Hosted by Ken Hudson
Broadcast the 4th Sunday of the month - 10am-12noon
Welcome to Roving Folk – the 4th Sunday Folk Show – on Phoenix FM – in the show today – as well as music with links to the months of October & November – we have lots of music from people appearing in the area, and will be remembering Bob Davenport – Geoff Twentyman will be along with his folk diary – and David Kidman has more recommendations from the latest of new releases which include tracks from Martin Simpson – and also Eliza Carthy ….
With music from … The Corries – October Song; Sandragon – Cob-a-Coaling; Peter Paul & Mary – A-Soulin’; Show Of Hands – Hallow’s Eve; Steve Knightlley & Winter Yards – A Song for Wickham; Pamela Ward – Aberfan; Ingrid & Barrie Temple & Jim Mageean – Carrying Coals; Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins – Sail Away; Pete Coe – None So Steady; Granny’s Attic – Jack the Sailor; Suntou Susso – Jaliya; Bob Fox & Stu Luckley – The Fishing & North Sea Holes; Bob Davenport & Marsden Rattlers – Granny’s Old Armchair; Fine Lines – That Love We Have Tonight; Martin Simpson – Ruby Bridges; Martin Simpson – Toy Soldiers ; Eliza Carthy – Honey; Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer – From Where I’m Standing; Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer – Dalgety Bay; Mick Ryan & Paul Downes – Road to Dorchester; Sam Carter – The Forge; Bob Davenport & The Rakes – With My Love on the Road & Wild Colonial Boy; Barrie & Ingrid Temple & Jim Mageean – Big Crane …
Welcome to Roving Folk – the 4th Sunday Folk Show – on Phoenix FM – this month – remembering Dolly Parton – Jez Lowe will be in our area – and bravely takes up the Roving Folk Three Track Challenge – songs of Ewan McColl – Geoff Twentyman will be here with his folk diary – and David Kidman has more recommendations from the latest of new releases ……………..
With music from … Dolly Parton – Silver Dagger; Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colours; Steeleye Span – Rogues in a Nation; The King McHughs – Freedom Come All Ye; The Johnstons – Life of the Rover; Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger – Joy of Living; Planxty – P Stands for Paddy; Bob Dylan – Fourth Time Around; Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Excursion Venice; The Brothers Gillespie – The Worlds Unfold; The Furrow Collective – Shule Agra; The Chartists – The Miners Hard Times; Andy Irvine – Tom Mooney Is Free; Holly Carter – Out to Sea; Holly Carter – What You See; Phil Odgers & John Kettle – Automation Song; Phil Odgers & John Kettle – No More Songs; Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right; Steve Cunningham – Levi Shirt and a Martin Guitar; Clare Sands – Curlew Song feat. Ríoghnach Connolly; Duncan McFarlane & Robin Garside – The Strange Old Days of England; Dolly Parton & Chet Atkins – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind …
Welcome to Roving Folk – Once again – Music this month is quite a mix – revisiting some songs and artists you may not have heard for a while – music from artists appearing locally – Geoff Twentyman will be here with his folk diary – and David Kidman has more recommendations from the latest of new releases …
With music from … The Corries – Dumbarton’s Drums; Maddy Prior & the Girls – Sweet Thames flow Softly; David Mallett – The Garden Song; Barrie Roberts – The Knock on the Door in the Night Squad; Colin Wilkie & Shirley Hart – Icy Acres; Pennine Folk – Seal Hunt; Artisan – What’s The Use of Wings; Stewart & Harrison – A Blacksmith Courted Me; Jim & Lynette Eldon – Hopping Down in Kent; Fox Corner – Clatter of Clogs; Tickawinda – Coalhole Cavalry; Jigby – Flash Company; Home Service – Battle of the Somme (live); Roger Davies – Brighouse on a Saturday Night; Mike Waterson – Rushcart Song; John Conolly – Tom of Holmfirth; David Carroll – Hanging Johnny; David Carroll – The Hunt Is Up; Spell Songs – Make Your Heart a Cradle; Spell Songs – TaĚladh nan Eun (Lullaby of the Birds); The Spinners – Fried Bread & Brandy-o; Jaqui & Bridie – The Leaving of Liverpool; Ian & Sylvia Tyson – Four Strong Winds; Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger – My Old Man; Tannahill Weavers – The Bell Rock Set; Tannahill Weavers – The Gypsy Laddie ….
Welcome to the 2026 Roving Folk Virtual Summer Festival – As usual – the site for our imaginary festival is extensive – we have tents, marquees and open-air entertainment – there’s a main stage, many smaller stages and some very small intimate venues – and using Folk Rewind, we can see and hear many of our favourite performers who are no longer with us.
With music from … John Conolly – Mr Punch and Judy Man; Commoners Choir – The Union Jill; Southern Raised – Down to The River to Pray; Highland Saga ft. Mànran – Caledonia; Oldham Tinkers – When I Were a Lad; Oldham Tinkers – Owdham Edge; Oldham Tinkers – John Willie’s Ferret; Nastee Chapel – ‘Mbube’ (The Lion Sleeps Tonight); Benny Graham – Ore Boats; Wizz Jones – If Only I’d Known; The Sun Also Rises – Part of the Room; The Sun Also Rises – Song of Consolation; Linn Phipps – Fisherman’s Night Song ; Linn Phipps – Won’t you go my way; The Magpies – Sweet Dreams; The Magpies – Galileo; Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer – Come Bring with a Noise; Bellowhead – Parson’s Farewell; Bellowhead – New York Girls; Sue McBurney – April Morning; The Pennine Folk – The Ballad of Gypsy Moth; Ruairidh Greig – Eyes; Artisan – The Weather Man Says; Derroll Adams – Deep Ellum Blues; Al Jones – Time to Myself; Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra – My Pet; Beat the Drum – Once in a Lifetime; The High Kings – Men of Aran; The High Kings – The Parting Glass; Fiddler’s Green – The Galway Girl ft. Sharon Shannon; The High Kings – The Parting Glass (reprise) ….
Welcome to Roving Folk – Once again – Music this month is quite a mix – music connected with the time of year – music from artists appearing locally – Part 2 of Folk Rewind with memories of folk music in the 1940s & 50s – Geoff Twentyman is here with his folk diary – and David Kidman has more recommendations from the latest of new releases ……………..
With music from …
Eleanor Shanley – Her Mantle so Green; Fox Corner – Appleby Fair ; Barry Dransfield – I Once Was a Fisherman; Stuart Douglas – The Wedding at Stanton Drew; The Oldham Tinkers – A Mon Like Thee; Mark Dowding – Last Train; The Hunch – Long Time Gone; Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer – The Squirrel; Chloe Matharu – Òran a’ Ghearraidh Chruaidh; Paper Verses – Saturday; Sophie Wellington – Scolding Wife; Sophie Wellington – Shacks and Chalets; Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith – Good as Gone; Margaret Barry – She Moved Through the Fair; Pete Seeger – Guantanamera; Big Bill Broonzy – Get Back (Black Brown & White); Harry Belafonte – Jamaica Farewell; Odetta – Saro Jane; Tom Lehrer – Ricketty Ticketty Tin; Burl Ives – Ballad of John Henry; The Limelighters – There’s a Meeting Here Tonight; Merle Travis – Sixteen Tons; Ewan McColl – Sixteen Tons; Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons; The High Kings – Rocky Road To Dublin …
Welcome to Roving Folk – Music this month is quite a mix – music connected with the time of year – music from artists appearing in our area – we also have Folk Rewind with memories of folk music in the 1940s & 50s – Geoff Twentyman will here with his folk diary – and David Kidman has more recommendations from the latest new releases ….
With music by …. Maddy Prior – The Lark in the Morning; Pamela Ward & Paul Cherrington – Whitsuntide Clothes; MonaLisa Twins – Hazy Shade of Winter; Martin Simpson – The Recruited Collier; Pitmen Poets – Factory & Working Man; Mossy Christian & Megan Wisdom – The Maid and the Magpie; Mossy Christian & Megan Wisdom – Oh Joe; Robin Madge – We are met with guns; UFQ – Solsbury Hill; Holly Carter – John Henry; Andy Twyman – I Can’t Be Satisfied; Mary Black, Emmylou Harris and Dolores Keane – Sonny (1991); Holly Clarke – The Spectral Stag; Holly Clarke – Strawberry Town; Topette – Three Time Bourrées; Topette – Polkas; Joan Baez Feat Judy Collins – Diamonds & Rust; Joan Baez – Donna, Donna; Gus Cannon – Walk right In; Rambling Jack Elliott – Talking Dust Bowl Blues; Woody Guthrie – Hard Travelling; Leadbelly – Goodnight Irene; The Weavers – Goodnight Irene; The Almanac Singers – Which Side are you on; Paul Robeson – Joe Hill; Jimmy Rodgers – Kisses Sweeter than Wine; MonaLisaTwins – The Boxer …
Welcome to Roving Folk – here we are again! Music this month is based around memories of Bill Leader, but – we also have some music connected with the time of year – and from artists appearing in our area – Geoff Twentyman is here with his folk diary – and David Kidman has more new releases to recommend …
With music from … Tony Rose – It was on one April Morning; The Johnstons – The Apprentice Song; Robin & Barry Dransfield – Rout of the Blues; Dave Burland – Here’s the Tender Coming; Mike & Lal Waterson – Bright Phoebus; Nic Jones – The Indian Lass; Dave Burland – The Grey Funnel Line; Jeff Warner – Sunny Side of Life; Pete Coe – Northhill May Song; Mary Humphreys and Anahata – Swinton New May Song; Alastair Anderson – The Pilgrims Way; Johnny Handle – The Collier Lad; Barrie & Ingrid Temple – Down Boys Down; Jim Mageean – Billy was a Miner; The High Level Ranters – Byker Hill; The High Level Ranters – The High-Level Bridge Hornpipe; Maz O’Connor – Jenny Put the Kettle On; Maz O’Connor – Let No Man Steal Your Thyme; Steve Turner – The Mountain Streams; Emily Portman – Weary Spell; Emily Portman – Dominion of Spells; Roger Davies – Huddersfield Town; Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith – Summer’s In; Damien Barber & Demon Barbers XL – May Song; Planxty – The Jolly Beggar – Reel …
Welcome to Roving Folk – music this month is based around a conversation with our guest, Pete Coe – who will very soon be celebrating his 80th Birthday but – we also have some music connected with the time of year – and from artists appearing in our area – Geoff Twentyman is here with his folk diary – and David Kidman has more new releases to recommend
With music from … Johnny Cash – I Still Miss Someone; Paul Cherrington – George Brabazon, Second Air; Odette Michell – St Helens (ft. Michael McGoldrick); The Songwainers – My Singing Bird; Trevor Lucas – The Tinker’s Song; Trevor Lucas – I Sowed the Seeds of Love; Hebble – The Oldham White Hare; Peter & Chris Coe – The Wizard of Alderley Edge; Pete & Chris Coe – Welcome Cold November; Bill Caddick – The Writing of Tipperary; Georgia Shackleton – Sea Horse; Georgia Shackleton – The Engineer & The Doctorman; Claire Vine – Eyes Wide Open; Amy Leach and Alasdair Paul – Stone and Lime Wall; Amy Leach and Alasdair Paul – Tansey; Pete & Chris Coe – Catch me if you can; The Bismarks Band – Tarantella Calabria & Partie du Caledonia; Pete Coe – The Fireman’s Song; Nic Jones – Canadee-I-O; Peter and Chris Coe – The Gay Fusilier …
Welcome to Roving Folk – here we are again! Music this month is based around a conversation I had in 2023 – with Joe Nicholson and Maureen – his partner of more than 40 years. Mo & Joe, from Harrogate, had been singing and hosting clubs and singarounds for many years and were frequently to be found welcoming performers at Whitby, Saltburn & Cleckheaton festivals.
Joe and Mo are now no longer with us, but they leave happy memories of many a rousing singaround – we hope that friends, family, and all who knew them will enjoy hearing their voices once again – thanks to both.
With music from … Simon Mayor & Hilary James – Carolan’s Concerto; Leather Bottle – Leather Bottle; Leather Bottle – Three Score & Ten; Dogsbody Ceilidh Band – Jigs – Blackthorn Stick, Haste to the Wedding, Connaught Rambles; Martyn Wyndham Read – Old Whitby Harbour; Archie Fisher-Bogie’s Bonnie Belle; Dana Robinson – The Angel’s Share; Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer – Our Golden Age; June Tabor – A Cold Wind – Spyship Tv Theme; Fred Jordan – John Barleycorn; Bob & Gill Berry – I wandered by the brookside; The Wellermen & The Longest Johns – One More Pull; Jez Lowe & Andy May – Piper’s Lonnen; Colum Sands – Fred Jordan’s Boots; Close Quarters – Candlelight; Sean Taylor – Everything; Yvonne Lyon – The Last Brightness of Everything; Yvonne Lyon – Insignificant as Stars; Brian Peters – Old Joe Clarke; Brian Peters – Old Ebony/The Shingle Beach/Trip to Stowmarket; Quartz – The Willow (J. Matthews); The Watersons – The Good Old Way; Simon Mayor & Hilary James – Lord Inchiquin …
Its time join us for our January edition of Roving Folk – and since this is the first show of 2026 – we’d like to wish you Happy New Year – with a hope that 2026 will be a good year for you.
In the show today – as well as music with links to the start of the year – we’ve music from people appearing in the area – Geoff Twentyman will be along with his folk diary – and David Kidman has some new releases to bring to our attention.
With music from … Jim Malcolm – Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin ♫; Ranagri – The Snow It Melts the Soonest; Richard & Linda Thompson – We Sing Hallelujah; Albion Band – Time to Ring Some Changes; Sam Carter – The Oakham Poachers; Lea Nicholson – Here We Come a Wassailing; Lea Nicholson – I’m the Urban Spaceman; Moloney & O’Donnell – Joseph Baker; Pete Coe – Catch Me If You Can; Damien Barber & Mike Wilson – The Old Songs; Boo Hewerdine & Yvonne Lyon – Things found in Books; Boo Hewerdine & Yvonne Lyon – Marion and Sydney; Sidney Torch, The Yetties, Bellowhead – Archer’s theme; The Yetties – Landlord fill the flowing Bowl ; Bellowhead – Roseville Fair; Bob Arnold – All Jolly Fellows; Judy Collins & Willie Nelson – When I Go; The Magpie Arc – The Ballad of Rebecca Young; Jake Thackeray – Borders; Jake Thackeray – The Municipal Workers’ Strike; Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon – Pathfinder; Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon – Stop at Nothing; Simon Mayor & Hilary James – Wassail ; The Dubliners – Deportees; Oak – The Bunch of Thyme, the Perfect Cure, the Sweets of May; The McCalmans – A man’s a man for a that …
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