrels" on our Patreon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kizzy is listening back through old recordings of her mother, Silva talking about the mystery of a missing folk singer, Molly Marrison who disappeared on the cusp of fame in the late 60s.  As the mystery deepens an older story, that of the runaway lovers from Derbyshire folklore, becomes entwined in the investigation.  The Keeper of Songs is adapted from the new novel by Fiona Mountain and features music by Bella Hardy.  In The Keeper of Songs by Fiona Mountain you heard Amy Forrest as SilvaKeeley Lane as KizzyChris Gregory as Jeff   Nicholas John as the news reader and Elsa Lamb, Susan John, and Elliot John as the voices in the news montage.The music is by Bella HardyThe presenter is  Sally Walker-Taylor This audio drama was written by Fiona Mountain based on her new novel of the same name.  You can purchase The Keeper of Songs, the book from Amazon and all the usual sources including selected local bookshops.  You can find out more about Fiona Mountain by visiting her website at https://www.fionamountain.com/You can also follow Fiona on social media where she posts as on twitter and as https://twitter.com/FionaMountain on twitter and as https://www.instagram.com/fionamountainwriter/ on Instagram.  Order the Keeper of Songs from Amazon here https://tinyurl.com/39666j28 The Keeper of songs was produced by Nicholas John.  Audio editing, mixing and mastering were by David Pickering Pick at ffg media  www.ffgmedia.co.ukThe news clips montage was produced by Leopard Belly  https://tinyurl.com/ymjh77smFollow Nicholas John on twitter here https://twitter.com/WordSong_And David Pickering-Pick (FFG) here https://twitter.com/ffgaudio The song you heard in this production was “Henry and Clara” by Bella Hardy which is taken from her album “The Dark Peak and the White”.   Find out more about Bella and buy her music by visiting her website https://www.bellahardy.com/And follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/bellahardy If you follow Alternative Stories on twitter where we post as https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt look out for our upcoming  competitions in which we'll be giving away prizes from Fiona and from Bella Hardy. You may also be interested in listening to our recent podcast in which we interviewed Fiona and heard some passages from her previous novels.   You can find it here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/8482676  Coming up on Alternative Stories and Fake Realities we'll have science fiction drama from Emily Inkpen, poetry from Gregory Leadbetter and a special edition in which we interview poet and novelist Salena Godden and hear dramatized excerpts from her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death.  Please subscribe by searching for alternative stories in your favourite podcast app to have all new editions delivered directly to you on their day of release and to have access to our full archive of audio drama poetry and fiction podcasts 

In this edition we chat with historical novelist Fiona Mountain about her forthcoming novel and audio drama “The Keeper of Songs”.  We include excerpts from the audio drama of and from some of her other novels and talk about the role of music in inspiring Fiona, her historical research and the effects of the pandemic on her creativity.  This edition features excerpts from the forthcoming audio drama of The Keeper of Songs starring Amy Forrest and Keeley Lane and adapted from her novel of the same name by Fiona Mountain.  It features the track “Henry and Clara” by Bella Hardy which is reproduced with Bella’s permission.  The audio drama is produced by Nicholas John with Audio edit, mix and mastering: David Pickering Pick at ffg media  www.ffgmedia.co.uk You can find out more about Fiona Mountain and order her books by visiting her website https://www.fionamountain.com/  To join Fiona’s mailing list to be informed when pre-order for The Keeper of Songs opens please click the link at the foot of the website home page.  If you would like to purchase copies of Fiona’s novels you can visit her Amazon page here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fiona-Mountain/e/B001HMN6QU?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1568592964&sr=1-4-catcorr You can follow Fiona on social media via twitter here https://twitter.com/FionaMountainAnd on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/fionamountainwriter/ To find out more about Bella Hardy and to purchase copies of her albums you can visit her website here  https://www.bellahardy.com/  If you would like to book a place on our Introduction to Writing for Audio Drama Workshop on 17th May you can do so via our Eventbrite page here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introduction-to-writing-for-audio-drama-with-alternative-stories-tickets-148761496641 Subscribe to Alternative Stories in your favourite podcast app to have all future editions delivered to your feed the moment they are released and to access our full archive of audio drama poetry and fiction podcasts.  Follow us on social media to find out what we’re up to and to get news on forthcoming podcasts via twitter here https://twitter.com/StoriesAltAnd Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/You can contact us via email office@alternativestories.com Coming soon we’ll have poetry from Gregory Leadbetter and drama from Anna Chorlton and Emily Inkpen. 

Since Alternative Stories started almost two years ago we have produced a number of audio dramas based on episodes from folklore.   This discussion edition looks at the ways in which folklore continues to inspire writers , academics, musicians and podcasters.   This edition is presented by Marie-Claire Wood Production and music are by Chris GregoryOur guests in this edition are Dee Dee Chainey   https://twitter.com/DeeDeeChaineyFolklore Thursday https://twitter.com/FolkloreThursThe Folklore Thursday website http://www.folklorethursday.com/Terri Windling https://twitter.com/terriwindling Terri’s website https://www.terriwindling.com/info/Mark Norman  https://twitter.com/folklorepod The Folklore Podcast http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/Bella Hardy : Folk Musician  https://twitter.com/bellahardy You can buy Bella's music via her website  https://www.bellahardy.com/ Professor Carolyne Larrington  https://twitter.com/profcarolyne Carolyne’s website includes links to her books https://carolynelarrington.wordpress.com/ Signe Maene  https://twitter.com/MaeneSigne And visit her website  https://signemaene.com/ Dr Kevan Manwaring  https://twitter.com/bardicacademic Visit his website here  https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/ Lyndsey Croal   https://twitter.com/writerlynds Visit her website here https://lyndseycroal.wordpress.com/ Kaitlin Felix  https://twitter.com/katigirl90 And visit her website here https://katifelix.com/Amy Boucher   https://twitter.com/Nearlyknowledg1 And visit her blog here https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/We have prepared a full set of show notes with more information and links for each of our guests and our recommended podcasts here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AkNqhywad3YvSYQxHhWP2Yf8IcCIRRFM/view?usp=sharingDrama excerpts in this edition were from Hare Spell , The Seeing Trees, Selkie and Daughter of Fire and Water  You can listen to all our folklore related content here https://www.podchaser.com/lists/folklore-and-fairytale-on-alternative-stories-107a9Gdi9hIn two weeks time we’ll be bringing you an audio drama based on the latest novel by British SciFi author Chris Beckett.  Listen to “Two Tribes” on 2nd April. Please subscribe to alternative stories in your favourite podcast app to have this and all future editions delivered to you the moment they are released. 

Here’s a chance to re-visit some of the musical highlights of season 4 of Folk on Foot – complete and uninterrupted. It features “Queen of Waters” by Nancy Kerr, “Scapa Flow 1919” by Kris Drever, “Sleeping Beauty” by Bella Hardy, “I’m a Woman on Wheels” by Peggy Seeger, “The Token” by Rachel Newton, “Walking Through Ithonside” by John Jones and the Reluctant Ramblers and The Melrose Quartet singing “Bright New Year”.  Transport yourself to simpler, happier times as you enjoy these unique on location recordings. Then stand by for season 5 which will launch very soon.

The uninterrupted world premiere of Bella Hardy's song "Curlew", as featured in our "World Curlew Day" episode - https://www.treesacrowd.fm/world-curlew-day/ This release also includes an introduction from Bella, atop Kinder Scout. Many thanks to Bella for agreeing to create this song for the podcast - it's hypnotically beautiful. Hopefully, the song will soon be available to purchase from https://www.bellahardy.com/ as soon as it's back from being professionally mastered. Thanks too to Si Homfray for providing the artwork to accompany this episode - prints can be purchased here: https://www.peakdistrictdesign.co.uk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why the duck is everyone wacky about this wonderful wader? In this special episode of Trees A Crowd, David Oakes calls on friends in lockdown to discuss the wonders of an incredible bird, the Curlew. Featuring field recordings from sound-recordist Chris Watson, a world premier of original music by folk-singer Bella Hardy and poetry recitals by Natalie Dormer and Sam West, this is more than just affectionate “waffle about a wader”. David Lindo, aka “The Urban Birder”, environmentalist and writer Mary Colwell, farmer and conservationist Patrick Lawrie, the CEO of Wader Quest, Rick Simpson, Jennifer Smart from the RSPB, and Lucy Walker from Britten Pears Arts will tell you why they love this bird and what needs to be done to save it. You will also hear from several previous Trees A Crowd guests; namely, Sir John Lawton, the President of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Dr Richard Benwell, the CEO of the Wildlife and Countryside Link and Amanda Owen, the Yorkshire Shepherdess. For further information on this and other episodes, visit: http://www.treesacrowd.fm/world-curlew-day/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The singer, songwriter and fiddle player Bella Hardy was Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year in 2014. She takes Matthew for a rain-sodden walk through the majestic countryside of the Edale Valley in the Peak District where she was brought up and has now returned to live. Undaunted by the weather, they go to the Penny Pot café, the 1811 Methodist Chapel where Bella teaches a singing group and on to her mother’s cottage where they stop for very welcome tea, biscuits and songs, including a local Castleton carol and Bella’s own compositions “Sleeping Beauty” and “Tequila Moon”. On their way back up the valley they cross Broadlee Bank, inspiration for Bella’s haunting instrumental tune and are interrupted by a sheepdog rounding up his flock.  

In search of the festive spirit of Christmas – and bearing gifts -  we travel to the Peak District and Sheffield to hear the area’s unique local carols. Along the way we collect music from Jon Boden, Bella Hardy, The Melrose Quartet and the singers of the villages of Dungworth and Hathersage. We hear how the traditional carols written and sung by working people were thrown out of the church – and had to find a new home in the village pubs. Put on your Santa hat, reindeer antlers or Christmas jumper, get yourself a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie and join us.  

A tantalising taste of the glorious episodes we have in store for you during season 4. It features Nancy Kerr along the Kennet and Avon Canal, John Jones and the Reluctant Ramblers walking to the Wickham Festival, Kris Drever on Orkney, Peggy Seeger in Iffley and Bella Hardy in Edale. The season starts on Friday October 18th. Why not support us to keep walking by becoming a patron of Folk on Foot – you’ll get great rewards. You can sign up at: patreon.com/folkonfoot. Thank you!

In this episode, David speaks to award-winning folk musician Bella Hardy. A fiddle-singer and songwriter from Edale in the Peak District, she has performed at festivals worldwide and on the UK folk circuit since she was 13. In 2007, she released her debut solo album Night Visiting, for which she was nominated for the Horizon award at the BBC Folk Awards. She has since won at the Folk Awards for original song, for ‘The Herring Girl’ in 2012, and was named BBC Folk Singer of the year in 2014 – but most importantly, earlier this year, she composed the theme tune for this very podcast! David and Bella discuss how folk music has been redefined over the years, deviating from its once rural beginnings, and Bella reflects on her musical influences and inspirations from nature – from hiding in dens with fox cubs, to using “the joy of folk music” as merely a hyper-convoluted way to become branded as “Patron of the Bog”! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael Berkeley’s guest is Bella Hardy, a passionate interpreter of traditional songs who has also blossomed into an accomplished songwriter, drawing on the Peak District, where she grew up, as well as influences from as far away as Nashville and China. Despite being only in her early thirties Bella has nine acclaimed solo albums to her name. She was part of the first - and highly memorable - Folk Prom in the Albert Hall in 2008 and she’s held the title of BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year. Bella talks to Michael about her passion for storytelling, which is reflected in her love of opera as well as traditional songs – we hear both an aria from Maria Callas and an unaccompanied folk song by Oxfordshire glover Freda Palmer, recorded in the 1950s. She talks about learning to play music by ear; her teenage years playing festivals in a folk band; and the challenges and satisfactions of running her own record label – and raising money to produce her albums through internet crowd funding. A contemporary carol by Philip Stopford illustrates Bella's love of community singing, and her many inspirations are reflected in her choice of music played on instruments as diverse as the English accordion and a form of Chinese lute called the pipa. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3

The Verb explores the language and literature inspired by northern rocks - with Benjamin Myers, Bella Hardy, M. John Harrison, Kate Davis and Simon Bainbridge.

Episode #7: The North The theme for this latest episode is the North. It’s unlikely to have escaped your attention that we’re about to witness a Great Exhibition of the North that’s a once-in-a generation opportunity to celebrate all kinds of northern-ness, and explore what the North actually means in 2018. To help us understand a little more about the special and specific sounds of the North we talk to radio DJ Lauren Laverne about the week of gigs by northern artists she is curating for the Exhibition and artist Mark Fell, who is creating a sound installation at Sage Gateshead made up of northern sounds. We pop-in with poet Degna Stone and folk musicians Bella Hardy and Sarah Hayes as they prepare their performance of new music and spoken word, called Backbone of Our Land. And we find out from Vinyl-o-phile, comedian and general know-it-all Steve Drayton what he considers to be the great albums of the North. Backstage is a regular podcast where we go behind the scenes for exclusive interviews and insights from leading and emerging artists who’ll be taking to the stage at Sage Gateshead, and discover some of the activities that take place, and the communities that meet there.

PODCAST: 30 Jul 2017     01 Copperhead Road – Steve Earle – Copperhead Road 02 Mary And The Soldier – Artisan Row – Artisan Row 03 Three More Reels – Brendan Power & Tim Edey – Harmonica and Button Box  04 The Bullingdon Circus – Robb Johnson – Songs Of The Last Seven Years 05 If The Storms Never Come – Joan Shelley – Froots 65 06 Praying For Rain – David Stoddard – You Have Got To Be Kidding Me 07 Guan Guan – Bella Hardy – Eternal Spring 08 Reynard And The Goose – The Trials Of Cato – The Trials Of Cato 09 Poitín – Christy Moore – The Box Set 1964-2004: Pink [Disc 2] 10 Moonshine –  Martin Simpson – Grinning In Your Face 11 The Moonshiner – Hamish Imlach – Cod Liver Oil and Orange Juice – The Transatlantic Anthology 12 Irish Girl – Lissa Schneckenburger – Covers 13 Banks Of Sweet Dundee – Matthew Byrne – Hearts & Heroes 14 Meeting Point – Tim Dalling Ian Carr Neil Harland – Blossom 15 A Bucket Of The Mountain Dew – The Mcpeake Family – A Living Thing 16 Moonshiner’s Daughter – Rhiannon Giddens – Factory Girl 17 Whisky Before Breakfast – John Balch With Jack Pearson – Hot Biscuit Jam 18 The Hills Of Connemara – Cu Chulainn Folk – The Essential Collection Of Irish Pub Anthems 19 New Delhi Freight Train – Dave Burland and The Awkward Squad – Okkard

Historians can and do debate the circumstances under which rock and roll was born, but there’s no debating the fact that modern-day rockers who capture the excitement of that initial blast are rootsy as all get-out, nor that said beginning was propelled by a mix that included plenty of blues and hillbilly progenitors. This week’s show covered a couple of bases with Sunny Sweeney’s nothing-but brand of country and Bella Hardy’s evocative British folk, then took a turn into the front porch blues shouting of Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band before landing in Blackfoot Gypsies’ primal rock and roll. Lineages notwithstanding, it was roots everywhere you looked.

British artists Kerry Andrew, Mira Calix and Bella Hardy took part in the 2015 Musicians in Residence programme in China. Following their residencies, they joined Georgina Godwin to reflect on their experiences in China, and talk about the music they made and the local artists they collaborated with. Musicians in Residence is a British Council programme, in partnership with the PRS for Music Foundation. Find out more: http://music.britishcouncil.org/projects/china-residencies/musicians-in-residence-china-2015 #MIRChina15 More from our Arts Podcast series: https://soundcloud.com/britishcouncil/sets/arts-podcasts #ArtsPodcast

A podcast all about the wonders of Spring. Good news! You've survived the winter! Let's celebrate the coming of Spring with FolkCast's March Into May 2015, a progression in music and verse from the slow departure of old man winter to the birth of the summer. And in Spring, my fancy turns to just one thing! Anyone fancy a ride on my pogo stick? Spring Song by Charlie Chaplin, from the film "Limelight" (1952) Written In Green by Bella Hardy, single release (2011) Exile Of The Winter King by Phil Widdows (2015) featuring Looking Through by Mike Vass, from the album "DecemberWell" (2012) Come The Springtime by Lee Maddison, from the album "Weightless" (2012) "Everybody discovered it was Spring…" radio broadcast (March 1947) First Light Of Spring by Luka Bloom, from the album "Innocence" (2005) Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa' by North Atlantic Trio, from the album "Some Part Of Something" (2013) Echoes From The Gates Of Darkness by Darren Sant Spring Warning by Terence Blacker, released online "Spring, Spring, you lovely thing…" Harold Peary as The Great Gildersleeve (radio, March 28th 1943) Spring Song by Laura Veirs, from the album "Hello I Must Be Going" (2012) Spring Season by Amazing Blondel, from the album "Evensong" (1970) Farewell Winter by Matthew Tomayko, from the album "Pilgrim Window" (2010) The Snows They Melt The Soonest by De-Malebysse (demo) Making Maple Syrup ~ Excerpt from "Charles Kuralt's Spring" read by Charles Kuralt (1997) Maple Syrup Time by Pete Seeger, from the album "One Meat Ball" (2006) Transformation Of Energy by Night An'Fey Antlered Crown And Standing Stone by Damh The Bard, from the album "Antlered Crown and Standing Stone" (2012) "This is also a story of Spring…" from "Family Theatre" Radio Drama, April 1951. April Fool's Day by S.J. Tucker, from the album "Blessings" (2008) April Come She Will by Tracy Grammer, from the album "Book of Sparrows" (2008) Easter Sunday can occur anytime between March 22nd and April 25th… The Rochdale Coconut Dance by Threepenny Bit, from the album "Pantomime Cannon" (2014) April Song by Jolly Jack, from the album " Seasons, Ceremonies & Rituals- The Calendar In Traditional Song" (2006) April Friend by Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, from the album "Strands Of Gold" (2006) Shropshire Lad: Cherry Trees by A. E. Housman (1887) Cherry Blossom by Paul McGladdery, released online (2014) “What’s it like being in love..?” - radio show (March 1947) Spring Cleaning by Fats Waller, (originally release 1937) "…Lamb Bites Wolf…", excerpt from British Newsreel (1949) One Morning In May by Kyle Carey, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, from the EP "One Morning In May" (2013) Sumer Is Incumen In by Richard Thompson, from the album "1000 Years Of Popular Music" ( One Man's Morris / Ampthill Sunrise by Life And Times, from the album "Charivari" (2001) The Beltane Fire Dance by Beltane Border Morris Cotton Hill by Fairytale, from the album "Forest Of Summer" (2015) "The Cuckoo comes in April…" Traditional rhyme First Cuckoo Of Spring by Danni Nicholls, from the album "A Little Redemption" (2013) Weaving The Summer 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

The FolkCast Festive Selection Box - bursting with good things for the season of Christmas, Yule and Saturnalia, with specially selected music and readings. Produced and presented by Folkie Phil Widdows featuring Babba and special guest star Ashley Hutchings with an exclusive appearance by Santa Claus. Introduction (from "Santa's Workshop" 1932) Could It Be Christmas by Jon Lindsay, single release (2011) "Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa!" ~ Bart Simpson. The Reindeer Boogie by Hank Snow, single release (1953) Sleigh Ride by Christmas Accordion, single release , with "Sly Little Santa" by Mrs CS Stone (1912) . Father Christmas Down Hounslow High Street by Robb Johnson & The Irregulars – from the album "The Ghost Of Love - A Christmas Song Suite" (2009) St Benedict's Christmas Fair by Lisa Redford, single release (2013) "Shoes", written and read by Ashley Hutchings, with Christmas Shoes by Saxophone Dreamsound, from the album Sax Christmas (2014) into All I Want For Christmas Is Some Rockin' Shoes by Johnny Aitken, single release (2009) "If 'ifs' and 'buts' were candles and nuts we'd all have a merry Christmas!" Christmas At Sea by The Longest Johns, from the EP "Christmas At Sea" (2013) Winter by John Smith, from the album The Fox And The Monk (2006) Christmas In No Man's Land by Maggie Boyle, from the album "Won't You Come Away" (2012) Silent Night by Andrews Massey, from the album Make Merry (2013) with "The Star", written and read by Ashley Hutchings. Silent Night by Anne Marie Sanderson, single release (2014) with all proceeds to Amnesty International. Someone by Barry Allen, from the album "Where The Heart Is" (2012) Keep The Flame by Johnny Coppin, single release (2011), This Time Of Year (Second Version) by Runrig, from the album Stepping Down The Glory Road (2013) "The Queen's Christmas Message" read by Babba. Christmas Rose by Blackheart, single release (2012) "Burn Logs Burn" written and read by Ashley Hutchings into Burn Logs Burn, by The Albion Christmas Band, from the album "A Sound In The Frosty Air" (2011) Footprints by Bella Hardy, from the album Bright Morning Star (2012) "Smoking Bishop" read by Phil & Babba, to Punch by Lunasa, from the album "The Kinnitty Sessions" (2004) "Eggnog 1887" read by Babba & Phil. Who Spiked The Eggnog? by Straight No Chaser, from the album "Christmas Cheers" (2009) The Little Drummer Boy by Ringo Starr, from the album I Wanna Be Santa Claus (1999) Carol Of The Bells by Marillion, single release (2014) "Extract from 'Orlando' by Virginia Woolf", written and read by Ashley Hutchings. God Rest Ye by Andrews Massey, from the album Make Merry (2013) "Tinsel" read by Phil & Babba Snow White Lies by Zoe Wren, from the album The FolkStock Christmas Present (2014) "Boxing Day" read by Phil & Babba The Wren Boys' Song by Nowell Sing We Clear, from the album "Nowell Sing We Four" (2007) Good King Wenceslas by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, from the album "A Sound Of Christmas Past" (2014) Send Phil Some Brandy by Wood, Wire And Words - specially recorded for FolkCast (2014) For full details and links to artists' websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk Merry Christmas from Everyone at FolkCast. It's our finger in YULE ear!

Music and poetry for the season of Winter, of Christmas & Yuletide. Presented by Babba - Produced by Phil Widdows - Readings by Phil Widdows Song For A New Beginning by Secret Garden, from the album Winter Poem .... with Winter Begins by Phil Widdows Winter Song by Anne Marie Almedal, from the album Memory Lane Winter Rose by Fairground Attraction, from the album The Very Best Of Fairground Attraction .... with Winter Bonus, a limerick... Cold Blow December Winds by Winter Wilson, from the album Cutting Free Wintersongs by Judy Dyble, from the album Flow And Change The Invisible Waltz by Howard Haigh, from the album Ride Forever and A Winter Snowscape by Martin Barre, from the album Stage Left .... with London Snow by Robert Bridges Bring Us In Good Ale by Maddy Prior And The Carnival Band, from the album A Christmas Caper The Company Makes The Feast by Kathryn and Bob Tickell, from the album Northumbrian Voices All In The Winter Time by Life And Times, from the album Charivari Christmas Bells by Bellowhead Gower Wassail by Blast From The Past, from the album A Victorian Christmas Wailey Wailer by Jim Causley, from the album Dumnonia The Holly & The Ivy by Kerfuffle, from the album Lighten The Dark Deck The Halls/Ding Dong by Andrews Massey Duo, from the album Make Merry Wexford Carol by Gareth Davies-Jones, from the album Nine Lessons North Pole Express by Nick Lowe, from the album Quality Street I Believe In Father Christmas by Lisa Redford Canadian Christmas Song by Eric Bogle, from the album The Dreamer That Sleigh by Steve Folk It's This Time Of Year by Neils Cremer A Light Out Of The Dark by The Halstead Clan Advent Polka/Saint Nick's Brawl by The Albion Christmas Band, from the album An Albion Christmas ... with About Socks by Dr Seuss (take #61) Big Daddy C by Roy Mette We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Brian Brink, from the album Christmas In The Grove ... with Another Spring by Patience Strong We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Bella Hardy, from the album Bright Morning Star For full details, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk This is a FolkCast podcast. All original content is copyright FolkCast 2013 ©

PODCAST: 07 Jul 2013 01 - Four Stone Wall - Capercaille 02 - Trouble and Woe - Ruth Moody 03 - Ten Thousand Miles - Bella Hardy 04 - A Prince Among Men - Andy Irvine 05 - Crooked Stove Pipe - Bill Murray and Friends 06 - Lord Allenwater - The False Beards 07 - Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down - The Whiskey Dogs 08 - The Trees They Do Grow High - Chloe Matharu 09 - I Want To Be An Engineer - Peggy Seeger 10 - The Blacksmith - Duncan McFarlane Band 11 - Sally Goodin - Pharis and Jason Romero 12 - The Early Morning Rain - Barbara Dixon 13 - Leeds Lullaby - Becky Mills 14 - Farewell to the Gold - Paul Metsers 15 - Who  - Jim Causley 16 - The Crooked Man - Merry Hell 17 - 38 Pistol - Yank Rachell 18 - The Devil and The Danube - Holy Moly and the Crackers

PODCAST: 21 Apr 2013 Sig - Doon Reel - Frankie Lane 01 - Whitewash Station - Sharon Shannon and the Cartoon Thieves02 - Proud Molly - Jennifer Byrne03 - The Mines of Spennymoor - The Deadly Winters04 - Waltz in the Bluegrass - Butch Baldassari, Robin Bullock and John Reischman05 - Greenwood Laddie - Marc Block06 - The Humpbacked Whale - Nic Jones07 - The Last Leviathan - Grace Griffiths08 - High Barbary - Blackbeard's Tea Party09 - Wild Bill Jones - Pharis and Jason Romero10 - The Rolling Wave / Derrymore - Padraig Rynne, Donal Lunny, Sylvain Barou11 - Yellow Handkerchief - Bella Hardy12 - I Once Had A Dog - Robin Dransfield13 - I'm No Superman - Half Deaf Clatch14 - Josephine Butler - Jo Freya15 - Sunny Afternoon - Flowers And Frolics16 - I Live Not Where I Love - Marc Block17 - Tijuana - Harry Manx Sig - Doon Reel - Frankie Lane

Newcastle Roots Music Radio brings you a monthly world roots and folk music podcast wherever you live! There's also a gig guide for those of you who live in Northeast England on the podcast and the related blog: http://www.rootsoftheworld.blogspot.co.uk/. This month sees featured Northeast vocal quartet , The Cornshed Sisters, with songs from the eclectic stream they draw from. In addition there's music from Scotland, Puglia, Mali,the USA , Portugal and India and more! British artists, as well as the Cornsheds include Bob Fox, Calum Stewart and Lauren MacColl, Bella Hardy, Duncan Chisholm, and Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.