Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 146: 26 September 2017 (featuring the best selling five folk albums from exactly 30 years ago)

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 26 September 2017 - featuring the best selling five British and Irish folk albums from exactly 30 years ago.

Autumn Lullaby - Bridget St John
From the album: Ask Me No Questions
Classic Album
The Grey Funnel Line - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters
Geordie - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters
Fountains Flowing - June Tabor & Oysterband
From the album: Ragged Kingdom

Top British & Irish Folk Albums from exactly 30 Years Ago
Irish Rover - The Pogues & The Dubliners
From the album: 25 Years Celebration
The Man With the Cap - Patrick Street
From the album: Patrick Street
Steal Your Heart Away - Paul Brady
From the album: Primitive Dance
Double Cross - Mary Coughlan
From the album: Tired And Emotional
Pair of Brown Eyes - Christy Moore
From the album: Unfinished Revolution

Recent releases
Ageing Special Agent - Skinner & T'witch
Single: Download Ageing Special Agent
Chasing Shadows - Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
From the album: Pretty Peggy
Greenland Whale - Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
From the album: Pretty Peggy

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Clan Ranald/J.B.'s Reel/Paddy Mac's Reel/Kitty Sheain's by Altan. From the album: Runaway Sunday

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 145: 19 September 2017 (featuring a selection from the latest Fatea Showcase Session)

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 19 September 2017 - featuring a selection from the latest Fatea Showcase Session. 

Seasons - Neil Halstead
From the album: Sleeping on Roads
City Of Angels - Vin Garbutt
From the album: Word Of Mouth
Punjabi Girl - Vin Garbutt
From the album: Persona...Grata
Classic Album
Singing the Travels - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters
Silver Whistle - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters

Fatea Showcase Session 38: Autumn 2017 - Changing
The North Sea Ground - Harbottle & Jonas
From the album: Anna is a Dancer
The Roundhouse - The Medlars
From the album: The Medlars
Potion - Christy Scott
From the album: Amaranthine
Shine A Light - Fly Yeti Fly
From the album: Shine A Light In The Dark.
O Mistress Mine - The Rude Mechanicals Band
From the album: Exit, Pursued By a Bear

Download the latest Fatea Showcase Session - free!

Recent Releases
Shoot Them All! (Box On Her Head) - Pilgrims' Way
From the album: Stand & Deliver
Robin Hood & The Bishop - Pilgrims' Way
From the album: Stand & Deliver

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Trip To Breckon by Vair. From the album: A Place In Time

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 144: 12 September 2017 (featuring songs about the harvest)

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 12 September 2017 - featuring songs about the harvest.  

Autumn (The Thislesdown's Flying) - Gordon Tyrrall
From the album: A Distance From The Town
Classic Album
The Seven Joys of Mary - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters
My Husband's Got No Courage In Him - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters
Once I Loved You Dear (The Irish Girl) – Quercus
From the album: Nightfall
In the Company of Ravens - Maddy Prior
From the album: Ravenchild

Songs about the harvest
The Harvest Morning by John Clare – Read by David Barnes
From the album: Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 1
Harvest Song: We Gets Up In the Morn - The Watersons
From the album: Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs
Harvest Song - Jim Causley
From the album: Fruits of the Earth
John Barleycorn – The Imagined Village
From the album: The Imagined Village
Hey John Barleycorn - Dave & Toni Arthur
From the album: The Lark In the Morning

Recent Releases
Roland The Headless Thomson Gunner – Vair
From the album: A Place In Time
#Deportation Selfie – Calan
From the album: Solomon

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Jolly Good Jigs by Vair. From the album: A Place In Time

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 143: 5 September 2017 (featuring songs from the sea)

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 5 September 2017 - featuring songs from the sea.  

Hopping Down In Kent - The Albion Dance Band
From the album: The Prospect Before Us
Classic Album
Doffin' Mistress - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters
Burning of Auchidoon - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters
Lass of Lach Royal - Maddy Prior & June Tabor
From the album: Silly Sisters

Songs from the sea
A Drop of Nelson's Blood - Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends
From the album: The Cambridge Folk Festival 2010/11
Rolling Down The River - Jack Forbes
From the album: Voice & Vision Vol. 2
Santiana - Fisherman's Friends
From the album: Proper Job
Johnny's Gone To Hilo - Jackie Oates
From the album: The Woodworm Project
Hogeye Man - The Jeremiahs
From the album: The Jeremiahs
Lord Franklin - Kevin Burke & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
From the album: Promenade
Willie Taylor - Julie Murphy
From the album: Folk Awards 2017

Recent releases
Bones and Feathers - Martin Simpson
From the album: Trails & Tribulations
Blues Run the Game - Martin Simpson
From the album: Trails & Tribulations

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Chazza's Circus by Snuffbox. From the album: Playing for Free

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 142: 29 August 2017

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 29 August 2017 - featuring another chance to hear the winners from the 2017 BBC Folk Music Awards. 

If Wishes Were Horses - Kris Drever
From the album: If Wishes Were Horses
When We Roll in the Morning - Kris Drever
From the album: If Wishes Were Horses
Many's The Night's Rest - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Wild Hog
Wild Hog in the Woods - The Furrow Collective
From the album: Wild Hog
Bogie's Bonnie Bell - Daoiri Farrell
From the album: True Born Irishman
Van Diemen's Land - Daoirí Farrel
From the album: True Born Irishman
Smiler - Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton
From the album: Symbiosis

Don't Go Out Tonight My Darling - Rachel Newton
From the album: Here's My Heart Come Take It
Here's My Heart Come Take It - Rachel Newton
From the album: Here's My Heart Come Take It
Auchengeich Mining Disaster - Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente
From the album: BBC Radio Folk Awards 2017
Echo Mocks The Corncrake - Songs Of Separation
From the album: Songs Of Separation
Poor Man's Lamentation - Songs Of Separation
From the album: Songs Of Separation
Sisters - Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton
From the album: Symbiosis