FolkCast Summer Sizzler 2015

Published: June 2, 2015, 2:24 p.m.

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The Soundtrack for the Season!

Grab your picnic blanket or a folding chair and enjoy more than an hour
of superb sounds to keep you sizzling all summer long

Summer Is A-Comin' by Merry Hell, from the album "The Ghost In Our House And Other Stories" (2015)

Sun Song by Laura Veirs, from the album "Warp And Weft" (2013)

"A few days by the sea…" Newsreels, (1950s)

English Seaside Postcards by Paul McGladdery and Gaynor Wilson, recorded especially for FolkCast (2015)

Picnic by Peter Knight's Gigspanner, from the album "Doors At Eight (Live)" (2011)

Haymaking by Dora Greenwell

Country Life by Whapweasel, from the album "Festivalis" (2012)

Summerfly by Teresa Doyle and Doug Riley, from the album "Summerfly" (2004)

"Oh boy, Lake Platatuki!", from 'It's Higgins, Sir!' American Radio Show (1951)

Lake Song by The Decemberists, from the album "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World" (2014)

Lilac Time by Anne-Marie Sanderson, from the EP "Shadows & Sparks" (2015)

"I've always loved the idea of summer and sun and all things hot…", from the film "Frozen" (2013)

Wonderful Day by Lee Maddison, from the album "Weightless" (2014)

Underneath A Blue And Cloudess Sky by Seasick Steve, from the album "You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks" (2011)

Sunshine Saturday by David Dee Moore, from the album "The Sun, The Moon, The Stars… and Other Moving Objects" (2013)

The Swallow by Thomas Aird

Swallows by Abbie Lathe, from the album "Low Summer" (2011)

Summer! Rain!, from British newsreel (1954)

Rain by Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, from the album "Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston" (2012)

"…atomic bombs, flying saucers or the eclipse!", British newsreel (1954)

Caught In The Rain by Steve Knightley, from the album "Track Of Words - Retraced" (2009)

The Weather Forecast, from British newsreels (1947)

Weatherman by Stormy Mondays, from the EP "On My Radio" (2010)

Lazybones by Joe Brown (with Sam Brown), from the album "The Very Best of Joe Brown: 50th Anniversary" (2008)

How Can I Compare Thee? by Skinner And T'witch, from the album "Rise" (2015)

"Thinking of Europe", from 'Our Miss Brooks' Summer Vacation', American Radio, 1955

Forest Of Summer by Fairytale, from the album "Forest Of Summer" (2015)

Solstice Call by Gaia Consort, from the album "Evolve" (2004)

Wickerman by Damh The Bard, from the album "Sabbat" (2015)

Head Home by Blackmailed & Bereft, single release (2014)

For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk