Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 218: 17 February 2019 - featuring winners from the UK Americana Awards

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 17 February 2019 - featuring winners from the UK Americana Awards.

Hide! The Storm Is Coming - Heg And The Wolf Chorus
From the album: Raising The Fires (Bessie)
Hummingbird - John Smith
From the album: Hummingbird (Commoner)
John Smith live in NYC
Classic Album: The Transports
The Ballad Of Henry & Susannah: 3 - Peter Bellamy and Dave Swarbrick
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)
I Once Lived In Service - Norma Waterson
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)

Winners At This Year’s UK Americana Awards
Soon Enough - Bennett Wilson Poole
From the album: Soon Enough (Aurora)
Be More Kind - Frank Turner
From the album: Be More Kind (Polydor)
Southern Wind - Dean Owens
From the album: Southern Wind (At the Helm)
Kindness - Ben Glover
From the album: Shorebound (Ben Glover)
Crook of His Arm - Maz O'Connor
From the album: The Longing Kind (Restless Head)

Recent Releases
A Day at the Races/The Fox on the Downs - Ben Walker
From the EP: The Fox on the Downs (Folkroom)
The Night Was Still - Katherine Campbell
From the album: Robert Burns: Tune Unknown (Katherine Campbell)
Fair Weather Beggar - Claire Hastings
From the album: Those Who Roam (Luckenbooth)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Jigs, Strathspey & Reel by John McCusker. From the album: Under One Sky (Navigator)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 217: 10 February 2019 - featuring Nick Drake covers

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 10 February 2019 - featuring covers of Nick Drake songs.

Whispers of Summer - Eliza Carthy
From the album: Angels & Cigarettes (Rhino)
Classic Album: The Transports
The Robber's Song - A.L. Lloyd
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)
The Ballad Of Henry & Susannah – 2 - Peter Bellamy And Dave Swarbrick
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)
The Leaves In The Woodland - June Tabor
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)

Nick Drake Covered
The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Vashti Bunyan & Gareth Dickson
From the album: Green Leaves - Nick Drake Covered (Mojo)
River Man - Field Music
From the album: Green Leaves - Nick Drake Covered (Mojo)
Fly - Bridget St. John
From the album: Fly High (Cherry Red)
Northern Sky - Julie Dyble and Andy Lewis
From the album: Green Leaves - Nick Drake Covered (Mojo)
Black Eyed Dog - Jim Ghedi
From the album: Green Leaves - Nick Drake Covered (Mojo)

Recent releases
Lost And Found - Solasta
From the album: A Cure For The Curious (Solasta)
Colin's Ghost - Jon Wilks
From the album: Midlife (Grizzly Folk)
Gortavale Rock/The Road To Poynton
From the album: The Kinnaris Quintet (Kinnaris Quintet)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music An Lanow by Davey & Dyer. From the album: Dynamite Quay (Dalla)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 216: 3 February 2019 - featuring Best Traditional Song award winners

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 3 February 2019 - featuring some of the winners of the Best Traditional Song award at the BBC Folk Music Awards.

The Snow It Melts The Soonest - Ranagri
From the album: Tradition (Ranagri)
Classic Album: The Transports
Overture - The Transports Ensemble
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)
The Ballad Of Henry & Susannah 1 - Peter Bellamy And Dave Swarbrick
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)
Us Poor Fellows - Nic Jones
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)

Traditional Song award winners
Bitter Withy - John Tams
From the album: The Reckoning (Topic)
Barleycorn - Tim Van Eyken
From the album: Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves (Topic)
Cold Hailey Rainy Night - The Imagined Village
From the album: The Imagined Village(Real World)
The Cruel Ship's Carpenter - Jackie Oates
From the album: Jackie Oates (Show Of Hands)

Recent releases
Coventina's Daughter - The Brothers Gillespie
From the album: The Fell (Brothers Gillespie)
Hall Sands - Harbottle And Jonas
From the album: The Sea Is My Brother (Brook View)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Mist In The Morning by Fullset. From the album: Notes After Dark (Full Swing)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 215: 27 January 2019 - featuring Best Original Song award winners

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 27 January 2019 - featuring some of the winners of the Best Original Song award at the BBC Folk Music Awards.

Winter Singing - The Imagined Village
From the album: Bending The Dark (ECC)
Classic Album
The Man in the Iron Mask - Billy Bragg
From the album: Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy (Cooking Vinyl)
The Busy Girl Buys Beauty - Billy Bragg
From the album: Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy (Cooking Vinyl)
Lovers Town Revisited - Billy Bragg
From the album: Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy (Cooking Vinyl)
The Blue Tar Road - Daoirí Farrell
From the album: True Born Irishman (Daoiri)

Best Original Song award winners
County Down – Danú
From the album: The Road Less Traveled ( Shanachie)
The Sun's Comin' Over The Hill - Karine Polwart
From the album: Faultlines (Neon)
One in a Million – Chris Wood
From the album: The Lark Descending (RUF)

Recent Releases
Are You Sitting Comfortably – Megson
From the album: Contradicshun (EDJ)
Contradicshun – Megson
From the album: Contradicshun (EDJ)
Hares On The Mountain - John Smith
From the album: Hummimngbird (BARP)
Mud - Ivor Cutler Trio
From the album: Ludo (EMI)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music The Tip Top Polka by Brass Monkey. From the album: The Complete Brass Monkey (Topic)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 214: 20 January 2019 - featuring music from the margins of folk

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 20 January 2019 - featuring music from the margins of folk.

Low Winter Sun - Sarah McQuaid
From the album: Walking Into White (Waterbug)
Classic Album: Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy
A New England - Billy Bragg
From the album: Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy (Cooking Vinyl)
Billy Bragg's gigs in NYC
Richard - Billy Bragg
From the album: Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy (Cooking Vinyl)
The Price of the Pig - Tim Lyons
From the album: Big Guns & Hairy Drums (Imusic)

Music from the margins of folk
Backstreet Boys - Patrik Fitzgerald
From the album: The Very Best Of Patrik Fitzgerald (Anagram)
Tear-Stained Letter - Richard Thompson
From the album: Hand of Kindness (Hannibal)
The Hole In the Ground - Bernard Cribbins
From the album: The Very Best of Bernard Cribbins (EMI Gold)
Girl On A Swing - Kevin Ayers
From the album: Joy Of A Toy (EMI Europe)
Bricks – Tunng
From the album: Good Arrows (PIAS)
The Copper Top - Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
From the album: Everything's Getting Older (Chemikal Underground)

Recent releases
A New Song To Sing - Fil Campbell & Tom McFarland
From the album: Together (Glenshee)
Lifeboat - Talitha Rise
From the album: An Abandoned Orchid House (Coven Tree)
Dignity - Karine Polwart
Single (Hegri)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Long Road to Memphis and New Lang Syne by DanEvans. From the album: Au Vieux Moulin (Dansing).

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 213: 13 January 2019 - featuring a capella groups

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 13 January 2019 - featuring a capella groups (mainly men).

Snow Falls - The Albion Band With John Tams
From the album: Midwinter (Free Reed)
Cornerstone - Karine Polwart
From the album: Laws Of Motion (Hudson)
Karine Polwart at Carnegie Hall

Classic Album
The Milkman of Human Kindness - Billy Bragg
From the album: Life’s A Riot With Spy vs Spy (Cooking Vinyl)
To Have and to Have Not - Billy Bragg
From the album: Life’s A Riot With Spy vs Spy (Cooking Vinyl)
Lament for Derwent Village - Bella Hardy
From the album: The Dark Peak and the White (Noe)
Dark Peak and the White website

Acapella groups (mostly men)
Spencer the Rover - Bob & Ron Copper
From the album: Traditional Songs from Rottingdean (Fledg'Ling)
Lyke Wake Dirge - The Young Tradition
From the album: So Cheerfully Round (Castle)
Lest We Forget – Artisan
From the album: Our Back Yard (Bedspring)
Now Is The Cool Of The Day – Coope, Boyes and Simpson
From the album: As If (No Masters)
Waiting For The Ferry - The Young'Uns
From the album: Another Man’s Ground (Hereteu)

Recent releases
A Hundred Hours - Mera Royle
From the EP: The Ballaglass Set (Mera Royle)
Fall On My Knees - Bella And Polly
From the album: Fatea Showcase Session Winter 2018: Eagle (Fatea)
Don't Cry For Me - Jonas & Jane
From the album: Fatea Showcase Session Winter 2018: Eagle (Fatea)
Download the Fatea Showcase Session Winter 2018: Eagle

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Double-Header by Hamish Napier. From the album: The Railway (Strathspey)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 212: 6 January 2019 - Repeat of our 200th anniversary show

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 6 January 2019. Another chance to hear the 200th edition of the show: Singing Through The Hard Times  - and hour of encouraging and optimistic and amusing songs about hard times.

Singing Through The Hard Times - Kirsty Bromley
From the EP: Sweet Nightingale (Kirsty Bromley)
Ordinary Man - Christy Moore
From the album: Christy Moore (Walker)
Taking On Men - Jez Lowe
From the album: Jack Common's Anthem (Tantobie)
The Poor Ditching Boy - Richard Thompson
From the album: Henry the Human Fly (Fledg'ling)
Poor Man's Lamentation - Songs Of Separation
From the album: Songs Of Separation (Navigator)
Us Poor Fellows - Nic Jones
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)

In These Hard Times - Roy Bailey
From the album: Past Masters (Fuse)
Keep Yer Feet Still, Geordie Hinny - Alex Glasgow & The Northern Sinfonia
From the album: Songs of Alex Glasgow Vol. 3 & Now and Then (Mawson & Wareham)
Hard Times Come Again No More - Edison Male Quartet
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9120
Hard Times Come Again No More - The Chieftains & Paolo Nutini
From the album: Voice of Ages (Hear)
Cotton Mill Colic - Peta Webb and Ken Hall
From the album: As Close as Can Be (Fellside)
Sleep Tonight - Rory McLeod And The Familiar Strangers
From the album: The Glee And The Spark (Talkative)
Shake the Chains - Shake the Chains
From the album: Shake the Chains (Quercus)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music The Unemployment Line/O'Keefe's Plough/Anderson's/The Fermoy Lasses by Kips Bay. From the album: Into the Light (Green Linnet)

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 211: 30 December 2018 - Bests of 2018

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 30 December 2018 - featuring some of the "bests" of 2018.

Best live acts
Davy Lowston - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Fathoms (Hudson)
Pat Rainey - Daoirí Farrell
From the album: True Born Irishman (Daoiri)
I Burn But I Am Not Consumed - Karine Polwart
From the album: Laws Of Motion (Hudson)

Best albums (Fathoms and Laws of Motion)
Botany Bay - Kelly Oliver
From the album: Botany Bay Kelly Oliver)
The Joy of Living - Jackie Oates
From the album: The Joy of Living (ECC)
Namer of Clouds - Kitty Macfarlane
From the album: Namer of Clouds (Navigator)

Best rediscovered albums
Us Poor Fellows - Nic Jones
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy (Free Reed)
The Cloud Factory - June Tabor
From the album: At the Wood's Heart (Topic)

fRoots Critics’ Poll Winners
Blackbird - Lisa O'Neill
From the album: Heard a Long Gone Song (River Lea)
Green Unstopping - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Bright Field (Rootbeat)
Jeano - Anna & Elizabeth
From the album: The Invisible Comes to Us (Smithsonian/Folkways)

Best instrumental album
Deep Blue – Imar
From the album: Avalanche (Proper)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 210: 23 December 2018 - This Year's Holiday Special!

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 23 December 2018 - Our 2018 Year's Holiday Special.

Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand - The Watersons
From the album: Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs (Topic)
When Christmas Day is Near - Ange Hardy
From the EP: My Christmas EP (Ange Hardy)
First Christmas Away From Home – Artisan
From the album: Mid Winter (Free Reed)
Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake - Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell
From the album: Uncommon Bonds (Green Linnet)
The Frost Is All Over - Kate Rusby
From the album: The Frost Is All Over (Pure)
I Would Bring You the Moon - Bella Hardy
From the EP: I Would Bring You the Moon (Noe)
Christmas At The Airport - Nick Lowe
From the album: Quality Street (Yep Roc)
Christmas Tree On Fire - Holly Golightly
From the album: A Damaged Christmas Gift To You (Damaged Goods)

Wrong Star - Billy Bragg & Ben Sollee
From the album: Fight Songs (Billy Bragg)
Crow On The Cradle - Karine Polwart
From the album: Laws Of Motion (Hudson)
Bright Morning Star - Cara Dillon
From the album: A Thousand Hearts (Charcoal)
Find Hope - Emily Smith
From the album: Songs For Christmas (White Fall)
This Dog's Just for Christmas (Not for Life) - Prosecco Socialist
Single (Gypsy Chicken Box)
Fairytale Of New York  – The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
From the album: If I Should Fall From Grace With God (WM)

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

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 209: 16 December 2018 - featuring The Furrow Collective

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 16 December 2018 - featuring The Furrow Collective.

Stopping by Woods - Robert Frost
From the album: Mid Winter (Fellside)
A Roving on a Winter's Night - Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle
From the album: Mid Winter (Fellside)
Richard Thompson’s Frets & Refrains Songwriting Camp
Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman - Richard Thompson
From the album: Acoustic Rarities (Beeswing)
Reynardine - Martin Simpson
From the album: Trails & Tribulations (Topic)
Details of Richard Thompson’s Frets & Refrains Songwriting Camp
Satellites - Inge Thomson
From the album: Da Fishing Hands (Inge Thomson)

The Furrow Collective
My Son David - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Fathoms (Hudson)
The Golden Vanity - Alasdair Roberts
From the album: Too Long In This Condition (Navigator)
The Maid of Neidpath - Rachel Newton
From the album: West (Shadowside)
Carved in Two - Lucy Farrell
From the album: Harbour of Songs (Stable)
Darkening Bell - Emily Portman
From the album: Coracle (Furrow)
Wild Hog in the Woods - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Wild Hog (Hudson)

Recent releases
Silent, the Night - Skinner & T'witch
Single (Skinner & T'witch)
Available at skinnerandtwitch.com
She Wynds On - Calum Wood
From the EP: She Wynds On (Magic Park)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music James Connolly - Martin Simpson. From the album: Cool and Unusual (Red House)