Here’s the playlist for Midnight Campfire #66, first broadcast on Juice 107.2 on Wed 25 Nov 2015. The second half is a themed hour of songs about refugees, exile and migration. I enjoyed this show a lot. Here’s the TotallyRadio listen online link – and here’s what I played…
Kyle D Evans – Who Killed HMV? (Songs Written In Head While Cycling EP, self-release)
Tom Paxton – My Dog’s Bigger Than Your Dog
(I’m The Man That Built The Bridges, Cherry Lane)
George Harrison – Give Me Love (Living In The Material World, UMG)
O’Hooley & Tidow – The Copper (Summat’s Brewin’, self-release)
Sofia Talvik – Jasmine, Rose and Sage (Big Sky Country, Makaki Music)
Iarla Ó Lionáird – Casadh an Tsúgáin – Frankie’s Song (Brooklyn OST, Lakeshore/Sony)
Rod Picot – Until I’m Satisfed (Fortune, Welding Rod Records)
Joan Baez – Joe Hill – Live (Best Of Joan Baez, Vanguard)
Show Of Hands – Breme Fell At Hastings (The Long Way Home, self-release)
Altan – Drowsy Maggie / Rakish Paddy / Harvest Storm (Harvest Storm, Green Linnet)
Campbell L. Sangster – Odds Are Stacked (single, self-release)
Sam Duckworth – Lifestyle Concept Store (single, self-release)
** Mairearad & Anna – She Loves Me (When I Try) (Best Day, Shouty Records)
Skipinnish – The Island (Extended Version) (single, self-release)
* Willie Nelson – Crazy (The Essential Willie Nelson, Sony)
Jackson C. Frank – Blues Run The Game (Jackson C. Frank, Sanctuary)
Chris While & Juliie Matthews – Are We Human? (single, Circuit Music)
Lord Kitchener – London Is The Place For Me (Sweet Jamaica, Righteous Reggae)
Tess Parks – Refugee Camp (Blood Hot, Optic Nerve)
Bruce Cockburn – If I Had A Rocket Launcher (Stealing Fire, High Romance)
Sade – Immigrant (Lovers Rock, Sony)
Prefab Sprout – The Sound Of Crying (The Collection, Kitchenware)
Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts – Exile (Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts, Compass)
Emily Barker – Letters (The Toerag Sessions, Everyone Sang)
Pogues – Thousands Are Sailing (If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Warner Music)
Gogol Bordello – Immigrant Punk (Underdog World Strike, SideOneDummy)
Bruce Springsteen – Across The Border (The Ghost Of Tom Joad, Columbia)
Jon Boden – Exile Song (A Folk Song A Day: June, Navigator)
** Last time out for November Album Of The Month, said to say goodbye to this one, absolutely love it. Also I haven’t picked a December AOTM, so if you have a suggestion go to the show Facebook page.
* This week’s entry to the Campfire Songbook.
Thank you very much Peter Cass, Jon Boden, Andy Waller, Ingrid Plum and Billy Brentford for contributing great suggestions to the refugee and migration themed playlist.
