05/12/2009

No session guests this week but a busy show nonetheless, spotlighting a few of the nominees for the forthcoming BBC Folk Awards 2010 - the shortlist for which was announced on Wednesday. In addition, the show spearheaded the "Mumford & Sons for Single of the Year" campaign, imploring listeners to vote for the folk in RaW's annual chart countdown. Last year RaW Folk's listeners backed White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes to the heady heights of number 14, so let's see if we can do even better this year. Head over to radio.warwick.ac.uk/singleoftheyear to vote before 5pm today - and if you need any more convincing, please watch the video below (although beware - it's definitely not the radio edit). Don't forget to tune into Compact Disco on Tuesday from 6-8pm on RaW 1251AM to hear the Top 20 chart countdown live.



Finally, listener Em emailed in asking for views on the news that Dylan's A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall has been adopted as "an unofficial anthem" by the UN ahead of the Copenhagen climate change summit - and wondering how the UN sets about making such a decision. Did they vote on it?! If you have any ideas for alternative anthems, post them here!

Talking of Sir Bob, tune in next week for RaW Folk's first festive December show to hear tracks from his new album Christmas in the Heart - and to get you in the mood, here's the extraordinary video for "Must Be Santa".



Music Played
Artist - Song (Album)

Demon Barbers - The Good Old Days (+24db)
The Darwin Song Project - Kingdom Come (Shrewsbury 2009)
Megson - Follow it On (Smoke of Home)
Show of Hands - Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed (Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed)
The Queensberry Rules - Sinking Town (The Black Dog and Other Stories)
Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds (Sigh No More)
Leddra Chapman - Wrap Me Up (Telling Tales)
Mawkin:Causley - Cutty Wren (The Awkward Recruit)
Kate Rusby - Blooming Heather (Awkward Annie)
Cara Dillon - Spencer the Rover (Hill of Thieves)
Martin Simpson - Duncan and Brady (Prodigal Son)
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man (Sigh No More)

To view the full list of nominees for February's BBC Folk Awards, click here.