PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS 285 MAY 2026
As has been trailed for the past year in our monthly email newsletter, Podwireless is no longer uploaded to Podomatic (which also feeds other download sites like Apple and Google podcasts) because the cost is prohibitive. Most people are streaming on Mixcloud – that's the link above – and download numbers have fallen right off as a result. As Podwireless is advert free and produces no income other than listener contributions, we can't afford to subsidise it. Sorry.
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 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. Wakefire : Good As Gone from the CD Wakefire: A Summer Album (LM/Hudson) Bandcamp
3. Bahar Movahed : Together Yet Alone from the CD Together Yet Alone (Adhyâropa) Bandcamp
4. Souad Massi : 6 Heures Du Matin from the CD Zagate (Backing Track) Web Store
5. Tamikrest : Adagh Oyantid from the CD Assikel (Glitterbeat) Bandcamp
6. Tinariwen : Erghad Afewo from the CD Hoggar (Wedge) Bandcamp
7. Tucker Zimmerman : Lovers Of Beggar Street from the CD Dream Me A Dream (Big Potato) Bandcamp
8. Sam Grassie : Lighthouse Keeper from the CD Where Two Hawks Fly (Broadside Hacks) Bandcamp
9. Anna McLuckie : A Man With No Tide from the CD The Little Winters (Hudson) Bandcamp
10. Emily Portman : Let's Go For A Swim from the CD/ book Dominion Of Spells (Hudson) Bandcamp
11. Cocanha : La Majorana from the CD Flame Folclòre (Bongo Joe) Bandcamp
12. Tram : Tzatzalo from the CD Alligator (Les Entêtés) Web Store
13. Pagoda Project : Anti Foxhunters Jig from the CD Eddies (Pagoda Project) Bandcamp
14. Owen Spafford, Will Allen & Ben Filmer-Sankey : The Grand Hornpipe/ Radstock Jigge from the CD Sun In The Sands (Scribe) Bandcamp
15. Topette!! : Jigs – Waiting For Janet / Cavers Of Kirkcudbright from the CD Tazon (Topette!!) Bandcamp
16. Jason Steel : Marie Celeste On Down (Take 1) from the CD A Winter Prelude (Hobby Horse) Bandcamp
17. Jon Wilks : Blues Run The Game from the DL Single (Jon Wilks) Bandcamp
18. Hukwe Zawose Foundation : Baba Mwenda from the DL album Asili Ya Mama (Hukwe Zawose Foundation) Bandcamp
19. Mohamed Doumbia : Kende from the DL/LP Enregistrement Live No Limit Bamako (Sahel Sounds) Bandcamp
20. Nick Hart & Tom Moore : Polly Put the Kettle On from the DL album The Real Nursery Rhymes Project (Nick Hart) Website
21. Jackie Oates, Nick Hart & Tom Moore : Little Boy Blue from the DL album The Real Nursery Rhymes Project (Nick Hart) Website
22. Serious Sam Barrett : Down By The Rolling Tide from the DL Single (Crow Lane) Bandcamp
23. Old Spot : And Am I Born To Die from the CD Old Spot II (Scribe) Bandcamp
24. Kiki Cavazos : Hawthorne And Heartbreak from the DL/LP Goodbye Blues (Jalopy) Bandcamp
25. The Gathering Quartet : Hornpipe/ Halling Efter Spake / Skallen from the CD The Gathering Quartet (The Gathering Quartet) Bandcamp
26. Hytta Trio : Sølondo from the CD Vindespel (Krets) Web Store
27. Joshua Burnside : Nicer Part Of Town from the DL/LP It's Not Going To Be Okay (Nettwerk) Bandcamp
28. Tim Jones & Ben Morgan-Brown : Ramble Away from the CD EP Strange Greeting (Tim Jones Music) Bandcamp
29. Calle Mambo feat. Kumbia Boruka : Acordeon Rebelde from the DL Single (Calle Mambo) Website
30. Nuevos Rios : Sumba Ale from the DL/LP Nuevos Rios (ZZK) Bandcamp
31. Counter's Creek : March Hare Cherry Blossom from the CD My Treasured Land (OOB) Bandcamp
When you've had time to digest each Podwireless edition, I'd love to get your feedback on any tracks that have particularly caught your attention. At the end of the year when I do the "Best 50" albums I'll also publish the most nominated listeners' favourite discoveries. Let's say maximum three per show. (BUT note : if you're an artist or label, please don't take this as an invite to get friends & fans to spam me: it's boring and easily spotted!). Please email podwireless@outlook.com with Feedback! in the subject line.
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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 !
How to submit music for consideration for Podwireless: see the FAQ page.
