FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music. Featuring a Story Behind The Song that is astronomical, geographical and historical! FolkCast is produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows Music featured:

When The Morning Comes

by Rusty Shackle

from the album "Dusk" (2016)

Time & Tide

by Kitty Macfarlane

from the EP "Time & Tide" (2016)

Ignition

by 4Square

from the album "Fuel" (2016)

There's A Sound

by Chris Flegg

from the album "The Road To The Rainbow's End" (2016)

Better Days Right At The Door

by Out Of The Box

digital release (2015)

Clinch Mountain Backstep

by Will Pound & Eddy Jay

from the album "Ignite" (2016)

Blackbeard

by Graffiti

from the album "Nautical Graffiti" (2016)

Rout Of The Blues

by Pilgrims' Way

from the album "Red Diesel" (2016)

Talons Trip To Thompson Island

by The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

from the album "Deliverance" (2016)

For A Time

by Ninebarrow

from the album "Releasing The Leaves"

Babba presents…

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG

Sailing To Philadelphia

by Mark Knopfler (with James Taylor)

from the album "Sailing To Philadelphia" (2000)

*Being the amazing (and amazingly geeky) tale

behind the mapping of the Mason-Dixon Line.*

Also featuring Dueling Banjos by Hayseed Dixie

from the album "A Hot Piece Of Grass" (2005)

Wildernesss Wood

by Jimmy Lee Morris

from the album "Wilderness Wood" (2016)

Brave New World

by Eamon Friel

from the album "In My Time"

George

by Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar

from the album "The Silent Majority" (2016)

Fate Of The Kelts / Out To Sea

by Hamish Napier

from the album "The River" (2016)

Princess Rosanna Drowned in the Clyde

by Findlay Napier

from the EP "VIP: Very Interesting Extras" (2016)

Buy at Bandcamp

Lord Randall

by Mary McPartlan

from the album "From Mountain To Mountain" (2016)

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