Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 356: 24 October 2021 - including music from bands back out on the road

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 24 October 2021 - including music from bands going back out on the road.

British Summer Time - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Singularities
A Song for Rose (Will You Remember Me) - Heidi Talbot
From the album: Here We Go 1, 2, 3
Poems set to music (Rudyard Kipling)
The Four Angels - Martin Simpson
From the album: The Bramble Briar
Buddha at Kamakura - Toby Darling
From the album: Rudyard Kipling

Back out on the road
Battlefield Dancefloor - Show of Hands
From the album: Now We Are Four
The Good Old Days - The Demon Barbers
From the album: +24db
Old Matron - Steeleye Span
From the album: Est'd 1969
Johnny Doherty's - Usher's Island
From the album: Ushers Island
The Path That Winds Before Us - Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
From the album: Still As Your Sleeping

Recent releases
Momentos Así - Chloe Leigh
From the album: Fatea Showcase Session Autumn 2021: Elegy
The Town Of Tralee - Owen Moore
From the album: Fireside Songs
Hold On, Brother - Long For The Coast
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Six Weeks by Moore Moss Rutter. From the album: II

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 355: 17 October 2021 - including our monthly look at the British folk music album chart

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 17 October 2021 - including our monthly look at the British folk music album chart.

Autumn Childhood - Forest
From the album: The Full Circle
Poem set to music (Hilaire Belloc)
Ha'nacker Mill - Ben Walker (featuring Laura Hockenhull)
From the album: Echo
I Will Be Your Shield - Billy Bragg
From the album: The Million Things That Never Happened
Travel These Ways - Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
Still As Your Sleeping
Nobody Knows You Are Down and Out - Dave Kelly & Bob Hall
From the album: Survivors

Our monthly look at the latest Top Forty British Folk Music Album Chart
40 Distance Brings Us Closer - The Lost Trades
From the album: The Bird, The Book & The Barrel
31 Jolly Ploughboy - Ben Walker & Kirsty Merryn
From the album: Life And The Land
19 Guiding Light - Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
From the album: The Wishing Tree
9 The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973 - Hamish Hawk
From the album: Heavy Elevator
5 The Serpent, The Maiden and The Bear - Phil Odgers
From the album: Ghosts of Rock N Roll
3 Bailey Hill/Wittenham Clumps - Spiers & Boden
From the album: Fallow Ground

Recent releases
Say No More - King's Gambit
From the album: Around We Go Again
Willing - Lady Nade
From the album: Willing

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Docherty's Reel/Flowing Tideby The Boys Of The Lough. From the album: The Boys of the Lough

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Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 354: 10 October 2021 - including some acoustic British blues

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 10 October 2021 - including some acoustic British blues.

October Song - The Incredible String Band
From the album: The Incredible String Band
Poems set to music
Angel Hill - Jim Causley
From the album: Cyprus Well
My Young Man's a Cornishman - Jim Causley
From the album: Cyprus Well
The Old Oak Tree - Boys Of The Lough
From the album: The Boys of the Lough

Acoustic British Blues
Bad Boy Blues - Davey Graham
From the album: Large As Life and Twice As Natural
Streamline Train - Alexis Korner's Breakdown Group
From the album: Legends of Skiffle, Vol. 1
Louisiana Blues - Jo-Ann Kelly
From the album: Jo-Ann Kelly
Few Short Lines - Dave Kelly & Bob Hall
From the album: Survivors
Come Back Baby - Bert Jansch
From the album: Nicola
Get in That Swing - Ian Anderson's Country Blues Band
From the album: Stereo Death Breakdown

Recent releases
Stop and Listen - Ian Anderson's Country Blues Band
From the album: Stereo Death Breakdown
Dancing On The Red Road - Randall Stephen Hall
From the album: Beardiville
Makes Me Forget - Katy Rose Bennett
From the album: Alone On A Hill

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Weary Of The Moon by Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow. From the album: Ghost Owl

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 353: 3 October 2021 - including songs about hard times.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 3 October 2021 - including songs about hard times.

The Birds Are Leaving - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Thanksgiving
The Beauties Of Autumn - The Wilderness Yet
From the album: The Wilderness Yet
Poems set to music (William Blake)
Echoing Green - Dave Walters
From the album: Innocence and Experience
The Garden Of Love - Dave Walters
From the album: Innocence and Experience
Rent - State of the Union
From the album: State of the Union

Songs about hard times
Singing Through The Hard Times - Kirsty Bromley
From the EP: Sweet Nightingale
Ordinary Man - Christy Moore
From the album: Ordinary Man
Taking On Men - Jez Lowe
From the album: Jack Common's Anthem
Us Poor Fellows - Nic Jones
From the album: The Transports: A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy
In These Hard Times - Roy Bailey
From the album: Past Masters

Recent releases
When The Morning Comes Early - Brian McGuire
From the album: When The Morning Comes Early
Blank Page - Justin Bernasconi
From the album: Sleeping Like A Maniac
Lines - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Singularities

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Tipper's Field by Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow. From the album: Ghost Owl

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 352: 26 September 2021 - including marking the passing of Michael Chapman

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 26 September 2021 - including marking the passing of Michael Chapman.

Fair Drawin’ In – Clype
From the album: Clype
Poems set to music
Crossing The Bar - David Milton
From the album: Songs From The Bell Man
Next Best Bed - Bob Leslie, with Alice Leslie
From the album: In Praise Of Crows
The Copper Top - Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat
From the album: Everything's Getting Older

Marking the passing of Michael Chapman
Postcards of Scarborough - Michael Chapman
From the album: Fully Qualified Survivor
If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous - Sarah McQuaid
From the album: If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous
The Mallard - Michael Chapman, with Bridget St John
From the album: 50
The Man Who Hated Mornings by Michael Chapman
From the album: The Man Who Hated Mornings
The Prospector - Maddy Prior
From the album: Oh Michael, Look What You've Done : Friends Play Michael Chapman

Recent releases
Cruds & Cream/Jig From New Harmony - Granny's Attic
From the album: The Brickfields
Black Crow - Winter Wilson
From the album: The Passing Of The Storm

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music The Bucks Of Oranmore/Eileen Curran/Jimmy On The Moor by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill. From the album:  The Lonesome Touch
Closing music Rakes Of Kirkby/Will Grimdon's No. 2 by Granny's Attic. From the album: The Brickfield

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 351: 19 September 2021 - including songs about donkeys

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 19 September 2021 - including songs about donkeys.

Urge for Going - Luka Bloom
From the album: Keeper of the Flame
Poems set to music
September 1913 - John Doyle and Cillian Vallely
From the album: I Am Of Ireland
Horns Of The Morning - The Mechanicals Band
From the album: The Righteous Jazz
Big River - Bob Fox
From the album: Dreams Never Leave You
Meet Me On the Corner – Lindisfarne
From the album: The Best of Lindisfarne

Songs about donkeys
One Way Donkey Ride - Sandy Denny
From the album: Rendezvous
Donkey Riding - The Black Family
From the album: The Black Family
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

Recent releases
Hugger Mugger - Kathryn Locke With Chodompa Music
From the album: LA
Afterlight - Scott Murray
From the album: There Was A Love
Like Magdalene - Jane Allison
From the album: Like Magdalene
The Cauld - Iona Fyfe
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Billy Wix by Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow. From the album: Ghost Owl

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 350: 12 September 2021 - including our monthly look at the British folk music album chart

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 12 September 2021 - including our monthly look at the British folk music album chart.

All Among The Barley - Two's Company
From the album: Go Together
Poems Set To Music (John Clare)
Autumn(The Thislesdown's Flying) – GordonTyrrall
From the album: A Distance From The Town
Autumn (I Love The Fitful Gust) – GordonTyrrall
From the album: A Distance From The Town
Rose Of Allendale – Bandoggs
From the album: Bandoggs
Sally Brown - The Sunderland Point Sea Shanty Crew
From the album: A Rum Bunch
Puddingstone Song - Mike Excell
From the album: Earth Science

Our monthly look at the latest Top Forty British Folk Music Album Chart
20 Lowlife - Alex Rex
From the album: Paradise
9 The Water is Wide - Cara Dillon (with Sam Lakeman)
From the album: Live at Cooper
8 My Son Tim - John Francis Flynn
From the album: I Would Not Live Always
2 Poortoun - Jackie Leven
From the album: Heroes Can Be Any Size

Recent releases
Talk to me of Mendocino - Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
From the album: Still As Your Sleeping
Funney Eye/Cheshire Hornpipe - Spiers & Boden
From the album: Fallow Ground

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music The Hillsbrook Reels by Michael McGoldrick. From the album: Wired

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 349: 5 September 2021 - including songs about the harvest

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 5 September 2021 - including songs about the harvest.

Among The Wicklow Hills - Christy Moore
From the album: Ride On
Davy Lowston - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Fathoms
The Grey Funnel Line - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters
Poetry Set To Music
Brown Penny - Jackie Oates
From the album: I Am Of Ireland
The Cradle Song - Jackie Oates
From the album: I Am Of Ireland

Songs about the harvest
We Gets Up In the Morn - The Watersons
From the album: Frost and Fire - A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs
Harvest Gypsies - Kris Drever
From the album: Black Water
Harvest Song - Jim Causley
From the album: Fruits Of The Earth
Gather It In – Ninebarrow
From the album: The Waters and the Wild
Sickle and Harvest - Nancy Kerr
From the album: Sweet Visitor
John Barleycorn - The Imagined Village
From the album: The Imagined Village

Recent releases
Last Song - Sarah McQuaid
From the album: The St Buryan Sessions
The Parting Glass - Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
From the album: Still As Your Sleeping

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Harvest Home/The Gas Almost Works by The Albion Country Dance Band. From the album: Summer Folk

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 348: 29 August - including songs about horses

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 29 August 2021 - including songs about horses.

Summer's Waning - Trembling Bells
From the album: Carbeth
Last Day Of Summer - Kirsty MacColl
From the album: Titanic Days
Slow Down - The Henry Girls
From the album: Far Beyond the Stars
Poems Set To Music
O, Raging Fortune's Withering Blast - Katherine Campbell
From the album: Robert Burns: Tune Unknown
Shillin' a Day - Peter Bellamy
From the album: The Barrack Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling

Songs about horses
When I Was On Horseback - Steeleye Span
From the album: Ten Man Mop, Or Mr Reservoir Butler Rides Again
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 WHo'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: Later That Same Year

Recent releases
Ghost Owl - Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
From the album: Ghost Owl
Seagull – Carbonhobo
From the album: Memoirs From The Crooked Road

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Highway to Warrington by Sam Sweeney. From the album: Unearth Repeat

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 347: 22 August - in which we mark the passing of Nanci Griffith

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 15 August 2021 - in which we mark the passing of Nanci Griffith.

Summer in the City - The Flying Pickets
From the album: The Best of the Flying Pickets
Three Fishes – Fara
From the album: Cross The Line
Stormy Winds - Jack Rutter
From the album: Hills
Poems Set To Music
I am of Ireland - Cathy Jordan & Seamie O'Dowd
From the album: I Am Of Ireland
He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven - John Doyle
From the album: I Am Of Ireland

Marking The Passing of Nanci Griffith
Once In A Very Blue Moon - Mary Black
From the album: The Best Of Mary Black
Time Alone - The Black Family
From the album: Time For Touching Home
Gulf Coast Highway - Kate Rusby
From the album: Intuition
I Love This Town - Clive Gregson
From the album: I Love This Town
Love at the Five and Dime - Jon Boden
From the album: A Folk Song a Day: November

Recent Releases
Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained - Billy Bragg
From the album: The Million Things That Never Happened
Bluey Brink - Spiers & Boden
From the album: Fallow Ground
Growing Peas - Katy Rose Bennett
From the album: Alone On A Hill

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music The Old Wagon Way by Sam Sweeney. From the album: Unearth Repeat