Folk, Strangeness & Charm 143 – 1st Nov 2022

Catch up with Jayne and this week’s Folk Strangeness & Charm, playing alternative music with a folky slant. Always charming and sometimes a bit strange. This week’s playlist: Nic Jones – Rufford Park PoachersZervas and Pepper – Better DaysThe Pogues – Body of an AmericanLeisure Society – A matter of timeSam Sweeney – Want to […]

A Living Tradition Vol 1

Catch up with this weeks A Living Trading, an hour of music from the Celtic nations, to the rich folk music heritage of England.Throw in some electric and folk rock, add a pinch of North American folk music and you have a musical mix of the traditional and modern folk music. This weeks playlist: 1 […]

Bellowhead – Burlesque

This weeks album of the week is, Bellowhead – Burlesque  Bellowhead brings big band arranging to English music, featuring a full-on horn section and the Bellowhead of 2006 is most certainly a large band, with eleven members kicking up a wall of sound. Burlesque set me scrambling for comparisons. Perhaps Brass Monkey, which featured Martin […]

Folk, Strangeness & Charm 40 – 1st September 2020

Catch up with Jayne and this weeks Folk Strangeness & Charm, playing alternative music with a folky slant. Always charming and sometimes a bit strange. This week features, Alden, Patterson, Dashwood, Salt House, Sam Sweeney, Midnight Skyracer, Sam Lee and much more. This weeks playlist: Alden, Patterson, Dashwood – The Broads In DecemberSalt House – […]

Folk, Strangeness & Charm 34 – 21st July 2020

Catch up with Jayne and this weeks Folk Strangeness & Charm, playing alternative music with a folky slant. Always charming and sometimes a bit strange. This week features, Zervas and Pepper, Mr Fox, UFQ, The Minor Birds and a bit more. This weeks playlist: Bert Jansch – Bird SongSalt House – Mountains of GoldIncredible String […]

Virginia Kettle – No Place Like Tomorrow

This weeks album of the week is, Virginia Kettle – No Place Like Tomorrow Two years on from her eponymous EP, No Place Like Tomorrow is finally with us and it is well worth the wait. Virginia is supported by her occasional band The Dreamkeepers: Neil McCartney, Nick Davies and husband John who also produced […]

A Living Tradition 23 – 24th May 2020

Catch up with this weeks A Living Trading, an hour of music from the Celtic nations, to the rich folk music heritage of England.Throw in some electric and folk rock, add a pinch of North American folk music and you have a musical mix of the traditional and modern folk music. This week features, Damien […]

A Living Tradition 21 – 10th May 2020

Catch up with this weeks A Living Trading, an hour of music from the Celtic nations, to the rich folk music heritage of England.Throw in some electric and folk rock, add a pinch of North American folk music and you have a musical mix of the traditional and modern folk music. This week features, Aizle, […]

A Living Tradition 20 – 12th Jan 2020

Catch up with this weeks A Living Trading, an hour of music from the Celtic nations, to the rich folk music heritage of England.Throw in some electric and folk rock, add a pinch of North American folk music and you have a musical mix of the traditional and modern folk music. This week features, Daoiri […]

A Living Tradition 19 – 22nd Dec 2019

Catch up with this weeks A Living Trading, an hour of music from the Celtic nations, to the rich folk music heritage of England.Throw in some electric and folk rock, add a pinch of North American folk music and you have a musical mix of the traditional and modern folk music. This week features, Alan […]