Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 140: 15 August 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 15 August. Continuing our review of winners from recent BBC Folk Music Awards, here again are some of the winners from the 2014 awards.

Save The Bees – Lau
From the album: Race the Loser (Reveal)
Two Ravens - Lisa Knapp
From the album: Hidden Seam (Navigator)
Willie of Winsbury - Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
From the album: Child Ballads (Wilderland)

Love Is Life - Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
From the album: The Queen's Lover (Fellside)
Cha d'fhuair mi'n cadal - The Mischa Macpherson Trio
Free download from Bandcamp
http://mischamacphersontrio.bandcamp.com/track/cha-dfhuair-min-cadal
The Nailmakers' Strike, Pt. 2 - Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
From the album: Mynd (Dragonfly)
Stand to Your Guns - The Full English
From the album: The Full English (Topic)

Good Man's Wife - Bella Hardy    
From the album: Battleplan (Noe)
Little Birds - Carthy Hardy Farrell Young
From the album: Laylam (Ais)
Man of Newlyn Town - Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
From the album: Both Ears and the Tail (Gadfly)
Cold, Haily, Windy Night - Steeleye Span
From the album: Please To See The King (Shanachie)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel - De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 139: 8 August 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 8 August 2017. In a change to the usual schedule, this week I bring you another chance to hear some of the winners and other finalists from the 2015 BBC Folk Music Awards.

Moorlough Mary - Cara Dillon
From the album: A Thousand Hearts (Charcoal)
Never Ever Lay Them Down - Nancy Kerr
From the album: Sweet Visitor (Little Dish)

Dancing Under The Gallows - Chris While And Julie Matthews
From the album: Who We Are (Fat Cat)
It Would Not Be A Rose - Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
From the album: Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour (Folkroom)

Skippin' Barfit Through the Heather - The Furrow Collective
From the album: At Our Next Meeting (Furrow)
John Hill - The Young'uns
From the album: Never Forget (Hereteu)

Rose Howard - Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron
From the album: Made In The Great War (Rootbeat)
Panic Attack Blues - The Rails
From the album: Fair Warning (Island)

Pa Le? - 9Bach
From the album: Tincian (Real World)
The Curious Dog – Talisk
From the EP: Talisk (Smooth Operations)

The Shoals of Herring - Ewan MacColl
From the album: New Briton Gazette (Folkways)

Cat & the Dog Trap - Yusuf / Cat Stevens
From the album: Tell 'Em I'm Gone (Legacy)

Jimmy Ward's - The Will Pound Band
From the EP: The New Tradition (Goose Rock)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel - De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 138: 1 August 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 1 August 2017 - featuring songs about singers. 

Summer Lightning - Oliver Knight
From the album: Mysterious Day
Classic Album
Gently Tender – The Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
Way Back In The 1960s – The Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion

Songs about singers
Lisdoonvarna - Christy Moore
From the album: Ride On - Christy Moore
Mr Tams - Linda Thompson (with Susan McKeown, Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy)
From the album: Won't Be Long Now
I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night - Billy Bragg
From the EP: The Internationale
I Am Disappeared (Live) - Frank Turner
From the album: Ten for Ten
O'Donoghue's - L.A.P.D.
From the album: 70th Birthday Concert At Vicar St 2012

Recent Releases
Farewell To The Brine - Pete Coe
From the album: The Man In the Red Van
Once I Loved You Dear (The Irish Girl) – Quercus
From the album: Nightlife
Molly Ban - Usher's Island
From the album: Usher’s Island

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing Music The Tip-Top Hornpipe/The Primrose Polka by Brass Monkey. From the album:The Complete Brass Monkey

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 137: 25 July 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 18 July 2017 featuring Irish Music Hour. As I do every pledge drive, it's Irish music all the way. This time, with the support of WJFF's Sound Supporters, I can bring you this hour of Irish music with no breaks in which we ask you to call in and pledge. Thank you for your support.

First Class Bananas – Goitse
From the album: Inspired by Chance
Sail Away Ladies/Walking In The Parlor - Mozaik
From the album: Andy Irvine’s 70th Birthday Concert At Vicar St 2012
New Landscapes – Cúig
From the album: New Landscapes

Morrison's/The Tailor's Thimble/Wellington's - De Danann
From the album: The De Danann Collection
Siesta Set – Dervish
From the album: Spirit
Stolen Purse – Lúnasa
From the album: The Kinnitty Sessions

The Naughty Step - Peatbog Faeries
From the album: Dust
Tunes, Paddy's Trip To Scotland – Dervish
From the album: Folk Legacy: Live - 1
The Glen Road To Carrick – Fullset
From the album: Notes After Dark

The Dingle Berries = The Hop Slide/Padraig O'Keefe's/Nessa The Mover/Trip To Dingle – Lúnasa
From the album: The Story So Far
The Mouth of the Tobique/Billy Wilson - Patrick Street
From the album: All in Good Time
Junior Crehan's Favourite/Corney Is Coming - Planxty
From the album: Planxty

The Tar Road to Sligo/Paddy Clancy's - The Bothy Band
From the album: 1975 (The First Album)
Donegal Reels - De Dannan
From the album: Hibernian Rhapsody

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 136: 18 July 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 11 July 2017 - featuring  songs about fish and fishing.

Our Evening Walk - Robin Williamson
From the album: Trusting In the Rising Light
Classic Album
First Girl I Loved - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
You Know What You Could Be - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
My Name Is Death - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
Summer Night – Clive’s Original Band
From the album: Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart

Songs about fish and fishing
Goldfish - Kate Walsh
From the album: Tim's House
The Final Trawl - Back Of The Moon
From the album: Luminosity
Little Fishes - Patrik Fitzgerald
From the album: The Very Best Of Patrik Fitzgerald
The Shoals of Herring - Ewan MacColl
From the album: Singing The Fishing
The Herring Girl - Bella Hardy
From the album: Songs Lost and Stolen

Recent Releases
An Tiománaí (The Driver) – Kila
From the album: Kila Alive
Three Fishes
From the album: Fara

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental Music The Tar Road to Sligo/Paddy Clancy's by The Bothy Band. From the album: 1975 (The First Album)

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 135: 11 July 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 11 July 2017 - featuring Molly Drake and The Unthanks.

Scorching Sun - Emily Portman
From the album: Hatchling
Classic Album
Blues For The Muse - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
The Hedgehog's Song - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
Feast Of Stephen - Mike Heron
From the album: Smiling Men With Bad Reputations
Verses at Ellesmere - Robin Williamson
From the album: The Celtic Band

Molly Drake and The Unthanks
'Cello Song - Nick Drake
From the album: Five Leaves Left
Never Pine For the Old Love - Molly Drake
From the album: Molly Drake
I Remember - Molly Drake
From the album: Molly Drake
I Remember - The Unthanks
From the album: Diversions, Vol. 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake
What Can a Song Do to You? - The Unthanks
From the album: Diversions, Vol. 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake

Recent releases
Captain Glen's Comfort - Pons Aelius
From the album: Captain Glen's Comfort
Lover's Ghost - Rosie Hood
From the album: The Beautiful & the Actual

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental Music Molly And Jimmy's by Pons Aelius. From the album: Captain Glen's Comfort

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 134: 4 July 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 24 July 2017 - featuring British and Irish covers of American songs.

Summers That We Made - Lucy Ward
From the album: I Dreamt I Was a Bird
When I Leave Berlin - Bruce Springsteen
From the album:
When I Leave Berlin - Wizz Jones
From the album: When I Leave Berlin
Classic Album
Little Cloud - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
The Eyes Of Fate - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion

British and Irish covers of American songs
Why Walk When You Can Fly/Highlander's Revenge - Amy Henderson
From the album: Soul For A Compass
Everybody Hurts (MTV Unplugged Version) - The Corrs
From the album: Best of The Corrs
Sea of Heartbreak - Charlie Harrigan
From the album: Wasted and Wounded
Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Billy Bragg
From the album: Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International
Talk To Me While I'm Listening - Frances Black
From the album: A Woman's Heart 2
Why Don't You Do Right - Carthy Hardy Farrell Young
From the album: Laylam

Recent Releases
Home For The Harvest - Jim Chorley
From the album: Fatea Showcase Session 37 Summer 17 Burning
Looking Glass - Off The Grid
From the album: Fatea Showcase Session 37 Summer 17 Burning

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing Music Lady Mary Ramsay by Amy Henderson. From the album: Soul For A Compass

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 133: 27 June 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 27 June 2017 - featuring English instrumental music.

Summer Sent You - Mary Black
From the album: The Best Of The Cambridge Folk Festival
Rose Buds In June/Mrs Preston's Hornpipe - The Imagined Village
From the album: Empire & Love
Classic Album
Painting Box - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
The Mad Hatter's Song - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion

English instrumental music
La Russe/The Winshield's Hornpipe/Jane's Fancy/Da Road To Houll - The High Level Ranters
From the album: Four In A Bar
Princess Royal - The Albion Band
From the album: The Guv'nor Vol. 3
Miss Wright's Fancy – Leveret
From the album: In The Round
Lost In Fishponds – Spiro
From the album: From Here: English Folk Field Recordings
Room for the Cuckold/Beaux of London City - The Askew Sisters
From the album: In the Air or the Earth
The Politician, The Lighthouse, And The Trained Cormorant – The Owl Light Trio
From their upcoming, as yet unnamed, album

The current issue of fRoots magazine has a long feature on English instrumental music.

Recent Releases
No More Heroes – Coast
From the album: Windmills In The Sky
Recruited Collier - Yorkston Thorne Khan
From the album: Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars.

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing Music New Anything/St Catherine by Leveret. From the album: New Anything

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 132: 20 June 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 20 June 2017 - featuring songs about time and the longest day. 

Summer's Come Again - Steve Ashley
From the album: This Little Game
I Like To Be With You In The Sun - Bridget St John
From the album: Ask Me No Questions
Classic Album
Chinese White – The Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
No Sleep Blues - The Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion

Songs about the summer solstice and time
The Longest Day - Kris Drever
From the album: If Wishes Were Horses
Don't Waste Time - Track Dogs
From the album: Serenity Sessions
Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Nick Drake
From the album: Family Tree
Time Wanders On - Bella Hardy
From the album: With the Dawn
Summer Fires - Ninebarrow
From the album: While the Blackthorn Burns
Time Passes - Bird Radio
From the album: Oh, Happy England

Recent Releases
Ferrari Borrowers Club - Orkestra Del Sol
From the album: Gross National Happiness
Who Knows Where The Time Goes? - Vision Thing
From the album: Lights

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing Music The Final Fling by Orkestra Del Sol. From the album Gross National Happiness

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 131: 13 June 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 13 June 2017 - featuring songs about chickens. 

Summer Of My Dreams - Dolores Keane
From the album: Solid Ground
Classic Album
Tennessee Waltz/Tennessee Mazurka - The Chieftains & Tom Jones
From the album: The Long Black Veil
The Rocky Road To Dublin - The Chieftains & The Rolling Stones
From the album: The Long Black Veil
Chop Chop - Skinner and T'witch
Single

Songs about chickens
Chickens In The Garden - Carthy, Hardy, Farrell and Young
From the album: Laylam
The Cocks Are Crowing – Dervish
From the album: Spirit
Grey Gallito (The Grey Cockerel) - Salsa Celtica
From the album: El Camino
The Cockfight - Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
From the album: The Call
The Chickens They Are Crowing - Sarah McQuaid
From the album: I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning
Cockadoodledon't - Ivor Cutler Trio
From the album: Ludo

Recent Releases
Blue Pearl - Martha Tilston
From the album: Nomad Moon
Reed In The River - Pete Falloon
From the album: Reed In The River

Click here for details of Richard Thompson’s gigs

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental Music Ferny Hill by The Chieftains. From the album: The Long Black Veil