Birdsong Here's a fun mix on an ever popular topic; folk songs regarding our feathered friends and their perceived relations with and comparisons to people. Traditional and popular styles. ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY ONCE THEN TWICE to play here or tap building icon to enter the internet archives page & stream or d/l^^ Highlights from the blindingly good 2012 concept album A Pocket of Wind Resistance by Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy . Bert Jansch was a great lover of songs about birds. Featuring tracks from across his career, including a scorching 1978 collaboration with Martin Jenkins & Danny Thompson from the amazing Avocet LP and a 1995 live performance of Kingfish . Another nature lover Chris Brain comes with two thoughtful songs about that mighty & fearful source of life, the sun . A wild, mammoth live recording of  Bonny Birdie by Peter Knight's Gigspanner from 2011. Veteran Tony Capstick performance of The Geese are Flying from 1983. Two...

Blues N Rags  Just like it says.. good ol' southern ragtime and blues with a splash of southern rock n roll. Playlist runs beween the late 1950's & 2020. Many songs from the road, leaving songs, walkin' songs, returning songs... Rags with attitude!   ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY ONCE THEN TWICE to play here or tap building icon to enter the internet archives page & stream or d/l^^    Thank you to Cristen Craven Bernard & Erika Litteral for the cover background artwork The Blue Rags were a fun, punky ragtime swing group outta North Carolina. Four romping tracks from their 1997 CD. Bluesman Abe Reid was with the band at around that time before putting his solo project, Basicly Dumb (sic) out in '99. I was lucky to catch them both live back then in Asheville on different nights, raucous and memorable (lets not even go into the blue lights haha). Guitarist & blues/ragtime specialist  Stefan Grossman is well known in the UK for his 1980's ...

The Great Gig in the Sky Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia & Phil Lesh tribute Mix As America's greatest ever touring band passes into the realms of history we take a little time to appreciate this unique & colorful group of musicians. Saddened to hear that Bob Weir passed on this new year, closely following Phil Lesh  the previous year. We can well imagine the sounds they'll be making together with Jerry Garcia up there right now in the etherial infinity. Long live the Dead and may their music play on eternally. Featuring The Beatles & Pink Floyd as well some crucial Dead covers by Patti Smith , Roots of Creation , Indigo Girls , Levon Helm ,  Stefan Grossman , Willie Nelson , Bob Dylan & Elvis Costello . Collaborations & side projects with Joan Baez (1980-81), David Grisman ,  Ratdog , Rob Wasserman ,  Kingfish ,  Bobby & The Midnites & Wolf Bros . ^^stream & download^^ tap on logo or TAP PLAY TWICE^^ Continuous mix 3 hours ^^downl...

Over The Hills And Far Away A somewhat eclectic landscape of folk, americana and country with a few rocky outcrops along the way... Four songs by vocalist Judy Dunlop from her excellent Sway With Me LP with Ashley Hutchings from 2009, a celebration of the majesty and stoic beauty of trees that brings environmental degradation into focus. Dunlop has a rich, strong voice remenicent of Sandy Denny at her best. Also featuring songs from the incredible Iris Dement and Gillian Welch alongside David Rawlings . West country folk supergroup Show Of Hands are strongly represented while Neil Young , Free , Jethro Tull , Led Zeppelin and Elvis Costello blend in some slightly different vibes...    Listen to Over The Hills And Far Away by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at    Continuous mix 90 mins download from the streaming link above Thanks for passing through!   

The Whispering Pines     Listen to The Whispering Pines by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at A relaxing selection of ballads, laments and jigs that again highlights shared musical traditions in American and British folk music with magnificent updates of some very old songs. Tributes to the great Bert Jansch from Show Of Hands , Robert Plant and Allison Krauss run side by side with Jansch originals from the 70s & 80s, including 2 great collaborations with Rod Clements from 1988. Clements also features on the song Beachcomber with the classic Geordie folk rock band Jack The Lad . Several Bob Dylan salutes including cuts by Norah Jones , Mumford & Sons , Steve Earle and the late, great Kris Kristofferson . Dylan himself chips in with 2 takes on the American folk songbook recorded in the 80s & 90s. Rocking roots music from Levon Helm and also 2 live interpretations of Band classics together with Rick Danko from 1983. These songs resonate especially now...

  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 ...