Off The Beaten Tracks 17 July 2026

My last Richard Thompson gig was a year ago this month at the Warwick Folk Festival so for no other reason than that, I've got a track by him from his live album Ducknapped and covers of his songs by Grace Petrie and June Tabor. I've also included a re-recording of Crazy Man Michael which Fairport put on their 2012 album By Popular Request. It was a song which Richard wrote with Dave Swarbrick for Fairport's Leige and Lief album. 

Listen to the show on Mixcloud or at 8pm from Monday on Ginger Feather FM.

Francesco Buzzurro & Richard Smith - Mambo Italiano 

Fairport Convention - Crazy Man Michael 

Bob Dylan - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Twelfth Day - You're The One For Me Fatty 

Grace Petrie - Beeswing 

James J Turner - Spirit and Soul and a Handful of Mud 

Michael Chapman - How Can a Poor Man 

KT Tunstall - Miniature Disasters 

June Tabor - Night Comes In 

Richard Thompson - I Misunderstood (live) 

Angie Palmer - The Fiery Lake 

Siobhan Miller - Bonny Light Horseman 

Amy Thatcher - Ian's Favourite 

OTBT Mix 10 July 2026

A mix for broadcast on Ginger Feather FM next week. It has a theme of the sea, boats, ships and sailors with two tracks from the new album by Cara titled Our Ship is Ready. I think this is the second mix with this theme that I've done but there are so many folk songs inspired by the sea.

And if you like Megson's take on The Silent Boatman, check out the version by George Clinton's band Parliament. It's a beautiful recording of the Ruth Copeland song.

Listen to the mix at your leisure on Mixcloud. 

Steve Knightley - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Cara - Our Ship is Ready
Miranda Sykes - Sea Glass
Kris Drever - Braw Sailin' on the Sea
Megson - The Silent Boatman
Life and Times - Where the Working Boats Went
The Bad Shepherds - Shipbuilding
Claire Hastings - I Missed The Boat
Odette Michel w/ Phil Beer - Rolling Shores Of England
Cara - The Sinking Ship
Fara - West Tide Story
The Rosie Hood Band - Wild Man of the Sea
The Mizzen Crew - Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor
Skipinnish - The Island
Rackhouse Pilfer - Two Oceans
The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc - Da Greenland Mans Tune

Many thanks to Kim Edgar for the free download of the Cara album.

Off The Beaten Tracks 3 July 2026

Latest Ginger Feather FM radio show has a couple of songs from The Young 'Uns album Strangers. Also a track from Windblown, the new album by Karine Polwart and Pippa Murphy which was inspired by a 200 year old palm tree at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. 

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

The Young 'Uns - A Place Called England
The Unthanks - The Bay of Fundy
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening - Gods of War
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - Lay My Old Body
Peter Knight's Gigspanner - She Moved Through the Fair
Five Hand Reel - My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
Firelight Trio - The Berlin Jig
Ewan Robertson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Edgelarks - Wander
Corrina Hewat - Fourteen Years
Banter - Lay Me Low
The Young 'Uns - Bob Cooney's Miracle
Martin Stephenson - Signposts to Heaven 

Off The Beaten Tracks 26 June 2026

Two songs by Fairport Convention as bass player and founder member of the band Ashley Hutchings has suffered a stroke recently. So best wishes to him for a speedy recovery. 

Tune in to this Ginger Feather show on Mixcloud or on GF FM at 1pm or 8pm

Fairport Convention - Time Will Show The Wiser (live)

Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin - Two Lighthouses 

Damien O'Kane & Ron Block - Daisy's Dance 

Chris Wood - More Fool Me

Bert Jansch - Texas Cowboy Blues 

Cara Dillon - Falling Like A Star 

Fotheringay - Banks of the Nile 

Ewan McLennan - The Shearing 

Show of Hands - Reunion Hill 

Sver - Bow in the Eye 

Annlaug - Ord Som Fell 

Fairport Convention - Meet on the Ledge 

Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth - Beggarman 

  

Radio show 18th June 2026

Thought I'd have a go at recording a radio show rather than just doing a mix. Seeing as how all the attention is on North America at the moment with the World Cup I've chosen songs and music by American and Canadian artists. 

Listen now on Mixcloud or from Monday on Ginger Feather FM 

Josh Turner (Guitar) - Stuck in the Middle
Leyla McCalla - Open The Road
Tim Grimm - Cadillac Hearse
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Crooked Tree
Hayseed Dixie - Don't Fear The Reaper
Yasmin Williams feat. Dom Flemons - Cliffwalk
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway 
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - American Beauty
Down Hill Strugglers - Valley By The Stream
Dori Freeman - River Runs
The Handsome Family - My Beautiful Bride
Sophie Lavois - Bleu Bleu
Old Man Luedecke - Chester Boat Song
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
Jerry Lee Lewis - Walking The Floor Over You 

Off The Beaten Tracks mix 4 June

Back after a couple of weeks holiday in Belgium and Holland with a mix featuring two tracks from the new album by Honey and the Bear titled A Wish & A Tide. Also a number from an album the classical violinist Nicola Benedetti released last year titled Violin Cafe. 

Listen now on Mixcloud or from Monday on Ginger Feather FM.

Simon Nicol & Dave Swarbrick - Time to Ring Some Changes
Honey & The Bear - The Air That We Breathe
Eliza Carthy Trio - Knife In The Window
Lau - Echolalia
Ben Nicholls w/ Jon Boden - Polly Vaughan
Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan - The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
Martin Carthy - Scarborough Fair
Nicola Benedetti - Hacky Honey Reel
Joshua Burnell - Joan of The Greenwood
Lassi Logren - Sunsets in Eikaberg
Honey & The Bear - Cruel Mistress
Michael McGoldrick John McCusker John Doyle - Madam I'm A Darling
Ross Ainslie - Inner Sanctuary
Dick Gaughan - The Games People Play
Charlotte Carrivick - Evie, Brighton Breesey 

OTBT Mix 11 May 2026

Playlist for the next Off The Beaten Tracks radio show on Ginger Feather. The Fairport song was originally recorded for their first album with Judy Dyble on vocal. This is a different version from the Sandy Denny compilation album A Boxful of Treasures with Sandy on vocals. 

The Unthanks - The Scarecrow Knows
Bert Jansch - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Thea Gilmore - London
Janice Burns & Jon Doran - As I Roved Out
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - Call My Name
Richard & Linda Thompson - The Great Valerio
The Unthanks - Magpie
June Tabor - The King of Rome
Daimh - Harris Dance
Benji Kirkpatrick - Stone Free
Fairport Convention w/ Sandy Denny - I Don't Know Where I Stand
Judy Dyble - Better Side of Me (Unreleased Demo)
Pentangle - Lady of Carlisle
John Lennon - Crippled Inside
Daryll Scott - The World is Too Much with Me
The Stanley Brothers - Angel Band 

Listen now at - https://www.mixcloud.com/cmbertram/otbt-mix-11-may-2026/