Podwireless 217 September 2020

PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS 217 SEPTEMBER 2020

1. (Sig) English Country Blues Band : The Italian Job from the CD Unruly (Weekend Beatnik) ghostsfromthebasement.bandcamp.com

2. Groupe RTD feat. Hassan Omar Houssein : Halkaasad Dhigi Magtiisa from the CD The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti (Ostinato) ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com

3. Qwanqwa : Ago from the CD Qwanqwa Vol 3 (FPE) fperecords.com

4. Sally Anne Morgan : Wagoner's Lad from the CD Thread (Thrill Jockey) thrilljockeyrecords.bandcamp.com

5. Fay Hield : Cruel Mother from the CD Wrackline (Topic) topicrecords.co.uk

6. Asa Martin : The Ship That Never Returned from the CD Wait Till The Clouds Roll By (Musical Traditions) mtrecords.co.uk

7. Harry Upton : The Ship That Never Returned from the CD Wait Till The Clouds Roll By (Musical Traditions) mtrecords.co.uk

8. Sandeep Das : Parvaaz E Noor (Flight Of Light) from the CD Delhi To Damascus (In A Circle) inacircle-records.com

9. Ammar 808 : Geeta Duniki from the CD Global Control / Invisible Invasion (Glitterbeat) glitterbeat.com

10. Emilyn Stam & John David Williams : Fern's Hill / Hannah's Crown from the CD Honeywood (Emilyn & John) emilynandjohn.com

11. Aquarela Oboman : Assanhado from the CD A Bela Vida (Buda/ Adlib) budamusique.com

12. Maskineri : Skob Konter from the CD Hopsa 101 (Go' Danish Folk Music) gofolk.dk

13. Khusugtun : Khayor Nutgiin Erkh from the CD Jangar (Buda) budamusique.com

14. Sairie : The House Of The Rising Sun from the DL album (Various Artists) Isolation & Rejection Vol.2 (Front & Follow) fandf.bandcamp.com

15. Alden Patterson & Dashwood and The Shackleton Trio : Tom Dooley from the DL Live EP (APD Shackleton) apdshackleton.bandcamp.com

16. Waterless Hills : Untidy from the DL album & Cass. Plague Road (Waterless Hills) waterlesshills.bandcamp.com

17. Alula Down : Searching For Lambs from the DL album Postcards From Godley Moor, Summer 2020 (Alula Down) aluladown.bandcamp.com

18. Cosmo Sheldrake : Nightingale Part 1 from the CD Wake Up Calls (Tardigrade) cosmosheldrake.com

19. Afel Bocoum : Dakamana from the CD Lindé (World Circuit) worldcircuit.co.uk

20. Tidiane Thiam : Dannibe from the DL album Siftorde (Sahel Sounds) sahelsounds.bandcamp.com

21. Jenny Sturgeon : The Group from the CD The Living Mountain (Hudson) hudsonrecords.co.uk

22. Stevie Palmer : James Watt's Perfect Engine from the CD We Become The Sunshine (Greentrax) greentrax.com

23. Rakoczy : Poor Old Horse from the CD Frontrunner (Talking Cat) rakoczymusic.co.uk

24. Pete Judge : Red Bank from the CD Piano 2 (Pete Judge) petejudgemusic.com

25. An Dro & Friends : Hieronymus Bosch Butt Music from the CD An Dro & Friends – Loose Change (Carolyn Koebel) carolynkoebel.bandcamp.com

26. Stick In The Wheel : Fake Away from the CD Hold Fast (From Here) stickinthewheel.bandcamp.com

27. Lunatraktors : 16,000 Miles from the CD EP Bonefires (TPR) lunatraktors.bandcamp.com

28. Osuwa Taiko feat. Masahiko Sato : Midare No Mai-Sousoku Suwa Ikazuchi from the CD Suwa Ikazuchi (Ratspack) ratspack.com

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Podwireless Koernercast Revisited

PLAYLINK: PODWIRELESS KOERNERCAST REVISITED

KOERNERCAST: 1963 – 1972: Spider John’s Lost Decade

(EDITED INTRO) Let me tell you about my old friend and great hero Spider John Koerner, who sadly passed away in 2024. After the early 1970s he changed to doing a unique, informal bar-room thing to classic American folk songs, but in the previous decade to that, he evolved his personal approach to music on mostly original songs inspired by the old blues guys, with one of the most individual and funky guitar styles you could ever want to hear.

He was one of the best live performers of the 1960s, visiting England regularly where his fans not only included teenage oiks like me who followed him round everywhere, but musicians like the Beatles and David Bowie. In the States, it’s people like Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt who give him the credit.

Way back in 1963, John was part of a trio with guitarist Dave Ray and harmonica player Tony Glover whose first album Blues, Rags & Hollers on a small label got picked up by the legendary Elektra Records. Over the next decade there were eventually three Koerner, Ray & Glover albums, a solo Elektra one called Spider Blues, a few live recordings that never saw the light of day until quite recently, a folk rock single that’s as rare as hen’s teeth, a duo album with pianist Willie Murphy, and finally one more handmade solo LP for Dave Ray’s Sweet Jane label before he famously gave up music and moved abroad.

When he returned a year or two later, he’d had a lightbulb moment and changed his repertoire to the American folk song book. From then on he tended to disown his earlier recordings as being too immature lyrically and too flashy musically. He probably cursed me for exhuming this podcast playlist from his first decade of recording that I originally put together in 2013. But he remained one of American roots music’s national treasures and you still need to hear this early stuff!

You can read a big – and I do mean big – feature on him here.

1. Crazy Fool from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album Lots More Blues, Rags & Hollers (Elektra) 1963

2. Hangman from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album Blues, Rags & Hollers (Elektra) 1963

3. Creepy John from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album Blues, Rags & Hollers (Elektra) 1963

4. Low Down Rounder from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album Blues, Rags & Hollers (Elektra) 1963

5. Too Bad Blues from the Spider John Koerner album March 1963 (Nero's Neptune) 1963

6. My Little Woman from the Various Artists compilation album The Blues Project (Elektra) 1963

7. Black Dog from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album Lots More Blues, Rags & Hollers (Elektra) 1963

8. Duncan And Brady from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album Lots More Blues, Rags & Hollers (Elektra) 1963

9. I Want To See My Baby from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album The Return Of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Elektra) 1965

10. England Blues from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album The Return Of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Elektra) 1965

11. Goin' To The Country from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album The Return Of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Elektra) 1965

12. You've Got To Be Careful from the Koerner, Ray & Glover album The Return Of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Elektra) 1965

13. Good Luck Child from the Spider John Koerner album Spider Blues (Elektra) 1965

14. Spider Blues from the Spider John Koerner album Spider Blues (Elektra) 1965

15. Corrina from the Spider John Koerner album Spider Blues (Elektra) 1965

16. Ramblin' & Tumblin' from the Spider John Koerner album Spider Blues (Elektra) 1965

17. Baby, Don't Come Back from the Spider John Koerner album Spider Blues (Elektra) 1965

18. Need A Woman from the Spider John Koerner album Spider Blues (Elektra) 1965

19. Don't Stop from the Spider John Koerner 45 (Elektra UK) 1966

20. Wont You Give Me Some Love from the Spider John Koerner 45 (Elektra UK) 1966

21. Stagger Lee from a Spider John Koerner concert recording Live At The Ash Grove (unreleased) 1967

22. Rock Me from a Spider John Koerner concert recording Live At The Ash Grove (unreleased) 1967

23. I Ain't Blue from the Spider John Koerner & Willie Murphy album Running Jumping Standing Still (Elektra) 1969

24. Running Jumping Standing Still from the Spider John Koerner & Willie Murphy album Running Jumping Standing Still (Elektra) 1969

25. Everybody's Goin' For The Money from the Spider John Koerner album Music Is Just A Bunch Of Notes (Sweet Jane) 1972

26. Taking My Time from the Spider John Koerner album Music Is Just A Bunch Of Notes (Sweet Jane) 1972

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Podwireless 216 August 2020

PLAYLINK: PODWIRELESS 216 AUGUST 2020

1. (Sig) English Country Blues Band : The Italian Job from the CD Unruly (Weekend Beatnik) ghostsfromthebasement.bandcamp.com

2. The Rheingans Sisters : The Yellow Of The Flowers from the CD Receiver (Bendigedig) bendigedig.org

3. Rachel Newton : Maid By The Shore from the CD To The Awe (Shadowside) rachelnewtonmusic.com

4. iLe : Desde Aqu’ from the DL album Almadura (Sony Latin) ilevitable.com

5. Perotá Chingó : Rumba De Cahuita from the CD Walter Ferguson – 100 Years Of Calypso (Danza Y Movimiento) danzaymovimiento.com

6. Shirley Collins : Sweet Greens And Blues from the CD Heart's Ease (Domino) dominomusic.com

7. The Vox Hunters : Fresh From The Board from the CD Fresh From The Board (The Vox Hunters) thevoxhunters.com

8. Oumou Sangaré : Mali Niale [Acoustic] from the CD Acoustic (No Format!) noformat.net

9. Sidi Bemol : Win Darek from the CD Chouf! (CSB) sidibemol.com

10. Lauren MacColl : MacGregor Of Roro's Lament from the CD Landskein (Make Believe) laurenmaccoll.co.uk

11. Rura : Catriona's from the CD Live At The Old Fruit Market (Rura) rura.co.uk

12. Little Sparta : Two Shores from the CD Lost Boat Party (Little Sparta) littlesparta.bandcamp.com

13. Kate Rusby : If I Had A Boat from the CD Hand Me Down (Pure) katerusby.com

14. Paul Armfield : I'm Not Here from the CD Domestic (Paul Armfield) paularmfield.com

15. Lau : Lord Yester from the CD Live Series 1.0 (Reveal) laumusic.bigcartel.com

16. Ray Cooper : The Beast from the CD EP The Beast (Westpark) raycooper.org

17. Amira Medunjanin : Sÿto Te Vecÿeras Nema from the CD For Him And Her (Croatia) amiramedunjanin.com

18. L'Attirail : La Passoire De Malatesta from the CD Footsteps In The Snow (Les Chantieres Sonores) http://www.lattirail-groupe.com

19. Minyo Crusaders & Frente Cumbiero : Cumbia Del Monte Fuji from the CD EP Minyo Cumbiero (From Tokyo To Bogota) (Mais Um) maisumdiscos.bandcamp.com

20. Diana Jones : I Wait For You from the CD Song To A Refugee (Proper) dianajonesmusic.com

21. Cinder Well : Old Enough from the CD No Summer (Free Dirt) freedirt.net

22. Iona Fyfe : Johnnie o' Breadisley from the digital EP Ballads Vol.1 (Iona Fyfe) ionafyfe.com

23. Catherine Tinney : Ho Rò Chan Eil Cadal Orm from the CD TMSA Young Trad Tour 2019 (TMSA) http://www.tmsa.scot

24. Anakronos : Maria Decoquit Panem Salvificum from the CD The Red Book Of Ossory (Heresy) heresyrecords.com

25. Laura Henton : I Can Tell The World About This from the CD The Rough Guide To The Roots Of Gospel (World Music Network) worldmusic.net

26. Mother McCollum : Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane from the CD The Rough Guide To The Roots Of Gospel (World Music Network) worldmusic.net

27. Sylvie Simmons : Nothing from the CD Blue On Blue (Compass) compassrecords.com

28. Sairie : The Trembling Earth from the CD EP Trembling Earth (Sairie) sairie.bandcamp.com

29. Myles Cochran : It's Like This from the digital EP My Own Devices (9Ball) mylescochran.bandcamp.com

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Podwireless Archive Summer 2010

PLAYLINK: PODWIRELESS ARCHIVE SUMMER 2010

For those of you who (like me) are still preferring to stay in, here's a mid-month special featuring two programmes that were first heard on the interweb in June and July 2010 during Podwireless’s earlier incarnation as fRoots Radio.

1. (Sig) English Country Blues Band : The Italian Job from the CD Unruly (Weekend Beatnik) ghostsfromthebasement.bandcamp.com

2. Spirit Talk Mbira feat. Chartwell Dutiro : Zunde from the CD Dendere Ngoma (own label) from amazon.co.uk

3. Salma : Yanas Baridouh from the CD Egypt Noir (Piranha) piranha.de

4. The Abramson Singers : Trucker's Prayer from the CD The Abramson Singers (White Whale) leahabramson.com

5. The Wraiths : Welcome, Stranger, To This Place from the CD Welcome, Stranger, To This Place (Idyllic) thewraiths.co.uk

6. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal : Chamber Music from the CD Chamber Music (No Format) noformat.net

7. Toumani Diabate & Symmetric Orchestra : Kaira from the CD Shake The Whole World (Ki/Oon) kioon.com

8. The Demon Barbers : Rise Up from the CD Captain Ward (DBS) thedemonbarbers.co.uk

9. Michael McGoldrick : Mackerel And Tatties from the CD Aurora (Vertical) verticalrecords.co.uk

10. UNITE : Van Dieman's Land from the CD A Gathering Of Strangers (Mule Satellite) transglobalunderground.net

11. Etoile De Dakar : Dounya from the CD Once Upon A Time In Dakar (Stern's) sternsmusic.com

12. Abelardo Carbona Y Su Conjunto : Palenque from the CD Palenque Palenque (Soundway) soundwayrecords.com

13. Emily Portman : Stick Stock from the CD The Glamoury (Furrow) emilyportman.co.uk

14. Serafina Steer : Shut Up Shop from the CD Change Is Good Change Is Good (Static Caravan) staticcaravan.org

15. Omar Souleyman : Kell Il Banat Inkhatban from the CD Jazeera Nights (Sublime Frequencies) sublimefrequencies.com

16. Konono No.1 : Makembe from the CD Assume Crash Position (Crammed) crammed.be

17. Andy Cutting : Uphill Way from the CD Andy Cutting (Lane) andy-cutting.co.uk

18. Freddy De Majunga & Master Mwana Congo : Viens Danser from the LP Les 2 As (ANC)

19. Sweet Talks : Akampanye from the CD The Kussum Beat (Soundway) soundwayrecords.com

20. Hindi Zahra : Imik Si Mik from the CD Handmade (Blue Note) hindi-zahra.com

21. Martha Mavroidi : Ballada from the CD O Kipos Tis Rila (We Saw) marthamavroidi.com

22. Spider John Koerner : Stewball from the CD Stargeezer (Red House) redhouserecords.com

23. Rory McLeod : My Better Half from the CD Swings And Roundabouts (Talkative Music) rorymcleod.com

24. Escoriza : Tangos Cumbia from the CD Mirando P'l Este (Fromdaguetto) from amazon.co.uk

25. Manuel Alvares Y Sus Dangers : Esclavo Moderno from the CD Palenque Palenque (Soundway) soundwayrecords.com

26. Muharrem Ertas : Deniz Dalgasiz Olmaz from the CD Basimda Altin Tacim (Kalan) en.kalan.com

27. Paban Das Baul : Gopon Prem (Secret Love) from the CD Music Of The Honey Gatherers (Riverboat) worldmusic.net

28. Cath & Phil Tyler : Our Captain Cried from the CD The Hind Wheels Of Bad Luck (No-Fi) cathandphiltyler.bandcamp.com

29. Katie Rose : In The Pines from the CD fol-de-rose (The Rose Window) therosewindow.org

30. Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson : Bunch Of Thyme from the CD Gift (Topic) topicrecords.co.uk

31. Cheikh Lô : Il N'Est Jamais Trop Tard from the CD Jamm (World Circuit) worldcircuit.co.uk

32. Orchestre National De Barbes : Jarahtini-Marbha-Jibouhali from the CD Rendez Vous Barbès (Le Chant Du Monde) lechantdumonde.com

33. Hosam Hayek : Dance Of The Bird from the CD Stranger In My Homeland (Doublemoon) from amazon.co.uk

 

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Podwireless 215 July 2020

PLAYLINK: PODWIRELESS 215 JULY 2020

1. (Sig) English Country Blues Band : The Italian Job from the CD Unruly (Weekend Beatnik) ghostsfromthebasement.bandcamp.com

2. Mekons : Buried Treasure from the CD Exquisite (Mekorpse) mekorpse.bandcamp.com

3. Bab L’ Bluz : Oudelali from the CD Nayda! (Real World) realworldrecords.com

4. Jackie Oates & John Spiers : Death And The Lady from the CD Needle Pin, Needle Pin (Oates & Spiers) jackieoatesandjohnspiers.bandcamp.com

5. The Wilderness Yet : A Bruton Farmer from the CD The Wilderness Yet (The Wilderness Yet) thewildernessyet.com

6. Fiolministeriet : Kan Du Drømme Med Mig from the CD Et Nyt Liv (Go’ Danish Folk Music) gofolk.dk

7. Trio Bacana : Transatlântikèr from the CD Transatlântikèr (Klam) klam-records.com

8. Caroline Keane : The Nightingale / The Rock On The Clyde / The Jig Of Port Fleadh from the CD Shine (Caroline Keane) carolinekeanemusic.com

9. Kevin Henderson & Neil Pearlman : Sjovald from the CD Burden Lake (Sungaet) kevinandneil.com

10. La Gallera Social Club : Mariposa De Mucubaji from the CD Tropico Salvaje (Tortuga) lagallerasocialclub.com

11. The Mavericks : Poder Vivir from the CD En Español (Mono Mundo) themavericksband.com

12. La Banda Morisca : Tres Morillas from the CD Gitara Mora (Producciones Monfíes) labandamorisca.com

13. Twelfth Day : Deep Dark Beast (Radio Edit) from the single (Twelfth Day) twelfthdaymusic.com

14. Chalk Horse Music : Hegemony from the CD Hegemony (Chalk Horse Music) chalkhorsemusic.com

15. Kalasfolket : Kallkällspolska from the CD Kalasfolket (Branda Taket) kalasfolket.se

16. Evritiki Zygia : Nuxtec from the CD Ormenion (Teranga Beat) terangabeat.com

17. Menace d’Éclaircie : Kenavo Tino from the CD Finish Your Patates And Take Your Converses (Klam) klam-records.com

18. The Silver Field : Day Flowers from the CD Sing High! Sing Low! (Crossness) thesilverfield.bandcamp.com

19. The Rowan Amber Mill : Black Is The Colour (Single Edit) from the CD Among The Gorse To Settle Scores (Miller Sounds) millersoundslabel.bandcamp.com

20. Brendan Ring & Bernard O’Neill : The Way from the CD An tSli (Long Tale Recordings) longtalerecordings.com

21. Green Gartside : The Tangled Man from the CD The Tangled Man (Rough Trade) roughtrade.com

22. Z Cercis Nesim : Ballet Me Sadefe Korçarçe from the CD Songbirds – Albanian Music From 78s, 1924-1948 (JSP) jsprecords.com

23. Riza Bylbyli : Korba O Çeço from the CD Songbirds – Albanian Music From 78s, 1924-1948 (JSP) jsprecords.com

24. Tirana-Tirona AllStars : Ulu Mal Te Dali Hone from the LP Tirana 100 (Arte Foundation)

25. George Sansome : Gown Of Green from the CD George Sansome (Grimdon) georgesansome.co.uk

26. Jon Wilks : Tell Old Bill from the single (Jon Wilks) jonwilks.bandcamp.com

27. Mascarimiri : Zimba Revoluction from the CD NOU? (Mascarimiri) mascarimiri.bandcamp.com

28. Teres Aoutes String Band : La Nite Di Sourchire from the CD Courenta Cadillac (W Music) teresaoutestringband.com

29. Fiddlin’ John Carson : The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane from the CD Wait Till The Clouds Roll By (Musical Traditions) mtrecords.co.uk

30. Walter Pardon : The Little Old Log Cabin Down The Lane from the CD Wait Till The Clouds Roll By (Musical Traditions) mtrecords.co.uk

31. 3’Ain : Yana Bikes from the CD 3’ain (Choux De Bruxelles) choux.net

32. Collectress : Landing from the CD Different Geographies (Peeler) collectress.bandcamp.com

33. Siti Muharam : Sikitiko from the CD Siti Of Unguja (On The Corner) sitimuharam.bandcamp.com

34. Karkum Project : Earth Mother (Song For A New World) from the single (Karkum Project) karkumproject.it

35. The Rolling Ramshackle Revue : Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts from the single (Dusty Willow) rollingramshacklereview.bandcamp.com

36. Dirk Powell : Ain’t Never Fell from the CD When I Wait For You (Vertical) verticalrecords.co.uk

37. Marie Fielding : Aran Islands from the CD The Spectrum Project (Rumford) mariefieldingmusic.com

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