Off The Beaten Tracks 30 January 2023

Following on from my David Crosby playlist last week here is some more music from the late 60s and early-mid 70s with links to Croz. I'll get back to the folk music on next week's show. Listen on Mixcloud.

Neil Young - Tell Me Why 
Patti Smith - Helpless 
Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man 
The Byrds - Wild Mountain Thyme 
James Taylor - Machine Gun Kelly 
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now 
David Crosby - Deja Vu (demo)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Compass 
Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band 
The Doors - Indian Summer 
America - Sister Golden Hair 
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence 
Nils Lofgren - Goin' Back 
Graham Nash - Military Madness 

David Crosby tribute January 2023

Sometimes it's only when a musician passes away that you realise quite how much their music means to you. I'd known that Crosby had not been in great health for a number of years though he didn't seem to have any intention of retiring from recording and playing live. But eventually I guess it all got too much for him - the spirit was willing but the body had had enough. 

He leaves behind an impressive back catalogue from The Byrds and all the combinations of himself, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young. More recently he formed a band with his son James called CPR and at the end he was collaborating with a young group called The Lighthouse Band. I don't have so many of his recent releases so this show is mainly his music from the last century. I've included a few songs by friends of his including Stills and Young along with Terry Callier who he played with back in the early 60s and Joni Mitchell who has been a long-time friend of CSN.

Hope you enjoy my selections. Listen to the show on Mixcloud. 

Crosby & Nash - Lay Me Down
David Crosby - Almost Cut My Hair (demo)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Guinnevere 
Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe
Stephen Stills & Judy Collins - Questions
Neil Young - Don't Let It Bring You Down
The Byrds - Hey Joe 
The Byrds - Mind Gardens
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Might As Well Have A Good Time
Crosby & Nash - Carry Me
David Crosby - Traction in the Rain 
Crosby & Nash - The Lee Shore (live)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Looking Forward 

Off The Beaten Tracks 16 January 2023

This week's Ginger Feather FM show playlist with two tracks by Vanessa Peters. Tune in at 1pm or 8pm or listen on Mixcloud. 

Locust Honey String Band - Sally In The Turnip Patch
Vanessa Peters - Mending Fences
Our Native Daughters - Music and Joy
Roger Roger - Fairweather
Indigo Girls - Three Hits
Johnny Flynn - Fol-de-rol
The Magpies - Hares On The Mountain
Vanessa Peters - Carnival Barker
Tim O'Brien - When You Pray (Move Your Feet)
The Mountain Firework Company - How Long 
The Mammals - You Can Come To My House
Stephen Fearing - Marie
The Be Good Tanyas - When Doves Cry
John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen'
Edgar Winter - Drown In My Own Tears

Off The Beaten Tracks 9 January 2023

Happy New Year! My first show of the year is recorded and uploaded to Mixcloud. There are two tracks from Megan Henderson's solo album which she released last year. She is the fiddle player in Breabach who also released an album in 2022. There's a blues number from Little Whitt and Big Bo who I saw back in the 90s. They had been playing together for many years but I think that was their first tour outside of the States. 

Here's the playlist. Listen on Ginger Feather FM at 1pm or 8pm from Monday 9th Jan. 

Kate Rusby - Manic Monday 
Ewan McLennan & George Monbiot - Reclaim the Street 
Ninebarrow - Under The Fence 
Megan Henderson - The Dawn Chorus (radio edit) 
Kathryn Tickell - First of the Year 
Bob Fox - In The Month of January 
Drever, Coyne & Henderson - Shady Grove 
Damien O'Kane & Ron Block - Happy Sevens / Monster Rabbit 
Brendan Eder Ensemble - Natalie 
Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy - Lost In The Stars 
Megan Henderson - Pilgrim Souls 
Martin Simpson feat. Richard Hawley & Don Flemons - Neo 
Little Whitt & Big Bo - I Can't Be Satisfied 
Brendan Eder Ensemble - Waltz