Monday, 11 July 2011

Show info 8 July

Info on some of those I featured on last Friday's show...

Jennifer Crook - jennifercrook.com
New album 'Merry-Go-Round' produced by Boo Hewerdine and features guest vocals from Eddi Reader.
Released in the UK on 11th July 2011 by Proper.

Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll
Latest cd - 'Beneath the Black Tree'
Check out their new web site - englishfiddle.com

Battlefield Band - battlefieldband.co.uk
New cd 'Line-up' is released on the 18th July on Temple Records
'Song Composed in August' by Robert Burns is better known as 'Now Westlin Winds'

Jez Lowe - jezlowe.com
24 September "All Along The Wall" at Bury Met, Lancs
Julie Matthews, Rory McLeod, Ruth Notman, Boo Hewerdine and Jez Lowe were involved with this project of writing songs about Hadrian's Wall. Read more about it at...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/folk/2010/09/jez-lowe-on-being-inspired-by.html

In tribute to Mike Waterson, who died on the 22nd of June, I played a track by his sister Lal Waterson & her son Oliver Knight. 'The Flight of the Pelican' is taken from 'Once In A Blue Moon' released in 1996.

Friday, 8 July 2011

Today's playlist

The Carrivick Sisters - Today Is A Good Day
Jennifer Crook - Come September
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll - Flat Cap & Imperial Quickstep
Roger Wilson - Sick of the Working Life
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - Willow Tree
Battlefield Band - Song Composed In August
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - Crocodile Cryer
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies - It's A Champion Life
Bella Hardy - Young Edmund
Lal Waterson & Olly Knight - The Flight of the Pelican
Jennifer Crook - One Little Song
Gigspanner - Si Beg Si Mor

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

24 June Playlist

Better late than never! I've been away on holiday. And last Friday's show was a repeat of the one that went out on 22 April.

Nancy Kerr & James Fagin - Queen of Waters
Iain Morrison & Dai Martin - Walls
Kat Gilmore & Jamie Roberts - Skip and Jump
Kathryn Tickell - Yeavering
The Bailey Sisters - Navigator
Blanket Apology - Changes
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies - The Judas Bus
The Carrivick Sisters - Early, Early In The Spring
Hayseed Dixie - Running With The Devil
Free Reed Band - Westmorland
Arlo Guthrie - Ukulele Lady
Seth Lakeman - Tiny World

Friday, 17 June 2011

Today's playlist

It's the 3rd anniversary of my first show on Diversity so I chose some of my favourites for today's show.

Kris Drever - Harvest Gypsies
Kate Rusby - Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Dick Gaughan - Erin Go Bragh
Jo Gillot - River Pinn
Rachel Unthank & the Winterset - Blackbird
Show of Hands - The Napoli
Cara Dillon - She Moved Through The Fair
Christy Moore - Missing You
New Zealand Story - Not Like The Films
Richard Thompson - Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands

Track played during the gig guide was Buckfast by Blazin' Fiddles

Friday, 10 June 2011

Today's playlist

Hope you enjoyed the ukulele music on the show today. Next week is my 3rd anniversary of broadcasting on Diversity FM so I'll be playing some of my favourites.

George Harrison - Any Road
The Low Countries - If Only
Amanda Palmer - No Surprises
Jake Shimabukuro - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
George Formby - With My Little Ukulele in my Hand
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
Fairport Convention - Ukulele Central
Joe Brown - I'll See You In My Dreams
Dean Martin - Makin' Love Ukulele Style
Eddie Vedder - Without You
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Wuthering Heights

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

This Friday's show

Wes, aka @ukuleleboy on Twitter, has decided on a ukulele theme for this week's show. So expect tracks by George Harrison, Fairport Convention, Jake Shimabukuro and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

Tune in on Friday at 1pm for Off The Beaten Tracks on Diversity 103.5FM

Listen online at www.diversityfm.co.uk

Friday, 3 June 2011

Today's playlist

Richard & Linda Thompson - When I Get To the Border
The Beatles - Two of Us
The Once - Three Fishers
Robb Johnson - Man Walks into a Pub
Free Reed Band - Villafiord
Stevie Palmer - Everybody Knows
The Mamas & The Papas - Dream A Little Dream of Me
Kami Thompson - Oh World
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies - Watter's Coming Annie
Pentangle - Maid That's Deep In Love
Rock Salt & Nails - I'm Looking Through You
Karine Polwart - 12345
Blazin' Fiddles - Strolkas