Folk magazine about the present and the past, from freak folk to minstrels. Dancing with the Stars, Celebrity Bake Off, stars exit, stars fly, stars disappear…. apparently, no show can be made without a VIP or celebrity on set. Well,…we at Concertzender don’t want to fall behind.
So let’s do a Folk It! about stars. But we remain ourselves and give it a Concertzender spin. Have no fear of hearing Jan Smit’s alternative recordings of a demo by Patricia Paay. Neither will you hear the first guitar lessons of Bruce Springsteen or vocal exercises by Adele. Our stars are high in the sky, both figuratively and idyllically, and we don’t mean misplaced sentimentalities. This Folk It! is a traditionally filled broadcast with a real minispecial on…songs about celestial bodies, aka astrology or astronomy. Sandy Denny, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Gryphon and Shelagh McDonald all wrote or played songs regarding this theme. The lesser-known Carolanne Pegg, Robin Holcomb & Veda Hille and old dogs Royston and Heather Wood, preceded by two tracks from recent albums and followed by a real comparison of the impressive anti-war songs by Tom Waits and Linda Thompson. The closer is a song with the same theme.
Mescaria – Mescaria – Marteriale Sonori 99125.
1. Rodianella. (trad) 5.35.
MandolinMan – Unfolding the roots – MM Records 2-16001.
2. Waltz Eppegem And Zemst. (trad.) 4.19.
Sandy Denny – A box full of treasures – Fledg’ling Records Nest 5002.
3. The North Star Grassman And The Ravens. (Sandy Denny) 3.23.
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin – Mynth – Dragonfly Roots DRCD001.
4. Song for Caroline Herschell. (Hannah Martin) 5.17.
Robin Holcomb & Veda Hille – Poor boy, Songs of Nick Drake – Songlines SOL SA 4202.
5. Hanging On A Star. (Nick Drake) 2.32.
Carolanne Pegg – Carolanne Pegg – Transatlantic Records TRA 266.
6. Fair Fortune’s Star. (Carolanne Pegg) 10.02.
Gryphon – Gryphon – Transatlantic TRA 262.
7. The Astrologer. (trad) 3.11.
Royston & Heather Wood – No Relation – Transatlantic TRA 342.
8. The Bold Astrologer. (trad.) 1.52.
Shelagh McDonald – Shelagh McDonald Album – Mooncrest Crestcd 059.
9. Stargazer. (Demo) (Shelagh McDonalds) 4.08.
Tom Waits – Real Gone – Anti 6678-2.
10. Day After Tomorrow. (Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan) 5.52.
Linda Thompson – Versalite heart – Decca 4759365.
11. Day after tomorrow. (Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan) 4.51.
Broom Bezzums – No smaller than the world – Steeplejack Music SJCD017.
12. Fishing in Troubled Waters. (Andrew Cadie) 4.52.
