Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 386: 22 May 2022 - including artists with alter egos

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 22 May 2022 - including artists with alter egos.

Searching for Lambs - Lisa Knapp
From the album: Till April is Dead
Swinton May Song - The Watersons
From the album: For Pence And Spicy Ale
I’ve Just Been To See: Megson
In a Box – Megson
From the album: In a Box
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Mary And The Soldier - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered

Artists with alter egos
Bad Feeling - This Is the Kit
From the album: Off Off Oddities
Evening Fire – Glymjack
From the album: Light The Evening Fire
Soho - Maz O'Connor/Vulpes
From the album: What I Wanted
Fifteen Miles To Buy Tobacco – Carbonhobo
From the album: Memoirs From The Crooked Road
Spotlight – Afterlight
From the album: Afterlight
Jilted John - Jilted John
From the album: White Dopes On Punk

Recent releases
My Friend - Hannah Rarity
From the album: To Have You Near
Apple Blossom - Hannah Read & Michael Starkey
From the album: Cross The Rolling Water
Wild Rover - The Haar
From the album: Where Old Ghosts Meet

Night Shift by Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow. From the album: Ghost Owl

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 385: 15 May 2022 - including British and Irish artists at Folk Alliance

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 15 May 2022 - including British and Irish artists at Folk Alliance.

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Gathering Rushes In The Month Of May - Shirley & Dolly Collins
From the album: Anthems In Eden
Bedfordshire May Day Carol - Lisa Knapp
From the album: Till April is Dead
When I Was On Horseback - Steeleye Span
From the album: Ten Man Mop Or Mr Reservoir Butler Rides Again
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Autumn Gold - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
I’ve Just Been To See: The Rossellys
Maryland - The Rossellys
From the album: The Granary Sessions

British and Irish artists at Folk Alliance
Stay Awake to Dream - Lauren Housley
From the album: Girl from the North
Carry My Song - Clare Sands & Susan O'Neill
Single
Shining Star - Chloe Foy
From the album: Where Shall We Begin
Love Part Three - Dani Larkin
From the album: Notes For a Maiden Warrior
A Song for Rose (Will You Remember Me) - Heidi Talbot
From the album: Here We Go 1, 2, 3

Recent releases
Go Away and Come Back Hither - Ye Vagabonds
From the album: Nine Waves
The Manchester Rambler – Mishra
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Lynch's Barn Dances by Patrick Street. From the album: All in Good Time

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 384: 8 May 2022 - including music from this month's Folk Music Album Chart

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 8 May 2022 - including music from this month's Folk Music Album Chart.

The Month Of May - The Copper Family
From the album: Traditional Songs from Rottingdean
Pleasant Month of May - Lisa Knapp
From the album: Till April is Dead
When The Breakers Go Back On Fulltime - Daoiri Farrell
From the EP: The Lockdown
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
The Jolly Soldier/The Blarney Pilgrim - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered

British Top 40 Folk Music Album Chart
Indigo - Katherine Priddy
From the album: The Eternal Rocks Beneath
New York Girls – Bellowhead
From the album: Reassembled
Bonedigger - Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane
From the album: Lost in the Cedar Wood
Hold On - John Smith
From the album: The Fray
No Such Thing – This Is The Kit
From the album: Off Off On

Recent releases
Take This Heart of Gold – RURA (featuring Hannah Rarity)
From the EP: Our Voices Echo
Polka Know/Dixie's/Halling från Härjedalen efter Per Myhr – Topette!!
From the album: Bourdon
When It Comes for You - Maz O'Connor
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Venture by Topette!! From the album: C'est Le Pompon

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 383: 1 May 2022 - including songs about dogs.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 1 May 2022 - including songs about dogs.

Padstow - Steeleye Span
From the album: Tempted and Tried
The Night Before May Day - Lisa Knapp
From the album: Till April is Dead
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Arthur McBride And The Sergeant - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Light in the Sky - We Banjo 3
From the album: Haven

Details of Billy Bragg's gigs (scroll down)
Details of the We Banjo 3 gig

Songs about dogs
I Love My Dog – Yusuf/Cat Stevens
From the album: Matthew & Son
Planet Dog - Boothby Graffoe
From the album: Boothby Graffoe & the Following People
My Dog (Knows Where the Bones Are Hid) – Oysterband
From the album: Ride
God Dog - Shirley & Dolly Collins
From the album: Anthems In Eden
Black Eyed Dog - Nick Drake
From the album: A Treasury
Longdog - Show of Hands
From the album: Dark Fields

Link to the poem: Dachshunds With Erections Can't Climb Stairs

Recent releases
You Wanted to be the Shore But Instead You Were the Sea - Natalie D-Napoleon
From the album: You Wanted To Be The Shore But Instead You Were The Sea
The Bird In the Bush - Pauline Scanlon
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Sugar House by We Banjo 3. From the album: Haven

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 382: 24 April 2022 - including songs about cats

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 24 April 2022 - including songs about cats.

One April Morning - Norma Waterson
From the album: An Introduction To Norma Waterson
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Bonny Woodhall - Andy Irvine & Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Leaving Victoria - Boss Caine
From the album: The Ship That Sailed

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Songs about cats
Jump At The Cats - King Creosote
From the album: KC Rules OK
The Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart
From the album: The Year Of The Cat
The Neighbor's Cat - Leon Rosselson
From the album: Wo Sind Die Elefanten?
Peyrat's Cat - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Already Home
Cat and The Dog Trap - Yusuf/Cat Stevens
From the album: Tell 'Em I'm Gone
A different way of thinking about Cat and The Dog Trap
The Dundee Cat - Hamish Imlach
From the album: Border Lands - The Best of Scottish Folk

Recent releases
The Singularity - The Drystones
From the album: Vulpus
A Winter's Night - Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
From the album: Ink of the Rosy Morning

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Ethel's Cats by Pig Dyke Molly. From the album: The Music

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 381: 17 April 2022 - including music from the upcoming Raunds Festival

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 17 April 2022 - including music from the upcoming Raunds Festival.

April Morning - June Tabor
From the album: Aleyn
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Fred Finn's Reel/Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Beeswing - Richard Thompson
From the album: Acoustic Classics

Order the memoir: Beeswing by Richard Thompson

Raunds Festival
I Live Not Where I Love - Cherrington & Ward
From the album: Jolly Rogue
You - Rob Halligan
Best Thing That’s Happened
Maryland - The Rosellys
From the album: The Granary Sessions
Not for the First Time – Megson
From the album: Unknown Waters
Bedlam Boys - The Trials of Cato
Single

Find out more about the Raunds Festival

Recent releases
Wherever I Choose - Jason McNiff
From the album: Dust of Yesterday
Tipalt Burn - Iona Lane
From the album: Hallival
River of Gold - Track Dogs
Where to Now?

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music The Lads of North Tyne/The Redesdale Hornpipe by The High Level Ranters. From the album: Northumberland Forever - Traditional Dance & Song from the North East

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 380: 10 April 2022 - including songs about spring

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 10 April 2022 - including songs about spring.

'Twas On One April's Morning - Show Of Hands
From the album: The Long Way Home
Lough Erne Shore - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Poetry set to music
The Trees - The Mechanicals Ban
From the album: The Righteous Jazz

Songs about spring
The Birds in the Spring - Bob & Ron Copper
From the album: Traditional Songs from Rottingdean
The Lullaby of Spring - Donovan
From the album: A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
Springtime It Brings on the Shearing - Martyn Wyndham-Read
From the album: Emu Plains
Little April Shower/April Come She Will – PicaPica
From the album: Spring & Shade
Cuckoo Call – Nick Penny
From the album: Sixteen Songbirds
Cuckoo - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Already Home
England's Spring - Skinner And T'witch
From the album: The Fool's Journey

Recent releases
The Four Seasons - Sam Sweeney
From the EP: Solo
Hyperion - Cara Ludlow & Mavron Quartet
From the EP: Hyperion
Little Lights – Faeland
From the album: When I Close My Eyes
Headwater - Salt House
From the album: Riverwoods

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music The Coming of Spring by Eitre. From the album: The Coming of Spring

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 379: 3 April 2022 - including songs about crows.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 3 April 2022 - including songs about crows.

Spring Season - Amazing Blondel
From the album: Evensong
Poems set to music
Crow - Ted Hughes and Leafcutter John
From the album:
Crow And The Sea - Bird Radio + pig7
From the album: Crow
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered
Plains Of Kildare - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady Remastered

Songs about crows
Crows, Ravens & Rooks - David Rotheray
From the album: The Life of Birds
Hawk And Crow - Emily Smith
From the album: Echoes
Two Crows - The Devil's Interval
From the album: Blood & Honey
Carrion Crow - Roy Bailey
From the album: Tomorrow
Here Comes Crow - Police Dog Hogan
From the album: Overground
Crow On The Cradle - Karine Polwart
From the album: Laws Of Motion

Recent releases
The Wire - Jonas Carping
From the album: The YLA Sessions
Lady Isobelle And The Elf Knight - Fourth Moon
From the album: Odyssey
Born Under The Same Sun – Oysterband
From the album: Read The Sky

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music The Triplet Hornpipe by Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman. From the album: FireWire

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 378: 27 March 2022 - including songs about migration.

 

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This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 27 March 2022 - including songs about migration.

Written In Green - Bella Hardy
From the album: Songs Lost and Stolen
SHUM - Go_A
Single
A Calling-On Song - Steeleye Span
From the album: Hark! The Village Wait
The Blacksmith - Steeleye Span
From the album: Hark! The Village Wait

Songs about migration
I Ain't Got No Home - Billy Bragg
From the album: Tooth & Nail
Wayfairing Stranger – Connla
From the album: The Next Chapter
Life In A Paper Boat - Kate Rusby
From the album: Life In A Paper Boat
Refugee Lullaby - Kara J Richards
Single
The City Of Chicago - Christy Moore
From the album: Ride On
The Village Bell - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: The Ballads of Child Migration

Recent releases
Echo - Lady Nade & Boo Hewerdine
Single
Western Tidal Swell - Iona Lane
From the album: Hallival
A Red Light in a Darkroom - Mr. Alec Bowman-Clarke
From the album: A Place Like Home
Corner Of The Room – Oysterband
From the album: Read The Sky Master

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music The Mosstrooper Medley by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Mandolin Album

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 377: 20 March 2022 - Irish jigs and reels

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, on 20 March 2022 - the Radio Catskill Spring Into Action fund drive spoecial bringing you Irish jigs and reels all the way.

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First Class Bananas – Goitse
From the album: Inspired by Chance
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
The Mouth of the Tobique/Billy Wilson - Patrick Street
From the album: All in Good Time

The Bow Legged Tailor/The Galway Jig/April Fool/O'Lochlainn's – Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell
From the album: Uncommon Bonds
Paddy's Trip To Scotland – Dervish
From the album: Folk Legacy: Live
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 Tar Road to Sligo/Paddy Clancy's - The Bothy Band
From the album: The Bothy Band 1975 (The First Album)
The Glen Road To Carrick – Fullset
From the album: Notes After Dark
Merrily Kissed The Quaker – Planxty
From the album: Planxty
The Flags Of Dublin/Ger Quigley's/Fred's Favourite – Four Winds
From the album: Four Winds

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music The Humours of Tulla/The Bucks of Oranmore by Stockton's Wing. From the album: Jigs, Reels & Songs