FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music.

Get down (Shep!) with a selection of the latest folkie sounds, plus an Eastern European excursion for some brilliant new releases. FolkCast is produced and presented by Folkie Phil Widdows

Music featured:

Death And The Maiden

by Nuala Kennedy

from the album "Behave The Bravest" (2016)

Don't Look Back, Don't Look Down

by Rusty Shackle

from the album "Dusk" (2016)

All Hang Down

by Jon Boden

digital release (2016)

Down Down Down

by Genevieve And The Wild Sundays

from the album "Fine Line" (2016)

Matches In The Wind

by Steve Pledger

download single (2016)

There's No Postcard For This Town

by Adam Beattie

from the album "The Road Not Taken" (2016)

Sending Out Fires

by David Ian Roberts

from the EP "Sending Out Fires" (2016)

Bonnie Ship The Diamond

by Long Lankin

from the album "All Seven Stars" (2016)

Paces

by Our Little Nell

digital single (2016)

Lovely Molly

by Gillian Frame

from the album "Pendulum" (2016)

Babba presents...

The Story Behind The Song

"Tolpuddle Man" by Graham Moore

from the album "Tolpuddle Man" (1995)

also featuring:

Captain Swing by Brian Denny from "Voice & Vision" (2014)

Dorsetshire Hornpipe by Bob Cann from "West Country Melodeon" (1975)

...being the story of the Swing Riots and The Tolpuddle Martyrs, heroes of the trade union movement

The Owslebury Lads

by The Foxglove Trio

from the album "These Gathered Branches" (2015)

Orsa

by Tuulikki Barosik

from the album "Storied Sounds" (2016)

Po Vijne Krushqit / Gankino Horo

by Paul Chamberlain & Michael Haywood

from the album "First Impression" (2016)

Plon

by St Nicholas Orchestra

from the album "Mode & Code" (2016)

Good Times Will Come Again

by Megson

from the album "Good Times Will Come Again" (2016)

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk