Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 482: 31 March 2024 - featuring The Magie Arc

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, for 31 March 2024 - featuring The Magie Arc.

The Week Before Easter - June Tabor
From the album: Airs & Graces
If I Were A Blackbird - Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
From the album: Pretty Peggy
The Lark In The Morning - Jackie Oates
From the album: The Violet Hour
Going out West - Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra
From the album: Migrants

The Magpie Arc
I Should Have Walked - The Magpie Arc
From the EP: EP 2
The Man Who Sold New York - Findlay Napier
From the album: VIP: Very Interesting Persons
She Slips Away - Martin Simpson
From the album: Prodigal Son
Fragile Water - Nancy Kerr
From the album: Instar
Don't Leave The Door Open - The Magpie Arc
From the album: Glamour In The Grey

Recent releases
Dear Landlord - Andy Smythe
From the album: Poetry in Exile
Meeting Is A Pleasant Place - Sam Lee
From the album: Songdreaming
Five Thousand Miles – Kitewing
From the album: Kitewing

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music The West Wind/Fred Finns/The Tinkers Stick by John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick. From the album: John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick
Closing music Molly as She Swings by Martin Simpson. From the album: Vagrant Stanzas

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 481: 24 March 2024 - including singers and bands "inexplicably overlooked"

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, for 24 March 2024 - including singers and bands "inexplicably overlooked" in the past.

When Spring Comes In - Bob & Ron Copper
From the album: Traditional Songs from Rottingdean
Seen Live: Ninebarrow
A Pocket Full Of Acorns – Ninebarrow
From the album: A Pocket Full Of Acorns
Nestledown – Ninebarrow
From the album: A Pocket Full Of Acorns
Mississippi Summer - June Tabor & The Oyster Band
From the album: Freedom And Rain

Inexplicably overlooked
Geraldine's Thinking of Galway - The Fureys
From the album: My Father's House
Paint the Sky With Stars – Enya
From the album: The Best of Enya
Tingles - Elephant Sessions
From the album: All We Have Is Now
Debora - Tyrannosaurus Rex
From the album: The Very Best of Marc Bolan & T Rex
Road and the River – Runrig
From the album: Live at Rockpalast (Düsseldorf, 1996)

Recent releases
Bushes and Briars - Sam Lee
From the album: Songdreamer
First House On The Left - Katherine Priddy
From the album: The Pendulum Swing

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music Pipped at the Post by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Second Mandolin Album
Closing music The Dance Of The Demon Daffodils by John Kirkpatrick. From the album: The Dance Of The Demon Daffodils

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 480: 17 March 2024 - a two hour celebration of St Patrick's Day

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, for 17 March 2024 - a special two hour celebration of St Patrick's Day!

Part One: My Dublin favorites 1978-1980
Rare`s Hill - Mary Black
From the album: Mary Black
The Red Knickers – 1691
From the album: Irish Folk Songs
Lakes of Pontchartrain - Paul Brady
From the album: The Liberty Tapes
Lough Erne Shore - Andy Irvine & Paul Brady
From the album: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
Wild Rover - Sean Cannon
From the album: The Roving Journey Man
Biddy Mulligan - Frank Harte & Dónal Lunny
From the album: And Listen to My Song

Part Two: Irish music looks to a new future
Reynard the Fox - Sweeney's Men
From the album: Sweeney's
The Good Ship Kangaroo – Planxty
From the album: After The Break
Old Hag You Have Killed Me - The Bothy Band
From the album: Old Hag You Have Killed Me
The Drops of Brandy - Stockton's Wing
From the album: Jigs, Reels & Songs
Salonika - Jimmy Crowley
From the album: The Boys of Fair Hill
A Letter To Syracuse - Christy Moore
From the album: Prosperous

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music Pipped at the Post by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Second Mandolin Album
Closing music Lucy Campbell by 1691. From the album: Irish Folk Songs

With many thanks to Folk Plus host Angela Page for donating her hour on St Patrick's Day to our extended Wagonload St Patrick's Day special.

Part Three: Irish bands in North America
Bold O'Donahue - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
From the album: In Person At Carnegie Hall
Rare Old Times - Dublin City Ramblers
From the album: 20 Great Irish Ballads, Rebel Songs & Instrumentals
Finnegan’s Wake - The Irish Rovers
From the album: The Irish Rovers 50 Years
The Squid Jiggin' Ground - Ryan's Fancy
From the album: Songs From the Shows
Kerry Slides - The Chieftains
From the album: The Chieftains 5
Whiskey in the Jar - The Dubliners
From the album: The Best Of The Dubliners

Part Four: Rising, and recently risen, stars off Irish music
Trapped in an Irish Drinking Song - Miranda Hardy
Single
All Those Roadside Stops (Supermarket Wine) - Joe Monaghan
Single
Cúmha í Ndiaidh Aisling Shéanta - Laura Mulcahy
From the album: Sub Nubibus Margarita
The Lass of Aughrim - Lisa O'Neill
From the album: Heard a Long Gone Song
Willow Tree - Lankum
From the album: Between The Earth and Sky
The Foggy Dew - Ye Vagabonds
From the album: The Hare's Lament
The Creggan White Hare - Daoirí Farrell
From the album: The First Turn

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music Pipped at the Post by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Second Mandolin Album
Closing music Paddy Fahy's Reel by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill. From the album: The Lonesome Touch

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 479: 10 March 2024 - including songs about trees

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, for 10 March 2024 - including songs about trees.

Spring Fling - The Jeremiahs
From the album: The Femme Fatale Of Maine
Life By Misadventure - Steve Tilston
From the album: Life By Misadventure
Trimdon Grange - Maddy Prior
From the album: Seven for Old England

Songs about trees
Green Leaved Trees - Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell
From the album: Kites
The Oak - The Albion Band
From the album: The Guv'nor Vol. 3
Willow Tree - Eliza Carthy
From the album: Anglicana
Oak, Ash and Thorn - The Unthanks
From the album: Oak Ash Thorn
Old Oak Tree - Ivor Cutler
From the album: Dandruff
Home Boys Home - Luke Kelly
From the album: The Best of Luke Kelly

Recent releases
The Cruel Mother - Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs (2024 re-issue)
Arthur McBride - Viaggiatori Armonici & Andy Irvine
Single
This Is My Church (Acoustic Version 2024) - Stevie Jones
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music St. Anne's Rell by De Danann. From the album: The De Danann Collection
Closing music Guttney’s Oak - Three Cane Whale. From the album: Palimpsest

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 478: 3 March 2024 - Spring Song Special

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill, for 3 March 2024 - A Spring Song Special

March, by Edward Thomas - Niamh Cusack
From the album: Summer's End: The Poems of Margaret Buckle
The Lullaby of Spring – Donovan
From the album: A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
So Early In the Spring - John Renbourn
From the album: So Early In the Spring
England's Spring - Skinner And T'witch
From the album: The Fool's Journey
The Birds in the Spring - Bob & Ron Copper
From the album: Traditional Songs from Rottingdean
Reynard the Fox - Sweeney's Men
From the album: Sweeney's Men
First Light of Spring - Luka Bloom
From the album: Innocence
Springtime It Brings on the Shearing - Martyn Wyndham-Read
From the album: Emu Plains

'Twas On One April's Morning - Show Of Hands
From the album: The Long Way Home
As Warblers Call - Nick Penny
From the album: Calling up the Dawn
Cuckoo - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Already Home
Cuckoo through the Mist - Nick Penny
From the album: Calling up the Dawn
Written In Green - Bella Hardy
From the album: Songs Lost and Stolen
Little April Shower/April Come She Will – PicaPica
From the album: Spring & Shade
Gloomy Winter - Dougie Maclean
From the album: Whitewash

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly.
Incidental music The Coming of Spring by Eitre. From the album: The Coming of Spring.
Closing music The Four Seasons by Sam Sweeney. From the album: Solo.