16/05/2009

An eclectic mix of music tonight, ranging from the unpronounceable (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ) to the unspellable (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) and punctuated by tales of timewasting and digiplay breaking. Dedicated listeners were also rewarded with some hot tips for revision success towards the end of the show.

The mysteriously named 'Internet Listener' emailed in on the topic of mishearing people (in my case in pubs and bus shelters) with a great link about misheard lyrics: click here.

Music Played
Artist - Song (Album)

Sharon Shannon - Blackbird (The Galway Girl - The Best of Sharon Shannon)
Sugarland - Steve Earle (Love on the Inside)
Steve Earle - Satellite Radio (Washington Square Serenade)
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Facing Future)
Phil Beer - Garland Gay (A Celebration of Great British Folk [various])
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Bapa (Gurrumul)
Queensberry Rules - New Columbus (The Black Dog)

Folk On or Folk Off
The Zutons - Always Right Behind You (You Can Do Anything)

Chris Wood - Summerfield Avenue (Trespasser)

The Legend of Stuff
Rory & Alex McEwan - Bonnie George Campbell (A Celebration of Great British Folk [various])

Ella Edmondson - Breathe (Hold Your Horses)
Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle (You Don't Mess Around with Jim)


The Gurrumul track generated a particularly enthusiastic response - so here he is performing 'Bapa' live last year:




Finally, one last top revision tip for dedicated blog readers: before an exam, skim read all your notes by reading only the long words down the middle of the pages. Then fix a stare at the notes and flick through them at speed. Your brain will receive the information faster than you can read it, but the information will continue to be processed inside the exam hall...