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Intro: Fairport Convention - Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Fox Hunter's Jig/Toss The Feathers - Liege & Lief - A&M Records

Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston - Me And My Sister The Moon - Sing A Full Song - Hands On Music  www.sykespreston.com/
Yusuf - I Was Raised In Babylon - Tell 'Em I'm Gone - legacyrecordings  www.yusufislam.com/
Shelly Posen - The Basket's Story - Roseberry Road - Well Done Music  www.shellyposen.com/

Blue Rose Code - Edina - The Ballads Of Peckham Rye  - Ronachan Songs  www.bluerosecode.com/
Sparky & Rhonda Rucker - Little Woman So Sweet - Midnight Memories - Tremont Productions   www.sparkyandrhonda.com/
Pete Seeger, Tom Glazer, Butch & Bess Hawes - Viva La Quince Brigada(Long Live The 15th Brigade) - Songs of the Spanish Civil War Vol I&II - www.folkways.si.edu/
Phil Ochs - Power And Glory - Live Again - Rock Beat  www.smoreent.com/

Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston - Mysterious Day - Sing A Full Song - Hands On Music  www.sykespreston.com/
Yusuf - Cat And The Dog Trap - Tell 'Em I'm Gone - legacyrecordings  www.yusufislam.com/
Shelly Posen - Lord Knows, I Wish So Did I - Roseberry Road - Well Done Music  www.shellyposen.com/

Blue Rose Code - Where The Westlin Winds Do Carry Me - The Ballads Of Peckham Rye  - Ronachan Songs  www.bluerosecode.com/
Sparky & Rhonda Rucker - Walkin' My Blues Away - Midnight Memories - Tremont Productions   www.sparkyandrhonda.com/
People of Catalonia - Santa Espina - Songs of the Spanish Civil War Vol I&II - www.folkways.si.edu/
Phil Ochs - I'm Going To Say It Now - Live Again - Rock Beat  www.smoreent.com

Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston - "In the space of 2 short years, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston have emerged to become one of the most sought after duos on the English folk & roots scene. The striking combination of the flame headed double bass player & virtuoso mandolin player create music that Folk Roots say is: “A musical partnership made in heaven. Scintillating, sensitive and brilliant!” Well known for the last 8 years as a central component of Show of Hands, Miranda has an exquisite and spine-tingling voice, whilst Rex, with his exuberant and flamboyant playing style, has built a reputation as one of the finest mandolin players in the UK. With Show of Hands off the road for a year, the duo are embarking on an extensive tour of the British Isles in support of their arresting new CD “Sing A Full Song”." Artist's website bio...

On this album they present a choice selection of 11 contemporary songs, from such excellent writers as Bill Jones, Paul Metsers, Boo Hewerdine, Oliver Knight, plus one reworked traditional song, and, augmented by guest guitarist Grant Gordy on flatpick guitar, proceed to give a master class in performance and arrangement. Outstanding!

Yusuf - formerly singer-songwriter Cat Stevens in an other lifetime, Yusuf pays tribute to the American R'n'B musical influences that he absorbed in the nightclubs of early 60s Soho in London with songs from Edgar Winter, Luther Dixon and Al Smith, Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell, plus a Procol Harum song from Gary Brooker/Keith Reid, alongside some of his own compositions that may now be perceived as "spiritual message music" though to others he continues unchanged - just another seeker in a Wild World. Guest appearances include Richard Thompson on the opening track, Charlie Musselwhite on a couple of tracks, Grammy-award winning Tuareg musicians Tinariwen, and the South African Vocal Choir known as Complete.

Shelly Posen - Canadian singer-songwriter and 1/3rd of the the splendid Finest Kind, here in homely, nostalgic mood with an album of uplifting original songs reflecting on earlier carefree days of childhood and youth long before it became normal for strangers to randomly poison other complete strangers, or technically savvy individuals to create software programs that blindly destroys other peoples' computers. And then, when you are nicely lulled with the warm glow of a kinder gentler yesteryear, comes songs like "Last Words" or "Lord Knows, I Wish So Did I" that snap you back to the here and now, especially those of us of a certain age... another fine addition to the Posen catalog!

Blue Rose Code - "Blue Rose Code is not folk music. Or so he’s been told. Ross Wilson, the Edinburgh-born songwriter who performs under that name, doesn’t write folk songs. But having discovered the traditional music of the British Isles whilst in exile down south, he fell in love with what he heard and those sounds informed what happened next.

Blue Rose Code's latest album, The Ballads Of Peckham Rye, features a remarkable roll call of musicians from the folk side of the fence, including Karine Polwart, Lau’s Aidan O’Rourke and the lead single from Ballads features Mercury Music Prize Nominee, Kathryn Williams. Ross also toured as the duo, Hardy & Wilson, with the BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year, Bella Hardy. Ross describes his music as “audibly Scottish, Caledonian Soul” a term borrowed from the music of Van Morrison. "I guess that I'm a crossover artist,” says Ross. “I'm just not sure from where I'm crossing over or where I'm going to end up." It's that reluctance to be boxed or pigeon-holed that has earned Blue Rose Code a burgeoning and fiercely loyal fan-base across the UK and beyond, with folks travelling from far and wide to see his three-night sell out show at this years Edinburgh Fringe. At the start of his career, Ross sent demos to folk clubs in the hope of a gig. One promoter posted his CD back with a post-it note, scrawled in red that simply said: “Your music is not folk.” You can’t argue with that. Or can you?" Artist's website bio...

Sparky & Rhonda Rucker - renowned blues music folklorists, historians and storytellers making a welcomed third return visit to Little Rock Folk Club on Sat Nov 1st 2014...

Songs of the Spanish Civil War Vol I&II - "Smithsonian Folkways will release Songs of the Spanish Civil War, a historically vital collection of songs from the 1930s that reintroduces the hymnal of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, more than 2,600 American volunteers who fought General Francisco Franco in support of a democratic Spain. Featuring Pete Seeger, Tom Glazer, Butch and Bess Hawes, Woody Guthrie, Ernst Busch, and Bart van der Schelling, this two-volume, single-CD album aims, as scholar Peter Glazer’s enriching liner notes explain, to “bring this activist history forward at a time when the causes are no less urgent, and the enemies of freedom no less dangerous.”

Ranging from stirring folk melodies to adamant rallying cries, ‘Songs of the Spanish Civil War’ serves as a cultural touchstone. “Viva La Quince Brigada (Long Live the 15th Brigade),” sung by Pete Seeger, contains one of the most recognizable refrains of any song from the era: “Rumbala, rumbala, rumba-la!” Woody Guthrie provides a version of “Jarama,” which was the most popular American song brought back by veterans." Smithsonian website...

Phil Ochs - "Seemingly dropping in out of nowhere is this enthralling acoustic live set by late folk troubadour Phil Ochs, recorded at a small club in East Lansing, Michigan in May 1973 and generously offering up many of his very best songs. Recorded near the tail-end of his career (he’d die three years later at the age of 35), the performance shows him in fine vocal form and offering up humorously acerbic stage patter that—at least this week—hasn’t seem to have dated in the least. For stripped-down versions of “Flower Lady,” “Changes,” “Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends” and, of course, “I Ain’t Marching Anymore,” look no further. This is a great reminder: There have been very few figures as interesting in popular music, and if you haven’t heard much by him, here’s your chance." Rolling Stone review 8/19/2014...

 

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