Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 422: 29 January 2023 - including British and Irish covers of Tom Waits songs.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 29 January 2023 - including British and Irish covers of Tom Waits songs.

Coldest Winter - Al Stewart
From the album: Uncorked
If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous - Sarah McQuaid
From the album: If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous

Remembering Séamus Begley
Kevin Barry - Damien Dempsey with Séamus Begley
From the album: Union
Banks of the Bann Séamus Begley & Oisín Mac Diarmada
From the album: Le Chéile/Together

British and Irish covers of Tom Waits songs
The Briar And The Rose - Fay Hield
From the album: Old Adam
Innocent When You Dream - Jon Boden
From the album: A Folk Song A Day (June)
Strange Weather - Norma Waterson (featuring The Gift Band)
From the album: Anchor
Day After Tomorrow - Linda Thompson
From the album: Versatile Heart
Downtown Train - Everything But The Girl
From the album: Acoustic Troubadours
No One Knows I'm Gone - The Unthanks
From the album: Last

Recent releases
The Ballad Of Gabriel Oak - Milton Hide
From the album: The Holloway
Darling Charms - The Magpie Arc
From the album: Live At The Silk Mill (Charity Fundraiser)
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Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music Jockey to the Fair / Room for the Cukolds by Ashley Hutchings. FRom the album: Son of Morris On
Closing music Boys of Tandragree/The Eavesdropper/Finbarr Dwyer's by Séamus Begley & Oisín Mac Diarmada. From the album: Le Chéile/Together

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 421: 22 January 2023 - including songs about snow.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 22 January 2023 - including songs about snow.

In The Month Of January - Bob Fox
From the album: Dreams Never Leave You
The Hope - Ferocious Dog
From the album: The Hope
The Parting Glass - Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
From the album: Still As Your Sleeping

Songs about snow
Extract From Snow, Christmas Eve, 1914, by Edward Thomas - The Albion Christmas Band
From the album: Magic Touch
A Memory of Snow - Sofia Talvik
Single
Rain and Snow – Pentangle
From the album: Reflection
Frost and Snow - Jenny Sturgeon
From the album: The Living Mountain
The Snows They Melt the Soonest - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth

Recent releases
But For You - Lucy Farrell
Single
Cycle Of Life - James J. Turner
Single
Robin Tells Of Winter/Gracious Wings - Jackie Oates
From the album: Gracious Wings

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music Jockey to the Fair / Room for the Cukolds by Ashley Hutchings. FRom the album: Son of Morris On
Closing music An Erc'h War An Enezeg (Snow On The Island)/Brenda Stubbert's/Thunderhead by Lúnasa. From the album The Story So Far

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 420: 15 January 2023 - including a look at The Furrow Collective and its members.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 15 January 2023 - including a look at The Furrow Collective and its members.

Sister Winter - Tracey Thorn
From the album: Tinsel and Lights
Máire Mhór – Dervish
From the album: Live In Palma
I Buried Me Wife and Danced On Top of Her – Dervish
From the album: Live In Palma

Focus on The Furrow Collective
Down by the Greenwoodside - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Fathoms
Bones and Feathers - Emily Portman
From the album: The Glamoury
The Maid of Neidpath - Rachel Newton
From the album: West
The Two Sisters - Alasdair Roberts
From the album: Too Long In This Condition
Carved in Two - Lucy Farrell
From the album: Harbour of Songs

Recent releases
The Wedding Above In Glencree - Daoiri Farrell
From the album: The Wedding Above In Glencree
Rock Me – Donovan
From the album: Gaelia
Rise Anew - Amy Goddard
From the album: Rise

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music Pipped at the Post by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Second Mandolin Album
Closing music Siesta Set by Dervish. From the album: Spirit

Details of the Dervish gigs in upstate New York.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 419: 8 January 2023 - The Anglo-American special!

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 8 January 2023 - The Anglo-American special!

Why Don't You Do Right - Carthy Hardy Farrell Young
From the album: Laylam
To Know Him Is to Love Him - Steeleye Span
From the album: The Best of Steeleye Span
Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Billy Bragg
From the album: Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Antony & The Johnsons
From the album: I'm Not There (Music From The Motion Picture)
Love at the Five and Dime - Jon Boden
From the album: A Folk Song a Day: November
Talk To Me While I'm Listening - Frances Black
From the album: A Woman's Heart 2
The Fiddle and the Drum - June Tabor
From the album: Abyssinians
River - Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae
From the album: River: The Joni Letters

Innocent When You Dream - Jon Boden
From the album: A Folk Song A Day: June
Time Time Time - Jackie Oates
From the album: Gracious Wings
The Old Laughing Lady - Thea Gilmore
From the album: Loft Music
The Needle and the Damage Done - Laura Marling
Single
Oops I Did It Again (Live) - Richard Thompson
From the album: 1000 Years of Popular Music

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Closing music River Deep Mountain High by De Dannan. From the album: Welcome To The Hotel Connemara

Jon Boden's Folk Song A Day

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 418: 1 January 2023 - The New Year special!

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 1 January 2023 - The New Year special!

New Year Carol: Residue - Waterson:Carthy
From the album: Holy Heathens And the Old Green Man
New Year's Eve - Roy Bailey
From the album: Freedom Peacefully
Snow Falls - The Albion Band with John Tams
From the album: Midwinter
This Year Next Year – Oysterband
From the album: Ride
January Man - Damien O'Kane
From the album: Avenging & Bright
The January Girl - The Foxglove Trio
From the album: Distant Havens
Bring the New Year In - Pete Coe
From the album: Long Company
Hinge of the Year - Emily Portman
From the album: Hatchling

Here We Come A-Wassailing - The Watersons
From the album: Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs
The Gower Wassail - Shirley & Dolly Collins
From the album: Anthems In Eden
The Wren - Kate Rusby
From the album: While Mortals Sleep
Bright New Year - Melrose Quartet
From the album: The Rudolph Variations
Auld Lang Syne - The Cast
From the album: The Winnowing

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Closing music New Year Waltz by Christina Alden & Alex Patterson. From the album: Hunter.

Background info on Residue, from Warterson:Carthy

Info on Wassailiing

Background to Auld Lang Syne

 

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 417: 25 December 2022 - The Christmas holiday special!

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 25 December 2022 - The Christmas holiday special!

Mary's Robin - Ange Hardy
Single
The Quantock Carol
Single
I Would Bring You the Moon - Bella Hardy
Single
Find Hope - Emily Smith
From the album: Songs For Christmas
Christmas At The Airport - Nick Lowe
From the album: Quality Street
Christmas Tree On Fire - Holly Golightly
From the album: A Damaged Christmas Gift To You
Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake - Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell
From the album: Uncommon Bonds
First Christmas Away From Home - The Black Family
From the album: Time For Touching Home

Christmas Bells – Bellowhead
Single
The Cherry Tree Carol - The Furrow Collective
From the album: The Longest Night
Deck The Halls - Kate Rusby
From the album: Angels & Men
Have Yourself a Bitter Little Christmas - David Ford
From the album: It's Not Like Christmas
Christmas Is For Mugs - Graham Parker
From the album: Graham Parker's Christmas Cracker
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
From the album: If I Should Fall from Grace With God
25th December - Everything But The Girl
From the album: You SleighMe!

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Closing music Christmas Eve Reel/New Christmas Reel/The Gravel Walks by The Mithril Celtic Band. From the album: Winter's Day

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 416: 18 December 2022 - including British and Irish folk music about America

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 18 December 2022 - including British and Irish folk music about America.

Milk and Honey - Sandy Denny
From the album: Anthems In Eden
Truckin’ Little Baby - Andy Irvine
From the album: Old Dog Long Road
The Titanic - Andy Irvine with Rens Van Der Zalm & The Parachilna Parrots
From the album: Old Dog Long Road

Music about America
My Love Is In America - Dolores Keane & Mick Hanley
From the album: Bringing It All Back Home
The Green Fields of America - Damien O'Kane
From the album: Areas of High Traffic
Help Save the Youth of America - Billy Bragg
From the album: Must I Paint You A Picture?
American TV - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Selected Works
Columbus (Didn't Find America) - Show Of Hands
From the album: Singled Out
American Dream, Girl in Texas - John Tams
From the album: Unity

Recent releases
She Knows - Storm the Palace
From the album: La Bête Blanche
Hardwood – Tarren
From the album: Revel
Wild Tales and Broken Hearts - Samuel James Taylor
From the album: Wild Tales and Broken Hearts

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Closing music My Love Is In America by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill. From the album: The Lonesome Touch.

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 415: 11 December 2022 - including music from married couples

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 11 December 2022 - including music from married couples.

Getting Colder - Mike Vass
From the album: Decemberwell Decade
The Sun Goes On Rising - Sarah McQuaid
From the album: The St Buryan Sessions
Poems set to music
War's Alarmes - Decent Scrapers
From the album: The John Clare Project
Soldier's Cloak - Decent Scrapers
From the album: The John Clare Project

Music by married couples
Walking On A Wire - Richard & Linda Thompson
From the album: Shoot Out The Lights
Locks And Bolts - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
From the album: Strands of Gold
Just As the Tide – Megson
From the album: Smoke of Home
Lusty Smith - Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
From the album: Hidden People
Polly's Love - Waterson:Carthy
From the album: Common Tongue
Darling, Will You Marry Me Twice - Ivor Cutler Trio
From the album: Ludo

Recent releases
The Open Sea – Pentangle
From the CD Boxed set: Through The Ages
Wavelength - Eliza Delf
From the album: Into The Wilderness
Strangers - Adam Giles Levy
Wake of Disarray

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Want to Fly Want to Flee by Sam Sweeney. From the album: Escape That.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 414: 4 December 2022 - including music from family bands

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 4 December 2022 - including musuc from family bands.

When Winter Comes - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band
From the album: Journey's Edge (Deluxe Edition)
Poems set to music
Recuerdo - The Mechanicals Band
From the EP: Miscellany #1
Ode - The Mechanicals Band
From the EP: Miscellany #1
White Strand - Imar
From the album: Avalanche
Enjoyed live
Diamonds and Gold - Chris Fox
From the album: In Plain Sight

Music from family bands
The Good Old Way - The Watersons
From the album: For Pence and Spicy Ale
That's Enough – Thompson
From the album: Family
Come Write Me Down, Ye Powers Above - The Copper Family
From the album: Come Write Me Down: Early Recordings of The Copper Family of Rottingdean
This Love Will Carry - The Black Family
From the album: Time For Touching Home
It's Too Late - The Barker Band
From the album: The Night Ain't Over

Recent releases
Open The Door – Pentangle
From the box set: Through The Ages
6am - The Gillies
From the EP: Can't
Darling Charms - The Magpie Arc
From the album: The Magpie Arc - Live At The Silk Mill (Charity Fundraiser)
The Magpie Arc charity fundraising single is available here

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Nightshifting/Atlantica by Sam Sweeney. From the album: Escape That

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 413: 27 November 2022 - including folkish covers of rock and pop songs

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 27 November 2022 - including folkish covers of rock and pop songs.

Autumn Lullaby - Bridget St John
From the album: Ask Me No Questions
Remembering Rab Noakes
The Downtown Lights - Rab Noakes
From the album: Standing Up
Dystopia - Talisk
From the album: Dawn

Folk covers of rock and popish songs
Norwegian Wood - Waterson:Carthy
From the album: Rubber Folk
Cum On Feel The Noize - The Imagined Village
From the album: Empire & Love
All Tomorrow's Parties – June Tabor &The Oyster Band
From the album: Freedom And Rain
Innocent When You Dream - Jon Boden
From the album: A Folk Song A Day - June
I'm On Fire - The Staves
From the album: If I Was

Recent releases
She Knows - Storm the Palace
Fatea Showcase Session Winter 2022:Vortex 3:32
Gog Magog - The Trials of Cato
From the album: Gog Magog
She Climbs the Munros – Hushman
From the album: Hushman
Psycho Ceilidh – Pronghorn
From the album: Welcome to Pronghorn County

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Da Cold Nights O' Winter/Da Blue Yow/Da Spirit O' Whiskey by Boys Of The Lough. From the album: Midwinter Night's Dream
Closing music Wheelin' And Dealin' by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Mandolin Album