Hosted by Ken Hudson
Broadcast the 4th Sunday of the month - 10am-12noon
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 …
Well – we’ve arrived at ‘Twixt-mas – 3 sleeps past Christmas Day – 4 sleeps to the new year – and – it’s still the time to be festive! – we have songs and tunes which we only hear at this time of year – Geoff Twentyman will be looking back at an event which happened in November – we’ll be looking forward to the new year – and David Kidman will be along with his Seasonal Choice.
With music by …… John Kirkpatrick – Chariots; John Conolly – I am Christmas; Mountain Lament – Hush Baby; Jodie Marshall – Winters Run & Troika; Ralph McTell – In the Bleak Midwinter; Chad – Global Warming; Kith & Kin – Wexford Carol; Mike McGrother & Infant Hercules Choir – Nelson’s Blood – Live in Yarm High Street; The Young Uns – Three Dads Walking; Karen Pfeiffer & Paul Walker – Kling, Glöckchen, Klingelingeling; Ron Taylor and Jeff Gillett – The Lambskin Carol; The Petersens – Mele Kalikimaka; Gianna Williams – Callissun; John Doran and Janice Burns – The Trees are all Bare; Jez Lowe – A Message from a Mandolin; The Young Uns – Tiny Notes; Nowell, Sing We Clear – Penny for the Ploughboys; Pete Coe – Bring the New Year In; Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith – Sing We All Merrily; Lynn & Will Rowan – Jacobstowe Wassail; Pentangle – The Cherry Tree Carol; Melrose Quartet – Lullay My Liking; Robin Williamson – When Winter Comes; Pamela Ward & Paul Cherrington – Dancing at Grenoside; John Conolly – Boar’s Head & Bells; Nowell, Sing We Clear – Song for the New Year; Notts Alliance – The New January Man; Chad – It’s Behind You; Windborne – Welcome in Another Year …
Welcome to our November edition of Roving Folk – In the show today – music with links to the month of Remembrance – memories, tributes and an appreciation of Archie Fisher – music from people appearing in the area – Geoff Twentyman will be along with his folk diary – and David Kidman will also be here with his recommended choice of the latest releases.
With music from …. Archie Fisher – Final Trawl; Mick Ryan – Poppies; Pamela Ward & Paul Cherrington – Sail on By – The Curacoa Disaster; Barbara Dickson – Beautiful Day ; Houghton Weavers – My Brother Sylveste; Donovan and Joan Baez – Colours; John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris – The Gipsy Laddie; John Bromley – Western Island; Barbara Dickson – Witch of the Westmerland; Ray & Archie Fisher -The Night Visiting Song; Archie Fisher – Waltz into Winter; Archie Fisher – The Parting Glass; Andy Irvine – The Titanic (feat. Rens van der Zalm & The Parachilna Parrots); TangleJack – Needs Must When the Devil Drives; Kerry Smith – The Trees are Growing Taller; Those Folk – Life Inside a Box; Narthen – Daddy Fox; Narthen – Hanter Dro 2 From Tud & Hamster Grow; Amy Goddard – Sing with Me; Joe Collins – Rosie’s Last Waltz; Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh – Carol of the Bells; Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones – I Traced Her Little Footmarks in the Snow; JIB – The Old Pubs; The Heathen Kings – Rambling Sailor …..
Welcome to our October edition of Roving Folk – In the show today – music with links to the month of October – memories and tributes to a number of performers who are no longer with us – music from people appearing in the area – Geoff Twentyman will be along with his folk diary – and David Kidman will also be here with his recommended latest releases.
With music from …. York Waits – Blow thy horn, hunter; Maggie Boyle – October Song; Grace Notes – Gathering Mushrooms; Gordon Bok – Turning Toward the Morning; Graham Shaw – I am the Minstrel; Pentangle – Let No Man Steal Your Thyme; Mike Nicolson & Company – When All Men Sing; Riley Baugus – False Hearted Lovers Blues; Jack Rutter – Bold Nevison the Highwayman; Colum Sands – Beyond the Frame; Will Finn & Rosie Calvert – The Trawling Trade; Steve Knightley – The Winter Yards; Muckram Wakes – Pulling-Down Song; Carson McHone – September Song; Katie Spencer – Come Back and Find Me; Katie Spencer – Forget Me Not; Damian O’Kane & Ron Block – Two Metre Gossip -The Icy Skid; Andy Irvine – Carrowclare; Graham Shaw – Tin Can Squat; Benny Graham & Bob Fox – Have a Game for the Crack; Billy Mitchell and Bob Fox – Ramblin Rover; Graham Shaw – The Ghost of Mary Hey; Hedgehog Pie – The March of the King Of Laois, 1975…
Welcome – Come and join us for our September edition of Roving Folk – earlier this month we had a full moon – a corn moon – with an eclipse – I’m told that (this year) we’ll need to look out for the harvest moon on 7th October.
In the show today – as well as music with links to the month of September – we have lots of music from people appearing in the area – Geoff Twentyman will be along with his folk diary to tell us where they can be seen – and David Kidman will be harvesting the latest releases ….
With music from … Steeleye Span – Harvest of the Moon; Runrig – Harvest Moon; The Corries – Skye Boat Song; Archie Fisher – Western Island; Maddy Prior – Marigold & Harvest Home; Albion Band – Harvest Anthem; Artisan – What’s The Use of Wings; Dougie Mackenzie & Brian Miller – Bonnie Light Horseman; Kimber’s Men – Barrett’s Privateers; Phil Beer (Arizona Smoke Review) – Factory; Phil Beer – Bus Stop; Philip Boulding – Sally Gardens; Caffrey, McGurk, Madge – The Whitby Whaler; Mike Harding – Rochdale Cowboy 1975; Stringtown Pickers – Harvest Moon; United Bible Studies – Viewing the Waterhen; United Bible Studies – On Silbury Hill; Gwenifer Raymond – Dreams of Rhiannon’s Birds; Gwenifer Raymond – Cattywomp; Mikey Kenney – The Doing of the Bee; Lonan – Oddy Locks; Lonan – Sands of Dover; Lester Simpson – Long, Long Tunnel; Shelley Posen – Little Ice Shanty; Johnny Flynn & Robert McFarlane – Coins for the Eyes; Hop-Picking in Kent – BBC newsreel; Albion Dance Band – Hopping Down in Kent; Shirley & Dolly Collins – Harvest Medley; Keith Kendrick + Musica Inebriata – Harvest Supper Song …..
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