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On To The Traveller's Fair

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On to the traveller's fayre... Traditional ballads, airs, reels, jigs & tavern songs with more modern folk compositions. Special nod to the travelling people and all who have fought for the freedom to roam. The lonely road calls us back to Appleby Horse Fair, over to the Currach of Kildare... Listen to The Traveller's Fair by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   Tracklist Lochinvar intro... Dick Gaughan - Rattlin' Roarin' Willie/The Friar's Britches The Johnstons - The Travelling People Fotheringay - Gypsy Davey Contraband - The Black Rogue/Jigs The Johnstons - The Gypsy Bob Dylan - Ramblin' Round Gryphon - Crossing The Stiles Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where the Time Goes Archie Fisher - Bogie's Bonny Belle Bert Jansch - - Tell Me What Is True Love Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Last Kind Words Blues Stefan Grossman - Kokomo/John Renbourne - Kokomo Blues Rod Stewart - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face/Jo's Lament The Johnsto...

Seasons Of Love And Angst

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  Four Seasons of Love and Angst Charting the joys & travails of common people over the four seasons through song & music. Folk rock style. Inspiration and illustrations from the expressionist Edvard Munch's Workers series.   Listen to Seasons Of Love & Angst by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   Tracklist Clannad - Nil Sé Ina La The Albion Country Band - Albion Sunrise / I Was A Young Man Steeleye Span - Skewball Sandy Denny / Steeleye Span - The Lowlands Of Holland Bert Jansch - Yarrow Pentangle - Rain And Snow Fotheringay - Winter Winds The Albion Band - Snow Falls Carolanne Pegg - Winter People Joni Mitchell - Dark As A Dungeon Cormus - Winter Is A Coloured Bird Steeleye Span - Cold, Haily, Windy Night Dick Gaughan - The Snows They Melt The Soonest John Renbourn - Winter Is Gone Pentangle - Springtime Promises The Sallyangie - A Lover For All Seasons Isla Cameron - The Magpie's Nest Eva Cassidy - Early Morning Rain Free - Spring Dawn Fleetwood Mac - So...

Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief

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 Everyday lives of regular people reflected in their songs and melodies Listen to Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   Tracklist John Renbourn & Ray Warleigh - The Trees They Do Grow High   Doris Henderson - Leaves That Are Green Isla Cameron/Sandy Denny - Blackwaterside Jack The Lad - Jolly Begger Chris Foster - King John And The Abbot Of Canterbury/Jump At The Sun Chumbawamba - The Triumph Of General Ludd Young Tradition - The Innocent Hare Fairport Convention - The Bonny Black Hare Chris Foster - Black Fox Bert Jansch - Rabbit Run Steeleye Span - Royal Forester Kathryn Tickell & Rory McLeod - Song For Busking Ronnie/Remember Me Hornpipe Ship Of Fools - Sandwood Down to Kyle Jack The Lad - Peggy Overseas With A Soldier Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Gentleman Soldier/The Wife Of The Soldier Isla Cameron - The Bold Grenadier Bob Dylan - Two Soldiers Ship Of Fools - Cobbler's Jig/Maltese Brawls Jack The Lad - Captain...

Hawkwind - Evacuate Planet Dystopia Immediately

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        Listen to Hawkwind - Evacuate Planet Dystopia Immediately by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at Technicians of Spaceship Hawkwind this is your captain speaking YOUR CAPTAIN IS DEAD! --- You don't look so happy here in Utopia though no one has ever complained...YET --- Evacuate IMMEDIATELY but remember, DO NOT PANIC..... Another intersellar mind trip with the Hawks. Tracks run 1977-1990, live & studio, from Stonehenge '77, through Henge '84 & Chronicles of the Black Sword, right up to their US tour 1989/90 - all the greatest highlights from the 80s. Also Features related bands The Hawklords, Church Of Hawkwind & Inner City Unit Continuous mix 3hrs Download via the streaming link above Thanks for tuning in      

Hawkwind - Veterans Of A Thousand Psychic Wars

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  Listen to Hawkwind Veterans of a Thousand Psychic Wars by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   A futuristic astral hippy space rock oddysey... 3 hours of - Hawkwind - Hawklords - Bob Calvert Some of the best monents in time 1970-79, live & otherwise. Includes, among others, performances at Stonehenge '77, Brixton '72, Chicago '74. Not a chronology: the vibes ebb and flow between older & newer - live & studio tracks in an amazing phychedelic sci-fi trip right to the very edge of time and back. So fasten your seatbelts and remember, DO NOT PANIC! Big thanks to Hawkwind for the many tours & free festivals plus all the epic mind-warping all-nighters they inspired in field & living room. Soundtrack to a lifestyle 100% The state of humanity & the world now, the constant stream of terrifying prophecies of impending near future doom and the major ecological & human setbacks implicit in recent election results & political decisions, t...

รวมเพลงเพื่อชีวิต Thai Songs For Life

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  รวมเพลงเพื่อชีวิต Thai Songs For Life Pt.1   Listen to รวมเพลงเพื่อชีวิต Thai Songs For Life by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   Protest songs and 'music for life' from Thailand in folk and rock styles.รวมเพลงเพื่อชีวิตเก่า ๆ ดัง ๆ นักร้องต่าง ๆ ฉันชอบ ฟัง เพลง แบบ นี้ ทั้ง 30 กว่า ปี แล้ว   Living through the 1991 uprising in Bangkok left me with a deep interest in Thai political history, popular movements on the left & their struggle for democracy. I started getting into songs of life music at that time which in turn encouraged me to learn the language to a higher level. The for life movement has various other expressions such as in literature, film and the arts though the music had arguably the greatest reach & impact.   Artists like Carabao, Pongsit Kampee & Caravan have been at the vanguard of this amazingly succes...

Who's Gonna Win The War Now?

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  Who's Gonna Win The War Now? Listen to Who's Gonna Win The War Now? by Paul Rootsical on hearthis.at Folk, folk-rock, stoner rock & psychedelic music and back again... Selections here focus largely on the theme of PERPETUAL WAR and ideals of freedom, will this pestilence that is humanity ever resolve to really pull itself together for the general good? Sadly I very much doubt it.  #Greed #Inequality #Conflict #EnvionmentalCatastrophy #Destruction #ModernDaySlavery Features Faiport Convention, Dave Swarbrick, Country Joe, Dick Gaughan, The Groundhogs, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, C.S.N.Y, Neil Young, Ben Harper, The Doors, John Lennon, Amy Winehouse, Mannassas, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, คาราบาว (Carabao) Tracklist Fairport Convention - The Ballad Of Easy Rider Dave Swarbrick - It Suits Me Well Country Joe Mcdonald - The Man From Aphabaska Dick Gaughan - Worker's Song / Think Again Fairport Convention - The Deserter The Groundhogs - Thank Chri...

Another Side Of The Blues

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    A down home selection of blues and blues rock favorites with a country twist...   Listen to Another Side Of The Blues by Paul Rootsical on hearthis.at   TRACKLIST Abe Reid - Basicly Dumb  JJ Cale - Okie  Rory Gallagher - The Cuckoo  Stephen Stills - Blind Fiddler  Ben Harper - Excuse Me Mr  JJ Cale - Magnolia  Neil Young - For The Turnstyles  Eric Clapton - Willie & The Hand Jive  Bonnie Raitt - Bluebird  Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee  Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad Of Curtis Loew  Led Zeppelin - Tangerine  Heart - Magic Man  Aerosmith - Dream On  Drive By Truckers - Danko Manuel  The Band - Long Black Veil  Bob Dylan & The Band - Forever Young  Willie Nelson - Me And Paul  Townes Van Zandt - Poncho And Lefty  Rory Gallagher - Wheels Within Wheels # Bonnie Raitt - Big Road  Eric Clapton - Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out  Abe Reid ...

What You Do With What You Got

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  What You Do With What You Got Listen to What You Do With What You Got by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   Cool & calm country, folk roots selection. Features four great Dylan tracks from his 1988 US tour, a period when the man was back in superlative form. Tracks from Richard & Linda Thompson's 1st album and some brilliant early Dick Gaughan. A few cool reggae crossover versions make an appearance midway through. WILLIE NELSON - HANDS ON THE WHEEL BEN HARPER - PARIS SUNRISE #7 BOB DYLAN - JOHN BROWN STEVE EARLE - RICH MAN'S WAR / WARRIOR RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON - THE CALVARY CROSS DICK GAUGHAN - SHIPWRECK / THE POUND A WEEK RISE RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON - WITHERED AND DIED NEIL YOUNG - SLOWPOKE PAUL KOSSOFF - A MOUTHFUL OF GRASS BOB DYLAN - RANK STRANGERS TO ME JOE COCKER - DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD BEN HARPER - GATHER 'ROUND THE STONE EMMYLOU HARRIS - DEEPER WELL HOLMES BROTHERS & LEVON HELM - I'VE JUST SEEN THE ROCK OF AGES BO...

The Gardener's Lament

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The Gardeners Lament Listen to The Gardener's Lament by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at      Here's a folk & folk rock brew with a twist of the blues. Vintages vary fom 1960s-80s. Strictly the finest organic ingredients... barley, yeast, hops, guitar strings.. The title is track-related but also a bit of a personal pun hehe... that somewhat harassed but gloriously irie doctor of the soil that I had once been :P   Tracklist: RORY GALLAGHER - BRATACHA DUBHA   FAIRPORT CONVENTION - TAM LIN   BOB DYLAN - HOUSE CARPENTER   BILLY BRAGG - BETWEEN THE WARS   DAVE SWARBRICK & MARTIN MCCARTHY - BYKER HILL   DICK GAUGHAN - ERIN-GO-BRAGH   ALAN HULL - STD0632   FAIRPORT CONVENTION - A SAILOR'S LIFE   LED ZEPPELIN - BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE   PENTANGLE - PENTANGLING   TRAFFIC - JOHN BARLEYCORN IS DEAD   STEELEYE SPAN - BLACK JACK DAVEY   BERT JANSCH - A DREAM, A DRE...

Love That Country Pie

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    Love That Country Pie Listen to Love That Country Pie by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   Having a good time with alternative country rock sounds taken largely from the golden 60s & 70s alongside a few from the 80s & 90s... The likes of Bob Dylan & Neil Young helped inspire a more progressive movement within the genre Featuring Bob Dylan, Kitty Wells, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Townes Van Zandt, George Jones -& Tammi Wynette, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggart, Jean Shepard, Manassas, Dr Hook, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Sixto Rodriquez, Dick Gaughan, Dolly Parton, Charlie Pride, The Band, Los Lobos   Features the whole side A of Willie Nelson's 1975 Time Of The Preacher/Red Headed Stranger concept story album: Time of the Preacher - I Couldn't Believe It Was True - Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain - Red Headed Stranger. Also features Patsy Cline's atmos...

Bob Dylan Appreciation Society

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  Part 1 - Long Time Coming, Long Time Gone A first truck load of Bob Dylan related songs.... cover versions, songs that inspired Bob or were inspired by Bob, old-time folk & blues songs that Bob has been known to play.... In short, just a whole heap of great Dylan stuff & more performed by a range of amazing artists plus frequent co-conspirators over the years like Joan Baez & The Grateful Dead. Not to forget longtime Dylan collaborators supreme; The Band. Tribute to them here likewise. Oh, and yes, it features a few cameos from both The Band and the man himself, the one & only, the indominable Mr Bob Dylan Listen to Bob Dylan Appreciation Society by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   Part 2 - Ramblin' Round From Town To Town   Listen to Bob Dylan Appreciation Society II by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   Part two powers on in the same vein... Bob Dylan originals together with miriad cover versions & influences. Other longtime ...

The Meeting Of The Waters

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  The Meeting Of The Waters Listen to The Meeting Of The Waters by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at A selection of mostly traditional folk from across the Bristish Isles but with a special spotlight on Northumbria's rich musical heritage. Particular focus on Tyneside & Tynedale (where I was born & bred), with several numbers local to Hexhamshire & the locality, a staggeringly beautiful region. There's always been a lively grassroots folk scene in the region, which I was inevitably & indelibly influenced by as a youth. Haweh all you canny lads & lassies...  Stagshaw Bank Fair was a massive, raucous annual event high on the moors above Corbridge, right up there on Hadrian's Wall, until it was discontinued in the 1800's. The Meeting of The Waters (or Watersmeet) refers to the confluence of the North & South Tyne rivers but also to a number of similar spots on rivers throughout the British Isles. Also featuring some great Irish comp...

Songs of Dissent Tales of Oppression

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    Songs of Dissent Tales of Oppression   Charting a timeline of popular revolt & rebellion through music & song. The legacy of these ancient songs and commentaries on the events they portray have long been championed by folk singers & musicians while politically-minded punk bands in turn looked to the them for inspiration, passing on the tradition & messages to wider audiences & subsequent generations Songs from as long back as the Great Revolt 1381 & Digger's Rebellion 1649, then the war years, Miners Strike 1984, Poll Tax 1990 & the CJB 1990s and songs that record numerous other events & atrocities. Not forgetting the current HOUSING CRISES & the unspeakable erosion of civil rights as exemplified by the current JUST STOP OIL strugges. Free the M25 Five! The legends & music of olden revolts crossed the Atlantic with the colonists where the protest tradition flourished, assimilating different styles and creating new ...