'd the. Hello and welcome to folk scene our 1st of the new year so all the more appropriate I think that we daily new release is today to tickle the a taste buds for the next few months 1st off I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear about this is that the transports album is going to finally be released on the 12th of this month this is this acclaimed new production of peace a Balinese great legacy the transports are member of getting out way back in the late 1970 s. On a double album I think it was on it's been redone with a stellar cast it's going to be a landmark album for the new year and actually you know this one new song The fuse is very very well with the ballet originals very moving very much acclaimed Doc water and it's panned by the youngun synth songwriter Sean Cooney Take a listen to this. This. Son. To run. Swung. My son. Stung mum's fun they. Had enough not for. Sly. Stuff. This. She only. Wrong. The say. Oh. Say. A. Todd won't. Catch. Me. Fantastic just great a great song Dark Water a modern migration tale actually running alongside the older narrative of the transports and it's been captured on a new line of album on the album is to be released on the 12th of this month's us the transports a tale of exile a migration and so alongside Pete Bellamy's great great landmark narrative really from the 1970 s. You know one of the most revered works on the folk scene we have this marvelous song from Shaun Cooney about a guy called Madame actually from Syria and any fled his home country following the disappearance of his brother and he took the drastic decision Believe it or not to swim the a g. And c. And he survived unbelievable and I think that fits in so well it's an amazing folk suite Anyway I'm sure you know that extraordinary richness loads of All righty there's almost really suppose you could say no weak link or substandard number on the whole album there never was in the 1970 s. And the still isn't now modest great ensemble success from about 12 months or so ago it's now on a landmark our own that's the transports a tale of exile the migration Stella cast live you can't beat it he's a guy who's got an armada never heard of him before actually by the name is Sam Ryder The album is called Too hot to sleep it's not out until the early February but I was very taken with a take a listen to this one I've Lovely stuff some rider too hot to sleep is the album and the track from the album is called Swamp dog obl I've never heard of him before but actually had heard of a couple of the artists he's associated with the Punch Brothers for example I've come across in the Go rodeo sessions Also I've come across here and there on the travels Anyway he's built up a cult following lead in regular midnight Saturday sounds really good to me but one of the oldest dive bars in Brooklyn That'll do for me if Concorde was going now you know don't take a couple of hours and get over to Brooklyn and go to one of the oldest dives in Brooklyn and listen to some fantastic accordion and hootenanny playing from some ride like that very much is a good album to really interesting variation of stuff lots of different styles and genres that he's playing around with even a little bit of jazz on their reserves a lot of kind of Billy Strayhorn style jazz playing as well and really good stuff some writer the album's called too hot to sleep on the release date is February the 3rd and that was swamp dog hobble probably played a couple of extra tracks and out of the next few weeks I'll be bound I was very excited to get a notification just before Christmas actually that stick in the whale of a new album out and that's release state is scheduled for the 26th of January this month Britain's most exciting new folk band according to many people are certainly rich in all kinds of attitude they're very uncompromising and apparently the record has really started to get some very good reviews I certainly think the sound of a brand new album from I think the 2nd album is called Follow them true by the way the album title follow them true really lots of vitality going around a new record pass a lot of preconceptions around. What folk music is supposed to be in inverted commas and I think they kind of bring. Suppose you could say a kind of a beating heart back to us if you know what I mean they bring a lot of feeling a movement back to traditional culture that great for a project that they embarked on by recoding people in situ was Want to one of the greats compilation albums of Backus 2000 to 16 into 17 this is their own album that on this this occasion headed by single Nicholas Carey and guitarist producer a co-author very very nice stuff indeed stick in the whale The album is called Follow them true and this is their version of the great old traditional song usually associated with. The soul plays that we talked about so much last year around about the end of October you know the dead horse somebody and all of the rest of it this is poor old horse he said. Lisa. Nah a sound man. Swell. I need feet dollars who Chinese on. T.v. Lives will ride him. Not believe Lebanese. Now not Mom fees. Some cats use swine on. Top Yes one hand look to ground. And drag you. Off to one kind Sowerby you summer is. Such. It down for silence as you say. He's dead isn't now when the love. Me says. I am we will know see you. When you Sierra's town says Salles silently. Only on it was she to Mike. When Oh I still had a minute down to. Draw up a main the ocean. Floor tell ya the album and sound we said. And now and then I. Will sing came down with a long long rallies. Such. As body and the devil. As great stuff stick in the whale and poor old horse soon as Ashanti re on the particular occasion I'm not strong Nate brand new album follow them through released on 26 January authentic as it comes really very very own least it grabs you loss of sort of feel hot as I mentioned before the century traditional culture as well the very interested on the album in rituals actually they're examining rituals and cycles on you know human beings inherent c. And being able to change ourselves through the seasons etc etc ghosts death all accounted thing really interesting pilot there for them if they expand their sound right across the very very interesting you'll also be pleased to note that they're coming to the area in March now make a note of this because they're an excellent time to face on the 4th of March there at the music. In the film only call so that stick in the whale Liverpool fell music room on the 4th of March and for those of you on the outskirts of maybe in North Manchester they're at the mats Embury if you haven't been to the Met him Barry's a smashing venue really lovely venue on the berry on the 10th of March is well there's a couple for your diary they're really good really authentic as they come actually at times a brutally honest as well which you know can be a shock to the A's and in particular track they day they do a great rendition of Unquiet Grave on this particular album and it's a real shock to the Israeli in many respects that's great stick in the way a new album follow them true out at the end of the month isn't all that almost released in January 2 this is very different We've played a truck or 2 by this law before they're called Callia on his comment on what soulful folk in a way and there's a brand new album called Building on the land from down in Cannes and this is a really really interesting album Take a listen to this r. Kelly or. Leave. The. That's very different business as our carrier and for all and which is the opening track from their brand new album building on the land and that's released this month to be looking forward to is actually a played a couple of tracks from them before over the last 6 to 9 months or so I'd seen them on the road here and they were supportive Scott Matthews big fan of also saw them when I watched the band were touring about 9 months ago and they were on with Matty prior to and I thought they were pretty tasty really the Down From can somewhere in the valleys of canned you know and I just think the so west coast those of you out there who know me well you know on the stand my tastes live very much you must Coast American psychedelia and accounts from posts like a day bands like fire fall and Poco and all Ok they're very much along those sort of lines I think very nice very tasteful lovely lovely harmonies on it and that's the as they say the state the still full folk trio on Kenya or Kelly good stuff that I'm going to play most of from them to our Callia the album's building on the land and that was the opening track for all and again something completely to contrast that now I'm very pleased to hear that made from a cannon has a brand new album out and that's going to be released on the 2nd day of February in a few weeks time contemporary Gallic singer she is a 3rd studio album and it's I just love her voice is called Story s t r I's a collection of songs in Gallic and in English based on themes of things like work in exile and struggle but all from a woman's perspective and and straight I think means something like struggle or hardship or something like that a guy like I'm no speaker at all and the original idea of the of Mr revisit songs that she particularly loved especially walking songs that cause walking songs are very very important parts of the Scottish tradition. By women in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Hardy tough women went in those days and I picked a truck from the album which I think you'll enjoy this is something called the head of going it sounds and skull can play good in it and I just think it's a lovely song beautifully song Take a listen to this this is made McKinnon. Kitty they can make came back I think. It cam fags and yeah I. Mean on the can they. Get it. Back I think. Grace the dulcet Tintern Abbey elations of May from a can and a great singer a great contemporary Galaxian I'm a mechanic actually if you watched b.b.c. Album occasionally you know you'll find maybe on the telly there are some great music shows you know on b.b.c. Alba I don't speak Alec I wish it did actually but doesn't really matter because the stories in the melodies and the rhythms for me in Gallic music convey so much anyway really and that's from a brand new album story which is released on Friday the 2nd of February fabulous stuff than story also FISA features contributions from all sorts of musical luminaries like Kathleen McInnis and Martin O'Neill Allie Horton played a lot of stuff on the show Jollof Henderson we know Jolliffe as well don't we Ross Martin some really really good featured artists on that and it's really super a fantastic on the track is gold counter a and that means the head of the going it sounds fabulous stuff may have McKenna lovely stuff. Well in case you wonder where all of this great stuff is coming from you're listening to the 1st show of 2018 that's right a nice folk scene with me Mike broken here on b.b.c. Radio Massey side and you might or might or not know that actually folksiness very quickly approaching its 50th birthday the program how to few pilots before the turn of the year 1967 it's in 1968 but officially rarely folk scene was launched within a couple of weeks of of this the anniversary of this program as well Amazing Randi when you think about is the long continuous program on the b.b.c. And specialist music has been on for ever really it seems like forever anyway and I remember listening to it when I was when I was 16 and we're getting gas lack in Old Swan go out and get me sausage roll from Reese's or say is on the other side of the swan or I sit and listen to the repeats of folksy and Saturday so now I'm ave to present today is that is that a poison chalice soul or is it really good at your stance I think it's really good myself it's an absolute privilege to be with you great stuff Ok well from May have MacKinnon new release coming out in a month or to is one actually came out a month or so ago but I missed it actually a play this thought it was good put it on side and then I just forgot where it put it really and it's by a band called sad the maiden and said the maiden are an interesting outfit rarely the trio that a vote of for a lot of great artists including a full English and Jim Mari a false light as well which is James Bond fare for convention car of Dylan so they've been on a lot live but I've never really come across anything recorded by them until the album that came to make called his health on ice really really nice well engineered beautifully mixed produced at home actually features people Chris Cleverley banjo Lucas Drinkwater on bass and the Elliot on backing vocals on a really like the way the girl's voice is blend together I think it's really good see what you think about this this came out towards the back end of last year on his from the album his health by said the maiden and this is their version of the Bonnie Ray. Where have you be they have said. We analyzed him. He. He was. And he played. Oh he's lazy we call over. To. Eat. We. . An asset. I don't need him mon. Greedy. A separate version of the l. Of memory by sat the maiden about an album and then a payout of the guy I got in a play since I'm a year or so ago played a track or 2 from it I think was called maids in Mariners' or something like that and the had quite a lot of critical acclaim at the time and they're on the road a lot as a sign I've seen them actually a couple of times now I've seen them with Jim Mari false lights as well they've supported they've also been with the fisherman's friends I have seen that but I know they're very very popular shanty pond from the West Country and they were also honored to join legend you know like Dave swab expand on a successful tours things back in 2014 I think but there are an interest in as faith is just distill Elizabeth and Kathy Pilkington 3 friends who discovered a love of folk music and they spent the school years together singing songs very interesting stuff said the maiden The album's called Here's a health and that was their version very very sweet and pure version of the Bonnie Alomari which is a good thing good stuff said the maid who read from your office has got another album out and it's time to very shortly is the title track from it. Like the Hammond organ in the world knew this regimen or secured only b. Regimen ORUs a great friend of this program and a great friend of the area actually and you might recall that he started a project a while ago something like 18 months ago to release a solo trilogy of albums the 1st Tom came out was called December which we played almost all of the album in its entirety I think by Beth that was then followed by far away people on this new release out in February now called Songs about a train I mean that's a great title ready for that particular track because it's such a good country song. It's a country song isn't it and it's great because it's a country song the song is actually called letting go but it's that it's the opening track of a really interesting album in the final album of his trilogy and he's going on the road and always tries to do each playing in our area and on the 11th of February. It's the 11th of February he's at the Raven folk club in Lower Bridge Street in Chester your Moscow in Siraj if you haven't seen Reggie is just outstanding are being following his career for so many years now I remember reading when he was in the Hank Wang for the band years and years and years ago and I booked the hankering for the band when we did a Bob Dylan conference at the Bluecoat I don't Mikko too was with me at that time we kind of your guys are also gather and also the Left Bank we're on as well which is really interesting but what we found out that was that the way that one fit works so well that even was because of edge me or us really read was the key to the whole band and since the time of followed his career which has just gone from strength to strength railing and his new album is out sometime early week a fairly 1st weekend in February the tour is taken him all over the place it's actually it's actually taken him to a great venue it's the venue called the old cinema launderette in Durham that's a good one isn't I want to just see what that looks like really but certainly it's coming to the Raven folk club great club upstairs at the Raven folk club down in the pub in the Burton billet in the Lower Bridge Street in Chester don't miss that one great radio very good and it just goes to strength to strength read me a loss and letting go from the album Songs about a train really interesting stuff that I do like that he's something else that you might fancy. But. Long. Term because caught up. With. You from those blows all with the passengers from you and a great strong through some police response to. A don't you. Come away. Feeling. For you. To see Bob. Let me. Come and. Tell. You. I'm the 1st. To. Come you. Look don't you. Come come a pretty. Little. Come and Gone. Through the air on the. So we motored longer waited Alban from that actually and it's called small brown. So we will fit small brown bears and it's going to released on the 19th of this month actually American songwriter now living in the north of England a very charming performer don't if you come across Oh it's all very interesting story driven song rice in a very own labored vocal style as well she's great live lovely little banjo playing nap on a plate her take on the red clay Ramblers sea shanty the queen the sky did you notice I don't if you know the red clay around was but I was always a big fan of theirs I but she writes some good stuff too actually she even does a version of McCartney's album so she's very useful as a performer excellent gatherer of information and then gives it over to us she's pulled a great song actually I think it's on this particular arm as a sort of do it a while ago anyway it's called the president sang Amazing Grace and his family a very interesting one tells the story of the 2015 church shootings in Charleston and President Obama's eulogy for those slain which was just you know really really heartfelt I thought and she's a very very good take on a particular song she's also collaborated on this album with the great English fiddler man that is Tom Kitching who's based in Cheshire of course he's a member of pilgrims way too and I just think it's a fantastic album you should really try and catch it if you can you might be able to catch Joe actually because he's back on the road playing quite a lot of folk clubs over the next month or so and in our area at least. Close to our area on the 19th around about the time this is the album gets released in actual fact she's at the Northwich folk club and if you've not been to the northeast for it's had really nice club also a little bit further on she's coming back into the northwest of England on the 12th of April she's going to be at the lim folk club as well I do recommend that you catch though she's very very good really really gentle in the last 2 infectiously danceable and meaningful and she's got all of the ingredients of an American folk singer in actual fact good stuff that Zoe Mulford The album's called small brown birds and it's released this month actually on the 19th of January isn't all the really really interesting saying at this time from over the water in West Kerry and island as Mediterranean Emma and she had an album release just towards the back end of November again which I hang held onto to be perfectly honest because I was playing this autonomy and cd player and I thought it introduced this year she's a lovely lovely beautiful voice she's been singing for a long time now and here's have of Johnny is gone from a show a soldier from have brand new album foxglove fuchsia. 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