Show 4 17/05/2008

RaW Folk's fourth show spanned a classic spectrum, from the sublime (music) to the ridiculous (speech)... unfortunately the latter is preserved in the download version [link expired] - music, as I've mentioned, must be restricted to ten second clips. Still worth a listen to jog your memory!

If you caught the show on Saturday, I'd be very interested to read any opinions you have regarding the new Eliza Carthy track, Mr Magnifico. I've listened a few times now and I'm still not quite sure what to make of it - taking storytelling through song a step too far, perhaps? Or do you think it's innovative and engaging - and I just don't get it?

Plus don't forget to vote in this week's Folk On / Folk Off poll (top left of this blog's homepage). The track in question is Homesick by Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience and the poll closes at midday this Saturday (24th May). Results to be announced on the next show!

Music Played
Time Artist - Song (Album)

Album of the Week: Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
18:03 Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair / Canticle

18:07 Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay (Kitty Jay)

Album of the Week: Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
18:13 Simon & Garfunkel - A Simple Desultory Philippic (or how I was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)
Theme Time Radio Minute (Crying)
18:17 Bruce Springsteen - O Mary Don't You Weep (We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions)

18:23 Waterboys - Raggle Taggle Gypsy (Room to Roam)

Album of the Week: Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
18:27 Simon & Garfunkel - Cloudy
18:29 Simon & Garfunkel - Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall

18:32 Karine Polwart - Daisy (Scribbled in Chalk)

Folk On / Folk Off
18:36 Kings of Convenience - Homesick (Riot on an Empty Street)

18:40 Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl - Grey Goes (Two)
18:44 Salsa Celtica - Grey Gallito (The Grey Cockerel) (El Camino)
18:51 Eliza Carthy - Mr Magnifico (Dreams of Breathing Underwater)

Album of the Week: Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
18:56 Simon & Garfunkel - A Poem on the Underground Wall
18:58 Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)