Off The Beaten Tracks mix November 2023

A mostly British singer\songwriter mix this week available to listen to any time on Mixcloud and at 1pm or 8pm on Ginger Feather FM

Martin Carthy - Scarborough Fair 
Barbara Dymock - Auld Man 
Bob Fox - Life Is Not Kind to the Drinking Man 
Bert Jansch - Kingfisher 
Cara Dillon feat. Sam Lakeman - Blackwater Side [live]
Angie Palmer - Premonition Blues 
Jackie Oates - Iruten Ari Nuzu
Alice Jones - Poor Strange Girl 
Nick Keir - Norman's Dram 
Ivan Drever - Rambling Boy 
Mel Biggs - Winter Weather Warning 
Nuala Kennedy - Death and The Lady 
Richard Thompson - A Solitary Life 
John Renbourn - Blues Run The Game 
Heidi Talbot - Cathedrals 
Fabian Holland - Four Inch Screen

Off The Beaten Tracks 30 October 2023

Playlist for the week starting the 30th of October. Listen on Mixcloud or on Ginger Feather FM at 1pm or 8pm.

Steeleye Span - All Around My Hat 
This Is The Kit - Our Socks Forever More 
Billy Bragg - Between The Wars 
Show of Hands - Country Life [live] 
Kate Rusby - Days 
Honey & The Bear - Daughter 
Meg Baird - Will You Follow Me Home 
MacMaster Hay - Shipbuilding 
Pat Simmons - Cloudy Blue Train 
King Creosote - I'll Fly By The Seat of my Pants
Celia Briar - Colville Bay 
The Tiger Lillies - King of the Gutter [live] 
Tom Waits - Jockey Full of Bourbon 

Off The Beaten Tracks 23 October 2023

Some well known songs on this week's show by the likes of Ralph McTell and Banter along with tracks from 2023 releases by Simon Mayer, Kathryn Tickell and Ninebarrow. Listen now on Mixcloud or from Monday on Ginger Feather FM.

Banter - Roxanne
Paddy Garrigan & The Stroller Priests - Me and the Universe Blues [live]
Ralph McTell - Streets of London 
Peatbog Faeries - Jakes On A Plane 
Pentangle - I've Got A Feeling 
Ninebarrow - Walk With Me 
The Bad Shepherds - Once In A Lifetime \ Pinch Of Snuff 
Simon Mayor - Carolan's Dream 
Roger Wilson - Nottamun Town 
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening - High Way To Hermitage 
Chris & Kellie While - Persuasion 
Jamie Smith's MABON - Lady of the Woods 
The Low Countries - Summer Doesn't Know Me 
Stephen Hudson - She Smells Better Than Petrol 

Off The Beaten Tracks 16 October 2023

Some Fairport Convention on this week's show as they are currently out on tour and played at the Victoria Hall in Settle this month. Also tracks by Kris Drever and The Carrivick Sisters who are playing gigs at the Gregson Centre in Lancaster in November\December. The Sisters are also doing a workshop. See the More Music website for more info.

Tune in on Ginger Feather FM from Monday at 1pm and 8pm or listen now on Mixcloud. 

Fairport Convention - Fotheringay 
Iona Lane - Mary Anning 
The Jaywalkers - This Time \ End of the World Waltz
Kris Drever - Patrick Spence 
Kaela Rowan - Now Westlin Winds 
Fairport Convention - The Journeyman's Grace [live] 
Jez Lowe - Morpeth Olympics 
Eddi Reader - Charlie is my Darling 
The Young 'Uns - Trespassers 
Roving Crows - Fire Sky 
The Carrivick Sisters - Already Gone 
Fairport Convention - Darkside Wood 
Turnstone - I Choose You 

Off The Beaten Tracks 9 October 2023

A couple of songs by Hayseed Dixie who played an excellent gig in Lancaster recently and two from the new album by Rhiannon Giddens titled You're The One. 

Listen now on Mixcloud or from Monday at 1pm or 8pm on Ginger Feather FM.

Hayseed Dixie - Summer of 69 
Rhiannon Giddens - You're The One 
James J Turner - Real Change 
Martin Stephenson & Jim Hornsby - Duckbilled Blues 
Katie Spencer - Shuffleboat River Farewell 
Sarah Jarosz - Simple Twist of Fate 
Dallahan - A Terrible Beauty 
Mikey Kenney - A Lancashire Hornpipe \ Iron and Coke 
Eliza Carthy & The Restitution - Stumbling On 
Hayseed Dixie - Kirby Hill 
Indigo Girls - Strange Fire [live] 
Rhiannon Giddens - Another Wasted Life 
Martin Harley & Daniel Kimbro - This Little Bird 
Curtis Eller - John Wilkes Booth (Don't Make Us Beg) 
Jo Gillot - Bit of Zen 

Mikey Kenney plays the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal on the 9th November 

Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden are there on the 7th December

Off The Beaten Tracks 2 October 2023

Here's the playlist for next week's OTBT on Ginger Feather FM.

Richard Thompson - Salford Sunday 
Virginia Kettle - Growing, Growing, Gone 
Grainne Duffy - Well, Well, Well 
Blues 'n' Trouble - Honey Pot 
Amy Thatcher - April's Child 
Ward Knutur Townes - Everything 
Cara Dillon w/ Sam Lakeman - Bright Morning Star [Live] 
IMAR - The Gift Horse 
The Trials of Cato - I Thought You Were My Friend 
Virginia Kettle - The Butter Song 
Bob Fox - Peppers and Tomatoes 
The Magpies - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 
Michael Roach - Kassie Jones 
Ted Hawkins - I Gave Up All I Had 
Howard Haigh - Fireworks Music 

Off The Railroad Tracks blues mix

Having been unwell this past week with a flu bug I wasn't able to record the links between songs for the next show so decided to do a mix, this one reflecting my love of rhythm and blues. There are three tracks by Robert Cray, two from the late '80s and early '90s and one from the album pictured below. I saw him in concert a few times back in the day and was fortunate to see such legends as BB King and Buddy Guy as well as a little known duo who went by the name of Little Whitt and Big Bo. Their music was very much in the style of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee who I reckon were the masters of the acoustic guitar and harmonica type of blues. So if the blues is your thang, sit back and enjoy this mix.

Listen now on Mixcloud or tune in to Ginger Feather FM from Monday at 1pm or 8pm

The Robert Cray Band - Consequences 
Amos Garrett - Just Like A Fish 
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Cornbread, Peas & Black Molasses
Johnny Winter - I'm Good 
Edgar Winter feat. Bobby Rush - Got My Mojo Working 
Hat Fitz and Cara - Sister Sister 
Little Whitt & Big Bo - I Got A Woman 
Robert Cray Band - Promises You Can't Keep 
Matt Woosey Band - Cruel Disposition 
Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks 
John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues
Blind Boys of Alabama - Down In The Hole 
Blues 'N' Trouble - Blues n Trouble
Robert Cray - Phone Booth (live) 
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes