Music Played
Artist - Song (Album)
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple (Gypsy Punk: Underdog World Strike)
Fairport Convention - Ballad of Easy Rider (Unhalfbricking)
Train Track
Decemberists - Engine Driver (Picaresque)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi (Green River)
Fleet Foxes - Oliver James (Fleet Foxes)
Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne (Songs of Leonard Cohen)
Folk On or Folk Off
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Car Wheels on a Gravel Road)
Christy Moore - Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Listen)
Roy Bailey - How Beautiful Upon the Mountain (Below the Radar)
The Legend of Stuff
Martin Carthy - The Ant and the Grasshopper (Right of Passage)
Alexander Rybak - Fairytale [single]
Sunday 24 May 2009
Saturday 16 May 2009
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...
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...
Monday 11 May 2009
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)
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)
Sunday 3 May 2009
02/05/2009
Influenced by a special music marathon to mark the departure of RaW's vinyl library, something of a retro flavour permeated the show this week, tempered by tracks from Kate Rusby, Seth Lakeman, Young Folk Award-winning siblings Megan & Joe Henwood and rockabilly Cambridge invitee Imelda May.
Music Played
Artist - Song (Album)
Beach Boys - Cottonfields (The Cotton Song) (Sunflower [European release])
Kate Rusby - Awkward Annie (Awkward Annie)
America - A Horse with No Name (America)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (Wednesday Morning, 3A.M.)
Folk On or Folk Off
Imelda May - Johnny got a Boom Boom (Love Tattoo)
Bob Dylan - Hurricane (Desire)
The Legend of Stuff
Kate Rusby - Andrew Lammie (Awkward Annie)
Seth Lakeman - The White Hare (Freedom Fields)
Young Folkies
Megan and Joe Henwood - White Lies (Folk Awards 2009 [various])
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Rumour and Sigh)
Music Played
Artist - Song (Album)
Beach Boys - Cottonfields (The Cotton Song) (Sunflower [European release])
Kate Rusby - Awkward Annie (Awkward Annie)
America - A Horse with No Name (America)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (Wednesday Morning, 3A.M.)
Folk On or Folk Off
Imelda May - Johnny got a Boom Boom (Love Tattoo)
Bob Dylan - Hurricane (Desire)
The Legend of Stuff
Kate Rusby - Andrew Lammie (Awkward Annie)
Seth Lakeman - The White Hare (Freedom Fields)
Young Folkies
Megan and Joe Henwood - White Lies (Folk Awards 2009 [various])
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Rumour and Sigh)
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