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the weather report

Sep 9, 2021 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

With sara

Fun spins and a weather report for you on Thursday mornings.

First Show of the season!

Off to a rocky start, but here to play you some easy tunes to ease you into your morning wherever you are. Also special feature of english folk/folk revival today.

The weather is cloudy

7:48 AM		Raymond Scott The Music Box Raymond Scott Soothing Sounds for Baby, Vol. 1 Basta Music 1997
7:55 AM		Abdel Gadir Salim A'abir Sikkah Abdel Gadir Salim Nujum Al-lail Ace Records 2008
8:06 AM		Jacob Sacks Ill Wind Jacob Sacks Sperrazza-Sacks-Kamaguchi Play Harold Arlen Fresh Sound New Talent 2020
8:10 AM		Reigning Sound I'll Be Your Man Reigning Sound A Little More Time with Reigning Sound Merge Records 2021
8:17 AM		Sam Blakeslee Ashokan The Long Middle - Single
8:21 AM		Nicolini Snake Head Wire Penni's Palace South of North 2021
8:23 AM		Oneohtrix Point Never & Alex G Babylon Oneohtrix Point Never Love in the Time of Lexapro - EP Warp Records 2018
8:27 AM		Padna Votive 3 4 Votives - EP Phinery 2020
8:35 AM		Caedmon Caedmon's Hymn Spoken in Old English "Cædmon was an illiterate cow-herder who was able to sing in honour of God the Creator, using words that he had never heard before. The work was passed down from a Latin translation by Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It was composed between 658 and 680 and is the oldest recorded Old English poem. "
8:37 AM		Mrs. Sarah Makem I Courted a Wee Girl Ulster Ballad Singer Topic 1968 "Makem was from Keady, Ulster, Ireland. Makem learned songs from her mother while she was doing household chores such as cooking. Makem would often pick up these songs while sitting with her mother after just one repetition. Makem also learned some of her repertoire from songs the children would sing in school. (Wikipedia)"
8:42 AM		Walter Pardon The Bold Fisherman Walter Pardon A World Without Horses Topic 2006 "Walter Pardon (4 March 1914 – 9 June 1996) was an English carpenter, folk singer and recording artist from Knapton, Norfolk, England. He learned songs and tunes from older members of his family and remembered and performed them at a time when most people of his generation were uninterested in traditional music. He was then able to pass his songs and tunes on to a new generation of folk music collectors and performers."
8:45 AM		Jeannie Robertson When I Was No but Sweet Sixteen Jeannie Robertson The Great Scots Traditional Ballad Singer Topic 1963
8:47 AM		Shirley Collins Barbara Allen Shirley Collins Classic Collins, Vol. 1: Sweet England Top Tracks 2013 "Barbara Allen The most collected folk song of all time is Barbara Allen. This is a particularly old song, with the first recorded mention being in Samuel Pepys diary on 2nd January 1666, which states “but above all, my dear Mrs Knipp with whom I sang; and in perfect pleasure I was to hear her sing, and especially her little Scotch song of Barbary Allen”. This song has been collected across the English speaking world. (https://www.vwml.org/topics/song)"
8:50 AM		Fred Pearce Sailor's Hornpipe Singing at the Ship Inn: Alan Lomax's 1953 Blaxhall Recordings Global Jukebox 2013
9:00 AM		Eely Whent Two Step Traditional Folk Songs & Music From Suffolk
9:01 AM		Magpie Lane All Jolly Fellows / Speed the Plough Magpie Lane English Country Songs and Dances Beautiful Jo 1994 Folk Revival group founded in the early 1990's.
9:07 AM		Vulcan's Hammer Jamie Vulcan's Hammer True Hearts and Sound Bottoms Start Entertainments Limited 2011 Group from Kent England, put out one record, True Hearts and Sound Bottoms, to a limited 250 copy release in 1973. Personal favorite!
9:12 AM		Cyril Tawney The Barley Mow Cyril Tawney The Song Goes On Talking Elephant Records 2014 Tawney had his debut also with Alan Lomax, on his BBC radio show!
9:13 AM		Peter Bellamy When I Die Peter Bellamy Both Sides Then Topic Records 1979
9:16 AM		Shirley Collins Dabbling in the Dew Shirley Collins Classic Collins, Vol. 2: Dabbling in the Dew: Songs of Shirley Collins - EP Top Tracks 2013
9:18 AM		Folkal Point Victoria Dines Alone Folkal Point Folkal Point Zeitgeist 1972
9:23 AM		Peter Bellamy Cholera Camp Peter Bellamy The Barrack Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling Fellside Recordings Ltd 2012 Peter Bellamy was pretty obsessed with the works of Rudyard Kipling and put a bunch of his poems to music. Because why not?
9:33 AM		Horden Raikes We Are Forced to Be Contented Horden Raikes King Cotton Horden Raikes 1972
9:38 AM		Midwinter The Oak Tree Grove Midwinter The Waters of Sweet Sorrow ODL 2013
9:41 AM		The Incredible String Band Air The Incredible String Band Wee Tam Rhino/Elektra 1968
9:47 AM		Joan Baez Barbara Allen Joan Baez How Sweet The Sound Razor & Tie 2009
9:50 AM		The Brian Boru Band The Blackbird The Brian Boru Band Kpm 1000 Series: Traditional Folk Music of the British Isles - Volume 2 KPM 1000 LP Series 1982
9:52 AM		Vulcan's Hammer True Hearts & Sound Bottoms Vulcan's Hammer True Hearts and Sound Bottoms Start Entertainments Limited 2011
9:55 AM		The Incredible String Band Witches Hat The Incredible String Band Rhino Hi-Five: The Incredible String Band - EP Rhino/Elektra 2006
10:00 AM		Shirley Collins The Rose and the Briar Shirley Collins Crowlink - EP Domino Recording Co 2021

Chat is archived.

Off to a rocky start but hello everyone!

Good morning, Sara! Thanks for the weather report. ☔

This music fits perfectly with the weather. 💯

Really nice to see you Christine!!

It's great to hear you on the airwaves again!

Hi there! I completely forgot the tune in at the start but I'm really liking what I hear so far

Morning! What do you mean, what rocky start? (Though the looped wprb bump for like 10 min was kind of cool)

Good to have you here on Thursday s though! - also, I think you have a chat setting off, I don't see any of Christine's comments just yours

I didn't realize I forgot to turn off auto approve-- thank you for catching that!@

Also, welcome back to the Mothership, Sara! 🛸

Happy to be of help! 😎

Morning Sara! This woman lived next door to my uncle in Keady, County Armagh.

Mother of the famous Tommy Makem.

That's incredible! Wow, what a connection

@Bo, that's so cool. Wow!

Morning Christine! Yeah I suppose, she was well up in years mind you, I was only a wee lad.

Hi peeps!🐥🐥🐥

Morning, jimbeaux 🌄

Good morn jimbeaux!

Never skip spuds, Victoria.

Really enjoyed the set of British Isles traditional music. Perfect for a rainy Thursday morning! I cain near smell a bonny warm peat fire burnin' in tha hearth! :-))

Happy to hear that richard!! It completely matches today's weather (I totally planned that...). Maybe it makes sense given the climate of the british isles?

@Richard, I'm conjuring that up and it feels lovely.

@ sara (host) Very British weather, as I know from many visits to Yorkshire & the Scotland Highlands.

I'm having a mug of black tea in the spirit of this set.

@ Ambrose Hughes Brilliant!

@Christine, Barry's?

The Incredible String Band! I was just going to request something off theirs! Bless ya, lass!

@Bo, sadly, not Barry's tea. ☘️

First time hearing your show, I love the genre! Is it like this every show? I also honestly love hearing weather reports from around the world.

"Wee Tam" and its simultaneously-released sister album "The Big Huge" are sooooo good, IMHO masterpieces.

@Christine, Barry's Gold is the one for me.

@richard sometimes I think there's such thing as wprb telepathy

We are one big (telepathic) family...

@Bo, I'll look for Barry's Gold & report back.

@tman Hi! I like to do dives into specific genres from time to time. I usually play whatever's on my mind, and lately it's been british folk music. happy to be here with you today

@Christine, eagerly awaiting the tea report 😉

Hey, Sara, I don't know if anyone has complimented you yet on using the photo of the late, great TV weatherman Willard Scott. But if not ... it's awesomely appropriate! ;-))

@Sara I’ll check back for more then. These songs put me in the mind of Paddy Lay Back from the album Steady as She Goes. Sea shanties definitely fit the weather today.

I don't remember Willard's cat, but ... it's pretty cool, too.

Thank you, Sara! 🙏 Such atmospheric, historic music for a rainy morning. Nice chatting with everybody!

Thank you Sara, best of luck with future shows!

@Christine, same to you.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in! <3