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Skinny Lister Gig

Hastings (well, St Leonard's if we're talking actual physical location...) was graced by the mighty Skinny Lister on the 11th. Not quite the sweatiest gig I've ever been to, but it was close! The group were absolutely phenomenal though, and I was delighted to finally get into a gap with no tall people blocking the view just as they began playing Trouble on Oxford Street. What a banger!

I've come away from the gig with 4 of thier albums which will definitely get a spin on a future folk show.

It's worth mentioning the support act, Samantics, too. He wouldn't be playable on Hastings Rock, but if you're into the idea of very clever and often funny rap accompanied by layered loop pedals and ukulele, he's your guy! I thought he was brilliant and well worth a listen!

Surprising Find!

The most local 'music store' to me barely qualifies as such these days, but I occasionally pop in to see if any albums I don't own are in. I was thinking along the lines of Lindemann, The Hu... Nothing I would consider outrageously niche but alas no luck there. I did however, and to my shock, find a Lindsey Stirling album! I definitely didn't expect that and obviously snapped it up right away. Will be giving it a thorough listen and will of course bring anything that works for the show along for you to all discover too!

Playlist for Carnival Special (05.08.26)

Despite the tech gremlins, roadworks, and lack of time working against this installment of the show, I nevertheless managed to get something out alongside Old Town Carnival Week! So here you can find the link to the mixcloud upload and of course, the playlist:

www.mixcloud.com

Playlist

• Theme From Black Sails - Bear McCreary (Black Sails)
• Uuhai - Khar Khulz
• Heathen Apostles - The Reckoning
• Taylor Swift - Carolina Knows (Where The Crawdads Sing)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Voodoo Lake
• Rob Lane - Gwen & Arthur (Merlin)
• Raya Yarbrough & Bear McCreary - Skye Boat Song (Outlander)
• Eivor The last Kingdom (The Last Kingdom)
• Fever Ray - If I had a heart (Vikings)
• Heldom, Danheim - Blodfest
• Tabernis - Dark Hive
• Mia Asano, Piper.Ally - Through the Fire and the Flames (Listener suggestion)
• Lunatic Soul - Summoning Dance, The Fountain (Album play)
• Skinny Lister - Trouble on Oxford Street (Local artist)
• Bellowhead - As The Tide is Flowing (Beyond Paradise)
• Rusted Root - Send me on my Way (Ice Age)
• Trevor Morris - The Tudors Main Theme (The Tudors)
• Albion - Miss Mai (Recent Release)
• Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair (Remember Me)
• John Tams - Over the Hills and Far Away (Sharpe)
• Trevor Morris - Cesare & Lucrezia (The Borgias)
• Blackmore's Night - The Messenger
• Buslas Ban - Heilung

Carnival Show Tomorrow!

Afternoon all!

Apologies for the mega short notice, I couldn't guarantee I'd get a chance to record anything for this 'ere Carnival week as it's proven to be pretty busy.

However I have just about managed it! Wednesday 5th, 6pm - 8pm will be the Carnival special of The Folk Show, featuring folk style songs from both TV and Film, to fit the Carnival theme of 100 years of television. It hasn't been an easy theme, but hopefully if you aren't out gallivanting for Old Town Pram Race, you'll be indoors enjoying the show.

Catch you soon!

Playlist for the Pirate Show! 22.07.2026

I hope you all enjoyed your time aboard the Folk Show pirate ship! Here's a playlist for all my crew:

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Playlist

• A Wildheart's Tale - She Stole My Ship
• The Lottery Winners - Rockstar Sea Shanty
• The Jolly Rogers - Captain Morgan
• Neal Acree, Logan Laflotte (World of Warcraft) - Warbringers: Jaina
• Drunken Sailor - MALINDA, Bobby Bass, Mia Asano, Piper Ally, Cullen Vance, Seth Staton Watkins
• Stormfrun - Gallows Dance
• Alestorm - Shipwrecked
• Sail North - Bones
• The Deadnoughts - Brisbane Harbour
• Nightwish - Turn Loose The Mermaids
• Karliene - Anne Bonny
• Enslaved, Storm Weather Sea Shanty Choir - Anna Lovinda
• The Groggy Dogs - All Hands On Deck
• The Captain's Beard - I've Got A Beard
• Bonsai Pirates - Captain Silver
• RX Shantymen - Windy Old Weather
• The Informals (Frenchie) - Being a Pirate
• The Longest Johns - Bonny Ship The Diamond
• Great Big Sea - Harbour LeCou
• Peyton Parrish - Hoist The Colours
• Derina Harvey Band - The Last Saskatchewan Pirate
• Heather Dale - The Maiden And The Selkie
• The Teacups - My Son John
• Skinny Lister - Raise a Wreck
• Jonathan Young, Galictikraken - Man The Cannons
• Colm R. McGuiness - Row Me Bully Boys

Upcoming Pirate Show!

It wouldn't have escaped your notice if you're in any way affiliated with Hastings that we have just had Pirate weekend, which means we are definitely well overdue a Pirate Folk Show!

Well that is on the way and will be landing on your shores Wednesday 22nd, 6pm - 8pm. So if you're feeling down that all the festivities have ended, I'll be here to extended the swashbuckling.

Please note that this will be a prerecorded show and will contain, COPIOUS, amounts of sea shanties!

Playlist for Show 14.05.2026

Hope you all enjoyed this second helping of folk this month! Here's the full playlist for you:

Listen on Mixcloud

Playlist

• I Tokuni - Eivor
• Crimson Lullaby: The Dreamer - Elane
• Light Flight - Pentangle (Listener suggestion)
• You Were Born - Cloud Cult
• High on a Hill - Piper.Ally
• Bottle of Sorrow - Lindy Fay-Hella
• Battle Awaits - Filip Lackovic
• I Drove my Father to Drink - Syr
• Hungarian Dance - The Dreadnoughts
• Through Shaded Woods & Oblivion - Lunatic Soul (Album Play)
• Apathy Crisis - Vivek Shraya & Tanya Tagaq
• Morke Skoger - Kalandra
• The Lord of the Rings Medley - Lindsey Stirling
• Aphrodite Rising - Auri, Johanna Kurkela
• The Stag & the Sickle - Madelgarde
• Baldur's Gate 3: Raphael's Final Act - Borislav Slavov
• Demon of Carbonium - Celtica Pipes Rock!
• The Informals - The Last Bristolian Pirate (Local artist)
• Bully Boys - Brave the Sea
• Release the Witches - Marshall Thomas
• For Iago - S.J. Tucker
• Ylva - Ayla Nereo

Change of Date

Hi all! Just to mention that I've had to switch my slot for The Folk Show a bit last minute this week, so I'll be on between 11am - 1pm on Thursday 14th instead of Wednesday 13th. Catch you all soon!

The Next Show!

Busy night at the angling club folk session last night! Wonderful conclusion to a glorious day of Beltane.

Now I did threaten you all with a second folk show this month, which will be at the normal time of 6pm - 8pm on Wednesday 13th of May. I hope to have you all there!

Playlist for show 01.05.2026

Hi all! Here's the complete playlist for the 2026 'In The Green' special, I hope you all enjoyed it!

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Playlist

• Oak & Ash & Thorn - The Longest Johns

• Dances with Wolves - Logan Epic Canto

• Charming Fellow - Sugar Loaf Ceilidh Band (Local artist)

• Green Man's Riddle - Adder's Fork

• Greenman - XTC (Listener suggestion)

• Wild Rover - The Informals (Local artist)

• Dance of the Satyrs - Daemonia Nymphe

• Fly with the Day like a Runaway Kite - Ed Boxall (Local artist)

• Interdimensional - Cosmo Sheldrake

• Within the Grove - Eluveitie

• Nimue - Faun

• America Ground Anthem - Danny Horn & Molly Hemsley (Local artist)

• Polkas (Jenny Lind/Girl in a Blue Dress) - Skinny Lister (Local artist)

• The Tyburn Sisters - Rattlebag (Local Artist)

• Llyn Cwm Llwch - Albion

• The Neglected Garden - Cecile Corbel

• The Hitchin May Day Song - Banter

• Dulaman - Celtic Woman

I'm Going to Speke - Belver

Old Friends - Heather Curry / Martin (Local artist)

• And Start Again - Megan Leigh Mason (Local artist)

• The Month of May - The Copper Family

• Father Kelly's/Paddy Fahey's no.15 - Banna De Dha

• Green and Gray - Damh The Bard

• Ce - Blowzabella (Listener suggestion)

• Brannigan's Special Ale - Heather Alexander

• Renaissance Faire - Blackmore's Night

Playlist for show 17.04.2026

Hi all! As promised here is the full playlist for the most recent show:

Playlist

• KT Tunstall - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
• The Dreadnoughts - Roll and Go
• Valkyrik - Enemy of Anyone
• Forndom - Yggdrasil
• Hildegard Von Blingin' - Paint it Black
• MALINDA - Blue Eyed Boy
• Adder's Fork - Hunt The White Stag
• Nick Cave, Warren Ellis - Wood Dove
• Midlake - Head Home
• Anthony Phillips - God If I Saw Her Now
• Scarecrow Jack - Love Wins
• Sea Song Sessions - Some Old Salty
• Syr - Revenant
• Sea Linn - Cailleach an Airgid
• Sam Kelly - The Lincolnshire Poacher (Listener suggestion)
• Cosmo Sheldrake - Wriggle
• Lunatic Soul - Navvie & The Passage (Album Double Play)
• Clannad - Robin The Hooded Man (Listener request)
• Heilung - Svanrand
• The Sidh - The Silk Road
• Lindsey Stirling - Master of Tides

New Album Play

With the conclusion of the Faun album play-through on the last show, it's time to announce your next module of music education! I'm going to be playing two songs a show from the album Through Shaded Woods by Lunatic Soul. Yes. That's right, prog, on The Folk Show! It's an album I love dearly and is imbued very much with the spirit of folk, making it right at home on my show. I'll be playing the full deluxe edition, and you can start by hearing the first two tracks in the next show, between 6pm - 8pm, Friday 17th of April.I hope you'll all be there to join me!

Playlist for show 18.03.2026

Thanks for listening everyone! Here's the full list of everything I played this evening:

• Mama Nous - The Rising Tide
• Blackbriar - Selkie
• Wardruna - IngwaR
• Fabienne Erni - Thalen'Muron (recent release)
• Otyken - Kykakacha
• A Wildheart's Tale & Niniel - She Stole My Ship
• Sistie Moose - Coming Home (local artist)
• Elspeth Anne - Mercy Me
• Witchy Tips - A Witch's Love
• Whitney Avalon & Hildegard Von Blingin' - Manchild (recent release)
• The Longest Johns - Fathom The Bowl
• Skinny Lister - Forty Pound Wedding (local artist)
• Banna De Dha - Willie Coleman's Jig/The Mooncoin/The Carraroe
• Trobar de Morte - Yggdrasil
• Heilung - In Maidjan
• Faun - Alfar & Drei Tage (album doubleplay)
• Syr - Effigy (recent release)
• The Tabs - She Left/The Fire Hills (local artist)
• Jeremy Soule - The Road Most Travelled
• Myrkur - Leaves of Yggdrasil
• Eihwar - Heill Odinn (recent release)

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