Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 360: 21 November 2021 - a full hour's new music catch up

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 21 November 2021 - a full hour's new music catch up.

Written in the Stars - Sharon Shannon Big Band (feat. Jack Maher & Carol Keogh)
Single
Crossroads – Mànran
From the album: Ùrar
Specimen 5: CAS Manifesto - The Story Song Scientists (Findlay Napier & Megan Henwood)
From the album: Quantum Lyrics
Clouds - The Story Song Scientists (Findlay Napier & Megan Henwood)
From the album: Quantum Lyrics
In The Gloaming - Hannah James & Toby Kuhn
From the album: Sleeping Spirals
The Island – Fine Lines
From the album: Deadbeat Lullabies
A Place Like Home - Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke
From the album: A Place Like Home
The Scarecrow - Ben Walker & Kirsty Merryn
From the album: Life and the Land

Storm to Weather - Grace Petrie
From the album: Connectivity
Lord Franklin - Reg Meuross and Harbottle & Jonas
From the album: Songs of Love & Death
Setting V - The Ciderhouse Rebellion (feat. Jessie Summerhayes)
From the album: Genius Loci 1 : white peak
Ruin - The Ciderhouse Rebellion
From the album: Genius Loci 1 : white peak
Run Wild! - Freedom To Roam
From the album: The Rhythms Of Migration
Johnny Boy - Christy Moore
From the album: Flying Into Mystery

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Cruds & Cream/Jig From New Harmony - Granny's Attic. From the album: The Brickfields

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 359: 14 November 2021 - including this month's look at the British and Irish Folk Music Album Chart

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice on Radio Catskill, for 14 November 2021 - including this month's look at the British and Irish Folk Music Album Chart.

Milk and Honey - Sandy Denny
From the album: Sandy & Johnny
Anachie Gordon - Mary Black
From the album: Mary Black
Night Terror - Laura Marling
From the album: Alas I Cannot Swim

Our monthly look at the latest Top Forty British Folk Music Album Chart
Whiskey Whiskey - Joshua Burnside (13 months in the chart)
From the album: Into the Depths of Hell
More Than You Know - Kris Drever (13 months in the chart)
From the album: Where the World Is Thin
This Place - Jamie Webster (14 months in the chart)
From the album: We Get By
Manic Monday - Kate Rusby (14 months in the chart)
From the album: Hand Me Down
Four Boys Lost - The Levellers (14 months in the chart)
From the album: Peace
Bonny Ship the Diamond - The Longest Johns (14 months in the chart)
From the album: Cures What Ails Ya

Recent releases
She Brings Me Home - Sam Carter
From the album: Home Waters
Crow Flies – Mànran
From the album: Ùrar
Solely - Natalie Jane Hill
From the album: Solely
House - Martyn Joseph
From the album: 1960

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Midnight And Morning by Hickman & Quinn. From the album: Times

Laura Marling's upcoming gig in Brooklyn

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 358: 7 November 2021 - Irish jigs and reels all the way

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 7 November 2021 - Irish jigs and reels all the way. It's the second of two special fund drive shows. Please click here to show your support for The Wagonload of Monkeys and Radio Catskill. Thank you.

Dennis Murphy's Reel/The Bag of Spuds/Macfarley's Reel - Patrick Street
From the album: All in Good Time
The Kesh Jig/Give Us a Drink of Water/The Flower of the Flock/Famous Ballymote - The Bothy Band
From the album: 1975 (The First Album)
Kitty's Rambles/The Humours Of Ennistymon - L.A.P.D.
From the album: 70th Birthday Concert At Vicar St 2012

25 O'Clock - The Jeremiahs
From the album: The Jeremiahs
Merrily Kissed The Quaker – Planxty
From the album: Planxty
Martin Wynne's, Austin Tierney's - Alec Finn & Frankie Gavin
From the album: Masters of Irish Music: Frankie Gavin & Alec Finn
The Cuckoo's Nest Medley - De Danann
From the album: The De Danann Collection

The Half Century Set - Usher's Island
From the album: Ushers Island
The Drops of Brandy - Stockton's Wing
From the album: Jigs, Reels & Songs
The Flags Of Dublin/Ger Quigley's/Fred's Favourite – FourWinds
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 Glen Road To Carrick by Fullset. From the album: Notes After Dark (See video, above)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 357: 31 October 2021 - including the beginnings of English folk rock

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 31 October 2021 - including the beginnings of English folk rock. It's the first of two special fund drive shows. Please click here to show our support for The Wagonload of Monkeys and Radio Catskill. Thank you.

Weathercock - Phil Beer
From the album: Plays Guitar and Fiddle, Sings a Bit.
Poem Set To Music
Recuerdo - The Mechanicals Band
From the album: Miscellany #1

Ashley Hutchings and the Birth of English Folk Rock
Farewell, Farewell - Fairport Convention
From the album: Liege And Lief
False Knight on the Road - Steeleye Span
From the album: Please to See the King
Jockey to the Fair/Room for the Cuckolds - Ashley Hutchings
From the album: Son of Morris On
Hopping Down In Kent - The Albion Dance Band
From the album: The Prospect Before Us

Recent releases
Spotlight – Afterlight (Thea Gilmore)
From the album: Afterlight
Jessica – Vulpes (Maz O'Connor)
Single
Clock Winds Down - Christy Moore
From the album: Flying Into Mystery

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Docherty's Reel/Flowing Tide by Boys Of The Lough. From the album: Boys of the Lough

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 356: 24 October 2021 - including music from bands back out on the road

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 24 October 2021 - including music from bands going back out on the road.

British Summer Time - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Singularities
A Song for Rose (Will You Remember Me) - Heidi Talbot
From the album: Here We Go 1, 2, 3
Poems set to music (Rudyard Kipling)
The Four Angels - Martin Simpson
From the album: The Bramble Briar
Buddha at Kamakura - Toby Darling
From the album: Rudyard Kipling

Back out on the road
Battlefield Dancefloor - Show of Hands
From the album: Now We Are Four
The Good Old Days - The Demon Barbers
From the album: +24db
Old Matron - Steeleye Span
From the album: Est'd 1969
Johnny Doherty's - Usher's Island
From the album: Ushers Island
The Path That Winds Before Us - Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
From the album: Still As Your Sleeping

Recent releases
Momentos Así - Chloe Leigh
From the album: Fatea Showcase Session Autumn 2021: Elegy
The Town Of Tralee - Owen Moore
From the album: Fireside Songs
Hold On, Brother - Long For The Coast
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Six Weeks by Moore Moss Rutter. From the album: II

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 355: 17 October 2021 - including our monthly look at the British folk music album chart

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 17 October 2021 - including our monthly look at the British folk music album chart.

Autumn Childhood - Forest
From the album: The Full Circle
Poem set to music (Hilaire Belloc)
Ha'nacker Mill - Ben Walker (featuring Laura Hockenhull)
From the album: Echo
I Will Be Your Shield - Billy Bragg
From the album: The Million Things That Never Happened
Travel These Ways - Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
Still As Your Sleeping
Nobody Knows You Are Down and Out - Dave Kelly & Bob Hall
From the album: Survivors

Our monthly look at the latest Top Forty British Folk Music Album Chart
40 Distance Brings Us Closer - The Lost Trades
From the album: The Bird, The Book & The Barrel
31 Jolly Ploughboy - Ben Walker & Kirsty Merryn
From the album: Life And The Land
19 Guiding Light - Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
From the album: The Wishing Tree
9 The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973 - Hamish Hawk
From the album: Heavy Elevator
5 The Serpent, The Maiden and The Bear - Phil Odgers
From the album: Ghosts of Rock N Roll
3 Bailey Hill/Wittenham Clumps - Spiers & Boden
From the album: Fallow Ground

Recent releases
Say No More - King's Gambit
From the album: Around We Go Again
Willing - Lady Nade
From the album: Willing

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Docherty's Reel/Flowing Tideby The Boys Of The Lough. From the album: The Boys of the Lough

More about The Dementia Inclusive Singing Network

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 354: 10 October 2021 - including some acoustic British blues

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 10 October 2021 - including some acoustic British blues.

October Song - The Incredible String Band
From the album: The Incredible String Band
Poems set to music
Angel Hill - Jim Causley
From the album: Cyprus Well
My Young Man's a Cornishman - Jim Causley
From the album: Cyprus Well
The Old Oak Tree - Boys Of The Lough
From the album: The Boys of the Lough

Acoustic British Blues
Bad Boy Blues - Davey Graham
From the album: Large As Life and Twice As Natural
Streamline Train - Alexis Korner's Breakdown Group
From the album: Legends of Skiffle, Vol. 1
Louisiana Blues - Jo-Ann Kelly
From the album: Jo-Ann Kelly
Few Short Lines - Dave Kelly & Bob Hall
From the album: Survivors
Come Back Baby - Bert Jansch
From the album: Nicola
Get in That Swing - Ian Anderson's Country Blues Band
From the album: Stereo Death Breakdown

Recent releases
Stop and Listen - Ian Anderson's Country Blues Band
From the album: Stereo Death Breakdown
Dancing On The Red Road - Randall Stephen Hall
From the album: Beardiville
Makes Me Forget - Katy Rose Bennett
From the album: Alone On A Hill

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Weary Of The Moon by Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow. From the album: Ghost Owl

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 353: 3 October 2021 - including songs about hard times.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 3 October 2021 - including songs about hard times.

The Birds Are Leaving - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Thanksgiving
The Beauties Of Autumn - The Wilderness Yet
From the album: The Wilderness Yet
Poems set to music (William Blake)
Echoing Green - Dave Walters
From the album: Innocence and Experience
The Garden Of Love - Dave Walters
From the album: Innocence and Experience
Rent - State of the Union
From the album: State of the Union

Songs about hard times
Singing Through The Hard Times - Kirsty Bromley
From the EP: Sweet Nightingale
Ordinary Man - Christy Moore
From the album: Ordinary Man
Taking On Men - Jez Lowe
From the album: Jack Common's Anthem
Us Poor Fellows - Nic Jones
From the album: The Transports: A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy
In These Hard Times - Roy Bailey
From the album: Past Masters

Recent releases
When The Morning Comes Early - Brian McGuire
From the album: When The Morning Comes Early
Blank Page - Justin Bernasconi
From the album: Sleeping Like A Maniac
Lines - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Singularities

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Tipper's Field by Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow. From the album: Ghost Owl

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 352: 26 September 2021 - including marking the passing of Michael Chapman

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 26 September 2021 - including marking the passing of Michael Chapman.

Fair Drawin’ In – Clype
From the album: Clype
Poems set to music
Crossing The Bar - David Milton
From the album: Songs From The Bell Man
Next Best Bed - Bob Leslie, with Alice Leslie
From the album: In Praise Of Crows
The Copper Top - Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat
From the album: Everything's Getting Older

Marking the passing of Michael Chapman
Postcards of Scarborough - Michael Chapman
From the album: Fully Qualified Survivor
If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous - Sarah McQuaid
From the album: If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous
The Mallard - Michael Chapman, with Bridget St John
From the album: 50
The Man Who Hated Mornings by Michael Chapman
From the album: The Man Who Hated Mornings
The Prospector - Maddy Prior
From the album: Oh Michael, Look What You've Done : Friends Play Michael Chapman

Recent releases
Cruds & Cream/Jig From New Harmony - Granny's Attic
From the album: The Brickfields
Black Crow - Winter Wilson
From the album: The Passing Of The Storm

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music The Bucks Of Oranmore/Eileen Curran/Jimmy On The Moor by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill. From the album:  The Lonesome Touch
Closing music Rakes Of Kirkby/Will Grimdon's No. 2 by Granny's Attic. From the album: The Brickfield

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 351: 19 September 2021 - including songs about donkeys

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for Radio Catskill, for 19 September 2021 - including songs about donkeys.

Urge for Going - Luka Bloom
From the album: Keeper of the Flame
Poems set to music
September 1913 - John Doyle and Cillian Vallely
From the album: I Am Of Ireland
Horns Of The Morning - The Mechanicals Band
From the album: The Righteous Jazz
Big River - Bob Fox
From the album: Dreams Never Leave You
Meet Me On the Corner – Lindisfarne
From the album: The Best of Lindisfarne

Songs about donkeys
One Way Donkey Ride - Sandy Denny
From the album: Rendezvous
Donkey Riding - The Black Family
From the album: The Black Family
Jerusalem Cuckoo - David Gibb & Elly Lucas
From the album: Old Chairs to Mend
Flop Eared Mule - The Dubliners
From the album: The Best Of The Dubliners

Recent releases
Hugger Mugger - Kathryn Locke With Chodompa Music
From the album: LA
Afterlight - Scott Murray
From the album: There Was A Love
Like Magdalene - Jane Allison
From the album: Like Magdalene
The Cauld - Iona Fyfe
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Billy Wix by Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow. From the album: Ghost Owl