Music from Plunkett, Stormy Mondays, Twelve Thousand Days, Temple Music, Kiss The Mistress, Trouble At'Mill, Zoox, The Albion Band, The Battlefield Band, Kila, Tanglefoot, Jahrtal, Phillip Hartley, Scullion John, SixPeopleAway. Babba concludes his two-part special on Transportation to Australia. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk. Re-mixed edition.
FolkCast 028 - April 2008
5 Apr 2008 @ 02:30 am
Music from Bruce Shimabukuru, Yve And Devora, Jackie Oates, Ceca, Nick Cook, Phil James, David Wilcox, Nelsons Wake, Chumbawamba, Rob St John, KC Mackenzie, Ralf Weihrauch, Dahm The Bard. Learn the story behind the song Van Diemens Land. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
FolkCast 027 - March 2008
1 Mar 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Music from John Parkes - Tom Palmer - Enter The Haggis - Mark Ellis - Matt Stephens - Singladies - Ken Nicol - Steeleye Span - Paul Howard - Ray Bradfield - The Kittiwakes - The Left Outsides. Babba reveals the twisted royal bloodline behind Sir Patrick Spens in The Story Behind The Song. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
FolkCast 026 - February 2008
2 Feb 2008 @ 02:00 am
Music from The Levellers - 3 Daft Monkeys - Ian McKone - Brian Mazzaferri - Alan Prosser - Magicfolk - Malthouse Passage - Marianne Segal featuring Circulus - Pigs Ear - Neal Hellman and Friends - Cruel Folk - Nick Cook - Gary Stewart Band - Starless And Bible Black. We sail down to Old Maui with Babba in The Story Behind The Song. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
FolkCast 025 - January 2008
5 Jan 2008 @ 04:40 am
The best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots-based music. New music from Kerfuffle - Nuada - Paul Liddell - Mieka Pauley - Phonix - The Mountain Firework Company - The Gala Band - Robin Allender - Andy McKee - James Dewdney - Abra Moore - Caroline Lavelle - Alistair Christl - The Duncan McFarlane Band. Babba tells the story behind Parcel Of Rogues, and there is a chance to win CDs from Dreamboat Records. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
FolkCast Interview - Ashley Hutchings - The Mother Of All Morris
1 Dec 2007 @ 07:30 am
We talk to Ashley Hutchings about the release of the latest - and last - of the Morris On albums, The Mother Of All Morris. And there's lots of music from the album, too. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
FolkCast 024 - December 2007
1 Dec 2007 @ 07:30 am
The best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots-based music. We look back over the year and present new songs from some of our favourite artists. Babba uncorks the badger wine and gets in festive mood with an unusual "Story Behind The Song", and we've music from the latest, and last, Morris On album. Music this month comes from Charlotte Kendrick, Debbie Cassell, Rev Hammer, Lau, Naughty Jack, Jon London, Oysterband, Dahm The Bard, Leatherat, Silver Dogs, Steve Knightley, Nick Cook, Sarah McQuaid, The Morris On Band See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
FolkCast Interview Special with Abbie Lathe
2 Nov 2007 @ 08:00 am
An exclusive interview with singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and teacher Abbie Lathe, featuring music from her latest album, Low Summer. See www.folkcast.co.uk
FolkCast 023 - November 2007
2 Nov 2007 @ 08:00 am
The best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots-based music. Music from Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer, Vequinox, Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll, The Gala Band, Eoghan Coglan, Abbie Lathe, Chris Millington, Andy Whittle, Luka Bloom, Martyn Joseph, The Owl Service, The Imagined Village, Dyonisis. See www.folkcast.co.uk
FolkCast 022 - October 2007
6 Oct 2007 @ 02:00 am
The best in folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots-based music. We talk to Italian musician Ernesto de Pascale about his new album, Morning Manic Music, and hear songs from the record. Babba reveals the astonishing story of John Churchill, better known as Lord Marlborough, in The Story Behind The Song, and there is music from Kate Bramley - Jez Lowe - Songs From The Blue House - Marina Florence - Paolo Giorgi - Mike Hanrahan - 3 Daft Monkeys. See www.folkcast.co.uk