Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 455: 24 September 2023 - including songs about buses.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 24 September 2023 - including songs about buses.

Hopping Down In Kent - The Albion Dance Band
From the album: The Prospect Before Us
The First Red Leaf Of Autumn - Elfin Bow
From the album: Elfin Bow
Cover story
Come On In My Kitchen - Jo-Ann Kelly
From the album: Jo-Ann Kelly
All Tomorrow's Parties - June Tabor & The Oyster Band
From the album: Freedom And Rain
Black Horse & The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
From the album: Eye To The Telescope

Songs about buses
Midnight Bus - Annie Dressner
From the album: Coffee at the Corner Bar
Continental Trailways Bus - The Johnstons
From the album: Give a Damn - The Folk-Rock Years
Thurnscoe Rain - Coope Boyes and Simpson
From the album: Falling Slowly
Ghafoor's Bus - The Young'Uns
From the album: Strangers
The Wrong Bus - Jez Lowe
From the album: The Ballad Beyond

Recent releases
Everything - Ward Knutur Townes
From the album: Unanswered
Sink - Maz O'Connor
Single
Misery Hill - The Jeremiahs
From the album: Misery Hill

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Happy Sevens/Monster Rabbit by Damien O'Kane & Ron Block. From the album: Banjophonics.
Closing music Howson's Hoolie/Bobby Shafto by PolkaWorks. From the album: Borrowed Shoes.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 454: 17 September 2023 - including songs about horses.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 17 September 2023 - including songs about horses.

Beauties Of Autumn – Dervish
From the album: Spirit
The Beauties Of Autumn - The Wilderness Yet
From the album: The Wilderness Yet
Cover story
I Love The Life I Live - Ian Anderson
From the album: Deathfolk Blues Revisited
Jolene - Rachel Newton
From the album: West

Songs about horses
When I Was On Horseback - Steeleye Span
From the album: The Lark In The Morning
Wild Horses - Robin Williamson
From the album: Just Like the River and Other Songs with Guitar
Black Horse & The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
From the album: Eye To The Telescope
Don't Trust The Girl Wo's In Love With A Horse - The Ashley Hutchings All Stars
From the album: As You Like It
Poor Old Horse - Stick In The Wheel
From the album: Follow Them True
Mare, Take Me Home - Matthews' Southern Comfort
From the album: The Essential Collection

Recent releases
Pendle Hill - Meltwater Ghosts
From the album: Stargazing
We Need Each Other Now - Merry Hell
From the album: Let The Music Speak for Itself.

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Don't Touch That Green Linnet/Dancing Eyes/The Humors Of Cavan by Andrew Finn Magill. From the album: Roots.
Closing music Grey Mare's Tail by Pig Dyke Molly. From the album: The Music 2009

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 453: 10 September 2023 - including songs about airplanes.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 10 September 2023 - including songs about airplanes and powered flight (including flying saucers).

Autumn Lullaby - Bridget St John
From the album: Ask Me No Questions
Cover story
She's Leaving Home - Billy Bragg
From the album: Reaching to the Converted
Just Like Anything - Malcolm Middleton
From the album: Sleight of Heart

Songs about airplanes and powered flight
This Flight Tonight - Chris While
From the album: Festival Folk Sing Joni Mitchell
I Just Got Off The Plane – The Ashley Hutchings Allstars
From the album: TheGuv'nor, Vol. 2
Plane To Spain - Iona Lane
From the EP: Dry Stone Walls
Light Flight – Pentangle
From the album: Transatlantic Ticket
Spitfires - Chris Wood
From the album: Folk Against Fascism
My Flying Saucer - Billy Bragg
From the album: Must I Paint You a Picture?

Recent releases
No Goodbyes - Alex Seel
From the album: All Sails to the Sun
Blue Marbled Elm Trees - King Creosote
From the album: I DES
We Are Here - Michael Waugh
Single
Bridgnorth - Zak Bentley
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Pretty Crowing Chicken by Martin Simpson. From the album: Prodigal Son.
Closing music Martin Wynne's/The Longford Tinker by The Bothy Band. From the album: 1975

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 452: 3 September 2023 - including songs about donkeys.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 3 September 2023 - including songs about donkeys.

Song Composed in August - Alasdair Roberts & Völvur
From the album: The Old Fabled River
The Birds Are Leaving - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Selected Works
Sarah McQuaid gigging soon in New York
Monochrome to Bronze - Sarah McQuaid
From the album: I’ll Be Bernie, You Be Elton
If We DUB Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous - Sarah McQuaid
Single
Click here for more on Sarah McQuaid's Albany gig.

Songs about donkeys
One Way Donkey Ride - Sandy Denny
From the album: The Best Of Sandy Denny
Donkey Riding - The Fisherman's Friends
From the album: Proper Job
Jerusalem Cuckoo - David Gibb & Elly Lucas
From the album: Old Chairs to Mend
Flop Eared Mule - The Dubliners
From the album: The Best Of The Dubliners
The Donkey - Unknown Singer
From the album: An Emigrant's Tale
Shoe the Donkey - Brendan Shine
From the album: Irish Party Time
Delaney's Donkey - Val Doonican
From the album: His Special Years

Recent releases
Cloudheads - O'Hooley & Tidow
From the album: Cloudheads
Future Meets The Past - James J Turner
From the album: Future Meets The Past
The Colour of Night – Ninebarrow
From the album: The Colour of Night

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Ned's Reel/Hunt The Spider by Fiona Cuthill & Stevie Lawrence. From the album: The Journey Continues
Closing music Carthy's March/The Lemon Tree by Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick. From the album: Life And Limb

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 451: 27 August 2023 - including songs about bicycles.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 27 August 2023 - including songs about bicycles.

Summer's Waning - Trembling Bells
From the album: Carbeth
Last Day Of Summer - Kirsty MacColl
From the album: Titanic Days
O'Donoghue's – Mozaik
From the album: Changing Trains
Lisdoonvarna - Christy Moore
From the album: Christy Moore
Go Dig My Grave – Lankum
From the album: False Lankum

Songs about bicycles
Rims - King Creosote
From the album: Flick the Vs
Apology Song - The Decemberists
From the EP: Five Songs
The Pushbike Song - The Mixtures
From the album: 100 Hits Forgotten 70s
The Ride - Luka Bloom
From the album: This New Morning
The Acoustic Motorbike - Luka Bloom
From the album: The Acoustic Motorbike
The Bicycle – Tom Lenihan
Find it on the Clare County Library

Recent releases
House – Ninebarrow
From the album: The Colour of Night
Walk With Me – Ninebarrow
The Colour of Night

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Coridinio by Sharon Shannon. From the album: A Woman's Heart.
Closing music Merry Sherwood Rangers by The Albion Dance Band. From the album: The Prospect Before Us.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 450: 20 August 2023 - including songs about trains.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 20 August 2023 - including songs about trains.

Sweetest Summer Rain - Aine Furey
From the album: Celtic Angels
Cold Old Fire – Lynched
From the album: Cold Old Fire
The Wild Rover – Lankum
From the EP: The Wild Rover

Songs about trains
This Train - Sandy Denny
From the album: Alex Campbell and his Friends
The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
From the album: Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
Travelling by Steam - Fairport Convention
From the album: Jewel In The Crown
Railway Children - Joe Tilston
From the album: The Journey Continues
Poor Paddy On the Railway - The Dubliners
From the album: Original Dubliners 1966-1969
I Miss You Like A Train - David Rotheray
From the album: The Woodworm Project

Recent releases
Harvest Breed - Skullcrusher & Gia Margaret
From the album: The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake
I Think They're Leaving Me Behind - Katherine Priddy
From the album: The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake
Now or Never - Jacko Hooper
From the EP: After the Storm

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Lynch's Barn Dances by Patrick Street. From the album: All in Good Time.
Closing music Dockside Rant/Sailing On The Tide from Bellowhead. From the album: Broadside.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 449: 13 August 2023 - including songs about ferries.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 13 August 2023 - including songs about ferries.

When Summers Stood Still - Mishaped Pearls
From the album: Shivelight
This month’s British and Irish Folk Music Album Chart
10 Dream from the Deep Well - Brigid Mae Power
From the album: Dream from the Deep Well
3 A Makeshift Raft - The Lilac Time
From the album: Dance Till All the Stars Come Down
1 Days Ago - Seth Lakeman
From the album: The Somerset Sessions
This month’s British and Irish Folk Music Album

Songs about ferries
Waiting For The Ferry - The Young 'Uns
From the album: Another Man's Ground
East Ferry - Jimmy Crowley
From the album: The Coast of Malabar
Voyage - Christy Moore
From the album: Voyage
True Lovers' Ferry - The Willows
From the album: Through The Wild
Water Of Tyne - Bob Fox
From the album: Dreams Never Leave You
Big River - Bob Fox
From the album: Dreams Never Leave You

Recent releases
Northern Sky - Karine Polwart & Kris Drever
From the album: The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake
Harvest Breed - Skullcrusher & Gia Margaret
From the album: The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music The Mosstrooper Medley by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Mandolin Album
Closing music The Waters of Tyne/My Bonny Lad/Radcliffe's Fancy by Martin Simpson. From the album: Cool & Unusual.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 448: 6 August 2023 - including songs about cars.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 6 August 2023 - including songs about cars.

Summer Lightning - Oliver Knight
From the album: Mysterious Day
Remembering Sinéad O'Connor
The Singing Bird - Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: Sean-Nós Nua
The Moorlough Shore - Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: Sean-Nós Nua

Songs about cars
Nice Cars - Linda Thompson
From the album: Versatile Heart
Stolen Car - Beth Orton
From the album: Charmed: The Final Chapter
The Clapped Out Motor Car - Hamish Imlach
From the album: Cod Liver Oil and Orange Juice
B1159 - Addison's Uncle
From the album: I'd Like To Tell A Story
Car Car (Riding In My Car) – Donovan
From the album: What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid
Secondhand Car - Clive Gregson
From the album: I Love This Town

Recent releases
Better Weather - Legends of Tomorrow
From the album: The Weather at World’s End: 1997–2022
Circle of Destruction - Sofia Talvik
From the album: Center of the Universe
Remembering Sinéad O'Connor
The Parting Glass - Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: Sean-Nós Nua

Details of Beth Orton’s gigs in NYC

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental musicMickey the Moulder/Stan Chapman's Jig - Kevin Burke. From the album: Open House
Closing music Clan Ranald/J.B.'s Reel/Paddy Mac's Reel/Kitty Sheain's by Altan. From the album: Runaway Sunday

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 447: 30 July 2023 - including songs about walking.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 130 July 2023 - including songs about walking.

All on a Summers Evening - Karine Polwart
From the album: A Pocket Of Wind Resistance
Lord Franklin - Kevin Burke & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
From the album: Promenade
Next Best Bed - Bob Leslie
From the album: In Praise Of Crows
Need My Local Radio - Beldon Haigh
Single

Songs about walking
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
From the album: Cool As Folk
Walking Song - Jon Boden
From the album: Last Mile Home
I Should Have Walked - The Magpie Arc
From the EP: EP 2
Harder To Walk These Days Than Run - Karine Polwart
From the album: Faultlines
Walking After Midnight – Carthy, Hardy, Farrell & Young
From the album: Laylam
Our Evening Walk - Robin Williamson
From the album: Trusting In the Rising Light

Recent releases
Puirt A Buel - The Willow Trio
From the album: Swan of Salen,
Slice Of The Pie - Maryen Cairns
From the album: Anew

Download The Fatea Showcase Session Summer 2023: Feel

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Little Bear/Wobbly Cat/Upton Stick Dance by Eliza Carthy. From the album: Eliza Carthy & the Kings of Calicutt
Closing music Shew's the Way to Wallinton/The Peacock Followed the Hen by The High Level Ranters. From the album: Northumberland for Ever.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 446: 23 July 2023 - featuring Irish jigs and reels for the whole hour

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 23 July 2023 - featuring Irish jigs and reels for the whole hour.

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The Teetotaler/St. Anne's - De Danann
From the album: The De Danann Collection
Morrison's/The Tailor's Thimble/Wellington's - De Danann
From the album: The De Danann Collection

The Cullybacky Hop – Lúnasa
From the album: Sé
McLeod's Farewell/Morning Nightcap/The Malbay Shuffle – Lúnasa
From the album: The Story So Far
Dennis Murphy's Reel/The Bag of Spuds/Macfarley's Reel - Patrick Street
From the album: All in Good Time
The Mouth of the Tobique/Billy Wilson - Patrick Street
From the album: All in Good Time

The Green Gowned Lass – Dervish
From the album: The Thrush in the Storm
Siesta Set – Dervish
From the album: Spirit
The Aconry Lasses/The Old Wheels of The World/The Spike Island Lasses – Planxty
From the album: Between The Jigs And The Reels
Junior Crehan's Favourite/Corney Is Coming – Planxty
From the album: Planxty

The Flags Of Dublin/Ger Quigley's/Fred's Favourite – FourWinds
From the album: FourWinds
Paddy Fahy's/The Gaelic Club/Parnell's March - FourWinds
From the album: FourWinds
Martin Wynne's/The Longford Tinker - The Bothy Band
From the album: 1975 (The First Album)
The Salamanca/The Banshee/The Sailor's Bonnet - The Bothy Band
From the album: 1975 (The First Album)

The Drops of Brandy - Stockton's Wing
From the album: Jigs, Reels & Songs
The Humours of Tulla/The Bucks of Oranmore - Stockton's Wing
From the album: Jigs, Reels & Songs