Wagonload Of Monkeys

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)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 208: 9 December 2018 - marking the passing of Roy Bailey and Bill Caddick

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 9 December 2018 marking the passing of Roy Bailey and Bill Caddick plus Lankum's upcoming gig in NYC.

First Snow In Brooklyn - Jethro Tull
From the album: The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (R&M)
Classic album
Workers' Song - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth (Topic)
Both Sides the Tweed - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth (Topic)
Lankum are coming to New York
The Granite Gaze - Lankum
From the album: Between the Earth and Sky
Willow Tree – Lankum
From the album: Between The Earth and Sky (Rough Trade)
Peat Bog Soldiers – Lynched (now Lankum)
From the album: From Here: Then to Now (From Here)
Details of Lankum’s gig in New York

Marking the passing of Roy Bailey and Bill Caddick
The Hard Times Of Old England - Roy Bailey
From the album: Freedom Peacefully (Fuse)
War Without Bangs – Roy Bailey
From the album: Hard Times (MondoTunes)
Obituary of Roy Bailey in The Guardian
Obituary of Roy Bailey in The Times of London
She Moves Among Men - Home Service
From the album: Wild Life (Fledg'ling)
Unicorns - Jackie Oates
From the album: The Joy of Living (ECC)
Obituary of Bill Caddick at Folk Radio UK
Obituary of Bill Caddick in The Guardian

Recent releases
Holding On To Each Moment – Birichen
From the album: Hush (Birichen)
The Girl I Left Behind Me - Sam Sweeney
From the album: The Unfinished Violin (Island)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Uncle Bernard's/JennyLind by The Albion Dance Band. From the album: The Prospect Before Us (Parlophone)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 207: 2 December 2018 - featuring pop songs covered by folkies

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 2 December 2018 - featuring folkie covers of pop songs.

When Winter Comes - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band
From the album: Journey's Edge (Fledg'Ling)
Classic Album
Scojun Waltz/Randers Hopsa - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth (Topic)
Song for Ireland - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth (Topic)
Marking the passing of Alec Finn
Down By the Sally Gardens - Alec Finn
From the album: The Celtic Ireland (Travelscape)
Martin Wynne's/Austin Tierney's - Alec Finn & Frankie Gavin
From the album: Masters of Irish Music: Frankie Gavin & Alec Finn (Shanchie)

Pop songs covered by folkies
Oops I Did It Again - Richard Thompson
From the album: 1000 Years of Popular Music (Beeswing)
Video Killed The Radio Star - Karine Polwart
Soundcloud
Summer in the City - The Flying Pickets
From the album: The Best of the Flying Pickets (EMI)
Anarchy In The UK - The Bad Shepherds
From the album: By Hook Or By Crook (Monsoon)
Jolene - Rachel Newton
From the album: West (Shadowside)
Young Hearts Run Free - The Band Of Love
From the album: Folk Fever (Island)

Recent releases
Iago - Grace Petrie
From the album: Queer As Folk (Grace Petrie)
No Place Like Tomorrow - Merry Hell
From the album: Anthems to the Wind (Merry Hell)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Paddy Fahy's Reel by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill. From the album: The Lonesome Touch (Green Linnet)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 206: 25 November 2018 - featuring Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 25 November 2018 - featuring  the songs of Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine. 

Cold November Day - Katy Rose Bennett
From the album: Songs Of The River Rea (Katy Rose Bennett)
Classic album
The Snows They Melt the Soonest - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth (Topic)
Lough Erne/First Kiss at Parting - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth (Topic)
Indelible Ink - KTB
From the album: Indelible Ink (Katy Rose Bennett)

Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine
If Wishes Were Horses - Kris Drever
From the album: If Wishes Were Horses (Reveal)
Last Cigarette - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Baptist Hospital (Warner)
Harvest Gypsies - Kris Drever
From the album: Black Water (Reveal)
Last Man Standing - Kris Drever & Boo Hewerdine
From the EP: Last Man Standing (Reveal)
Patience Of Angels - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Harmonograph (M Vine)

Recent releases
This House - Grace Petrie
From the album: Queer As Folk (Grace Petrie)
These Country Lanes - Kelley & Woolley
From the album: Miner's Eyes (Clunk & Rattle)

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

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 205: 18 November 2018 - featuring more winners at the RTE Irish Folk Music Awards

 

[Daoiri Farrell on bouzouki with Four Winds, playing The Flags of Dublin.]

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 18 November 2018 - featuring more winners at the 2018 RTE Irish Folk Music Awards. 

Autumn Tune – Equation
From the album: The Lucky Few (Putumayo)
Classic Album: Handful Of Earth by Dick Gaughan
Craigie Hill - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth (Topic)
The World Turned Upside Down - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful Of Earth (Topic)
The Creggan White Hare - Daoirí Farrell
From the album: The First Turn (Daoiri Farrell)

Winners at the recent RTE Irish Folk Music Awards
Bean Dubh A’ Ghleanna - Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
From the album: Foxglove & Fuschia (Muna)
Along the Western Seaboard - Declan O'Rourke
From the album: Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine (WM)
Light in the Sky - We Banjo 3
From the album: Haven (We Banjo 3)
O'Donoghue's - L.A.P.D.
From the album: 70th Birthday Concert At Vicar St 2012 (Andy Irvine)

New Music
In Absence - India Electric Co.
From the album: Tablelands (Shoelay)
Turn to Fray - Hickory Signals
From the album: Turn to Fray (GF*M)
Review: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/16/hickory-signals-turn-to-fray-review
Down by the Greenwoodside - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Fathoms (Hudson)

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

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 204: 11 November 2018 - featuring winners at the RTE Irish Folk Music Awards

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, on 11 November 2018 - featuring winners at the 2018 RTE Irish Folk Music Awards.

Rose Hip November - Beautify Junkyards
From the album: Beautify Junkyards (Metrodiscos)
Classic Album
Erin Go Bragh - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful of Earth (Topic)
Now Westlin Winds - Dick Gaughan
From the album: Handful of Earth (Topic)
Laws Of Motion - Karine Polwart
From the album: Laws Of Motion (Hudson)

RTE Irish Folk Music Awards winners
What Will We Do When We Have No Money? – Lankum (Radie Peat)
From the album: Between the Earth and Sky (Rough Trade)
The Seduction of Eve - Emma Langford
From the album: Quiet Giant (Emma Langford)
Bad Luck to the Rolling Water – Lankum
From the album: Between the Earth and Sky (Rough Trade)
Brennans Reel - Martin Hayes Quartet
From the album: The Blue Room (251)

Recent releases
A Monument To The Times/The Stepped Ford - Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith
From the album: Many A Thousand (Ear Trumpet)
Rosefinch - Northern Flyway
From the album: Northern Flyway (Hudson)
The Longest Day - Toby Hay
From the album: The Longest Day (state51 Conspiracy)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music The Bucks Of Oranmore/Eileen Curran/Jimmy On The Moor by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill. From the album: The Lonesome Touch (Green Linnet)