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