Shay Black Live; Songs of the Sea

Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for September 27, 2025
Hour 1: Shay Black Live!

The Black Family, “Donkey Riding,” The Black Family, 2:43 Dara

Closing Set

Shay Black & Celia Ramsay, “The Girl from Cushendun / Miss Cathy Chilcott’s,” Singer’s Request, 4:32 (self-produced)

Michael and Shay Black / The Black Brothers, “Grace O’Malley,” Glackanacker, 3:53 (self-produced)

First Set

The Finest Kind, “A Sailor’s Life,” Heart’s Delight, 2:34 Fallen Angel Music

Seth Lakeman, “The Rambling Sailor,” Sea Song Sessions, 3:32 Topic

Martin Simpson, “Rounding the Horn,” The Bramble Briar, 3:45 Topic

Brian McNeill, “The Back o’ the North Wind,” The Back o’ the North Wind, 3:30 Greentrax Records

Second Set

Bill Jones, “William Taylor,” Panchpuran, 4:15 Compass Records

Richard Thompson, “General Taylor,” Son of Rogues Gallery (Pirate Ballads, Sea Sons, & Chanteys), 3:50 anti-

Fairport Convention, “Sir Patrick Spens,” Full House, 3:26 Island Records

Jon Boden, “Go My Way,” Sea Song Sessions, 2:06 Topic

Fairport Convention, “Innstuck,” Expletive Delighted, 2:06

Third Set

Robbie O’Connell, “The Islander’s Lament,” The Green Fields of America, 4:05 Compass Records

Archie Fisher, “The Surge of the Sea,” Windward Away, 2:36 Red House Records

Michael and Shay Black / The Black Brothers, “Rathlin,” Glackanacker, 4:00 (self-produced)

Dougie MacLean, “Seannair’s Song,” Craigie Dhu, 4:18 Dunkeld

Fourth Set

Oscar Isaac & The Punch Brothers, “The Shoals of Herring,” Inside Llewyn Davis, 1:36 Nonesuch

Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, & Michael Cicone, “Last Leviathan,” Angels in Daring, 4:08 (self-produced)

Judy Collins, “Farewell to Tarwathie,” Forever, 4:40 Elektra