Les Barker Live

The February 5, 2000, program featured a live interview with English poet and parodist Les Barker, and went on to include music of flutes, pipes, and whistles. The first few entries represent pieces by Les Barker or others performing his songs scattered through the live interview and readings:

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Les Barker The Lonely Little Lemming Up the Creek without a Poodle (Mrs Ackroyd)
June Tabor The January June Gnus and Roses (Mrs Ackroyd)
Eliza Carthy Everything Glows Some Love (Mrs Ackroyd)
Martin Carthy Elephant Some Love
Seamus Egan When Juniper Sleeps When Juniper Sleeps (Shanachie)
Music Under Announcements
Hamish Moore & Dick Lee The Rock and the Wee Pickle Tow The Bee's Knees (Green Linnet)
Flook! Knocknaroe Jig/Custy's/Trip to Brittany Live! (Small Time)
Hamish Moore & Dick Lee Nighean Dubh Alainn/The Teapot Jig The Bee's Knees (Green Linnet)
Matt Molloy Frank Roche's Favorite Stony Steps (Green Linnet)
Dordan Loftus Jones Dordan (Shanachie)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Mary Bergin Richard Dwyer's/Miss MacDonald Feadóga Stáin 2 (Shanachie)
Mairéad ní Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy Rileanna Ceol Aduaidh (Green Linnet)
Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai Raven Rendezvous, Pennyroyal Canyon Inside Canyon de Chelly (Canyon)
Djivan Gasparyan The Crane Ask Me No Questions (Traditional Crossroads)
Aleks Xhelili Kaba e rënde Kolonjare Cry You Mountains, Cry You Fields: Traditional Songs & Instrumental Music from S.E. Albania (Saydisc Records)
New Set
Damian Draghici Dark Whispers Romanian Gypsy Panflute Virtuoso (Lyrichord)
Yiorgos Mangas Gia Tous Anthropous Pou Road of the Gypsies (Network)
New Set
Toshimitsu Ishikawa Koden Sugomori Japan: Splendour of the Shakuhachi (Playa Sound)
R. Carlos Nakai et al. Red Wind Island of Bows (Canyon)
New Set
Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai Tunnel Canyon Inside Canyon de Chelly
Hamish Moore & Dick Lee Staten Island/Trip to Pakistan The Bee's Knees (Green Linnet)

Addresses for hard-to-find current material (see the Sources list for full addresses):

Les Barker: http://www.mrsackroyd.com/

Various CDs should be available through Down Home Music or Amoeba Music.