Recent Releases in English Folk Contemporary

The program for June 8, 2024, embraced a variety of styles, almost all English.

First hour playlist:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Sam Garrett I Believe Live in Zürich 2023 (s/p)
Kris Drever and Spell Songs Red Is Your Art Gifts of Light (Hudson)
Catrin Finch and Cimarrón Cimarróneando Yn Byw (Kissan)
New Set
Sam Lee Bushes and Briars Songdreaming (Cooking Vinyl)
Olivia Chaney Bogeyman Circus of Desire (Olivia Chaney)
Anne Sumner Probably Nothing single (s/p)
Music Under Announcements
John Renbourn Pavan D’Aragon The Nine Maidens (Making Waves)
New Set
Carolyn Hillyer We Drum Our Path Through the Heron’s Marsh The Creel the Crock the Caldron (Seventh Wave Music)
Olivia Chaney To the Lighthouse Circus of Desire (Olivia Chaney)
Susie Ro Treasure Finding single (s/p)
Seckou Keita, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and Mark Heron Tamala’s Caravan Trail African Rhapsodies (Claves)

Second hour playlist:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Eliza Carthy, feat. Martin Carthy Dr McMBE Anglicana (Topic)
Holly Ebony Twilight Born for These Times (s/p)
Olivia Chaney Galop Circus of Desire (Olivia Chaney)
Lady Maisery Scientist Tender (Proper)
New Set
Lady Maisery Child Among the Weeds Tender (Proper)
Jez Lowe Farmer Sun Crazy Pagan (Tantobie)
Zoë Pollock & Nessi Gomes The Valley Below single (s/p)
Kate Bramley Roland’s Oak Little Canaan (Tantobie)
Lady Maisery Bird I Do Not Know Tender (Proper)
New Set
Anne Sumner Who Are You Thinking of Now? single (s/p)
Alexia Chellun Take Your Destiny Open (s/p)
Sam Garrett Om Ganesha Live in Zürich 2023 (s/p)
(faded under outro) Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita 1677 Soar (Bendigadig)