FolkCast 080 - November 2012

Published: Nov. 10, 2012, 6:36 p.m.

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November is the month of memories, and in an opening section we pay tribute to the dead of all wars, with six songs from various viewpoints of war through history.

Later in the show our folk historian, Babba, lights the fuse on the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot – an infamous event remembered annually with fireworks and bonfires. And there's a specially-written song to commemmorate "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions".

We also remind you that the end of November is time for the Great British Folk Festival, so we preview the event with music from some of the artists appearing this year.
Never A Soldier by Duncan McCrone
Born To Be A Soldier by Gary Cordice
Tommy by Peter Bellamy
King And Country by Seth Lakeman and The BBC Concert Orchestra
Coming Home by Show Of Hands
Fourteen Hundred Hours by Talis Kimberley
Huzzah! by Jamie Smith's Mabon
Roll Out The Black by Feral Mouth
Pretty Nancy Of Yarmouth by Feast Of Fiddles
The Lover's Ghost by Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party
Shining Morn by Gordon Giltrap
This Time by Merry Hell
The Story Behind The Song: An Honest Man by Carys & Rosemary (Babba tells the story of The Gunpowder Plot)
Loch Tay Boat Song by Amber Road

See the ShowNotes at http://www.folkcast.co.uk for full details and links.