The FolkCast Festive Selection Box - bursting with good things for the season of Christmas, Yule and Saturnalia, with specially selected music and readings. Beware the Abbot of Unreason!

Produced and presented by 'Folkie' Phil Widdows, featuring Babba *The Festive Programme:*

"What's in the shed?" featuring Phil & Babba

Sentimental Song by Reid Jamieson

from the album "Songs For A Winter's Night" (2012)

Fairytale Of New York by Christy Moore

from the album "Live At The Point" (1994)

All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate by Homer & Jethro

Single Release (1953)

Christmas In Bed by Terence Blacker

from the album "Lovely Little Games" (2012)

Frost On The Gatepost (Instrumental) by Whapweasel

from the album "Skirl Naked" (1998)

with excerpts from "Christmas": A Dictionary Of English Folklore by Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud (2000)

"Christmas Is Coming…" by Dominic Behan

from the album "The Singing Streets" (1958)

Deck The Halls by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

from the album "A Sound Of Christmas Past" (2014)

Babba's Bad Christmas (part one)

Snow on Snow (The Bleak Midwinter) by Rue Royale

from "Christmas EP 2009/2010"

Old December by Thea Gilmore

from the album "Strange Communion" (2009)

Santa Will Find You by Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook (vocals: Eddi Reader)

from the album "Phil Cunningham's Songbook" (2015)

"Over the housetops and through the snow…"

from the animated film "Merry Christmas" (1950)

Silver Bells by Lorrie Newman Keating

from the EP "Memories Of The Season" (2015)

Dear Santa by Mike Reinstein and the Christmas Daysies

from the EP "Dear Santa" (2015)

Babba's Bad Christmas (part two)

The Boar's Head Carol by The Voice Squad

from the album "Concerning Of Three Young Men" (2014)

Festival Of Lights by Under A Banner

from the album "Close To The Clouds" (2014)

Phil is confronted by Babba's "Reindeer"….

Christmas Is Killing Me by 100 Mile House

from the EP "New Year" (2011)

Jingle Bells by River Whyless

Single release (2014)

Babba's Bad Christmas (part three)

Solstice Carol by Catt Kingsgrave

Digital release (2015)

Carol Of The Bells by The Last Bison

from the EP "Sleigh Ride" (2013)

Through Your Eyes On Christmas Eve by Abney Park

from the album "Through Your Eyes On Christmas Eve" (2012)

Gaudete E Personent Hodie by Angelo Branduardi

from the album "Futuro Antico I" (1996)

River by Kirsty Almeida

Digital release (2015)

Excerpt from "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding And Other Stories"

By Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser

The Winter Wind by Marina Florence

Single Release (2015)

Three Boats by Commoners Choir

Digital release (2015)

Santa, Teach The World To Fly by Skinner & T'witch

Single release (2015)

When Christmas Day Is Near by Ange Hardy

From the EP "When Christmas Day Is Near" (2015)

A Dram To Warm The Piper by Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie

from the album "Journeys To The Heart" (1984)

Phil & Babba discover Santa's secret identity…

Merry Christmas from Everyone at FolkCast! For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk