Both Sides of the Tweed Let the love of our land's sacred rights , to the love of our people succeed Let friendship and honour unite a nd flourish on both sides the Tweed   Folk songs, stories & melodies of Scotland & Northumberland Ballads, airs, reels, hornpipes and touching laments. Stories within the songs relate largely to historical events and movements between the 17th century killing time & the dawn of the 20th, periods of immense economic & demographic change across all northern regions. Anthems and tales of highland & clan pride, great bravery, treachery, tragedy & loss, a potato famine, dispossession, regret and exile. Other tracks re tempered by a sense of hope & trust in a brighter future. Some songs were documented in James Child's 19th century   Scottish & Child Ballads  and the  Roud Folk anthologies while others were composed later. Let the stringsmen strum, the singers sing and the pipers play...     ^^st...

  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^^    

  Hard Times Come Again No More   UK-American folk music session. Leads with some amazing tracks by folk-rock legends The Oysterband and songs from the Bob Pegg 's  The Last Wolf . Again we borrow heavily from various  Aly Bain Transatlantic Session  recordings. Cover pic shot right here in Mahasarakham, Thailand.   Listen to Hard Times Come Again No More by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at     Bob Pegg 's The Last Wolf  (1996) is an acoustic album that covers a number of topics and styles, including the rather odd  Man from Luddenden Dene , a traditional Calderdale ditty (I know Luddenden well as I used to walk the dog while waiting for my MOTs up there haha). He teams up with the late Chris Coe for a 'hard times' local lament. Richard & Linda Thompson cover by Allison Krauss . Superb band version of Both Sides of the Tweed by Dick Gaughan . Multi-instrumentalist Paul Brady  (formerly of  The Johnsons ) stuns on...