Song of the Labouring Classes An ode to working class struggle, labour rights & unionisation  History and solidarity through folk music and song.  "The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor" Thomas Donahue (AFL-CIO USA 1979-95).  The trials & tribulations of the lower classes have long been well documented and the only wonder is how come we've stood for it for so long (for millennia actually). Union solidarity and industrial action has always been the sole route to improvements in living & working standards, we achieve only when we fight to demand - they ain't never gonna just hand it out on a plate. The conditions are again ripe for a renewal of class consciousness with the clear & present threat of fascist takeover and overt narcissist authoritarianism. Right now people around the world are showing a renewed interest in counter-fascist ideology as they reach the logical conclusion that radical socialism is the only alternati...

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...

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. Christy Moore, Planxty, Ewan MacColl, Ian Campbell, Paul Brady, Andy Irvine, Dick Gaughan, The Pogues, The Chieftains & The Johnstons 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 Christy  Moore & Planxty . Rollicking good tunes by Shane McGowan & The Pogues from 1984 as well as from  Paul Brady (with and without  the Johnstons ) & Andy Irvine . Scottish balladeer & social revolutionary Dick Gaughan comes with some wonderful songs, including the Irish stapl...

A Transatlantic Records sampler. Traditional & experimental folk, folk rock & blues from Ireland, Scotland, England and the US from the 1960's & 70's.   Listen to Transatlantic Folk by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at   All-star lineup of groups like Pentangle, The Johnstons, Gryphon & Mr Fox together with well-known solo artists such as Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell and John Renbourn. Transatlantic records were an indispensible outlet for less commercially-minded, more traditional sounding folk musicians throughout the period, leaving an enormous back catalogue to document, and as a great testement to, that time...   Continuous mix 3hrs Download through the above streaming link Thanks for visiting