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...