Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 316: 17 January 2021 - including tsongs about places in Scotland

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 17 January 2021 - including songs about places in Scotland.

The Month Of January – John Doyle
From the album: Wayward Son
A Song of the Weather - Flanders & Swann
From the album: The Complete Flanders & Swann
I'll Keep It With Mine - Fairport Convention
From the album: Meet On the Ledge - The Classic Years

Songs about Scottish Places
Outlander: Main Title Theme (Skye Boat Song) - Raya Yarbrough
Single
The Lass From Killiecrankie – Len Graham
From the album: Ye Lovers All
The Dundee Cat - Hamish Imlach
From the album: Border Lands - The Best of Scottish Folk
The Road to Dundee - The Brothers Gillespie
From the album: The Fell
Glasgow - Findlay Napier
From the album: Glasgow
Craigie Hill - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth

Recent Releases
The Spell – Nightsong
From the album: The Peasant's Revolt
The Dying of Ages - Native Harrow
From the album: Closeness
Deo Gracis Anglia - Wilde Roses
From the album: Woven

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Sean Bui/Tommy People's/The Lark In The Morning by The Boys Of The Lough. From the album: Farewell And Remember Me

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 315: 10 January 2021 - including the latest Top Forty Folk Music Album Chart

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 10 January 2021 - including news of the latest British & Irish Folk Music Album Chart

A Strange Time To Bloom – The Melrose Quartet
From the album: The Rudolph Variations
She Loves You - Peter Sellers
From the album: EMI Comedy
Rock of Ages - The Magpies
From the album: Tidings
Jack O' Diamonds - Fairport Convention
From the album: A Tree With Roots (Fairport Convention And The Songs Of Bob Dylan)
Banging And Shouting - Patrik Fitzgerald
From the album: The Very Best Of Patrik Fitzgerald

The latest British & Irish Folk Music Chart
28 Day of My Return - Trail West
From the album: Countless Isles and Endless Miles
19 Look over the Hill - Barbara Dickson
From the album: Time Is Going Faster
5 Night Terror - Laura Marling
From the EP: Night Terror -(Live from Union Chapel, London)
7 Sally MacLennane - The Pogues
From the album: The BBC Sessions 1984 -1986
6 The Holly King - Kate Rusby
From the album: Holly Head

Recent releases
Beyond The Call - Merry Hell And The Social Isolation Choir
From the album: When We Meet Again
Honeyblood - Polly Bolton
From the album: Honeyblood

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Fixing George/The Striking Clock/The Broon Note by The Chair. From the album: Orkney Monster

Click here for details of Christy Moore streamed gig from Dublin on 16 January  Sadly, this gig has been postponed owing to the imposition of addition pandemic restrictions in Dublin. It's hoped tha it will take place later in the year.

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 314: 3 January 2021 - including a celebration of Show of Hands

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 3 January 2021 - including a celebration of Show of Hands.

Bright New Year - Melrose Quartet
From the album: The Rudolph Variations
The Smuggler - Jess & Richard Arrowsmith
From the album: Customs & Exercise
Can't Buy Me Love - Peter Sellers
From the album: A Celebration of Sellers
Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Live On John Peel's Top Gear) - Fairport Convention
From the album: A Tree With Roots: Fairport Convention And The Songs Of Bob Dylan

Celebrating Show of Hands
Gypsy Moth - Phil Beer
From the album: The Works
The Watchmaker's Wife - Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston
From the album: The Watchmaker's Wife
Cruel River - Steve Knightley
From the album: Cruel River
Arrogance, Ignorance And Greed - Show Of Hands
From the album: Arrogance, Ignorance And Greed
Are We Alright - Show Of Hands
From the album: Cold Frontier

Recent Releases
Battlefield Dancefloor - Show of Hands
From the album: Now We Are Four
Come January – Ninebarrow
From the album: A Pocket Full of Acorns
I Want – ISYLA
From the album: Where One Walks
Put Me Under - In Earnest
From the album: In Earnest

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Norway To Sweden by The Chair. From the album: Orkney Monster

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 313: 27 December 2020 - including songs about hares plus Beatles covers plus Richard Thompson

 

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 27 December 2020 - including songs about hares plus Beatles covers.

December – Skipinnish
From the album: The Seventh Wave
Boxing Day - Melrose Quartet
From the album: The Rudolph Variations
Songs About Hares
Hares On The Mountain - Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell
From the album: The North Farm Sessions.
The Granemore Hare - Al O'Donnell
From the album: Al O'Donnell 2
The Hare's Lament - Ye Vagabonds
From the album: The Hare's Lament
The Creggan White Hare - Daoirí Farrell
From the album: The First Turn

Folkish (and unexpected) Beatles Covers
It Won't Be Long - Richard Thompson
From the album: 1000 Years of Popular Music
A Hard Day's Night - Peter Sellers
From the album: British & American Comedy Legends
Dear Prudence – Lau
From the album: Mojo Presents The White Album Recovered
In My Life - June Tabor
From the album: Rubber Folk: A Folk Tribute to the Beatles
She's Leaving Home - Billy Bragg
From the album: Reaching to the Converted
Girl - John Tams
From the album: Rubber Folk: A Folk Tribute to the Beatles

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Hey Jude by De Danann. From the album: The De Danann Collection

Folk On Foot Podcast: Richard Thompson

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 312: 20 December 2020 - The Christmas Special

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 20 December 2020 - The Christmas Special!

When Christmas Day is Near - Ange Hardy
Single
Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand - The Watersons
From the album: Frost and Fire - A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs
Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake - Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell
From the album: Uncommon Bonds
Christmas At The Airport - Nick Lowe
From the album: Quality Street
I Saw Three Ships a Sailing - The Chieftains & Marianne Faithfull
From the album: The Bells of Dublin
Sister Winter - Tracey Thorn
From the album: Tinsel and Lights

Fire And Wine - O'Hooley & Tidow
From the album: WinterFolk Volume 1
2000 Miles - The Unthanks
From the album: Archive Treasures
London Lights - Songs Of Separation
From the album: Songs Of Separation
I Would Bring You the Moon - Bella Hardy
Single
Sweet Bells - Kate Rusby
From the album: Sweet Bells
Christmas Tree On Fire - Holly Golightly
From the album: A Damaged Christmas Gift To You
Fairytale Of New York Fix - Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues
From the album: Galore
25th December - Everything But The Girl
From the album: You Sleigh Me!

Local food pantries
Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless
Wayne County Pantry Program
Ecumenical Food Pantry of Pike County

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Frosty Reception/Ring Out Wild Bells by the Albion Christmas Band. From the album: Winter Songs

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 311: 13 December 2020 - including new entries and Number 1 in this month's British & Irish Folk Music Album Chart

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 13 December 2020 - including new entries and Number 1 in this month's British & Irish Folk Music Album Chart

December in New York - Thea Gilmore
From the album: Strange Communion
Travel These Ways - Karine Polwart
From the project: Songs To Sing At Home
Daddy Fox - Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band
From the album: Natural Invention

New entries in the latest British & Irish Folk Music Chart
30 After The Bell Rang - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Receiver
12 Hell for Certain - Gwenifer Raymond
From the album: Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
11 Bad Times Good Vibes - Frank Turner & Jon Snodgrass
From the album: Buddies 2
5 The Times They Are a-Changin' - Martin Simpson
From the album: Home Recordings
4 Road and the River (Live, Düsseldorf, 1996) – Runrig
From the album: One Legend, Two Concerts
1 No Such Thing - This Is The Kit
From the album: Off Off On

Recent Releases
More Than You Know - Kris Drever
From the album: Where the World Is Thin
Rising Tide - Stephen Clark
From the album: The Lady Aurora
I'll Be There - Seán Keane
Single

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: Stockton's Wing - Jigs, Reels & Songs

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 310: 6 December 2020 - including the winners in this year's RTE Irish Folk Music Awards

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 6 December 2020 - a including the winners in this year's RTE Irish Folk Music Awards.

Milk and Honey - Sandy Denny
From the album: Sandy and Johnny
Lots of Drops of Brandy - The Chieftains
From the album: Water From the Well
Bleak Midwinter - Kate Rusby
From the album: Holly Head

Winners of This Year’s RTE Irish Folk Music Awards
The Wild Rover – Lankum
From the album: The Livelong Day
Baby Talk - Mick Flannery & SON
Single
Biddy Mulligan - Frank Harte & Dónal Lunny
From the album: And Listen to My Song
Eleanor Plunkett - Steve Cooney
From the album: Ceol Ársa Cláirsí: Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar

Recent Releases
Festival Reels (The Weatherman/The Lads Of Laois/Elito Floyd) - The Chair
From the album: Orkney Monster
The Parting Glass - Daoiri Farrell
From the album: The Lockdown
The Yellow of the Flowers - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Receiver

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Archer Street/Somerset Safehouse by Moore Moss & Rutter. From the album: III

Live gigs online
Bellowhead Hedonism re-union
Kate Rusby's Happy Holly Day

Liam Weldon on The Rolling Wave (RTE Radio 1)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 309: 29 November 2020 - a birthday choice of some of my favourites

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 29 November 2020 - a birthday choice of some of my favourites.

Davy Lowston - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Fathoms
Arthur O'Bradley - The Full English
From the album: The Full English
The Creggan White Hare - Daoirí Farrell
From the album: The First Turn
The Sun's Comin' Over The Hill - Karine Polwart
From the album: Faultlines
Jinny Joe - Liam Weldon
From the album: Dark Horse On The Wind
My Little Honda 50 - Christy Moore
From the album: Folk Tale

The Teetotaler/St. Anne's - De Danann
From the album: The De Danann Collection
Our Captain Cried - Shirley & Dolly Collins
From the album: Anthems In Eden
First Girl I Loved - Incredible String Band
From the album: The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
Poor Man's Son - Kris Drever
From the album: Black Water
One in a Million – Chris Wood
From the album: The Lark Descending

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Picking Of Sticks/The Old Mole by The Albion Dance Band. From the album: The Prospect Before Us

Live gigs online
Kate Rusby's Happy Holly Day
Live To Your Living Room
Bellowhead Hedonism re-union
Chris While and Julie Mathews
Megon's Yuletide Live Stream

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 308: 22 November 2020 - including thoughts about Fay Hield

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 22 November 2020 - including thoughts about Fay Hield.

Late November - Sandy Denny
From the album: The North Star Grassman and The Ravens
The Frost Is All Over - Kate Rusby
From the album: The Frost Is All Over
If Wishes Were Horses - Kris Drever
From the album: If Wishes Were Horses
The Granite Gaze – Lankum
From the album: Between the Earth and Sky
He Came From the Sea - Emma Langford
From the album: Sowing Acorns

Thinking about Fay Hield
Bonny at Morn - The Witches Of Elswick
From the album: Out of Bed
Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Fay Hield
From the album: Old Adam
Man In The Moon - The Full English
From the album: The Full English
Hare Spell - Fay Hield
From the album: Wrackline

Recent releases
Ribbon Bow - Jacqui McShee & Kevin Dempsey
From the album: From There to Here
The Curragh of Kildare - Alasdair Roberts
From the album: Fretted and Indebted
Songs Of Praise - Forty Elephant Gang
From the album: Next Time Around

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Billy's by Shooglenifty. From the album: Acid Croft, Vol. 9

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 307: 15 November 2020 - including the October British & Irish folk music album chart

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, for 15 November 2020 - including the October British & Irish folk music album chart.

Last Leaves of Autumn - Beth Orton
From the album: Sugaring Season
The Foggy Dew - Ye Vagabonds
From the album: The Hare's Lament
Mackerel - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Already Home

British & Irish Folk Music Album Chart – October 2020
7 More Than You Know - Kris Drever
From the album: Where the World Is Thin
4 Between a Breath and a Breath - Dyble Longdon
From the album: Between a Breath and a Breath
3 Shake It Off - Kate Rusby
From the album: Hand Me Down
2 This Place - Jamie Webster
From the album: We Get By
1 Song for Our Daughter - Laura Marling
From the album: Song For Our Daughter
19 The Dark Eyed Gypsy. – Lankum
From the album: The Livelong Day

Recent releases
The West Wind/Fred Finns/The Tinkers Stick - John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick
From the album: John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick
Emergency Lullaby (Wasting Time) - Merry Hell
From the album: Emergency Lullabies

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair by Gatehouse. From the album: Heather Down the Moor