FolkCast 034 - November 2008
1 Nov 2008 @ 01:30 am
Female vocalists are to the fore this month, with music from Ani DiFranco - Chris While and Julie Matthews - Jo Freya - Catherine MacLellan - The Maerlock - Fotheringay and Patrice O'Neill. Plus songs from the chaps, too - The John Henrys - Robin Tymm - The Buena Vista Social Club - Nicol and Cool - Al Petteway. And Babba tells the gruesome story behind the broadside ballad The Murder Of Maria Marten.
FolkCast 033 - October 2008
4 Oct 2008 @ 02:01 am
A stack of new releases, tour news and Babba tells the history of an Australian anti-hero. Music from: Dave Pegg and PJ Wright - Steve Tilston - Black Rat - Broken Poets - Bellowhead - Red Ruth - Genticorum - Bella Hardy - Mary Hampton - Kate Doubleday - Box Club - Zoe Conway - The Story.
FolkCast 032 Part One - August 2008
16 Aug 2008 @ 09:01 am
Part One of an extended edition before we take a month's break. Featuring news of Steeleye Span's tour plans for next year, and music from - The Simon Hopper Band - The Demon Barbers - Aiden Jolly - Ruth Theodore - The Parson Red Heads - Peter Bradley Adams - Jim Averitt - Embertime - Andy Patterson. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk.
FolkCast 032 Part Two - August 2008
16 Aug 2008 @ 09:00 am
Part Two of an extended edition before we take a month's break. Featuring Babba with The Story Behind The Song of Bedlam Boys, and music from - Zywiolak - Chris Hardy - Hilary James - Corrina Hewat - Mike Silver. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk.
FolkCast 031 - July 2008
5 Jul 2008 @ 12:15 pm
In a tribute show to Woven Wheat Whispers (RIP), Jo joins Phil to present music from: The Horses Of The Gods - Steve Tilston - Reg Meuross - Lisa Redford - The Purple Minds Of Lazeron - Dave Malloy - Marie Crehan - Sharron Shannon and Steve Earle - Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer - Comrade Down - Steve O ' Connor - Show Of Hands - The Story. Babba examines the true history of the naval Press Gang in the Story Behind The Song for All Things Are Quite Silent. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk.
FolkCast 030 - June 2008
7 Jun 2008 @ 11:00 am
Music from Telling The Bees - Black Fortress Of Opium - Blackheart - John Haydon - Andy Mullen - Eliza Carthy - One More Grain - Eduard Iniesta - Lizzie Nunnery - Lawn Jockey - Steamchicken - The Duncan McFarlane Band. Babba reveals the myth and magic behind The Blacksmith, and Phil opens his Folk Files. See the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk.
FolkCast 029 - May 2008
4 May 2008 @ 07:00 am
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
