FolkCast Festive Selection Box 2008 - 160kbps
14 Dec 2008 @ 08:31 am
A higher bitrate version of the show, for better sound quality, but a bigger download, so take your pick. Seasonal songs, tunes and readings in a hand-picked mix of some of the very best alternative music for the Christmas period. Available for subscribers only until Sunday January 4th 2009. See the ShowNotes at http://www.folkcast.co.uk/ShowNotes/shownotesbox08.html
FolkCast Festive Selection Box 2008
13 Dec 2008 @ 08:31 am
Seasonal songs, tunes and readings in a hand-picked mix of some of the very best alternative music for the Christmas period. Available for subscribers only until Sunday January 4th 2009. See the ShowNotes at http://www.folkcast.co.uk/ShowNotes/shownotesbox08.html
FolkCast Festive Selection Box 2007
13 Dec 2008 @ 08:30 am
No talk, just music. A journey through mid-Winter into Yule, Christmas and New Year, ending with a look to the far distant summer. Re-released on Sunday December 14th until Sunday January 4th 2009. See the ShowNotes at http://www.folkcast.co.uk/ShowNotes/shownotesbox07.html
FolkCast 035 - December 2008
6 Dec 2008 @ 12:30 pm
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.
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.
