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PODCAST: 03 Nov 2013 01 - Blue in a Bottle - Rag Mama Rag 02 - Eyes - Elliott Morris 03 - Caledonia - Ruth Notman 04 - The Kilavil / What Are You Doing - Matt Walklate 05 - Cold Blows the Wind - Pamela Wyn Shannon 06 - When Johnson’s Ale Was New - A.L. (Bert) Lloyd 07 - Red Wine Promises - Lal Waterson 08 - Goodbye Booze - Loudon Wainwright III 09 - Blackwaterside - Rapunzel & Sedayne 10 - The Little Piecer - Dave Brooks 11 - Aragon Mill - Dolores Keane 12 - Beauty of Limerick - Niamh Dunne 13 - The Barren Rocks of Aden - Simon Mayor 14 - The Plains of Waterloo - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts 15 Morning Train - Salt House 16 Red Rocking Chair - Dana & Sue Robinson 17 Starvation In My Kitchen - Yank Rachell's Tennessee Jug-Busters 18 Mole in a Hole - Blue Murder
Spring Into May: A FolkCast Seasonal Special Music and poetry for the Spring to early Summer, from Easter to the Merry Merry month of May. 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 21: Beltane by Jethro Tull 22: 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* 23: Under A Beltane Sun by Damh The Bard § = read by Phil Widdows * = read by Babba See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
(This is a REVISED version to correct an audio problem. Please delete any previous version you may have downloaded)... Sibling rivalry, deceit, murder, mutilation … plus magical music and a weather forecast! Witchcraft and murder from 400 years ago provide the backdrop to this show as we set the controls of the FolkCast time machine for 1612 to hear Old Pendle from Seat Of The Pants, plus witchy offerings from poet Dave Alton - featuring Sedayne - and from Steeleye Span. Plus new music from: The Sea Kings - Joy Dunlop and Twelfth Day - The Rachel Hair Trio - Georgia Ruth - Riotous Assembly - Naymedici - The Roughneck Riot - Ewan McLennan - Damian Clarke - Fifteen Days - Sid Wright - Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman.
Tromsø Sonar from A Flaw Of Nature Exclusive preview: not yet released Sonar websitePieces Of MindJack Brucefrom Out of the Storm Estoteric Recordings read my reviewSouling Soul 1 (excerpt) Venereum Arvumfrom October Songs 2002 Sedayne website Tanks And Trees Radar Favourites from Radar FavouritesReel RecordingsTimeslipJack Bruce from Out of the Storm Esoteric RecordingsSome Bright Stars for Queens CollegeDavid Bedfordfrom Nurses Song With ElephantsEsoteric Recordings Some thoughts on David Bedford
1 Home from West by Wooden Shjips Buy the album here Read my review on the blog 2 Riverdance from Songs From The Barley Temple by Rapunzel & Sedayne Go here for more details & ordering the album 3 Up And On from Tempest by Tempest Go here to buy the album 4 The Other Side from Pressure by Splashgirl Go here to buy the album Read my review on the blog