Folk, Strangeness & Charm 74 – 27th April 2021

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 weeks playlist: Boo Hewerdine & Kris Drever – BluebirdsKarine Polwart – Since YesterdaySlambovian Circus of Dreams – BeezMerry Hell – Coming Home SongTrees – She Moved through the FairNinebarrow […]

Folk, Strangeness & Charm 73 – 20th April 2021

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 weeks playlist: Vision Thing – London TownFishclaw – HauntedBellowhead – Yarmouth TownFaustus – Ballina WhalersChalk Horse Music – Telling the BeesLau – It’s hard to seem ok when you’re […]

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 […]

Folk, Strangeness & Charm 72 – 13th April 2021

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 weeks playlist: John Martyn – John WayneJon Boden – Cinnamon WaterJohnny Flynn – Gods and MonstersJohn Bramwell – From the ShoreJohn Renbourne – Ship of FoolsJon Palmer – She […]

Folk, Strangeness & Charm 71 – 6th April 2021

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 weeks playlist: Spiro – The VapourerThe Strawbs – Til the sun comes shining throughArch Garrison – Open my EyeGaelforce – Herne the HunterGaelforce – Ye Mariners AllCurrer Bell – […]

Folk, Strangeness & Charm 70 – 30th March 2021

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 weeks playlist: Show of Hands – Keys of CanterburyDel Amitri – It’s FeelingsBlue Rose Code – Come SpringtimeJon Boden – Last Mile HomeJon Boden – Flash FloodCorrie Shelley – […]

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 69 – 23rd Mar 2021

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 weeks playlist: Robert Plant – Cindy I’ll marry you some dayDavy Graham – 3/4 ADGilmore & Roberts – Selfish ManRichard & Linda Thompson – Wall of DeathFalse Lights – […]

Folk, Strangeness & Charm 68 16th March 2021

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 weeks playlist: Nick Drake – Been smoking too longSpiers and Boden – Rochdale Coconut DanceRheingans Sisters – MackeralMartin Carthy – The Sheep StealerThe Leisure Society – Sober scent of […]

Folk, Strangeness & Charm 67 – 9th Mar 2021

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 weeks playlist: Headsticks – OpiumHeadsticks – Miles and MilesStick in the Wheel – Cruel Ships CaptainThe Salts – 10,000 MilesRichard Thompson – Long John SilverKris Drever – Hunker DownPlumhall […]