Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 289: 12 July 2020 - a fifth new music special

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 12 July 2020 - a fifth new music special, supporting artists who can't tour to promote their recent releases.

Bristol Slaver (feat. Matt Clifford) - Show of Hands
Single
The Fire - Rosie Eade
From the album: Folk Pixie
Friday I'm in Love - Kate Rusby
From the album: Hand Me Down
Home - Rainy Day Woman
From the album: Home
Budg & Snudg (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - Stick in the Wheel
From the album: Hold Fast
Hegemony - Chalk Horse Music
Single

As Soon As You Hear The Bell - Richard Thompson
From the EP: Bloody Noses
Kellswater - Julie Abbe
From the album: Numberless Dreams
A Hundred Miles Of Nothing - Charlie Dore
From the album: Like Animals
Roodulum - The Maniacs
From the album: The Maniacs
Ice Age - Alasdair Roberts
From the album: The Songs of My Boyhood
The Parting Glass - Daoiri Farrell
From the album: The Lockdown

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Lamaload/Bean Setting by Tom Kitching. From the album: Seasons of Change

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 288: 5 July 2020 - including songs about rain

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 5 July 2020 - including songs about rain.

When Summers Stood Still - Misshaped Pearls
From the album: Shivelight
Manic Monday - Kate Rusby
From the album: Hand Me Down
Break the Rules - Midnight Skyracer
From the album: Shadows on the Moon
City Beats - Hannah White & The Nordic Connections
Single

Songs about rain
Chasing Rainbows - Billy Bragg
From the album: Tooth & Nail
A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues
From the album: Rum Sodomy & the Lash
Before the Deluge - Moving Hearts
From the album: Moving Hearts
Hide! The Storm Is Coming – Heg And The Wolf Chorus
From the album: Raising The Fires
English Rain - Gary Fulton
From the album: Blood and Dust
Song - Gordon Tyrrall
A Distance From The Town

Recent releases
Nyack - Annie Dressner
From the album: Coffee at the Corner Bar
When The Breakers Go Back On Fulltime - Daoiri Farrell
Single: The Lockdown

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Rain On The Woodpile/Terminus by Leveret. From the album: Inventions

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 287: 28 June 2020 - a fourth new music special

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 28 June 2020 - a fourth new music special, supporting artists who can't tour to promote their recent releases.

Surprise View - Sam Carter
From the album: Home Waters
Borrow More - Kev Minney
From the album: Borrow More
In-Store Bakery - Tom Kitching
From the album: Seasons of Change
We Cry When People Leave - The Rich Hardcastle Band
From the album: Rudy’s Bar
Lily, Rosemary & The Jack Of Hearts - The Rolling Ramshackle Review
Single

The Path into Blue - Sean Taylor
From the album: Live in London
John Harrison's Hands - Brian McNeill
From the album: No Silence
Volcano - Ma Polaine's Great Decline
From the album: City of Love
I Remember You Paul Doran
From the album: 10 Days in Rome
For You - Fabian Holland
From the album: Under the Red Island Bakery
Shadow Of A Man - Johnny Steinberg
From the album: Shadowland

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Coridinio by Sharon Shannon From the album: A Woman's Heart
Closing music Tom Tolley's Hornpipe/Pidge by Tom Kitching. From the album: Seasons of Change

Take a look at these offerings from singers and musicians sheltering in place, or in lockdown.
Folk On Foot Festivals 1 & 2
Skinner & Twitch Covideo Folk Club
Billy Bragg  (starts at 10m 30s)
Covers For Others
Greenpeace Glastonbury Festival
Sharon Shannon 
Christy Moore
Daoiri Farrell
Maz O’Connor
Steve Knightley
The Kinnaris Quintet
The Rolling Ramshackle Revue

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 286: 21 June 2020 - including songs about summer flowers

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 21 June 2020 - including songs about summer flowers.

Working from Home - Skinner and T'witch
From the album: The Lockdown Sessions
Roll the Chariot Along - Louis Killen, Stan Hugill & The X-Seamen's Institute
From the album: Sea Songs
John Kanaka - The Fisherman's Friends
From the album: A Treasury Of Shanties And Songs Of The Sea

Songs about summer flowers
The Lily & The Rose - Battlefield Band
From the album: Line Up
Rose Buds In June/Mrs Preston's Hornpipe - The Imagined Village
From the album: Empire & Love
The Bramble And The Rose - The Black Family
From the album: The Black Family
The Briar And The Rose - Fay Hield
From the album: Old Adam
Blooming Heather - Kate Rusby
From the album: Awkward Annie
Skippin' Barfit Through the Heather - The Furrow Collective
From the album: At Our Next Meeting

Recent releases
Old Molly Oxford - Tom Kitching
From the album: Seasons of Change
Two Minutes Silence - Brian McNeill
From the album: No Silence

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music The Navvy on the Line/The Rainy Day by The Bothy Band. From the album: 1975 (The First Album)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 285: 14 June 2020 - including unaccompanied songs for the lonely lockdown

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 14 June 2020 - including unaccompanied singers for the lonely lockdown.

June Last Year - Kate Walsh
From the album: Light & Dark
Man, Friendship - Kitty Macfarlane
From the album: Namer of Clouds
Bha Mi'n Raoir san Taigh-òsta - Katie Macfarlane
From the EP: Ciùine Na Mara
Rose Of Allendale - Mary Black
From the album: Mary Black

(Almost entirely) Unaccompanied singers
The Banks Of The Bann - Sean Cannon
From the album: Erin The Green
The Fiddle and the Drum - June Tabor
From the album: Abyssinians
Kate of Ballinamore - Geordie Hanna
From the album: Voice of the People
The Bird In The Bush - Shirley Collins
From the album: The Sweet Primroses
Jinny Joe - Liam Weldon
From the album: Dark Horse On The Wind
Black Dog and Sheep Crook - Queen Caroline Hughes
From the album: I’m a Romany Rai
Tippin' It Up - Christy Moore
From the album: The Box Set 1964-2004: Pink
What Will We Do When We Have No Money? - Mary Delaney
From the album: From Puck to Appleby

Recent releases
Shanklin Chine (feat Sam Kelly) - Kirsty Merryn
From the album: Our Bright Night
Back Up To Zero - Adam Amos : Noel Rocks
From the album: Back Up To Zero

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music The Navvy On The Line by The Bothy Band. From the album: 1975.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 284: 7 June 2020 - including songs about, and set in, the evening and the night

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 7 June 2020 - including songs about the evening and the night.

June Bug - Kate Walsh
From the album: Clocktower Park
Country Life - The Watersons
From the album: For Pence And Spicy Ale
Galway Girl - Sharon Shannon/Mundy
Single
I'm Walking To A Farm - Ivor Cutler
From the album: Dandruff

Songs about, and set in, the evening and the night
Friday Evening Blues - Ian Anderson
From the album: Almost The Country Blues - EPs & Extras 1966-1969
Night Lament - Kate Rusby
From the album: Life In A Paper Boat
This Night The Stars - Johnny Coppin
From the album: 30 Songs
Brambles - Serious Child
From the album: Time In The Trees
Nightjar - Emily Portman
From the album: Coracle
Cold Haily Rainy Night - The Imagined Village
From the album: The Imagined Village

Recent releases
Fetlar Lullaby - Jenna Reid
From the album: Songs From Jenna Reid
Mairead Nan Cuiread - Katie Macfarlane
Single
Malibu - Roseanne Reid
From the album: The September Tapes

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music The Breakdown/The Blanchland Races by The High Level Ranters. From the album: Northumberland Forever

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 283: 31 May 2020 - another whole hour of recent releases

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 31 May 2020 - a third new music special, supporting artists who can't tour to promote their new releases.

To Be With You Again - James J Turner
From the album: The Believer
It's A Beautiful World (Now You Are Here) - Paul Brady
Single
The King's Shilling - The Haar
From the album: The Haar
Willie Taylor - The Haar
From the album: The Haar
Great Circles - India Electric Co.
From the album: The Gap
Waliyan Da Raja - Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
From the album: Navarasa : Nine Emotions

Don't Be Nice to Me - Nick Lowe
Single
We Looked Away - Reg Meuross
From the album: RAW
Feed It - Matthews Southern Comfort
From the album: The New Mine
Working In The New Mine - Matthews Southern Comfort
From the album: The New Mine
Rain & Snow - The Auldeners
Single
Couldn't Wish More For You - Roseanne Reid
From the album: The September Tapes

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Portugal/Lithuania by Will Pound. From the album: A Day Will Come

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 282: 24 May 2020 - including British and Irish covers of John Prine songs

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 24 May 2020 - including British and Irish covers of John Prine songs.

The Birds in the Spring - Bob & Ron Copper
From the album: Traditional Songs from Rottingdean
The Lady and the Soldier - The Dovetail Trio
From the album: Wing of Evening
William's Sweetheart - Rosie Hood
From the album: The Beautiful & The Actual
Stuck On Repeat
Man In The Moon - The Full English
From the album: The Full English

British and Irish covers of John Prine songs
Aimless Love - Linda Thompson
From the album: Give Me A Sad Song
Sleepy Eye'D Boy - Maura O'Connell
From the album: Walls and Windows
Love Love Love (feat. John Prine & Mary Staunton) - Sharon Shannon
From the album: The Diamond Mountain Sessions
Hello In There - Eddi Reader
From the album: Mirmama
Beautiful World - Paul Brady
From the album: Spirits Colliding

Recent releases
Highway to Warrington - Sam Sweeney
From the album: Unearth Repeat
The Old Wagon Way - Sam Sweeney
From the album: Unearth Repeat
Manic Monday Kate Rusby
From the album: Hand Me Down

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Davy Lowston by The Furrow Collective. From the album: Fathoms
Closing music In The Lane by Grainne Brady. From the album: Newcomer

Hudson Records Listening Club - The Furrow Collective
Folk On Foot Front Room Festival 2

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 281: 17 May 2020 - another new music special

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 17 May 2020 - a second new music special, supporting artists who can't tour to promote their new releases.

Shine On - Reg Meuross
Single
The Oak - Serious Child
From the album: Time In The Trees
Brambles - Serious Child
From the album: Time In The Trees
The Forge - Sam Carter
From the album: Home Waters
Hey Superman - Matthews' Southern Comfort
Single

Awake, Awake - Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band
From the album: Natural Invention
Searching For Lambs - Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band
From the album: Natural Invention
Virginia Street - Dean Owens
From the album: The Man from Leith: The Best of Dean Owens
Dora - Dean Owens
From the album: The Man from Leith: The Best of Dean Owens
Singing On My Doorstep - Skinner & T'witch
Single

News of the second Folk on Foot Front Room Festival

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Small Coals by Kathryn Tickell . From the album: Northumbrian Voices
Closing music Portugal/Lithuania by Will Pound. From the album: A Day Will Come

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 280: 10 May 2020 - including poems set to music

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 10 May 2020 - poems set to music.

Songthrush at Dawn - Nick Penny
From the album: Calling up the Dawn
May 1, 1810 - Hugh Lupton and Chris Wood
From the album: On Common Ground
Can't Be There Today - Billy Bragg
From the album: Single

Poems set to music
On Beacon Hill - Johnny Coppin
From the album: 30 Songs
Ode - The Mechanicals Band
From the album: Miscellany #1
The Song of the Wandering Aengus – Donovan
From the album: HMS Donovan
Prologue To The Canterbury Tales - Luke Daniels
From the album: Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies
The Necklace of Wrens - The Gloaming
From the album: The Gloaming

Recent releases
Lockdown Br Richard Hendrick and Gerry Diver
Single
She Brings Me Home - Sam Carter
From the album: Home Waters

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Bellingham Boat by The High Level Ranters. From the album: Northumberland Forever

Relay – the covers project supporting charities helping seniors
Take a look at the online launch of Sam Carter’s new album.