Podwireless 275 July 2025

 

PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS 275 JULY 2025

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

2. Spontus : Petit René from the CD Ar Lagad – Bleiz (Klam) Web Site

3. Votia : Identite from the CD Vie Kaz (Ajabu) Bandcamp

4. Suzy Thompson : Louise from the CD Suzy Sings Siebel Vol. 1 (Suzy Thompson) Bandcamp

5. Peter Rowan : Mississippi California from the DL album Tales Of The Free Mexican Airforce (There Records) Bandcamp

6. Me Lost Me : A Painting Of The Wind from the CD This Material Moment (Me Lost Me) Bandcamp

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

8. Hekate : Einarvollsgråen from the CD Evigheten Forestår (Heilo) Bandcamp

9. Duo Ruut : Hobusemäng from the CD Ilmateade (Duo Ruut) Web Site

10. Elena Baklava : Grozje from the CD Yorukluk (CPL-Music) Web Site

11. Jon Wilks & Ellie Gowers : Strung Out On The Line  from the CD Needless Alley (Jon Wilks) Bandcamp

12. Katie Spencer : Come Back And Find Me from the CD What Love Is (Katie Spencer) Bandcamp

13. Pivi & Les Balladins : Ka Noutea from the DL/ 2xLP Music For A Revolution Vol.1 (Radio Martiko) Bandcamp

14. Noura Mint Seymali : Guèreh from the CD Yenbett (Glitterbeat) Bandcamp

15. Amadou & Mariam : L'Amour À La Folie  from the DL single (Amadou & Mariam) Web Site

16. Tucker Zimmerman : The Crow from the CD A Feather Flies Out (Parsifal) Bandcamp

17. Cassie & Maggie : The Old Miner from the CD Gold & Coal (Cassie & Maggie) Bandcamp

18. Ward Dhoore : Slow Down from the CD It Was All Heart (Trad Records) Bandcamp

19. Yom x Ceccaldi : Sacred Lake from the DL Le Rythme Du Silence (Komos) "on all platforms" via Streaming Link

20. Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira : Bellechasse from the CD Here To Stay (Jocelyn & Ellen) Bandcamp

21. Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins : Saiko Dayo from the CD Esperança (Respect) Web Site

22. Peixe e Limão : Valse Di Mezzanotte from the CD Salta! (Muziekpublique) Bandcamp

23. Jim Causley : Annie Appleseed from the CD The Georgic (Hroc Music) Web Site

24. Donald WG Lindsay : The Meantime Song from the DL Two Boats Under the Moon (Donald WG Lindsay) Bandcamp

25. Kim Carnie feat. Seckou Keita : Òran na Bèiste Maoile from the DL single (Càrn) Bandcamp

26. Haris Pilton Balkan Voodoo Orchestra : Fiesta Tungusia from the DL Soon In Your Village (Asphalt Tango) Bandcamp

27. Shiran & Bakal : Alahudlak Yaba from the LP/DL Electro Baghdad (Batov) Bandcamp

28. Kaabi Kouyaté : Sara Foto from the CD Tribute To Kandia (Buda) Web Site

29. The Good Ones : Mediatrice, You Left This World Too Soon from the CD Rwanda Sings With Strings (Glitterbeat) Bandcamp

30. Benedicte Maurseth : Sommarbeite from the CD Mirra (Hubro) Web Site

 

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ALIEN WATER Soundtracks

 

 

Since my book Alien Water (see HERE) was published in March, there have been many comments from readers that it has sent them off down endless interweb wormholes searching for the music or musicians referred to in it. And I've had a steady stream of requests asking if I could put together an Alien Water Playlist.

Well, I started thinking about this – bearing in mind I will not endorse the evil Sp*tify – and quickly realised it was a task that would be very time consuming to do properly. But then, lightbulb moment! Back during the lockdown era a few years back I supplemented the usual monthly Podwireless programmes of new releases with some extra "specials", which between them pretty much cover a lot of that ground. So here are links to them all…

 

First up, a pair which I titled Deserted Island Discs

One of the benefits of the pandemic lockdowns – there had to be some! – was that they allowed more time for listening to old favourites, usually a rare luxury. So while it was quiet outside, I made two random and totally self-indulgent selections of music I've loved and accumulated down the years since discovering there were alternatives to the pop music heard on the radio when I was a young teenager.

Part 1

Part 2

 

 

 

Village Thing  50th 

unsurprisingly, marked the 50th anniversary of my Village Thing label which released some two dozen albums and a few singles from 1970 to 1974. It has a track from each.

Rogue Records 40th 

did the same for my label Rogue Records which ran from the early '80s through the '90s.

 

 

 

 

21st Century English Folk

was a two-parter presenting exactly what it says in the title – English folk music made since the millennium rebirth.

Part 1

Part 2

 

 

 

 

NoVoices England

A celebration of English instrumental music.

 

 

 

 

Euro Valentines

Another two-parter that celebrated the wonderful roots music of our neighbours, made at the time of the great Brexit disaster.

 

Koernercast

A 2020 celebration of the early years of one of my first musical heroes and lifelong friends, who sadly passed away in 2024.

 

 

 

 It's A Good Thing! – Country Blues Classics

40 solid gold pre-war country blues gems!

 

Jarabi– West African Women

20 wonderful tracks by the great women singers of West Africa, mostly from locally released cassettes.

 

My own music

I prefer not to play my own music in Podwireless programmes, but if you'd like to hear a sampling of the things I've done down the years, you can listen to – try before you buy! – the two recent career-spanning Onwards! compilations via Bandcamp.
Onwards! 1

Onwards! 2 

 

 

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