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Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 278: 19 April 2020 - including more songs about birds

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 19 April 2020 - including a second sampling of songs about birds.

The Lullaby of Spring – Donovan
From the album: A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
Songs about the National Health Service
Can We Afford the Doctor? - Sandra Kerr
From the album: Celebrating Subversion: The Anti-Capitalist Roadshow
Angel in a Blue Dress - Reg Meuross
Single
Hiawatha - Sharon Shannon (featuring Dónal Lunny)
From the album: The Winkles Tapes 1989

Songs about birds
The Sparrow, The Thrush and the Nightingale - David Rotheray
From the album: The Life of Birds
Hawk And Crow - Emily Smith
From the album: Echoes
Little Birds - Carthy Hardy Farrell Young
From the album: Laylam
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers - Salt House
From the album: Huam
King of Birds - Karine Polwart
From the album: Traces
Curlew - Northern Flyway
From the album: Northern Flyway
She's Like The Swallow - Cara Dillon
From the album: Cool As Folk

Recent releases
Union of Crows - Salt House
From the album: Huam
McCormack's Capers - Chris Gray
From the album: Chris Gray

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music Blackbird by Sharon Shannon. From the album: A Woman's Heart

Posted by on 19 April 2020 at 05:58 PM |

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