20 Dec 2016 - Another Year nearly Over and A Christmas Show without Mentioning Christmas ... now There's a thought!!

Hi all

Yes Ho Ho Ho's all round with a Christmas show without mentioning Christmas in the title, now there's a challenge.  Well Merry Xmas to one and all  and here's the track listings

TRACK .................................... ARTIST
Personal Jesus ........................... Johnny Cash
Snow White Lies ...................... Zoe Wren
Santa Claus ............................... Sonny Boy Williamson
Snowman .................................. Minnie Birch
Boars Head Carol ..................... Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band
Frosty the Snowman ................. Leon Redbone and Dr John
Emmanuel ................................. The Watersons
Santa's Messin' With The Kid ... Eddie C Campbell
The Quantock Carol .................. Ange Hardy
Don't Eat Yellow Snow ............. Frank Zappa
2000 Miles (Cornish) ................ The Changing Room
Fairytale of New York ............... The Pogues featuring Kirsty McColl
Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis . Tom Waits


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13 December 2016 - Getting MORE Christmassie by the week ho ho ho for some xmas tunes in What's In The Post?

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Another week gone by and another closer to Christmas.  Getting some robins and snowmen on the stamps of the posts coming in delivered from the pigeons that live in the under croft of Somervalley97.5 Fm.  So a Ho Ho Hum (?) to you all in the last weeks 'till the festive season and a bumper Xmas Folk and Blues edition of the show.

TRACK ......................... ARTIST
After The Rain ............... Hat and Fitz Cara
The New Homeplace ..... Red Tail Wing
Don't Bring Me Down ... Jenny Wren and Her Borrowed Wings
Live and Learn .............. Steve Pledger
Let Me Go ..................... Angel Forrest
Ange Hardy ................... Mary's Robin
Back Door Santa ........... John Verity
Fall Away Blues ............ Red Tail Wing
What Time Is Later ....... Sharon Lazybyrd
Lonesome Road Blues .. Martha Field
Ooooo Weeee ................ Mary Jo Curry    

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6 December 2016 - Not Quite Xmas Music Time but Getting there - Will it be a BLUE Xmas or a FOLKIE One?

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Nearly nearly there to bring out my one well known Xmas tune (Answers on a postcard please!).  So maybe one Christmas song this week from the 'little well-known to the more obscure' Along with Whats In The Post? and Time 4 Tom could be a good show

TRACK ................................................ ARTIST
Fall Away Blues ..................................... Red Tail Wing
Land of The Plenty ............................... .Jason Elmore and the Hoodoo Witch
The Louisa Miner .................................. Steve Pledger
Skip Kokomo Blues ............................... Raphael Callaghan
Rising Sun .............................................. Methera
Last Act At Bar 62 ................................. Steve Dagleish
Holding My Heart .................................. Mark Crissinger
Yarrow .................................................... Red Tail Wing
Merry Christmas To All and Goodnight . Emily Smith
Famous Blue Raincoat ........................... Leonard Cohen  

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and here's What's In The Post?....