As you may already know, I have a fondness for folk music from the United Kingdom. This week we sample some new and some classic U.K. folk. We’ll hear new music from Fay Hield, Martin Simpson, Ye Vagabonds, John Smith and Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas. Also included are selections from John Renbourn & Wizz Jones, Dave Swarbrick, Nic Jones, The Unthanks and more. Take a trip across the big pond from the comfort of your living room … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas / “Caledonian Carolina” / Syzygy / Culburnie
Fay Hield / “Cruel Mother” / Wrackline / Topic
John Renbourn & Wizz Jones / “Hey Hey” / Joint Control / Riverboat
Richard Thompson / “The Light Bob’s Lassie” / Vision & Revision / Topic
Dave Swarbrick / “The Teetotalers Medley” / Rags, Reels & Airs / Topic

Martin Simpson / “3 Day Millionaire-Don’t Put Your Banjo in the Shed Mr. Waterson” / Home
              Recordings / Topic
The Unthanks / “What Can a Song do to You?” / The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake / RabbleRouser
Nic Jones / “The Little Pot Stove” / Penguin Eggs / Topic
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas / “Moccasin Walk-Ackley Lake” / Syzygy / Culburnie

John Smith / “Star-Crossed Lovers” / The Fray / Commoner
The Furrow Collective / “Hind Horn” / At Our Last Meeting / Furrow
Ye Vagabonds / “The Foggy Dew” / The Hare’s Lament / River Lea
John Doyle / “The Rambler from Clare” / The Path of Stones / Compass
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways