Oh Frabjous Day!

Wonderful stuff for us fans of traditional and roots music ..

.. will be right back

xx

Morning All,

Another chilly one oop 'ere.

Good Tradition - Tanita Tikaram
Going back to my roots - Odyssey

Manybes laters

A.

Good Morning Simon and Poppeteers

Whoopee! I saw Don McLean in Edinburgh in 1982 and he was fantastic. No frills - just Don and a bass guitarist on stage. What a talent.

Good Tradition - Tanita Tikaram

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets

How about:

ROOTS by Show of Hands

BACK TO MY ROOTS by Odyssey

GOOD TRADITION by Tanita Tikaram

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY by Level 42 (wah!)

~X~

Your comming 'up north' !
WELCOME to our fair corner of the globe dear Drivetime. We promise to treat you well and have you returned in time formorrow's edition back in the 'big smoke'
My oldie suggestion is:-
GOOD TRADITION - TANITA TIKARAM
~gill~

Naturally ....

ROOTS - SHOW OF HANDS

THE GOOD OLD WAY - THE WATERSONS

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY - LEVELLERS



:^D

Would today be a good day to play the gorgeous:

OLD AND WISE by the Alan Parson's Project

~X~

Top of the mornin' to ya - and hello bloggers, For tradition I am going to mention ♫Whiskey In The Jar♫ by The Dubliners - Ken Bruce mentioned it on his show and I did my research: Irish traditional song and Thin Lizzy covered the well known version.

Back in a wee bit...

Another couple before I need to leave

Let's Get Married - The Proclaimers

And one that sounds like a traditional playground game:

Brown Girl In The Ring - Bony M

Have a great day and catch you later

Shona x

Hi Simon and everyone

Hope those having sad times at moment have better ones soon.

Congrats on all menshes last night including Florence ( Co menshee) for Twist & Shout) Thank you for my doubler Simon...I downloaded the YES track last night to iphone and am chuffed to chuffies!

Now down to business:

1. GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS - Odyssey
2. GOOD TRADITION - Tanita Takiram
3. BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES - Love Affair
4. GET BACK - The Beatles
5. HISTORY - Michael Jackson
6. HISTORY - Mai Tai
7. SUMMER HOLIDAY - Cliff Richard

Back after a think.

Have lovely days.

Mandy ;)

Good Morning again -

Suggestions -

HOMEWARD BOUND - Simon & Garfunkel

EL CONDOR PASA - Simon & Garfunkel

YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW - Beatles

THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY - Dubliners

WALY WALY - Eva Cassidy

I guess if you're going back to your roots, then you are:

HOMEWARD BOUND by Simon and Garfunkel

Billie - from yesterday's blog: Thanks!

S'pose I'd better get on with some work then - don't feel much like it today though.

~X~

Simon - good to hear you've joined that exclusive club - Penguin Eggs. I had it on the original vinyl. I met Nic and family through my now late husband and we lived very near them when they were out on the Fens. But that means that we were there when Nic had that terrible accident which changed all our lives so drastically. The fact that he can get up and perform again is a source of much happiness. Is Little Pot Stove one of the most evocative and heart-warming songs ever written?

TRADITION - from Fiddler on the Roof

Morning,

Going back to my roots, odyssey

Folkys Folk Faced - Ocean Colour Scene

The Rare Auld times - The Dubliners

Roots - Show of hands

Holding back the years - Simply Red

History - Cast

Good Tradition - Tanita Tikaram

NEVER FORGET - Take That (Wah!)

GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS ~ Odyssey

GOOD TRADITION ~ Tanita Tikaram

RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM ~ Maxine Nightingale

FIRST SONG ~ Ralph McTell

LIVING IN THE LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE - Paul Young

Good morning SImon, Team, NYM and fellow blogpoppets!

I will eat my hat with the green ribbon round it if Tanita Tikaram fails to get a play!

My suggestion:

ROOTS - Bob Marley

Back in a bit.

SON OF MY FATHER - Chicory Tip

THE OLD SONGS - Bazza

Good Morning All :)

I have also come to appreciate, and cherish folk music in recent years through listening to Mike Hardings show. Of course, folk music has always been in my life, even if I didn't truly realise it, as many popular songs have come from folk roots and traditional music. I'll be looking forward to tonights show :)

Oldie suggestions...

IRISH HEARTBEAT - VAN MORRISON & THE CHIEFTANS

DOWN TO THE RIVER TO PRAY - ALISON KRAUSS

MY HOMETOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND - WOODIE GUTHRIE or BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

An extra 30 minutes?

Whoop whoop!

Morning all, thanks for the comments about my experience on the Levels last evening. I have to take that route again today and hope its all cleared up, however, I am going to gear up with black bags if not and attempt to clear it if it hasn't already gone, although the RSPB were certainly very helpful and said that they would be straight onto it.

Thoughts are with Alex and Deebee and anyone else going through difficult times right now.

Off to have a thunk about tradition etc...

MTF :)

THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW - ABC

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - Carpenters

Morning all nippy and frosty in the far west,
so sorry to hear about the swans- am a member of CWT here- got lots of swans and kestrel pic on my website but can't post that here- RUles are Rules! MTF do you need any ship sightings today? Can't think of any folky tunes except All around my Hat- one for KatyM! Sun shining here but too frosty to hang out the sheets.

Simon, you asked if any of us have seen the Dubliners or Don McLean.... I saw Don McLean in Edinburgh a couple of days before he was at Glastonbury, back in the summer. His daughter Jackie was on stage with him and she sang a couple of songs on her own as well as joining in with American Pie. I probably shouldn't have filmed him really, but I kept my camera low down so as not to disturb anyone!

American Pie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ODX0_9dKg

Vincent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxXB9u4vYTQ

Don's daughter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8xdMRU421E

Good Tradition - Tanita Tikaram
Roots - Show of Hands (awesome Devon folk group)
Baba O Riley - The Who
Digging your scene - Blow Monkeys
An Englishman in New York - Sting
Zombie - The Cranberries
El Condor Pasa _ Simon and Garfunkel
This is your land - Simple Minds
Kitty Jay - Seth Lakeman (Our local celeb!)

It's very short -


CAN YOU TAKE ME BACK WHERE I CAME FROM? - Beatles

I forgot to include this song clip with the other three in #25 above....
Don McLean and his daughter singing together 'Are You Lonesome Tonight' and he explained that she's not a singer but she likes to sing in the kitchen at home!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dcf0pvQSjM

I saw The Dubliners in the 70s ... definitely in London but can't recall where. Luke Kelly was still with them - an awesome voice and talent, particularly on the fast-paced slip jig ...

THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN - THE DUBLINERS

... [a tricky rhythm on the bodhrán as I found out on Monday].

COUNTRY ROADS - Olivia NJ

MY LITTLE TOWN - Simon & Garfunkel

Hi Surfergirl.

What can you offer? I can only see one here at the moment. A nice green cargo ship from the Netherlands, bound for Newport.

MTF :)

#24 Hi SurferGirl and thanks for the Steeleye Hat song - and hope your new moniker still suits. Try posting your pics - you may be surprised at what is allowed to remain!
:^)

TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER

#29 Katy.... you mentioned Rocky Road to Dublin... here's Christy Moore singing it a few months ago, and he's also playing the instrument you played the other night.... did you play the same song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKuhFD7ZMoo

Take me back to the black hills, the black hills of Dakota - Doris Day.

MTF :)

And I'm back ... I've gone down the root of family so what about: Sister Sledge - We are family or The Pogues' Fairy Tale of New York traditionally sung at Christmas time. Anyway, have a good day.

(I THINK I'M ) GOING BACK = DUSTRY SPRINGFIELD

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - JOAN BAEZ or THE BAND

Morning all

I'll try...

Roots Radical - Jimmy Cliff.

Apart from 'Roots' I'd love to hear some of the other crowd-pleasers from Show of Hands:

COUSIN JACK - SHOW OF HANDS

COUNTRY LIFE - SHOW OF HANDS


... and on today's theme -

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES - FAIRPORT CONVENTION [SANDY DENNY]

EVERY END HAS A START - EDITORS

WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW - NICK CAVE & KYLIE

Green green grass of home - Tom Jones.

THIS IS US - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris

You know who I am - Leonard Cohen.

Good morning everyone...........especially the NYM who ended my mensh drought last night......thank you........................................oldies today....................

COMING AROUND AGAIN - CARLY SIMON.................'nothing stays the same..........'

LIVING IN THE PAST - JETHRO TULL

IN THE SAME OLD WAY - JIMMY DEAN

I LOVE YOU IN THE SAME OLD WAY - PAUL ANKA

MR BOJANGLES - SAMMY DAVIS JR or DON McLEAN recorded a version

Hope everyone has a better day today...........................................................

Dougal x...................................................................................................

Morning Simon, team, NYM, and foot-stomping bloggers,

Late today, I have a note. And I'll catch up in my lunchhour, I promise.

Sorry to hear about your sad swan story, MT, thanks for playing GT&T and sorry for ignoring your suggestion, Billie, and happy to swap any day, Surfergirl.

Let's get down to business.

I'm going for more of a folky focus on today's theme, starting with a recycled tune from yesterday:

HARD TIMES OF OLD ENGLAND - Steeleye Span

or

THE BLACKSMITH - Steeleye Span

or most things by Steeleye Span would fit tonight's show!

NORTH COUNTRY BOY - Lindisfarne

or for somebody with no roots..

NOWHERE MAN - Beatles

Good day all

JBG

Hi John.

'Now' I know what you mean by the basket ;)

*gender alert*

I hope our bloke bloggers can see today's theme ...

... missing you HarryTS, [JohnB- just spotted you], PauloS, KenJ, Kevin, Glenn, Driver, Alan, AndyTov, AndyWharf, Spitfire, Brandon, SimonW ... AND anyone else I haven't mentioned ..

Lets hear it for the boys ;)

Ay up me ducks,

Thought I'd go with a traditional greeting from round these parts. My trad tunes:

'English Rose' - The Jam
'That's Just The Way It Is' - Bruce Hornsby
'Once In A Lifetime' - Talking Heads ("Same as it ever was....")
'Lonely Boy' - Andrew Gold
'Son Of My Father' - Chicory Tip
'Happy Hour' - The Housemartins

Tara for now,

N xx

Come on chaps!

#34 Can't follow links from where I am at the moment, Florence.
I expect it is the very same traditional song that Christy is singing - a popular choice and like many performers, he also beats along on the bodhrán. Actually, the song itself is so well known it qualifies for its own Wikipage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Road_to_Dublin

:^)

Talking of chaps.... I wonder how Gazza is doing... I hope he's OK!

Hello MTF, Hope you had a good trip, and didn't get stuck in the snow. So, did you succumb to the basket?! We're regulars, trundling backwards and forwards. My MIL is on first name terms with the hostesses, Donna and Linda!

Katy - nice bit of drum banging! Was feeling a bit isolated. Might have to join in the discussions about John Barrowman.

Good Morning Each!

'We Built This Village On A Trad. Arr. Tune' by Half Man Half Biscuit. (Will probably need the assistance of a couple of judiciously placed bleeps, but hey, it'd be worth it)

That'll do!
After all, if Andy Kershaw thinks that HMHB are "Englands greatest folk band", that must be correct. Mustn't it?

Hello ladies ..... (and any gents that are already on board today!)

Been busy the last few days so not been on much, but have been lurking. Thanks for thinking of us chaps :)

Well done Dougle and Alex, heard your menshees on the show yesterday.

A few choons from me ...

THOSE WERE THE DAYS - MARY HOPKIN

SON OF YOUR FATHER - ELTON JOHN

TAKE ME BACK TO CHICAGO - CHICAGO

Will try a poop back later, promise!

GoD

Good morning everyone.

Apologies for tardiness. Nice to be missed Katy :0)

Nothing much to add to the great choices above (Show of Hands' "Roots" must be a shoo-in?) but something from Dougie MacLean would be welcome (CALEDONIA perhaps?). Has he ever been played on DT?

I think tonight's show is my favourite one of the whole year so the drive home has to be timed to perfection to arrive just as the 6 o'clock news starts with a few minutes to get indoors

Be back later if I can think of some way to contribute.

(That was me!)

A most excellent trip thanks John. We had a male host/ess? on the way out and a Lady called Chris with a driver also called Chris on the way back.

I didn't succumb to the basket as went with supplies of my own, which stayed securely hidden in my bag for the entire journey after discovering their rules a little too late.

The trip out of London and back down the M5 was a hairy one, the driver was literally ploughing through the snow and there were a few concerned passengers on board, yes even the jovial Arsenal fans did query the speed and conditions with the hostess, but she assured them that we were safe.

I would definitely travel that way again though and am hoping for better conditions for my next trip.

I'll look out for Donna and Linda :)

Morning All,

'Your Town' Deacon Blue

Have a good day everybody

Be careful, Simon! It may be a cunning ploy by the BBC to entice you to the north and keep you there, alongside your Five Live comrades!
GOOD TRADITION by TANITA TIKARAM.
ROOTS ROCK REGGAE by BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
ROCK ME AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN by LYN COLLINS

May as well - it'll get a play one of these days [it did reach No 19 in the UK chart in 1993]



IS IT LIKE TODAY? - WORLD PARTY


... asking the question 'How did it come to this?' as written and performed by Karl Edmond De Vere Wallinger - so sort of relevant.


_____________________________________________________________________________

Hello boys!

:^D

Finding this topic just a tad difficult to nail.

There is a tradition which says that if it rains on St Swithuns day it will continue for 40 days which would take it almost up to September so..
IT MIGHT AS WELL RAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER - CAROL KING
(I'll get my coat)

And how about.......................................................................................

MY HOMETOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

THOSE WERE THE DAYS - DOLLY PARTON

BACK IN TIME - KEANE

LIVING YEARS - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS

HOMEWARD BOUND - SIMON & GARFUNKEL

STEP BACK IN TIME - KYLIE MINOGUE.............sorry.........................

Me done for now..................................................................................

Dougal x..................................................................................................

#61 Vildeen... St Swithen's Day? Have I missed something? ;o))

A few more oldie suggestions...

THE WILD ROVER - THE POGUES/THE DUBLINERS

SCARBOROUGH FAIR - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

I'LL TAKE YOU HOME, KATHLEEN - JOSEF LOCKE

Okay one more from me - some inspiration from your blog Simon - Don Mclean's ♫American Pie♫ is a traditonal American anthem.

Bye for now...

The Scientist - Coldplay (Oh, take me back to the start)

'Sweet Home Alabama' Lynyrd Skynyrd

Going Home - Theme from Local Hero.

Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.

Years may come, years may go - Hermans Hermits :)

hi there all, well bit distracted at present -parents' car awaiting towtruck
from Illminster Somerset all way back to Reading area. And it's poor dad's birthday tomorrow they will attempt second outing of Cornish trip tomorrow. Possible go slow on A30 traffic peeps....

MTF, I love your Herman's Hermits' suggestion... hope it gets played!

Does anyone have a list of the Folk Awards' nominations for tonight, please? I'm a fan of Emily Smith and her husband Jamie McClennan, having seen and their band them a couple of times and I wonder if Emily's been nominated for an award!

Morning all from a cold Horsforth. Trains were running well out of Manchester this morning - so no worries. How about:

BRIAN & MICHAEL - MATCHSTALK MEN & MATCHSTALK CATS & DOGS

For a Salford folky type song. For the inappropriate folky song how about:

MIKE HARDING - ROCHDALE COWBOY

Whatever happened to Mrs Harding's lad?

Before lunch.........that's my stomach rumbling by the way................. ;0)

THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND - MARY HOPKIN

SMALLTOWN BOY - BRONSKI BEAT

and for Dr Mosh......if they allow him to mosh at the Folk Awards!

SWEET HOME ALABAMA - LYNYRD SKYNYRD

Dougal x..................................................................................................

Oops... reminder to myself to check before posting!!! Got my words muddled up in #71 and it should be 'having seen them and their band a couple of times'!

#71 Florence - here y'are. The nominations are on first page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2012/

On a similar sort of theme to the Mike Harding Rochdale Cowboy and Lynard Skynard Sweet Home Alabama suggestions may I add:

Back to Bradford - Smokie

Surely a good day to play this? Can't think of another theme it would apply to, except maybe "basements", which is probably not on the horizon....

SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES - Bob Dylan

Shipping Movements could be
IRINI F Vila do Conde, Brazil 08/02/2012
PINTAIL Santana, Brazil 08/02/2012
BRO GAZELLE Milford Haven, United Kingdom 09/02/2012

Well for traditional you don't get mush more traditional than an Irish Céilí Band so how about.

Joyce Country Céilí Band by the Saw Doctors

As for roots, this is a band who have stuck to there's and never moved from there home town of Tuam in county Galway so

Back To Tuam by the Saw Doctors would also seem appropriate.

Couple more from me before braving the cold on my lunch time chores ...

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN

GALVESTON - GLEN CAMPBELL

Back shortly for a defrost and read back.

8-)

This is just wonderful .. play it loud!
It's the video of Roots by Show of Hands:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5h4PFBuzvw

I really need to get some work done ... lol

#75 Thanks Katy! I see the lovely Emily Smith is nominated in the 'Folk Singer of the Year' and 'Traditional Song' category and I would love to see her win tonight! I feel Bellowhead are going to do well... and I'm pleased to see Christy Moore is going to sing his Morecambe Bay song!

#79 Johno - I'll second your choice!

Funnily enough - the first line of my earlier request of Rocky Road To Dublin mentions Tuam as well ...

"In the merry month of May from my home I started, left the girls of Tuam nearly broken hearted... "

:^)

#81 love it Katy!!! I expect you have the clip of them on the Andrew Marr show and this clip too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8OVOvpRw_I

#73. Dougal, I think you'll find that we call that Borborygmus around these parts. Well, 'those' parts anyway...

#81 Great clip, KatyMatey! I have just watched it 3 times. And I did as you suggested and turned the volume up loud - but with my headphones on. My ears are now buzzing...

Interestingly I've just seen on Twitter that someone's RTd my tweet to Simon this morning suggesting that very song...

We're planning on going to the Cambridge Folk Festival this year. The acts haven't been announced yet - I'm wondering if tonight's awards will serve as an indication of who will be appearing.

No news from my Mum yet - think it was about this time yesterday that she phoned to say the op had been postponed.

~X~

#63 Florence - Sorry if I have confused but I had just been musing about Traditions in general and my butterfly mind landed on the St Swithins day tradition and simply related that to a tune. I think that actual day is 15th July!!!

Good afternoon all. Won't let me post again........... grrrrr

Weather is doing nothing much today. It has tried to snow but very weak-willed!

How about SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - SCARBOROUGH FAIR for a traditional song?

Or GREENSLEEVES by ????? Can't do much better I'm afraid. Must try harder.....

JW

Tradition or Roots song.

For those with spelling difficulties how about Route 66?

Homeward Bound.

Woodstock - Joni Mitchell

Willy the Shake
x

But while I was waiting for the blog to work again I discovered how to copy and paste, thereby not having to type it all out again if it disappeared into the ether as it is fond of doing!

Off to the virtual store where ELH - will pick up Richard Allinson on the way and ask him why his picture is alongside the name of O J Borg as sitting in for Janice next week? Well who are we to expect?

JW

Back again, tyres pumped, and I can report that it is still chilly out.

And for the record, I don't think there's anything quite so satisfying (during working hours) as coming in from the cold and washing your hands under some nice warm running water.

Well, my soup is supped so it's back to work. French onion, so I'm expecting some of that there borborygmus in these 'those' parts also!

Drekly ...

#91 As a psychology graduate I find myself wondering whether the delightful Mr Allinson makes any difference to your weekly online grocery order. Have you tried doing it without his dulcet tones in the background? Do you spend more/less money when you're listening to him? Does he encourage you to make purchases you wouldn't otherwise do? Or is he so much of a distraction you forget to include those essential items...?

;o)

I can report that one end of the barn is now minus the plastic corrugated sheeting and is now weather boarded. It looks fabulous!!! My mate Ziggy has now started on the other end. Every time I take him a coffee, he has shed another layer. Be down to just his pants soon.

Waiting for my friend to come round. We are going out to buy her wee border terrier a new bed. Don't tell me I'mnot living on the edge!!

#91 I'm with you on the copy and paste thing Jennie. Many is the time I've type type typed and hit the Post Comment button and blurgh ... ! the internet stops and nothing happens. I'm now a firm believer in type it, copy it, post it, wait and hope for it, paste it if it breaks!

GoD

#46 Katy - Nice to be missed! :o)

Very busy day today so no real time to blog or make suggestions. Haven't even had time to tweet. Judging by the experience of the last week or so this will have zero impact on the likelihood of a mensh!

Hope to be back to normal tomorrow. Whatever normal is...

Tradition / Roots oldies:

"That's the way it always starts" - Gerry Rafferty (on Local Hero soundtrack album)
"Same Old Scene" - Roxy Music
"Going Back To My Roots" - Odyssey
"(where you from) You sexy thing" - Hot Chocolate
"Don't Look Back In Anger" - Oasis
Cheers
Nujja in (bitter) Lincs

#94 - Alex - I hope for Ziggy's sake you run out of coffee before he runs out of layers...

#96 If you really want a mensh, you could just c & p my suggestions. Well, it worked for Harry...

;o)

#98 LOL!