Dec 312008
 

Show 71Pour me a drink – is the New Year’s Eve 2008 Drinking Special, with all of the songs being linked to an alcohol theme. And by cutting down on the talking I’ve managed to squeeze eleven songs into the 60 minute show. Happy New Year!

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Edwina Hayes – Pour Me A Drink
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Carleko – Drinking On Your Own
[MySpace] [AF Collective]

Gerry McNiece – Drink Talk
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the new single Braw Sailing [PayPal]

Joe Topping – Drinking To Forget
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Love, Loss and Alcohol [PayPal]

Terry Coyne – My Old Man
[website] [MySpace]
From the CD Geese On The Water

Anthony John Clarke – Gone Back On The Booze Again
[website]
From the CD Straight On, No Problem
Buy the new CD Tuesday We Will Fly [here]
Download over 100 songs from [Smugglers Music]

Kaya – Sick Champagne Waltz
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[Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight]
Buy the CD Balloon In A Cactus Field [Ultimate Fake] [iTunes]

Jazmine Ava – Deep Red Wine
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His Worship And The Pig – Absent Friends
From the CD Look Back In ‘Anley [website]

Invocal – Peace And Love
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the new CD I’ve Tried Saying No To The Slugs
[Nettlewine] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Ten Gallon Hat and the Big Salute – Never Used To Drink Alone
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Buy the EP New Horizons [Last FM]

BEDDING
Matt Stevens – West Green
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ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
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Supported by Libsyn
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Liverpool Acoustic

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Dec 172008
 

Show 70Scampi For Christmas – is a festive feast of acoustic fun. There are some seasonal songs to get you in the mood for Christmas, and other great acoustic tracks to go with them. This show is dedicated to the memories of two very special people who died this year – Oliver Postgate (the creator of Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers, Noggin the Nog, and Pogles Wood), and Cliff Hall (member of the popular Liverpool folk group The Spinners).

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Nathan Ball ft Adrianne Wininsky – Assumptions
Nathan [website] [MySpace] [River Rat Records]
Adrianne [Website] [MySpace]
Buy The Ballinsky Project’s “Control-Z Session” CD [PayPal]


His Worship And The Pig – Red Nose Blues

Buy the CD A Christmas Tail [website]


Dropkick – Scampi For Christmas

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Buy the new CD Patchwork [Taylored Records]


Neil Murray – Merry Merry Christmas

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Rob Clarke – Long Way North

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The Burning Leaves – The Holy And The Ivy

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The Mountain Firework Company – Walking In The Air

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Buy the CD Samurai [website]


The Spinners – Heavy Rain

[fan site] [Hughie Jones] [Mick Groves] [Tony Davis]
From the box set Folk Legends [Amazon]

BEDDING
The Persephone – Reflections on the Gift of Caspar
[Jamendo] from the CD Blue and Other Colours

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
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Liverpool Acoustic

You can read a very good interview with Oliver Postgate here. And don’t forget to visit the Dragon’s Friendly Society!

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Dec 032008
 

Show 69Ooh er, Missus! - has an interview with Steve Tilston plus one of his classic songs and two from his new album. There’s also music from Alexander Murray, K Anderson, Zoe Nicol, and Ruth Theodore. The bedding track is a seasonal tune from Sketchy.

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Alexander Murray – Runnin’ With The Devil
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Steve Tilston interview
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Steve Tilston – Slip Jigs and Reels
Of Moor & Mesa – Run River Records 1992
The Greening Wind – Hubris 1999

Steve Tilston – The Fisher Lad of Whitby
Ziggurat – Hubris 2008

Steve Tilston – Madame Muse
Ziggurat – Hubris 2008

K Anderson – Foxes
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Buy The Foxes EP [iTunes] [PayPal]

LIVERPOOL SOUND
Zoe Nicol – Walk Against The Wind
[website] [MySpace]

Ruth Theodore – Grounded
[website] [River Rat Records] [MySpace] [Jamendo]
Buy the CD Worm Food [River Rat Records]

BEDDING
Sketchy – Winter Sun
[MySpace]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
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Supported by Libsyn
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