On this thanksgiving Sunday: start off with a harvest theme. Some harvest and fall songs, but - hey - let's be frank here - harvest, at least in england is all about the corn… and that's corn in the generic sense of 'grain'. Wheat and, most important from the folk song point of view BARLEY. Because we all know that english folk is about may mornings, fair maids, and good brown ale. So the first 45 min will be my tribute to the harvest, with a focus on that all-important aspect of it: Beer. " |
John Barleycorn Finest Kind - Silks & Spices - fallen angle ![]() |
Bringing In The Sheaves Coope Boyes and Simpson - Funny Old World - no masters |
Bringing In The Sheaves Regal Slip - Bandstand - self |
October Dave Clarke - GuitarSongs - self ![]() |
Ode to Autumn The Voice Squad - Many's the foolish youth - tara |
The Barley Mow Irish Rovers - Live in Vancouver - potato ![]() |
John Barleycorn Coope Boyes and Simpson - Hindsight - no masters |
Non Barleycorn Oak Ash and Thorn - Old Enough To Drink - tosspot |
Avoine Chifonnie - Travaux et Métiers - EPM |
John Barleycorn Young Tradition - Galleries - transatlantic |
Ciel d'automne La Bottine Souriante - X-ième - mille pattes ![]() |
Lloyd George's Beer Coope Boyes and Simpson - What we sing is what we are - no masters |
Ok. Moving on now, leaving off our Thanksgiving theme. Here's some albums I've picked up recently. |
Little Jack Frost Kate Rusby - The girl who couldn't fly - compass ![]() |
Weakened Peatbog Faeries - Croftwork - peatbog ![]() |
The widow and the storm Buzz Turner - Finally Home - aerial ![]() |
A'Mhàri Bhòiddheach Dòchas - An dàrna umhail - macmeanmna ![]() |
Shake a leg/Floating Candles/Sven's Reel John McCusker - Goodnight ginger - compass |
Bridgie con mat's Boys of the lough - Twenty - lough ![]() |
The music man SFU Pipe Band - On home ground - self ![]() ![]() |
Last night's dream Shona Le Mottée - Destination Grouville - jersey girl ![]() ![]() |
Moon shadow Kate Rusby - The girl who couldn't fly - compass ![]() |