Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 65: 23 February 2016

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 23 February 2016 - featuring songs about cats.

Sad February - The Unthanks
From the album: Here's The Tender Coming (Parlophone)
Turn Turn Turn - Pete Seeger
From the album: Greatest Hits (SBME)
Turn! Turn! Turn! - Martin Simpson & Jessica Radcliffe
From the album: Seeds: the Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Appleseed)
Give Me the Moon - Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekström & Martin Simpson
From the album: Beautiful Darkness, Celebrating the Winter Solstice (High Bohemia)

Songs about cats
Jump At The Cats - King Creosote
From the album: KC Rules OK (Warner Bros)
Black Cat - Maggie Holland
From the album: Still Pause (Rogue)
Woodcat - Tunng
From the album: Comments Of The Inner Chorus (Full Time Hobby)
The Dundee Cat - Hamish Imlach
From the album: Border Lands: The Best of Scottish Folk(Sanctuary)
The Neighbor's Cat - Leon Rosselson
From the album: Wo Sind Die Elefanten? (Pm Press)
Talking Cat Blues - Will Varley
From the album: Postcards from Ursa Minor (Xtra Mile)

New and recent releases
By The Tides - Ange Hardy and Lukas Drinkwater
Sinlge (Soundcloud)
A Polyphonic Life - Tobias Ben Jacobs & Lukas Drinkwater
From the album: Winter Solace (Winter Solace)
Just Everything That's Happened - Gentlemen Of Few
From the album: The Way and the Return (Gentlemen of few)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music The Bag Of Cats by Sharon Shannon. Each little thing (Grapevine)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 64: 16 February 2016

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 16 February 2016 - featuring sessions from Songs From the Shed.

It's Our Valentine - Skinner and T'witch
Single (Bandcamp)
Coldest Night Of The Year - Vashti Bunyan
From the album: Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Dicristina Stair)
The Bells of Rhymney - Pete Seeger
From the album: Greatest Hits (SBME)
Bells of Rhymney - Oysterband
From the EP: The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions: Oysterband (Delphonic)
Casadh an Tsúgáin (Frankie's Song) - Iarla O Lionaird
From the album: Brooklyn: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Lakeshore)

Country Life - Steve Knightley
Songs From The Shed session
Love Me True - Jess Vincent    
Songs From The Shed session
Jolly Wagoners - Sam Kelly Trio
Songs From The Shed session
Jack Ironside - The Young 'Uns
Songs From The Shed session
Invisible Empire - KT Tunstall
Songs From The Shed session

The Long Way Home - Show Of Hands
From the album: The Long Way Home (Hands On)
Mesopotamia - Show Of Hands
From the album: The Long Way Home (Hands On)
Where Ravens Feed - Sarah Hayes    
From the album: Woven (Night Vad)
Down By The River - The Black Feathers
From the album: Soaked to the Bone (Blue House)

My Johnny Was A Shoemaker - Steeleye Span
From the album: The Village Wait (Shanachie)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Whirl-Y-Reel 1 by Afro Celt Sound System. From the album: Sound Magic, Vol. 1

Click here to see all the nominations for the 2016 BBC Folk Music Awards

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 63: 9 February 2016

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 9 February 2016 - featuring music about executions.  

Winter Moves In - The Black Feathers
From the album: Soaked to the Bone (Blue House)
Northern Soul - Clive Gregson & Christine Collister    
From the album: Home and Away (Gott)
Home is Where the Heart Is - Clive Gregson and Christine Collister
From the album: Home is Where the Heart Is (BGO)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Woody Guthrie
From the album: Songs To Grow On for Mother and Child (Smithsonian Folkways)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Billy Bragg & The Blokes
From the album: Daddy O Daddy: Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie (Rounder)

Songs about executions
The Red Barn - Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
From the album: 2 (I Scream Music)
Long Lankin - The Devil's Interval
From the album: Old Wine, New Skins (Dusk Fire)
Sam Hall - The Porters
From the album: Rum, Bum and Violina (Cargo)
Dunlavin Green - Karan Casey
From the album: Ships In The Forest (Crow Valley)
The Black Procession - Dead Rat Orchestra
From the album: Tyburnia (antigen)

New and recent releases
Orkney - Iona Lane
From the album: Dry Stone Walls (soundcloud)
Conscience Money - Tymon Dogg
From the album: Made Of Light (Thin Man)

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Incidental music Da Cold Nights O' Winter/Da Blue Yow/Da Spirit O' Whiskey - Boys Of The Lough. From the album: Midwinter Night's Dream

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 62: 2 February 2016

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 2 February 2016 - featuring music about dogs. 

Red Deer, White Snow – Stooshie
From the album: Stydd (Independent)
The Hog-Eye Man - Ian Campbell
From the album: Farewell Nancy (Topic)
Hogeye Man - The Jeremiahs
From the album: The Jeremiahs (Wooden Ship)
Black Muddy River - Greatful Dead
From the album: In The Dark     (Arista)
Black Muddy River - Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy and Chris Parkinson
From the album: Cool As Folk (Delphonic)

Songs about dogs
Longdog - Show of Hands
From the album: Dark Fields (Hands On)
The Werewolf - Barry Dransfield
From the album: Folk Magnet, Vol.1 (Folk Magnet)
Good Dog - Shirley & Dolly Collins
From the album: Anthems In Eden (BGO)
Sheepcrook and Black Dog - Steeleye Span
From the album: Below The Salt (Shanachie)
Ulysses – Jake Thackray
From the album: The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray (Columbia)

New and recent releases
Mackerel - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Already Home (RootBeat)
Twa Corbies - United Bible Studies
From the album: The Ale’s What Cures (Mie)
Liberty's Sweet Shore - John Doyle
From the album: The Ballads of Child Migration (Delphonic)

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

On Their Own (Exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum)