Thursday, 26 March 2026

Tribute to Terry Cox

A mix this week with five tracks by Pentangle featuring drummer Terry Cox who passed away recently. Listen now on Mixcloud or from Monday on Ginger Feather FM

Interesting bit of trivia is that Terry played on the album version of David Bowie's Space Oddity along with Rick Wakeman and Herbie Flowers who were working as session musicians at the time. 

Pentangle - Light Flight
Pentangle - No More My Lord
Katie Spencer - Drinking The Same Water
Martin Stephenson & Jim Hornsby - Poor Part of Town
Martha Wainwright - See Emily Play
Simon & Garfunkel - April Come She Will
Stephen Stills - Black Queen
Sharon King - The River Runs Wild
Pentangle - In Your Mind
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Hoodoo Voodoo
Carly Dow - Not A Songbird
Rupa and the April Fishes - Este Mundo
Roberto Diana - Empty Rooms
Sara Tavares - Voz di Vento (Voice of the Wind)
Catrin Finch - Listen To The Grass Grow
Pentangle - Springtime Promises
Pentangle - Bruton Town (live at the Royal Festival Hall) 


Thursday, 19 March 2026

Off The Beaten Tracks 23 March 2026

I've included some tracks by musicians and singers I haven't played on the show for a while. Hope you enjoy it. You can listen now on Mixcloud.

Davy Graham - Sally Free and Easy
Carthy, Hardy, Farrell and Young - Why Don't You Do Right
Capercaillie - a. Dr Macphail's Reel b. Cape Breton Song
Bryony Holden - Gypsy Davey
Barrule - In Search of Manannan
Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl - Crow Road Croft 
Chris & Kellie While - Power of Two
Christy Moore - Hurt
Donald MacNeill & Roberto Diana - The Journey
Fara - Fair Winds
Hannah Saunders and Ben Savage - When First I Came To Caledonia
John Colleta - The Putty Pickers
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn - Tic-Tocative
Drever McCusker & Woomble - Rest on the Rock
Donald Black - Rockfield Polka 


Wednesday, 11 March 2026

OTBT Mix March 2026

A mix of music from both sides of the border with an Amanda Palmer cover of a Radiohead song and Johnny Flynn's theme song to the TV series Detectorists towards the end.

Listen now on Mixcloud or Ginger Feather FM from Monday. 

Seth Lakeman - The Charmer
Eliza Carthy Trio - Go From My Window / Whitefriars Hornpipe
Peatbog Faeries - Tom In The Front
Findlay Napier - Call Me If You Need Me
Duncan McCrone - I Ain't Marchin' Anymore
Five Hand Reel - The Beef-Can Close
Blazin' Fiddles - Ricky & June
Edgelarks - Iceberg
Geoff Lakeman - Galway Bay
Eliza Carthy Trio - Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green
Lindisfarne - Juke Box Gypsy
Grace Petrie - Start Again
Johnny Flynn - Detectorists
Martyn Joseph - Wake Me Up
Amanda Palmer - No Surprises
The Proclaimers - Restless Souls 


Thursday, 5 March 2026

Off The Beaten Tracks 9 March 2026

Tracks on this week's show by various bands who are out on tour this month including... 

Fairport Convention's spring tour starts on March 17th in Milton Keynes. 
Firelight Trio and Constant Follower are at More Music in Morecambe on the 14th March and Hannah James & Toby Kuhn play there on the 21st. 

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

Fairport Convention - Rising For The Moon
Firelight Trio - En Charrette / The Last Minute
Constant Follower - Almost Time To Go
Kayleigh Hall - Nowhere Land
Little Pebble - Daylight
Frank Turner - Going Nowhere
The Staves - After School
Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
Kathy Mattea - He Moves Through The Fair
Malcolm Holcombe (with Jelly Roll Johnson) - Mouth Harp Man   
Jane Kramer - That Muddy Water
David Crosby - Amelia
Hannah James and Toby Kuhn - The Giant
Iona Lane - Headspace 

Thursday, 26 February 2026

Off The Beaten Tracks 2 March 2026

A bumper edition of the show this week with 17 tracks ranging from the gypsy punk of Gogol Bordello to the old timey bluegrass of Down Hill Strugglers via the impressive guitar playing of Richard Smith.

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

Sandie Shaw - Scarborough Fair 
Gogol Bordello - My Companjera 
Anais Mitchell - Way Down Hadestown 
Barluath - At Dawn of Day 
Boys of the Lough - Chase Her Through The Garden 
Dick Gaughan - Both Sides of the Tweed 
Tommy Emmanuel & Richard Smith - Son of a Gun 
Francesco Buzzurro & Richard Smith - Day Tripper 
The Beatles - Across The Universe 
James J Turner - Universe 
Paddy Garrigan & The Stroller Priests - Me and the Universe Blues 
Kathryn Priddy - Does She Hold You Like I Did 
Broken Boat - Basement Days 
Oka Vanga - Rose of the Hill 
Del McCoury Band - Honky Tonk Nights 
Down Hill Strugglers - Whistle Won't Blow 
Gillian Welch - One More Dollar 


Thursday, 19 February 2026

Off The Beaten Tracks 23 February 2026

Tracks from new albums by Aisling Urwin, Beans on Toast and The Haar on my latest show which will be broadcast on Ginger Feather FM from Monday the 23rd. 

Listen now on Mixcloud

Martin Simpson - Trouble Brought Me Here
Tommy Emmanuel w/ Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams - Everybody Loves You
ATFK - This Town Is Big Enough For The Both Of Us
Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves - Dry
Aisling Urwin - Flare
Beans on Toast - A Real Rock 'n' Roller
Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol - The Poor Ditching Boy
Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol - End of a Holiday
Tommy Emmanuel w/ Yasmin Williams - Mombasa
Honey and the Bear - 5500 Miles
The Haar - The Rocky Road to Dublin
The McCalmans - Applecross Bay
Ross Ainslie - Concrete Jungle
Mossy Christian - Homeward Bound 


Friday, 6 February 2026

Off The Beaten Tracks 9 February 2026

A radio show with a St Valentine's Day theme as you'll be able to tell from the playlist - lots of songs with love or lover in the title. Listen on Mixcloud or from Monday on Ginger Feather FM.

Richard Thompson - Nearly In Love
Janice Burns & Jon Doran - True False Love
Steve Knightley - Hook of Love
Bert Jansch - Go Your Way My Love
Swarb's Lazarus - Two Constant Lovers
Graham Parker - The Madness of Love
Kate Rusby - Friday I'm In Love
Oysterband w/ June Tabor - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Ralph McTell & Wizz Jones - Tell Her You Love Her Right Now
Emily Smith - Sweet Lover of Mine
Merry Hell - Lean On Me, Love
Roger Wilson - Fair and Tender Lovers
Mike Waterson & Eliza Carthy - Valentine Waltz