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Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 327: 4 April 2021 - including birdsong and songs about birds

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF/Radio Catskill, 4 April 2021 - including birdsong and songs about birds.

The Cry of the Mistle Thrush - Nick Penny
From the album: Calling up the Dawn
Down In The Flood (Live At Fairfield Halls, 1973) - Fairport Convention
From the album: A Tree With Roots: Fairport Convention And The Songs Of Bob Dylan
Wayfaring Stranger - Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra
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Bird song and songs about birds
Song of the skylark (Field recording)
The Lark In The Morning - Jackie Oates
From the album: The Violet Hour
Song of blackbirds (Field recording)
If I Were A Blackbird - Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
From the album: Pretty Peggy
Song of the wren (Field recording)
Wren Polka No 1/Wren Polka No 2/The Wren Chase/The Wren's Escape - Boys Of The Lough
From the album: Midwinter Night's Dream
Song of the nightingale (Field recording)
The Nightingale/For Kate - Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson
From the album: Gift
Song of the cuckoo (Field recording)
The Cuckoo - The Devil's Interval
From the album: Song Links
Calling of rooks (Field recording)
Crows, Ravens & Rooks - David Rotheray
From the album: The Life of Birds

Recent releases
American TV - Boo Hewerdine
From the album: Selected Works
Clifftown - M G Boulter
From the album: Clifftown
Going out West - Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra
From the album: Migrants

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Closing music Robin in the Greenwood by Nick Penny.From the album: Calling up the Dawn

Nick Penny’s field recordings of birdsong, and his harp music, are available on bandcamp.

Posted by on 04 April 2021 at 08:58 PM |

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