Off The Beaten Tracks 01 July 2024

A folk music line-up in this week's show featuring two songs from Linda Thompson's new album Proxy Music and two from the Darwin Song Project from 2009. Listen now on Mixcloud. 

Fairport Convention - Rising For The Moon 
Linda Thompson feat. Kami Thompson - The Solitary Traveller 
Faustus - While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping 
Darwin Song Project - Heavy in my Hand 
Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan - Craigie Hill 
The Willows - Johnny Robson 
Cara Dillon - Daughter 
Jo Philby - Maid on the Shore 
Steve Knightley - Tall Ship Story 
Linda Thompson feat. The Unthanks - Three Shaky Ships 
Tom Kitching - Grimstock / Greensleeves Morris
Ribbon Road - Closing Down Sale 
Darwin Song Project - Clock of the World 

Off The Beaten Tracks 24 June 2024

Playlist for Ginger Feather FM radio show to be broadcast the w/c 24th June. Listen now on Mixcloud.

Jackie Venson - One Step Forward 
Our Native Daughters - Black Myself 
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Dooley's Farm 
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown 
The Jayhawks - Eyes of Sarah Jane 
Dolly Parton - Tracks of my Tears 
Neil Young + Promise of the Real - From Hank to Hendrix 
Neil Young + Promise of the Real - Are You Ready for the Country 
Be Good Tanyas - House of the Rising Sun 
Steve Earle - Leroy's Dustbowl Blues 
Aoife O'Donovan - Porch Light 
Cam Penner - My Lover and I
June Carter Cash - Ring of Fire 
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Climbing on Top of the Hill
Johnny Winter - Bad Girl Blues 

Off The Beaten Tracks mix 17 June 2024

There's a bit more variety on this coming week's Ginger Feather FM show having recently downloaded the new album by Lancaster band The Lovely Eggs. Theirs is not the kind of music I'd normally play on the show but it's good to shake things up a bit from time to time.

I've often felt that a show called Off The Beaten Tracks shouldn't stick too closely to one or two genres of music but having too much variety can put listeners off who tune in expecting to hear mainly folk and Americana. Having said that, I have included most of the following in my shows in the past.

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

Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me 
Kitty MacFarlane - Namer of Clouds 
Edgar Winter feat. Keb' Mo' - Lone Star Blues 
Rhiannon Giddens - Way Over Yonder 
Yasmin Williams - Adrift (ft. Taryn Wood)
Mishaped Pearls - Tamesis 
Jethro Tull - Bouree (live) 
Indigo Girls - Get Out The Map 
Paddy Garrigan & The Stroller Priests - Sea Monsters 
Kathyrn Priddy & George Boomsma - Ready To Go 
The Lovely Eggs - I Am Gaia 
The Byrds - Triad 
Kris Kristofferson - Kiss The World Goodbye 
Hayseed Dixie - Don't Fear The Reaper 
Nick Drake - Day Is Done 

200 not out!

I heard yesterday that I have passed the 200 radio shows mark on Ginger Feather FM so I thought I would look back at my playlists from 2023 and see who the most played artists were last year.

Top with 9 plays was Eliza Carthy with The Young 'Uns on 8, Fairport Convention and Kathryn Tickell on 7, Billy Bragg and Merry Hell on 6 and Megson, The Levellers and Richard Thompson on 5 plays each. 

Four was a popular number with each of these getting that number of plays: The Low Countries, Cara Dillon, Martin Stephenson, Bert Jansch, Kris Drever, Steeleye Span, Gilmore & Roberts, Bob Fox, Neil Young, Rhiannon Giddens, Ragged Union. 

Next week will be a mix with quite a variety of artists including The Lovely Eggs, The Byrds, Edgar Winter, Yasmin Williams and Kathryn Priddy. 

Off The Beaten Tracks 10 June 2024

This week's radio show includes tracks from albums released this year by Alice Allen & Patsy Reid, Ben Nicholls and Session A9. Listen now on Mixcloud or from Monday at 1pm and 8pm on Ginger Feather FM. 

Thea Gilmour - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 

Ben Nicholls & Jon Boden - Polly Vaughan 

Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening - One Night in Moana 

Dick Gaughan - World Turned Upside Down 

Alice Allen & Patsy Reid - The Duchess of Bedford’s Strathspey/Miss Cameron’s Reel/Balvenie 

Alice Allen & Patsy Reid - The Farewell 

Janice Burns & Jon Doran - She Moved Through The Fair 

Karine Polwart - The Sun's Comin' Over The Hill 

Oka Vanga - Johanna 

Ben Nicholls & Fay Hield - Bloody Gardener 

Session A9 - Twilight 

Jon Palmer Acoustic Band - Great North Road 

This Is The Kit - Inside Outside 

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Pre-Road Downs 

Neil Young - Heart of Gold 

Off The Beaten Tracks 3 June 2024

This week's show includes two songs from the Carrivick Sisters' 2022 album "Illustrated Short Stories" along with a couple of tracks with Shetland in the title as I was there on holiday last month. Tune in now on Mixcloud or from Monday at 1pm or 8pm on Ginger Feather FM internet radio station.

Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner 
The Young 'Uns - Trespassers 
The Carrivick Sisters - Sally In The Woods 
Nic Jones - The Little Pot Stove 
Rock Salt & Nails - Shaggy's Sexy Shetland Set 
McGoldrick, McCusker & Doyle - Shetland Molecule / Franks Reel / Atractor Brady's 
Fairport Convention - Both Sides Now (live) 
Tide Lines - These Days 
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See 
The Proclaimers - I'm On My Way (live) 
Steeleye Span - Old Matron 
The Carrivick Sisters - War Games 
Judy Dyble - See Emily Play (1982 demo) 
John Lennon - Watching The Wheels 
Joni Mitchell - The Last Time I Saw Richard