The BritMix

BritMix 179: 24 May 2012

You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties - Jona Lewie
From the album: New Waves
Cover Story People Are Strange - The Doors
From the album: Best Of The Doors
Cover Story People Are Strange - Echo & The Bunnymen
From the album: More Songs To Learn And Sing
Paradise by The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf & Ellen Foley
From the album: Bat Out of Hell

Hitsville UK - The Clash and Ellen Foley
From the album: Sandinista!
Torchlight - Ellen Foley
From the album: Spirit of St. Louis
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Gotta Get Out - Ian Hunter & Ellen Foley
From the album: Missing In Action
All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
From the album: Juno Soundtrack

British Folk Sampler Mammalian Skin - Goodwin Sands
From the album: The Woodworm Project
New Music See That Girl – Cast
From the album: Troubled Times
New Music Breakdown - Scars On 45
Single
New Music People Help The People – Birdy
From the album: Birdy
British Folk Sampler Gone Fishing – Flook
From the album: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006

BritMix 178: 17 May 2012

This week, the winners (and some of the other finalists) from the 2012 BBC Folk Music Awards. Click here for all the winners and finalists.

Alright Jack - Home Service
From the album: Live 1986
The Oggie Man - June Tabor
From the album: Ashore
Wriggle & Writhe - Tim Edey & Brendan Power
From the album: Wriggle & Writhe
The Colour Of Amber - Lady Maisery
From the album: Weave & Spin
Maids When You're Young - Lucy Ward
From the album: Adelphi Has To Fly

The Close Shave - Ioscaid
From the album: Folk Awards 2012
Cushy Butterfield - Ian Campbell Folk Group
From the album: The Times They Are A-Changin'
The Reckoning - Steve Tilston
From the album: The Reckoning
The Herring Girl - Bella Hardy
From the album: Lost and Stolen

Last - The Unthanks
From the album: Last
Bonny Bunch Of Roses - June Tabor & Oysterband
From the album: Ragged Kingdom
The Naughty Step - Peatbog Faeries
From the album: Dust

BritMix 177: 10 May 2012

The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
From the album: More Songs To Learn And Sing
Cover Story Midnight Special – Leadbelly
From the album: Leadbelly Selected Favorites Volume 2
Cover Story Midnight Special - Long John Baldry   
From the album: Remembering Leadbelly
Cover Story Midnight Special - Van Morrison
From the album: Blowin' Your Mind

Britsh Folk Sampler Crazy Man Michael - Fairport Convention
From the album: Liege And Lief
Britsh Folk Sampler Amelia - John Tams & Barry Coope
From the album: The Reckoning
Britsh Folk Sampler Copshawholme - Bellowhead   
From the album: BBC Folk Awards 2006
Reverse Cover Story Rocket Man - Elton John
From the album: Greatest Hits
Reverse Cover Story Rocket Man - William Shatner
From the album: Seeking Major Tom

New Music You're Dead - The Wedding Present
From the album: Valentina
New Music Slow It Down - Amy MacDonald
From the album: Life In A Beautiful Light
New Music Melancholy Sky – Goldfrapp
From the album: The Singles
She's Got The Time - Newton Faulkner
From the album: Hand Built by Robots
New Music SW9 - Fort Romeau
Single

BriotMix 176: 3 May 2012

4 A.M. - Cherry Ghost
From the album: Thirst For Romance
This Is The Life - Amy MacDonald
From the album: This Is The Life
Cover Story All Tomorrow's Parties - Velvet Underground
From the album: The Velvet Undergorund and Nico
Cover Story All Tomorrow's Parties - June Tabor & The Oyster Band
From the album: Freedom And Rain
British Folk Sampler Far From Home - The Levellers
From the album: Cambridge Folk Festival 1998-99

White Neck Blooze - Daevid Allen
From the album: Bananamoon
Blind Man - Stone The Crows
From the album:
Shouting In A Bucket Blues - Kevin Ayers
From the album: Bananamour
Radio Gnome Invisible – Gong
From the album: Flying Teapot
Solar Musick Suite - Steve Hillage
From the album: Fish Rising

British Folk Sampler Another Train - The Poozies
From the album: Chantoozies
New Music Your Love Is Mine - Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
From the album: Long Distance   
So Boot If At All - Soft Machine
From the album: The Soft Machine Volumes One And Two

BritMix 175: 26 April 2012 - Rolling Stones Special

On tonight's BritMix, a Rolling Stones special featuring their 1978 album Some Girls.

The show is hosted by long-time Rolling Stone Magazine music critic Anthony DeCurtis and includes exclusive Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood interviews, the songs that made Some Girls a classic album (“Miss You,” “Beast of Burden,” “Shattered,” and more), as well as previously unreleased tracks from its prolific sessions plus other comments from Steve Knopper (Rolling Stone) and Jon Langford (Mekons, Waco Brothers, WXRT Chicago).

 

BritMix 174: 19 April 2012

Playing Bogart - Any Trouble   
From the album: Where Are All The Nice Girls?
Cover Story Rock Island Line – Leadbelly
From the album: The Masters of Blues!
Cover Story Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
From the album: Mojo Presents The World Of The Small Faces And Beyond
Freak Folk Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan
From the album: Just Another Diamond Day
Freak Folk Glow Worms - Vashti Bunyan
From the album: Just Another Diamond Day
Freak Folk Heads Off Dogs – Birdengine
From the album: I Fed Thee Rabbit Water
Freak Folk Kelli Ali - Dark Mirror
From the album: A Paradise Inhabited by Devils

British Folk Sampler Home is Where the Heart Is - Clive Gregson and Christine Collister
From the album: Home is Where the Heart Is
I Love This Town - Clive Gregson
From the album: I Love This Town
British Folk Sampler Meet Me On The Corner – Lindisfarne
From the album: The Best Of The Cambridge Folk Festival
New Music That's Alright - Kindness
From the album: World, You Need a Change of Mind

New Music OC DC - Get The Blessing
From the album: OC DC
New Music The Lights - Mull Historical Society
From the album: City Awakenings
Fred Astaire - Clive Gregson
From the album: Happy Hour
British Folk Sampler The Hillsbrook Reels Michael McGoldrick
From the album: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006

BritMix 173: 12 April 2012

British Folk Sampler Valentine's Day Is Over - June Tabor & The Oyster Band
From the album: Freedom And Rain   
Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
From the album: Mojo - The Route To Quadrophenia
Cover Story You're The Best Thing - Ray Price
From the album: Country Gold
Cover Story You're The Best Thing - The Style Council
From the album: My Ever Changing Moods
News Of The World - The Jam
From the album: Compact Snap

British Folk Sampler Hal-An-Tow - The Watersons
From the album: Frost and Fire - A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs
British Folk Sampler Scarborough Fair - Martin Carthy
From the album: Martin Carthy
British Folk Sampler Cold, Haily, Windy Night - Steeleye Span
From the album: The Lark In Morning - The Early Years
British Folk Sampler When First I Came to Caledonia - Waterson:Carthy
From the album: Waterson:Carthy
British Folk Sampler John Barleycorn - The Imagined Village
From the album: The Imagined Village

New Music Adios (Tango) - The Stranglers
From the album: Giants (Deluxe Edition)
New Music That Dangerous Age - Paul Weller
From the album: Sonik Kicks
New Music Home Again - Michael Kiwanuka
From the album: Home Again
British Folk Sampler Carthy's March/The Lemon Tree - Martin Carthy With Dave Swarbrick
From the album: Life And Limb

BritMix 172: 5 April 2012

Train Song - Eliza Carthy
From the album: Angels & Cigarettes
Cover Story Perfect Day - Lou Reed
From the album: Transformer
Cover Story Perfect Day - Antony and the Johnsons
From the album: Raven
Cover Story Perfect Day - Kirsty MacColl and Evan Dando
From the album: Galore
There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis - Kirsty MacColl
From the album: Galore
The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face – Peggy Seeger
From the album: Black & White - The Definite Collection

(If You) Keep Me in Your Heart - Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat
From the album: Everything's Getting Older
Red Travellin' Socks - Malcolm Middleton
From the album: Waxing Gibbous
A Doughnut In My Hand - Ivor Cutler
From the album: Privilege
Pencil Full of Lead - Paolo Nutini
From the album: Sunny Side Up
I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker - Sandi Thom
From the album: Live From The Basement

Wild Wild Woman (Live) - Chris Spedding
From the album: Motorbikin’ Studio and Live
New Music (I Keep Thinking About) A New Town - Field Music
From the album: Plumb
New Music Lament - Neil Cowley Trio
From the album: The Face of Mount Molehill
New Music Sarah Minor - Keaton Henson
Single
New Music Cloud Chamber – Errors
From the album: Have Some Faith in Magic

BritMix 171: 29 March 2012

British Folk On The Way - Chris While And Julie Matthews
From the album: Here and Now
Cover Story Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Elvis Presley
From the album: This Is Radio Strummer
Cover Story Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Duffy Power
From the album: MOJO: Hail To The King!
The Very Thought of You - James Hunter
From the album: Believe What I Say
Motobikin' – Chris Spedding
From the album:
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Public Image
British Folk Still I Love Him - Bella Hardy, Hannah Edwards, Roger Wilson, Saul Rose, Ruth Notman
From the album: Threads

We're All Going to Die - Malcolm Middleton
From the album EP: We're All Going to Die
New Music Monologue: River - Human Don't Be Angry
From the album: Live At Leeds
Happy Jack - The Who
From the album: Live At Leeds
My Baby Girl - John Martyn
From the album: Live at Leeds

New Music Speedboat - The Bevis Frond
From the album: The Leaving of London
Generator - The Holloways
From the album: So This Is Great Britain?
Lippy Kids – Elbow
From the album: Build a Rocket Boys!
Mare, Take Me Home - Matthews' Southern Comfort
The Essential Collection
New Music Barton Spring - Errors   
From the album: Have Some Faith in Magic

BritMix 170: 22 March 2012

Pledge Drive Special - Thank you to everyone who pledged tonight. We appreciate your support.

Common People – Pulp
From the album: The Brit Box
Cover Story Man In the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan
From the album: Oh Mercy
Cover Story Man In The Long Black Coat - Barb Jungr
From the album: Man in the Long Black Coat
Crawling from the Wreckage (Revisited) - Graham Parker
From the album: Your Country

Hometown Glory (Live) – Adele
Single
Tear-Stained Letter - Richard Thompson
From the album: Hand of Kindness
Every Grain Of Sand - Barb Jungr
From the album: Every Grain Of Sand
British Folk Sampler Girl 211 - The Sharps & Flats
From the album: Folk Awards 2012
British Folk Sampler Ballad Of Obray Ramsey - Matthews' Southern Comfort
From the album: The Essential Collection
Waterloo Sunset - Barb Jungr
Waterloo Sunset

Rave On - Buddy Holly
From the album: Greatest Hits
Rave On - Steeleye Span
From the album: The Lark In The Morning
America/Second Amendment (Alternative Stereo Version) – The Nice   
From the album: The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack