Memorial Day; the Girl He Left Behind
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for May 24, 2025
Hour 1: Memorial Day
First Set
The Black Family, “James Connolly,” The Black Family, 3:38 Dara
Solas, “The Wind That Shakes the Barley,” Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers, 2:55 Green Linnet
Cherish the Ladies, “Down by the Glenside,” The Girls Won’t Leave the Boys Alone, 4:16 BMG/Windham Hill
Daoirí Farrell, “The Foggy Dew,” The Wedding Above in Glencree, 5:25 Topic
Second Set
Maddy Prior, “Boney,” Ravenchild, 1:30 Park
June Tabor, “Plains of Waterloo,” Airs and Graces, 4:38 Topic
Niamh Parsons, “Done with Bonaparte,” Heart’s Desire, 3:19 Green Linnet
Midway Music
Boiled in Lead, “Siege of Delhi,” Orb, 4:29 Atomic Theory Records
Third Set
Maddy Prior & June Tabor, “Blood and Gold / Mohacs,” No More to the Dance, 3:43 Shanachie
Fotheringay, “Banks of the Nile,” Fotheringay, 8:00 Hannibal Records
Fourth Set
June Tabor, “Le Vingt-Cinquieme du Mois Octobre,” Ashore, 5:38 Topic
Martin Simpson, “Polly on the Shore,” The Bramble Briar, 4:16 Topic
Dave Swarbrick, “Wishing / The Victor’s Return / The Gravel Walk,” Smiddyburn, 5:12 Transatlantic
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for May 24, 2025
Hour 2: The Girl He Left Behind
First Set
Euphonia, “Fenario,” Lovely Nancy, 4:15 (self-produced)
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady, “The Jolly Soldier / The Blarney Pilgrim,” Andy Irvine Paul Brady, 5:38 Mulligan / Compass
Boiled in Lead, “Brave Bombadiere,” Orb, 2:49 Atomic Theory Records
Second Set
Richard Shindell, “Texas Rangers,” South of Delia, 4:09 (self-produced)
Rosanne Cash, “When the Master Calls the Roll,” The River & the Thread, 5:00 Blue Note Records
Third Set
Leonard Cohen, “The Partisan,” Songs from a Room, 3:28 Columbia
Richard Shindell, “You Stay Here,” Somewhere Near Paterson, 3:57 Signature Sounds
Niamh Parsons, “Syracuse,” Heart’s Desire, 4:46 Green Linnet
June Tabor, “A Smiling Shore,” Abyssinians, 3:05 Topic
Closing
June Tabor, “No Man’s Land / Flowers of the Forest,” Ashes and Diamonds, 7:28 Green Linnet
Fairport Convention, “Battle of the Somme,” Fairport Unconventional, 4:51 Free Reed