Music from: Battlefield Band - Phillip Hartley - Fairport Convention - Aidan O Rourke - Chris Leslie - Magpie Lane - Dave Shepherd and Becky Price - Julie Murphy - Tim Van Eyken and Robert Harbron - Debashish Bhattacharya - Nick Cook - The Bounty Hounds - Paul Clayton - Myers and Garforth - Martin Simpson. Folk Poet Dave Alton tells the tale of Satan Over Bacup, and Babba digs down the back of the sofa of time to reveal the Story Behind The Song of Lillibullero. For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Jo joins the cast to give her views on the music we play, which this month comes from: Kate Doubleday - Davie Lawson - Hobbyhorse - Ian Bland - James Llewellyn - Jess Morgan - Heather Woodhead - Mary Jane - Snehasish Mozumder - Spiro - Steeleye Span. Babba relates the Wonder-ous tale that lies behind the Morris Dance tune Kemp's Jig. For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

It's the Summer Sizzler - a solid slab of fab summery tunes to burn to CD or play on your iPod ... all summer long! We play more music from old friends and find new music by new guests. Music comes from: Andi Neate - John Scullion - Butch Baldassari and David Schnaufer - Noah Zacharin - Erick Turnbull - Dr Robert - The Snake, The Cross, The Crown - Sean Rowe - Dave Gleeson - Kiss The Mistress - Mark Shillaker - Jonathan Croose - Al Petteway - John Connolly - Tom Taylor - Damh The Bard - Maggie Sansone - The Kittiwakes - The QP - The Demon Barbers - Jody McKenna - Iona Leigh - John Statz. For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Phil's flying solo this month, but there is still the usual mix of great music and special items. Music this month comes from Ella Edmondson - The Biblecode Sundays - Steve Knightley - Adam Balbo - John McNair - No Fixed Abode - Bob Fox - Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - The McDades - John Dory - Damien Barber and Mike Wilson - Craig D'Andrea. Our folk poet Dave Alton tells the tale of Bringing The Tide To Morpeth, accompanied by Italian guitarist Pino Forastiere, and Babba tells the story behind the song of The Plains Of Waterloo. For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Ken makes a triumphant return and we've also got a new member of the Cast - our Folk Laureate Dave Aston. There is music from Kiss The Mistress - Simon Todd - thefancydressparty - Tom Biller - Graham Holland - Wheeler Street - Jacanda - The QP - Philip Butler - Jon Boden - Stephen Fearing. And this month the Story Behind The Song is the history of The Flowers Of The Forest, told as even by Babba. For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Ken is still away, so with Phil this month is his wife Jo, who sits in as guest presenter. We've music from - Mark Shillaker - Marc Filmer - Chris and Siobhan Nelson - Iona Leigh - Felix Fables - Noah Zacharin - Rockridge Brothers - Josiah Altschuler - Mariel Trimaglio - Kathryn Tickell - Megson - The Snake The Cross The Crown - The Two Sisters - Da Camara - Finbar Furey. And Babba tells the amazing story of General George Monck, the man who inspired the Morris tune, General Monck's March. For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Ken is away on tour, and the Story Behind The Song crew have all rung in sick, so that just leaves Phil. To cheer himself up, he delves into his record collection to produce a show full of comedy songs and novelty numbers, with a few quality instrumentals to break up the laughs. Music from - The Houghton Weavers - The Lancashire Hotpots - Bernard Wrigley - The Ian McMillan Orchestra - Tom Paxton - David Ippolito - Big Al Whittle - Graham Holland - Bill Furner - Robin Bullock - Bill Bates - Les Barker - John Conolly - Ashley Hutchings - Jez Lowe - Show Of Hands - Ken Nicol - Phil Cool - Phillip Hartley - The Rawmarsh Mashers. For full details see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Ashley is in the studio to talk about his latest album project, My Land Is Your Land, which is a co-production with Italian songwriter Ernesto de Pascale.

Lots of new music, including songs and tunes from: Malinky - Natalie Bays - Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts - Noah Zacharin - John Dossi - Steve Freeman - Sambistas - Aidan O'Rourke - Kris Drever - Drever, McCusker, Wooble - The Chair - Jo Hamilton - John Tams. And Babba unveils the true history behind the nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down.

Our end-of-year review with new songs from some of our favourite artists featured on FolkCast in 2008 - Paul Liddell - The Duncan McFarlane Band - Phonix - Ian McKone - Nick Cook - Ruth Theodore - Steve Tilston - Andy Mullen - Jackie Oates - Red Ruth - Fotheringay. Plus listener feedback and Babba stripping the skins from the musical onion that is Auld Lang Syne.