09/05/2009

A right mixed bag this week with music from the psychedelic-influenced Byrds and Bees alongside long overdue debuts on RaW Folk from Martyn Joseph and Simon Emmerson's Imagined Village collective.

The Imagined Village project, involving a diverse collection of artists including "The Modfather" Paul Weller, performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah and folktronica outfit Tunng, was established to produce a modern, multicultural take on the folk songs of Victorian collectors and features retellings of ballads such as Death and the Maiden and The Hard Times of Old England. In 2007 a national tour brought The Imagined Village to Warwick University.



The track played on Saturday's programme was Cold, Hailey, Rainy Night, featuring Eliza Carthy, Chris Wood, The Young Copper Family and Transglobal Underground. Their rendition won the Best Traditional Track prize at the 2008 BBC Folk Awards.

Music Played
Artist - Song (Album)

The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (Turn! Turn! Turn!)
Eliza Carthy - Stingo / The Stacking Reel (Red)

Train Track
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakech Express (Crosby, Stills & Nash)

The Bees - A Minha Menina (Sunshine Hit Me)
Martin Simpson - Duncan and Brady (Prodigal Son)
Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk (Album III)
The Imagined Village - Cold, Hailey, Rainy Night (The Imagined Village)

Folk On or Folk Off
The Saw Doctors - World of Good (Same Oul' Town)

Pentangle - Light Flight (Basket of Light)
Martyn Joseph - Sing to My Soul (Evolved)
Beth Orton - Concrete Sky (Daybreaker)
Paolo Nutini - Rewind (These Streets)