Podwireless 280 December 2025

 

PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS 280 DECEMBER 2025

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1. (Intro) Ian A Anderson : Goblets & Elms from the CD Onwards (Ghosts From The Basement) Bandcamp

2. Rowan Rheingans & Derroll 100 : A Way To Pass The Time from the DL Single (Derroll 100) via Apple Music

3. Dick Gaughan : Farewell To Whisky from the CD Live At The BBC 1972-79 (Talking Elephant) Bandcamp

4. Syran MBenza : Caro Ya Maniema from the DL album Rumba Africa (Sterns/Hysa) via Amazon Music

5. The Zawose Queens : Sauti Ya Mama (live) from the DL EP Moja Kwa Moja (Real World) Bandcamp

6. Ye Vagabonds : On Sitric Road from the CD All Tied Together (River Lea) Bandcamp

7. Hen Ogledd : Scales Will Fall from the CD Discombobulated (Weird World) Bandcamp

8. L'Antidote : Dates, Figs And Nuts from the CD L'Antidote (Ponderosa Music) Bandcamp

9. Seán Mac Erlaine & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh : Old Segotia from the DL album Old Segotia (Ergodos) Bandcamp

10. Neba Solo & Benego Diakite : Djinê Mogo Tiki from the CD A Djinn And A Hunter Went Walking (Nonesuch) Website

11. Guitari Baro : Lamban Blues from the CD Guitari Baro (Chrysalis) Bandcamp

12. Suntou Susso feat. Vieux Farka Toure : Joulou Fola from the CD Jaliya Silokang (Suntou Susso) Bandcamp

13. Murmurosi : U Nedilyu Rano from the CD Svitanok (Murmurosi) Bandcamp

14. Júlia Kozáková : Rumunska from the CD Manusa II ( CPL-Music) Bandcamp

15. Alula Down : High Germany from the DL Single (Tepid Toad) Bandcamp

16. John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris : The Willow Tree from the CD Live At The Wyeside (Squeezer) Website

17. The Haar : Star Of The County Down from the CD The Lost Day (Under The Eaves) Bandcamp

18. Nusantara Beat : Kalangkang from the CD Nusantara Beat (Glitterbeat) Bandcamp

19. Eje Eje : Oyun Çorbasi from the DL/LP Primordial Soup (Batov) Bandcamp

20. Lisa O'Neill : The Bleak Midwinter from the DL EP The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right (Rough Trade) Bandcamp

21. Winter Wonderband : The Darkest Midnight In December from the CD Joy Illimited (Winter Wonderband) Bandcamp

22. Tamsin Elliott : Turning Of The Year // The Meeting Tree (Live At Folkeast) from the CD The Meeting Tree (Penny Fiddle) Bandcamp

23. Muluqèn Mèllèssè : Bèné Mot from the CD Ethiopiques 31 : Muluqèn Mèllèssè (Buda) Website

24. Joseph Kamaru : Karolina from the CD Heavy Combination (Disciples Recordings) Bandcamp

25. La Cumbia Chicharra : El Gusto from the CD Quinto Mundo (Music Box) Website

26. Nuevos Rios : Sumba Ale from the DL Single (ZZK) Bandcamp

27. Aoife Ni Bhriain & Cormac McCarthy : Ducko from the CD Cosán Casta (Ceimíní Casta) Bandcamp

 

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Podwireless 279 November 2025

 

PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS 279 NOVEMBER 2025

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While I’ve got your attention, my recent book ALIEN WATER : Six Decades Paddling In Unpopular Music can be ordered from Ghosts From The Basement. Find it HERE.

 

1. (Intro) Ian A Anderson : Goblets & Elms from the CD Onwards (Ghosts From The Basement) Bandcamp

2. Roberta Gulisano : A Ccu Apparteni from the CD A Ccu Apparteni (Roberta Gulisano) Bandcamp

3. Saodaj : Adyé Véli from the CD Lodèr La Vi (Buda) Website

4. Lisa O'Neill : The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right from the DL EP The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right (Rough Trade) Bandcamp

5. The Thorn : Fountain from the DL Single (The Thorn) Bandcamp

6. Steve Gunn : Hadrian's Wall from the CD Daylight Daylight (No Quarter) Bandcamp

7. Jason Steel feat. Nancy Wallace : Polly On The Shore from the CD Hen's Teeth: Rarities 2008 - 2019 (Rif Mountain) Bandcamp

8. La Litanie Des Cimes & Mah Damba  : Jarabi from the CD Mah Under The Repetitive Skies (Cyclope) Bandcamp

9. Cheikh Lô : Bamba Moofi Djouli Guedj from the CD Maame (World Circuit) Website

10. Kerry Smith : Blood And Gold from the DL album When You Sing You Drive Away Grief (Kerry Smith) Bandcamp

11. Anna Ling : Nothing Is Lost from the CD Light (Anna Ling) Bandcamp

12. William Jack : Portocello from the CD This Old Cello Box Vol 2 (Rafferty) Bandcamp

13. Floating Sofa Quartet : Dragon from the CD Tides (GO Danish Folk Music) Website

14. Elin A Carys : Y Gwylliaid from the CD Stafell Sbar Sain: Työ Gwerin (Sain) Bandcamp

15. Le Vent Du Nord : Le Pari De Jeanne from the CD Voisinages (La Compagnie Du Nord) Bandcamp

16. Charles Sonko : Ani Atakyanifako from the LP/DL African Steel : Slide Guitar Classics 1953-1966 (Olvido) Bandcamp

17. Zig-Zag Band : Nyamutamba Newambwe from the LP/DL Chigiyo Music Kings 1987-1998 (Analog Africa) Bandcamp

18. The Kasambwe Brothers : Getu (Gertrude) from the CD The Kasambwe Brothers (MASS MoCa) Bandcamp

19. Laurel Premo : Aiwa from the DL album Laments (Laurel Premo) Bandcamp

20. Frankie Archer : The Demon Lover from the DL Single (Frankie Archer) Bandcamp

21. Veronica Varga : Feher Galamb from the CD True Picture (CPL Music) Website

22. Mishra & Deepa Shakthi : Kala Doria from the CD Turn O Spinning Wheel (Mishra Music) Bandcamp

23. Esther Swift : Hope from the DL Single (Esther Swift) Bandcamp

24. Los Originarios Del Plan : Hermosa Lupita (Beautiful Lupita) from the CD ¡Puritito Michoacán! (Smithsonian Folkways) Website

25. 11 Hours : January from the DL album Kyrgyzstan Sessions (11 Hours) Bandcamp

26. Alex Lord : Day Trip To Argentina from the CD EP Day Trip To Argentina (Alex Lord) Bandcamp

27. Hungrytown : Footprints from the DL Single (Big Stir) Bandcamp

28. United Bible Studies : Roar No More from the CD Strange Is The Coastline (Talking Elephant) Bandcamp

29. 'O Rom feat. Marcello Coleman : Pummarola from the CD Radio Rom (Phonotype) Bandcamp

30. Carley's Wreck And Ruin : In My Time Of Dying from the CD Single (Voodoo Shack) Bandcamp

31. Sokratis Sinopoulos & Yannis Kirimkiridis : Romanian Dance from the CD Topos (ECM) Website

 

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Podwireless 278 October 2025

PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS 278 OCTOBER 2025

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While I’ve got your attention, my recent book ALIEN WATER : Six Decades Paddling In Unpopular Music can be ordered from Ghosts From The Basement. Find it HERE 

1. (Intro) Ian A Anderson : Goblets & Elms from the CD Onwards (Ghosts From The Basement) Bandcamp

2. Salt House : Blackbird from the CD Scarrow (Hudson) Bandcamp

3. Kim Carnie : Hòro Bhodachain from the CD A' Chailleach (Càrn) Bandcamp

4. Radio Tarifa : Solea De Desamor from the CD La Noche (Buda) Web Site

5. Amira Kheir : Rabie Aljamal (Spring Of Wonder) from the CD Black Diamonds (Sterns) Bandcamp

6. Mikey Kenney : On A Blue Day from the CD Tiny Little Light (Penny Fiddle) Bandcamp

7. Anna Ling : Sun To The Bird from the CD Light (Anna Ling) Bandcamp

8. Ruth Hazleton : Rufford Park Poachers  from the CD Heronbones (Ruth Hazleton) Bandcamp

9. The Memory Band feat. Nancy Wallace : After Cowslips There Come Roses from the DL album Trackways Ancient & Modern (Hungry Hill) Bandcamp

10. Robert Plant : I Never Will Marry from the CD Saving Grace (Nonesuch) Web Site

11. Bob Dylan : One Too Many Mornings (Alt. Take) from the CD Mojo: The Complete Unknowns (Mojo) Web Site

12. Hedy West : The Davison-Wilder Blues from the CD box When Will They Ever Learn? (Cherry Red) Web Site

13. The Grateful Dead : Cold Rain And Snow from the CD box When Will They Ever Learn? (Cherry Red) Web Site

14. You Are Wolf & Friends : Lullaby For Siwar from the DL Single (You Are Wolf) Bandcamp

15. Billy Bragg : Hundred Year Hunger from the DL Single (Billy Bragg) Apple Music

16. Sirom : No One's Footsteps Deep In The Beat Of A Butterfly's Wings from the CD In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper (tak:til) Bandcamp

17. Cerys Hafana : Angel from the CD Angel (tak:til) Bandcamp

18. Ben McElroy : Wrens In The Wall from the DL EP Wrens In The Wall (Ben McElroy) Bandcamp

19. Leveret : Captain Driver's Delight / There And Back Again from the CD Lost Measures (Leveret) Bandcamp

20. Thalas : La Vie Saucy from the CD As It Comes (Trad Records) Bandcamp

21. Divanhana : Primitivo from the CD Radio Sevdah (CPL-Music) Web Site

22. Tuuletar : Hyvänyön loitsu from the DL Single (Nordic Notes) Apple Music

23. Joan Shelley : On The Gold And Silver from the CD Real Warmth (No Quarter) Bandcamp

24. Jon Wilks : All On A Solstice Night from the CD Needless Alley (Grizzly Folk) Bandcamp

25. Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage : Trouble In Mind from the CD The Strangers' Share (Sungrazing) Web Site

26. Khadija Jiijo Jeesto : Gabar Iyo Garoob (Girl And Divorcee) from the DL album 808 Xamar: Digital Somali Sounds From The Banaadiri Coast (Ostinato) Bandcamp

27. The Blind Guitar Player : Ungakhulumi from the LP African Steel - Slide Guitar Classics 1953-1966 (Olvido) Bandcamp

28. Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley : How Far from the CD Everything Possible (Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley) Bandcamp

29. Lonan : Sands Of Dover from the CD Oddy Locks (Lonan) Bandcamp

30. Woodlands Bäckafall : Hanter Dro from the CD Traditional Colours (Kakafon) Bandcamp

31. Annika Hammer : Vallåtar Efter Karin Grellsson from the CD Till Att Säga Hennes Namn (Kakafon) Web Site

32. The English Fiddle Ensemble : Pleasures Of Salisbury / Juniper Hill from the CD Engrained (Selwyn Music) Bandcamp

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Podwireless 277 September 2025

 

PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS 277 SEPTEMBER 2025

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While I’ve got your attention, my recent book ALIEN WATER : Six Decades Paddling In Unpopular Music can be ordered from Ghosts From The Basement. Find it HERE 

 

1. (Intro) Ian A Anderson : Goblets & Elms from the CD Onwards (Ghosts From The Basement) Bandcamp

2. Little Sparta : The Telling Of The Truth from the DL Single (Little Sparta) Bandcamp

3. Joan Shelley : Everybody from the CD Real Warmth (No Quarter) Bandcamp

4. Cheikh Lô : Baba Moussa BP 120 from the CD Maame (World Circuit) Website

5. Guitari Baro : Mamelles from the CD Guitari Baro (Chrysalis Global) Bandcamp

6. Marianne Faithfull : Sally Free And Easy from the CD Box set Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Universal/Proper) Webshop

7. Sam Carter : Tubal Cain from the DL Single (Captain) Bandcamp

8. Flaco Jimenez : La Piedrera from the LP Viva Seguin (Rogue) (out of print)

9. Brown Boots Boogie Band : J. B. Milne / Old Grey Cat from the CD Dancing Boots (Brown Boots) Bandcamp

10. Alice : Quand Je Serais Morte from the CD Châteaux Faibles (Bongo Joe) Bandcamp

11. Michael Hurley : Indian Chiefs And Hula Girls from the CD Broken Homes And Gardens (No Quarter) Bandcamp

12. TEUD : Òran Manitoba from the CD EP The Hebridean Fiddle Project (TEUD) Bandcamp

13. Mànran : Woah from the CD To The Wind (Mànran) Bandcamp

14. Senduki : A Bàllu from the CD Stranìa (Alfa Music) Website

15. Groove Factory : Champagnac from the CD Nexus (Absil One) Website

16. John Smith feat. Lisa Hannigan : Salty & Sweet (Revisited) from the CD Gatherings (John Smith) Website

17. Raphael Callaghan : Fish Deep In The Ocean from the CD Always In Arrears (Blue Cee) Website

18. Katie Spencer : Stranger from the CD What Love Is (Lightship) Bandcamp

19. Leveret : Trip To Tewkesbury / Hunger Hill from the CD Lost Measures (Leveret) Bandcamp

20. The Destroyers : Sandansko Horo from the CD Argonaut (The Destroyers) Bandcamp

21. Something Sleeps : Fishes from the CD Something Sleeps (Cuculi) Bandcamp

22. Ninebarrow : The Hour Of The Blackbird from the CD The Hour Of The Blackbird (Winding Track) Website

23. Meadowsuite : Rosamund The Fair from the CD Meadowsuite (Meadowsuite) Bandcamp

24. Clara Serra López : No Es Veneno from the DL EP Lengua Materna (Part I) (Real World X) Bandcamp

25. Luc Moindrané Karioudja : Bal Maï from the CD Mon Balo (La Compagnie 4000) Bandcamp

26. Alain Peters : Plime La Misère from the 2xLP/DL 2015-2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe (Bongo Joe) Bandcamp

27. Saha Gnawa feat. Nels Cline : Soudani Manayou from the LP/DL Saha Gnawa (Pique-Nique) Bandcamp

28. Jason Steel : I Watch You Go By, Love from the K7/DL Epping Forest Tapes One (Rif Mountain) Bandcamp

29. Plønk : Zwei Polonaisen from the CD Bridge Of Glass (Cetra) Bandcamp

30. Karen Marshalsay : Planxty No. 12 / To Dance About The Bailzeis Dubb from the CD Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us The Harp (Cramasie) Website

31. Kyle Carey : Latha Bha An Ridire Ag Òl from the CD The Last Bough (Americelta) Bandcamp

32. Maria Muldaur feat. Tuba Skinny : Funny Feathers from the CD One Hour Mama: The Blues Of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue) Bandcamp

33. Spöket i Köket : Bjagnes from the CD Grannlåt (Gammelthea) Website

 

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Podwireless 276 August 2025

 

PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS 276 AUGUST 2025

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Podwireless is available for free: it’s a labour of love and public service netcasting. If you would like to make a voluntary contribution to its running costs, see the Tip Jar link at the top of the column on the right or just go to https://www.paypal.me/unmanage !

While I’ve got your attention, my recent book ALIEN WATER : Six Decades Paddling In Unpopular Music can be ordered from Ghosts From The Basement. Find it HERE 

 

1. (Intro) Ian A Anderson : Goblets & Elms from the CD Onwards (Ghosts From The Basement) Bandcamp

2. Maria Muldaur : Organ Grinder Blues from the CD One Hour Mama (Nola Blue) Bandcamp

3. François & The Atlas Mountains feat. Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp : Revenant Du Nord from the DL Single (Bongo Joe/ Infiné) Bandcamp

4. Jason Steel : The Rose Of Old South Elmsall from the CD Studies Vol. 1 (Rif Mountain) Bandcamp

5. Jez Lowe : Taggerman from the CD Oubliette (Tantobie) Website

6. Värttinä : Kukkikindu from the CD Kyly (Rockadillo) Website

7. Anne-Mari Kivimäki feat. DagaDana : Muistellen from the DL/ LP Kotiin (Rockadillo) Website

8. The Rolling Stones & Steve Riley : Zydeco Sont Pas Salés from the CD A Tribute To The King of Zydeco (Valcour) Website

9. Taj Mahal & Keith Frank : Hey 'Tite Fille from the CD A Tribute To The King of Zydeco (Valcour) Website

10. Ruth Hazleton : The Returning (Selkie) from the DL single (Ruth Hazleton) Bandcamp

11. Chloe Matharu : A Sailor's Prayer from the DL Single (Chloe Matharu) Bandcamp

12. Youssou Ndour : MachaIIa from the CD Eclairer Le Monde – Light The World (Youssou N'Dour & TBI) Webshop

13. Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble : Miton Miton from the DL/LP Vive L'Amour (Rockadillo) Website

14. Mhairi Hall & David De La Haye : Garten II from the LP/DL Underwater Cairngorms (Hudson) Website

15. Hartwin : Lighthouse Pt. 2 from the CD This Is The Place (Trad Records) Website

16. Naragonia Quartet : We All Steal From Andy And We Love It from the CD Nehalennia (Trad Records) Website

17. Sirom : Hope In An All-Sufficient Space Of Calm from the CD In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper (tak:til) Bandcamp

18. Cerys Hafana : Helynt Ryfeddol from the CD Angel (tak:til) Bandcamp

19. Marianne Faithfull : Green Are Your Eyes from the 6CD Box set Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Universal/Proper) Webshop

20. Marianne Faithfull : She Moved Thru' The Fair from the 6CD Box set Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Universal/Proper) Webshop

21. Shane Parish : She Moves Through The Fair from the DL/LP Solo At Cafe OTO (Shane Parish) Bandcamp

22. Gwenifer Raymond : Jack Parsons Blues from the CD Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark (We Are Busy Bodies) Bandcamp

23. Poor Creature : Lorene from the CD All Smiles Tonight (River Lea) Bandcamp

24. Senduki : Malaspìna from the CD Stranìa (Alfa Music) Website

25. Betsy Renals : Game Of All Fours from the CD Catch Me If You Can (Veteran) Bandcamp

26. Shirley Collins : Hares On The Mountain (Fast Version) from the DL/ 7" single (Domino) Website

27. Orchestre De La Paillote : Kankan-Yarabi from the DL/ 2xLP Music For A Revolution Vol.1 (Radio Martiko) Bandcamp

28. Cheikh Ibra Fam : Xam Xam from the CD Adouma (Cumbancha) Website

29. Sekvoya : Snake Charmer from the DL EP Gathering Of Enchanted Herbs (Zero Nove Nove) Bandcamp

30. Groove Factory : Brumes - Nylon from the DL album Nexus (Absil One) Website

31. The Rowan Amber Mill : Join The Dance (For The Right To Roam) from the CD/DL single In Outer Space No One Can Hear You Morris (Millersounds) Bandcamp

32. Tucker Zimmerman : Walls Of Amsterdam from the CD Music By River Words By Ear (Big Potato) Bandcamp

33. Sheelanagig : Traveller from the CD St Congar's Walking Stick (Sheelanagig) Bandcamp

 

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