Ramblin' Round Tribute to a lifestyle & ideal , the unfettered freedom of movement & self-expression, a world where the arts, shared knowledge and spirituality equal the sciences and technology in importance, a society which emphasises community, collaboration, equality & harmonious equilibrium over profit & control from above. What is our reason for living?? A number of us would say to find harmony with nature & the universe... While the act of singing topical broadsides, protest songs and social laments must date back to the very birth of anatomically modern human communities, tens or even hundreds of thousands of years, the 20th century saw the first recorded & mass distributed recordings enabling songs by the likes of The Weavers, Ewan MacColl, Nina Simone and Woody Guthrie to reach wide audiences across both space and time. The Dylan-Baez generation & their understudies, from John Lennon to Arlo Guthrie to Dick Gaughan, kept pushing it further. T...

  Strike a Resilient Chord A fresh americana selection of songs old and new with a few celebrated UK artists joining a predominantly North American folk roster. Folk, country & bluegrass spiced up with a likkle contemporary reggae music and even a couple of hit avent-garde rock numbers. Resilience in times of trouble fortifies the mind and strengthens the spirit . Never give up hope.       ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY ONCE THEN TWICE to play here or tap building icon to enter the internet archives page & stream or d/l^^     Title inspired by a few of the track lyrics here. The long awaited album by Jamaican star  Chronixx  -  Exile  - finally dropped in 2025 to wide appreciation. Its a long and eclectic, often reflective collection of songs. Resilient is a long song in a league of its own. Stephen Marley 's most recent LP Old Soul (2024) is rooted semi-acoustic reggae with overall uplifting vibes as would be expected fro...

Everyday Folk Jus' a selection of Scottish, Irish, English & American folk, late-1970's to present, for your musical enjoyment.    ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY ONCE THEN TWICE to play here or tap building icon to enter the internet archives page & stream or d/l^^   As usual the old run shoulders with the new. Songs from the brilliant new Seth Lakeman LP, The Granite Way . Spotlights also on amazing Scottish sangster Karine Polwart and a Dylan-inspired  Jesse Welles , including tracks from his latest album Devil's Den . Woman, America is a great protest song. Jake Blount brings something new to folk Americana and specialises in traditional African American sounds, his work has been described as as 'Afrofuturist folklore'. Tracks from his Spider Tales LP (2020). Two acapella songs are performed by folk historian  Angeline Morrison . Yorkshirewoman Kate Rusby has a stunning voice ad is an original songwriter. Some nice more recent tracks by sin...

From Timbuktu to Terrapin Station Kick back to this eclectic folk-rock session 1970's-2020's. From straight up solo acoustic & semi-acoustic folk to spacious bluesy folk rock and world/reggae/ska beats with some extended jazzy jams...   ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE or tap icons to enter the internet archives post^^   Features tracks from the outstanding debut album by Scottish folk band Silly Wizard  ( 1971 ) and also 2 recordings by fellow Scots The Battlefield Band . Three killer tunes by Robert Plant , two taken from the powerful new LP with his touring band Saving Grace  plus a cracking live recording captured from his 2003 performace at Timbuktu! More cool, expansive vibes from Bert Keely both solo & with his band the Flying Other Ones . We continue to commemorate the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir after his recent passing with his impressions of two Dead classics; I Know You Rider & the rambling Terrapin Station . Special tribute to Chilean ...

...of Time and Rivers...  All era folk & psych-folk mix. Songs peak & interlude in & out in the famous tradition of live Grateful Dead shows. Talking about ebb & flow... just like a river flowing...  as the very sands of time... Pete Seeger captured the essence of the inevitible passing of time wonderfully on two songs; River of My People & Of Time and Rivers Passing - both included here, the latter sung by Richie Havens  in salute. See if you can spot any other river songs... Enjoy some SF Grateful Dead party vibes as we continue to commemorate & celebrate Bob, Phil, Jerry and all the other greats up there after Bob Weir's recent passing.  Stella Blue,  Stella Blue When all the cards are down There's nothing left to see There's just the pavement left And broken dreams In the end, there's still that song Comes crying like the wind Down every lonely street That's ever been ....  Stella Blue    ^^stream & do...

Voices from the Mountains Collection of folk songs from America & the British Isles. As usual selections from disparate eras (1960's to contemporary) run together back to back in a timeless fashion for good, well recorded music always blends together just fine. Music that stands the test of time.    ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY TWICE or tap icons to enter the internet archives post^^   Wild Willy Barrett  of Otway & Barrett punk rock fame is also an accomplished acoustic guitarist. His meandering Loneliness of the Long Distance Acoustic Guitarist is pure class. Californian duo feature  Guy & Candie Carawan with strong tracks from the Folk Friends LP compilations (Folk Freak 1978 & 81). Banjo picker the late  Derroll Adams  also stars on these albums alongside Wizz Jones and others. Special tribute to all-weather musician Wizz Jones who passed away in 2025. He did a nice combo album with John Renbourn   Joint Control ...

Legends Of Folk Guitar 44 tracks of flowing acoustic music from across the years by 45 master guitarists. Acoustic guitars take centre stage here (give or take the odd mandolin, bouzouki or ukulele, lap steel, etc.) while recordings are either solo pieces or have only minimal accompaniment (unplugged) and date from the early 60s to the present. Stream/download here         This mix is not in any way definitive or comprehensive, in fact, there are countless glaring ommissions & oversights and of course there are gaps in my collection. There's still plenty to chew on here nonetheless...  Numerous big name appearances; from Bob Dylan, Donovan, Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell, John Renbourn & Dick Gaughan to Joni Mitchell, Julie Felix, Ry Cooder, Chris Cornell, Bonnie Raitt & Ani DiFranco. Paul Brady, Richard Thompson, Tracy Chapman, Kurt Cobain & Joan Baez to Stephen Stills, Ben Harper, Rory Gallagher, Neil Young, Martin Carthy & Steve Knightley. A ho...

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

  When protest is now longer allowed, what then?   Selection of protest music 1950s-present. The current crackdown on certain modes of dissident action in the West, particularly environmental protest, signals a new era of totalitarianism & suppression of expression. A whole series of legislation, beginning in the 80s, have eroded & removed many of the rights that were formerly taken for granted while the cursed tranfer of power known as privatisation has leeched society and bled regular people dry. That heads of governments are seen to overtly collude with commercial titans & media moguls only reinforces the prevailing mood of helpess futility & inevitability, a feeling reinforced by economic neccessity and, crucially, the law. Criminal injustice at every level & on all fronts.   Listen to High Up There In Gilded Boardrooms by Old Timer in Isan on hearthis.at Traditions of musical resistance that have roots stretching back into antiquity...