This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice, for 5 January 2016. Unfortunately, I'm indisposed so unable to do the show live this week (food poisoning) so here again are some of the winners from the 2014 BBC Folk Music Awards.
Save The Bees – Lau
From the album: Race the Loser (Reveal)
Two Ravens - Lisa Knapp
From the album: Hidden Seam (Navigator)
Willie of Winsbury - Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
From the album: Child Ballads (Wilderland)
Love Is Life - Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
From the album: The Queen's Lover (Fellside)
Cha d'fhuair mi'n cadal - The Mischa Macpherson Trio
Free download from Bandcamp
http://mischamacphersontrio.bandcamp.com/track/cha-dfhuair-min-cadal
The Nailmakers' Strike, Pt. 2 - Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
From the album: Mynd (Dragonfly)
Stand to Your Guns - The Full English
From the album: The Full English (Topic)
Good Man's Wife - Bella Hardy
From the album: Battleplan (Noe)
Little Birds - Carthy Hardy Farrell Young
From the album: Laylam (Ais)
Man of Newlyn Town - Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
From the album: Both Ears and the Tail (Gadfly)
Cold, Haily, Windy Night - Steeleye Span
From the album: Please To See The King (Shanachie)
Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel - De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Order the double CD Folk Awards 2014
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