Points North: England, Scotland, Canada, Scandinavia

The program for December 13, 2014, offered a range of music from England, Scotland, Sweden and Norway, Canada, and here in Northern California.

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Roy Harper The Stranger Man & Myth (Bella Union)
Karine Polwart Sticks ’n’ Stones Traces (Hegri)
Jez Lowe Tether’s End The Ballad Beyond (Tantobie)
New Set
Kate Rusby After This Ghost (Pure)
Dougie MacLean Then We Cried Resolution (Dunkeld)
Keith Christmas Lowly Low (Lovers of the Light) Light of the Dawn (BECN)
Music Under Announcements
Daíthí Sproule Young Catherine / The Red Van The Crow in the Sun (New Folk)
Väsen Lilla Kulturbragsvalsen Mindset (NorthSide)
Annbjørg Lien Gode Gut Khoom Loy (Compass)
Gjallarhorn Längtaren Grimborg (NorthSide)
Garmarna Sorgsen Ton (Stomped Bread) Vedergällningen (Vengeance) (NorthSide)
Garmarna Antiokia (Antioch) Vittrad (Omnium)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Jennifer Berezan Land of the Hungry Ghost End of Desire (Edge of Wonder)
Bruce Cockburn All Our Dark Tomorrows You’ve Never Seen Everything (Rounder)
Roy Harper Cloud Cuckooland Man & Myth (Bella Union)
New Set
Chris Webster Turning of the Wheel Drive (Alliance)
James Keelaghan House of Cards House of Cards (Borealis)
David Francey Pretty Jackals Late Edition (Laker Music)
Eileen McGann No Country’s Law Beyond the Storm (Dragonwing Music)
Jennifer Berezan The Whole World Is Burning End of Desire (Edge of Wonder)
New Set
Robin Williamson Alive Today Trusting in the Rising Light (ECM)
Garnet Rogers Next Turn of the Wheel Sparrow’s Wing (Snow Goose Songs)
New Set
Keith Christmas A Line Is a Line Light of the Dawn (BECN)
Bruce Cockburn (faded) Train in the Rain Speechless (Rounder)