Folk Rock Mixtape A Well That Never Runs Dry The usual blend of the old with the newer as stone-cold classics rub shoulders with a lot of newer material. Positive music for good vibes.    ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE^^ We kick off with some vintage Neil Young from back in 1968. 3 his first solo efforts from after Buffalo Springfield split and UK band Unicorn chip in with an early Young cover also. Its always a good time to hear some Bob Dylan so we revisit 3 blazing mid-70's songs from the man as well as a couple of covers by  Roy Harper and Fairport Convention  with  Sandy Denny . Two more heavyweight 70's cuts from Fairport with the Bonny Bunch of Roses & Polly on the Shore . Robert Plant blazes hot on Little Maggie & a very original take of  One More Cup of Coffee , while Darkness Darkness is a sonic tour de force. Eliza Carthy also rocks out with Devil in the Woman and 2 other tracks, including live selections from the Oyst...

    Special tribute to Dick Gaughan Collected Social & Political Songs 1971-2015 Mixtape showcasing some of Dick Gaughan's most overtly politically conscious work, together with a number of guitar led instrumentals.  Also featuring tracks by associated folk group Boys From The Lough and celtic rock legends Five Hand Reel . Part 1    ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE^^ Edinburgh man Dick Gaughan is an outstanding figure in the music world. As outlaw protest singer, storyteller and activist he is second to none. His songwriting & choice of cover versions never deviate from his key humanistic values & convictions. A man of the people who sings to empower people. Activism aside, he is a renowned guitarist and composer who has an amazingly textured voice. Both his worker's songs and Scottish ballads/laments have a deep warmth and colour to them seldom heard elsewhere. Part 2      ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE^...

Clan World Music Celtic music meets the world in this atmospheric, sometimes lively eclectic mixtape selection. All six continents are represented: the folk sounds of Scotland & Ireland, the US, Mexico, Chile & Jamaica, England & Spain, Thailand, Tibet, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Gambia, Senegal, Benin, Australia and some great international bands.  ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE^^     Highlighting Scottish groups the Battlefield Band and Clan Alba plus Gaelic singer Karen Matheson . Dick Gaughan is roundabouts, doing duets with Solas & Runrig as well as performing as part of Clan Alba. Field recordings of Choying Drolma who is a Tibetan folk artist and Buddhist nun. Cameo by the late Angie Stone rest in power. She backs up with a classic Stevie Wonder . Chilled & happy hit hi-life/fusion from Kokoroko and Osibisa (with a little help from some goat herders). Absolute classic from the late Bunny Wailer ; a very moving rendition of the spiritu...

  Something Old Something Borrowed Something New  Relaxing folk selection    ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE^^ Spotlights on the great Phil Ochs and US celtic roots band Solas . Modern interpretations of folk classics from Cara Dillon 's debut 2001 album. Original solo guitar master Davey Graham .   Continuous mix 2 hours 30 ^^download via above streaming link^^    

Folk Songs of Ireland & Scotland  Out of the north into the west and from the west unto the north.... Leftfield celtic folk mix with an interstellar cast of Irish and Scottish folk legends taking us along the mythical mystical musical high road. Christie Moore, Planxty, Ewan MacColl, Ian Campbell, Paul Brady, Andy Irvine, Dick Gaughan, The Pogues, The Chieftains & The Johnsons all lead the way.     ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE^^ A salute to the oft revolutionary music of Ewan MacColl & his wife & musical partner Peggy Seeger .with five tracks from between the 1950s & 1990s. Special spotlight also on great champions of Irish folk Christie Moore & Planxty . Rollicking good tunes by Shane McGowan & The Pogues from 1984 as well as from  Paul Brady (with and without  the Johnsons ) & Andy Irvine . Scottish balladeer & social revolutionary Dick Gaughan comes with some wonderful songs, including the Irish staple Ragl...

Outspanned The best of Steeleye Span from 1968 to 1982 - the Tim Hart years. Including work with Maddy Prior in the 60s prior to forming the band. Influencial, melodic, lively & oft uplifting, groundbreaking. Part 1    Part 2     ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE^^   Continous mixes. Total 5 hours -download via the streaming bar above- Thanks for tuning in...  

Farewell, Farewell Relaxing selection of music & song old and new from the world of folk music and beyond   ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE^^ Folk songs about leaving, departing, saying goodbye have long been a staple and during the 17th to 19th centuries, the age of empires, colonialism & expansion - in the Americas, Australia and the Indian subcontinent in particular, population movement was a constant theme. Whether travelling for work, conscription, due to penury & transportation or simply emigrating in search of a better life, it was an era of great demographic change & movement. While enjoying incredible economic expansion this was also, pointedly, a time of great social upheaval, poverty   inequality,  disinheritance and largely unregulated urbanisation with unprecedented levels & new types of social  pressure. Political choices also led to specific episodes of emmigration, such as the highland clearances & potato famine. The s...

 Voices 2025 Outlaws & Heroes. All-era Folk, blues, country, americana selection with the usual healthy focus on protest songs.   ^^stream & download^^ CLICK PLAY TWICE There's a whole load of shite going off in the world right now with levels of ignorance, misinformation, cruelty, inhumanity, surveilance & polarisation not seen in the West in 80 years. With our freedoms, economic security and the living planet itself under serious threat billionaires are running amok, stirring up racial predjudice & class war to cover up their ebezzlement en mass  while impoverishing governments (i.e. the people) at previously unseen levels everywhere . Enough is enough! The people must & will prevail over big money and greed eventually due to total unsustainability. It requires a complete overturn of economic & management systems as we know them though and will involve some personal sacrifices and lifestyle changes but it is doable. Right now, while we're on the ...

June Tabor & Friends - Fountains Flowing June Tabor is a cultural icon and towering figure in the folk music scene, the 'First Lady of Folk' releasing around 30 albums and performing at countless festivals & events since the early 70s. During this time she has collaborated with many other artists, crossing genres & breaking much new ground.   ^^stream & download^^ Folk music is not concerned with transmitting history and tradition alone but also serves to record contemporary events, causes and commentaries and June has excelled in this field, refusing to sell out by adhering stoically to purity of form... and this tenacity paid off eventually as she found success on her own terms. She is open to experimentation, occasionally trying her hand at jazz, rock and other styles (as can be heard here), but generally rejects modern revisionism and frequently performs in time-honoured, pure, unaccompanied a capella format. June has collaborated with a host of o...

Folk Songbook 1958-1967 A selection of the best folk songs from Joan Baez's early repertoire, 1958-67. ^^stream & download^^   Few folk artists (Bob Dylan excepted) have been so widely influencial to so many other artists. Everyone from Fairport & Sandy Denny, to Pentangle & Emmylou Harris, from June Tabor to Joni Mitchell & Judy Collins and from Steeleye Span & Show Of Hands to Paul Simon & Dylan himself site Joan Baez to some degree as an inspiration and a passer-onner of traditional songs & styles. She has of course been a great source of inspiration for aspiring female artists since way back in a male dominated music industry. Her vibrant stage presence, her superb guitar picking and especially her stunning five octave vocal range are something to behold! Simply outstanding. Joan has gone on to enjoy success over 7 decades, for close to 70 years now and, at 84 years of age, is still active today. She's also well known as an activist,...

Like A World Without End  and we though that this would go on forever... A wee reminder that nothing is eternal, everything is finite or goes through revolutionary change. All of the Earth's, our, resources must be protected & fostered if we are to look to a future but the capitalist mirage makers think only of today, paying little or no heed to long term sustainability, let alone the advancement of humanity and social justice. They can't see past the next $$$ or, rather, they don't give a hoot.  Listen to Like A World Without End by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at Selection of great protest songs old & new. Some cutting lyrics written by the legendary Leon Rosselson and a spotlight on vetaran campaigner & artist Eliza Gilkyson. Show of Hands are in serious militant mood. Touching also on the issue of homelessness and the exploding wealth gap.    Continuous mix 90mins. Download via the link above Thanks for dropping by!      ...

  Joan Baez - Lebanon 1987 Magnificent and largely overlooked song that was somehow excluded from her then current album, Recently (under lobbyist pressure?). Joan spent time in the levant in the mid-80s as she tried to raise awareness of what was going on in Lebanon & Palestine in particular. The lyric still resonates deeply today.   Joan Beaz - Last, Lonely and Wretched 1971 Real deep cut from Joan and a strong anti-war lyric.  From her 1971 double LP Blessed Are...  Blessed be the peacemakers. Joan Baez has always been and still is a flag bearer for good, progressive, humanist and socialist ideals as well as a proponent of musical & artistic traditions. A fabulous artist all round, strong songwriter and a true living legend. Thank you for the music Joan

  Hundred Year Hunger  New song by Billy Bragg in support of Palestine and the Freedom Flotilla. Inspired by E. Mark Windle' s new book The Hundred Year Hunger: A Timeline of Food Insecurity & Malnutrition in Gaza  More action is needed and it's needed NOW.. Save the West Bank, save Gaza, save the Palestinian nation and it's people. Time for an all out international general strike in solidarity?  The Hundred Year Hunger: A Timeline of Food Insecurity & Malnutrition in Gaza https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/products/the-hundred-year-hunger-a-timeline-of-food-insecurity-and-malnutrition-in-gaza-e-mark-windle The book, as the title suggests, follows the series of deprivations suffered by the Palestinian people from the 1920s, through the founding of the state of Israel right up to the current diabolical famine.  A published expert on the science of diet & nutrition, Mark Windle zooms in on that aspect of Israeli policy & activity in partic...

  The Highs and the Woes Anglo-Celtic folk selection from around the British Isles. Highlights include songs from Martin Simpson 's amazing 2002 LP Bramble Briar while the irrepressible Dambert Nobacon returns with two well crafted & entertaining songs from his Woebegone album (2019), sung in duet with Miranda Zickler . Woes indeed! Our ongoing, perrenial tribute to the work of Dick Gaughan continues with four interesting tracks from different periods. His song Outlaws and Dreamers is a wonderful ode to folk musicians, bards & rebels across the ages. We also revisit some classics by Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention . Both halves Of Show Of Hands are represented with duets as well as solo projects. Stream/download here     Singer-guitarist Chris Brain broke through post-covid, & has proven to be is a real prospect for the future already putting out his third LP this year. Tracks from his Steady Away (2023) and brand new New Light  albums feat...

Legends Of Folk Guitar 44 tracks of flowing acoustic music from across the years by 45 master guitarists. Acoustic guitars take centre stage here (give or take the odd mandolin, bouzouki or ukulele, lap steel, etc.) while recordings are either solo pieces or have only minimal accompaniment (unplugged) and date from the early 60s to the present. Stream/download here         This mix is not in any way definitive or comprehensive, in fact, there are countless glaring ommissions & oversights and of course there are gaps in my collection. There's still plenty to chew on here nonetheless...  Numerous big name appearances; from Bob Dylan, Donovan, Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell, John Renbourn & Dick Gaughan to Joni Mitchell, Julie Felix, Ry Cooder, Chris Cornell, Bonnie Raitt & Ani DiFranco. Paul Brady, Richard Thompson, Tracy Chapman, Kurt Cobain & Joan Baez to Stephen Stills, Ben Harper, Rory Gallagher, Neil Young, Martin Carthy & Steve Knightley. A ho...