Sunday 31 December 2023 - Golden Sunset

 It was the radiating sunbeams that inspired capture of this scene in Kintyre.

Saturday 30 September 2023, Folk At Five

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Robyn Stapleton - MacCrimmon's Lament
Gaberlunzie - 1320
Ewan Macintyre Band - Same Story
Faustus - Wrongs And Rights
Johnny Coppin - Break Free
Rosie Hood Band, The - Ethel
Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham - Megan's Wedding + The Herra Boys + The Barrowburn Reel
Louis De Bernieres - Your Little Paradise
Nelson Brothers, The - Long Way Down
Lori Watson - Yarrow
Sally Barker - Fall From Grace
Sheila K Cameron - The Loss Of Love
Purcell's Polyphonic Party - Mount Hills
Salt House - The Same Land

Friday 29 December 2023, Teatime With Trevox

Ruby J - Truth
Cat Ryan - Rex Mundi
Fox Stevenson - Love The Day
Ledi - Lie
Henshaw - Holy
Snamed - Sonriendo
Tony Baltimore - Everybody Sings
Etacas (Rob Reng, Jefferson Duke) - Sin Eater
Diablofurs - City of Fun
The Project - Best Days
Milk Inc - Sunrise
Canned Pineapple - Bowie
Parker Lee - Down To Dixie
Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
Pink Floyd - Money

Friday 29 December 2023, Folk At Five

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Reg Meuross - Angel In A Blue Dress
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - After The Gold Rush
Sheila K Cameron & The Wizard Of WOS - You Don't Know My Mind
Ian Bruce - Wha Will Buy My Troggan
Boo Hewerdine - Before Before
Cormac Gannon - If I Needed You
Steve & John Dagleish - It Ain't Me Babe
Mike Donaghy - January Never Came This Year
Darwin's Daughter - Moonlight
Killing Kenny - 4th of July
Calum Wood - Blairgowrie To Braemar
Skinner & T'witch - Living in the Dream
Boys Of The Lough - The Boys Of The Lough Set
Alex Golisti - Rubicon
Dusty Leigh - Angry Right Now
Scott Macdonald - Turned His Life Around

Oh, dishwasher

"It wasn't me! I did what I was told and did the washing-up." Thus spake the dishwasher this morning after we discovered the kitchen floor covered in water. Now the sky has shown its support for the dishwasher, and is pelting us with water and ice from above. "Hail, precipitator."

So, we've given the dishwasher a pretty little bow for its trunk, in the hope that it won't happen again. What an exciting morning!

Placator, 2023.

Thursday 28 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Eamon Friel - The Silence Between
Jamie Doe - Harvest Moon
Little Unsaid, The - Solstice
Madeleine Stewart Trio, The - MSR
Rallion - Waiting For Dawn
Becci Wallace - Little Moth
Pete McClelland - Back To The Mountains
Katey Brooks - We'll Meet Again
Dublin Legends - (A) Billy In The Low Ground (B) The Moving Cloud
Sue Harding - Silver And Dust
Bella Hardy - Jolly Good Luck To The Girl That Loves A Soldier
Mike Vass - The Blue Fields Of Paradise
Ross & Ali - Gaelic

Measure for measurement

It's Christmas 2023, and the UK Government's Department for Business and Trade has said that ministers had "dropped plans to bring back imperial measurements, after 98.7% of people opposed the move". A welcome result from a government consultation. 

Why did anyone think it a "good idea" to return to a system with such incoherent numerical relationships between units? The UK would have been one of a dwindling number of countries to use Imperial.

Vive la Système International !

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Dublin Legends - When The Boys Come Rollin` Home
Chris Ronald Trio, The - Grandpa's Wedding Ring
Hans Deville - Mr Wolf
Linsey Aitken & Ken Campbell - One People One World
Me, Thee & E - Mathematician
Norma Munro - Lassie Wi' the Yellow Coatie
Bella Hardy - True Hearted Girl
Beoga - Hello Again
Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote - The Sheep Shearing Song
Faeland (Rebecca Nelson, Jacob Morrison) - Tin Pan Pocket
Topette!! - Le Sac De Jambon + Ange + Long Legs
Old Blind Dogs - Sawney Bean
Cormac Gannon - Different
Benji Kirkpatrick & The Excess - Pinned Down
Anna Westin - A Slow Revelation

Why "Portsmouth" ? Why "Money" ?

 

Well, back in 2004 when I first started producing the Folk At Five radio show on Argyll FM, I wanted a distinctive folk-sounding tune to differentiate that show from the pop and rock of "Sounds Of The Seventies and Echoes Of The Eighties", the tagline I made up for my original evening show on the station. Then as now, I was using the instrumental break from Pink Floyd's "Money" as a filler tune between other segments, and I still use that whole track from the "Dark Side Of The Moon" album to close out many of my shows. At live events in the 1970s, it had become the cue to turn up the venue house lights, and on the radio now, it still indicates "end of show".

So why was "Money" chosen in the first place? That choice goes back to the days when I started listening to Radio Caroline, one of my earlier musical influences. They used Booker T and the MGs' "Green Onions" as a filler tune between broadcasts. I liked that sound, but I couldn't find my copy. What I did have was copies of Dark Side Of The Moon on various media, so I used a tune from it that I knew and enjoyed.

All my playlists are published as a record of both shows and individual tunes from them, at www.trevox.uk. Many of the shows are recorded and available to listen to again on Mixcloud. I also post on social media, to Facebook, Bluesky and, increasingly rarely, Twitter (X).

Tuesday 26 December 2023, Boxing Day, Folk At Five

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Rab Noakes - Your Clear White Light
Jack Rutter - Earl Scarslington's Seven Daughters
Kit Hawes and Aaron Catlow - Country Blues
Daimh - The Harris Dance
Karin Grandal-Park And Karl Robins - Blackwaterside
Capercaillie - Dr. MacPhail's Reel
Bills, The - Trail of Tales
Eamon Friel - Under The Sun
Paul Tasker - Roadtrippin'
McCalmans, The - The Bells Of The Town
Pedair - Llon Yr Wyf
Barbara Dymock - Dainty Doonby
Dowally - Castellation
Rura - Cauld Wind Blast

Monday 25 December 2023, Christmas Day, Folk At Five

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes - Take It Out On Me
Allan S. Cowell - The Moving On Song
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band - Coventry Carol
4Square - Dosketchup
Sean O Farrell - Connemara Cradle Song
Spinners, The - Derby Ram
Magna Carter - Only Road Home
Skinner & T'witch - The World Carol
Bella Hardy - Silverlight
Darren Hume - Living In A Pothole
Julie Abbé - He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven
Dougie Burns - Coffee
Krista Detor - For All I Know
Adam Norsworthy - Ready For Me

Saturday 23 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Brian McGuire - Brightness
Tom Lewis - Radio Times (These Times)
Peatbog Faeries - Tom In The Front
Slambovian Circus Of Dreams, The - Sunday In The Rain
Henry Girls - Maybe
Bella Gaffney - No Ash Will Burn
Simon Mayor - Concerto for Two Mandolins
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman - Night Visiting Song
Mike Vass - Heave And Roll
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - Calling My Children Home [Acapella]
Steve Tyler, Katy Marchant - Utopia Regained
Skinner & T'witch - The Fool's Journey (Reprise)
Gaugers, The - Fair Ellen
Dan Korn & Joe Sharp - The Promise

Friday 22 December 2023, Teatime With Trevox

Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Los Del Rio - Macarena
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It 1995
House Of Pain - Jump Around
Reef - Place Your Hands
C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman
Robin S. - Show Me Love
Daft Punk - Around The World
Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer
Haddaway - What Is Love
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
Faithless - Insomnia
Corona - Rhythm Of The Night
Armand Van Helden & Duane Hard - You Don't Know Me (Radio Edit)
Pink Floyd - Money (Instrumental)

Friday 22 December 2023, Folk At Five

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Granny's Attic - Fenland
Ceilidh Minogue - The Two Step
Fairport Convention - Banbury Fair
Spinners, The - Villikins And His Dinah
Sue Harding - The Dryad's Love Song
Malinky - I Dreamed Last Night Of My True Love
Mawkin - Duo
Salt House - William And Elsie
Merry Hell - Sister Atlas
John Wort Hannam - Chasing The Song
Beinn Lee - Osgarra
Kevin Macleod - Seaforth Set
Bellevue Rendezvous - K + Jota Da Gheada

Thursday 21 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Alex Hodgson - Inveresk
Elise Boeur & Adam Iredale-Gray - Brureslatt Rull Fra Jolster
Terence Blacker - Meanwhile
Dave Goulder - Long Lankin
Elles Bailey - Shake It Off
Alex Meredith - Edwards Pass
Ben Bedford - Blood On Missouri
George Samsome and Matt Quinn - I Live Not Where I Love
Trail West - The Mermaid
Anne Lorne Gillies - Canadian Exile Song
Spinners, The - When I First Came To This Land
Billy Connolly, John McCusker And Others - The Rose Of Sharon
Coda - Eyelids Into Snow
Alan Jackson - Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)

Wednesday 20 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Ben Bedford - The Pilot And The Flying Machine, Part 1
Stewart Henderson, Yvonne Lyon, Carol Henderson - Enjoy Not Endure
Skinner & T'witch - The Wedding Song
Amy Hopwood - Three Impossible Tasks
Lady Buds - Rulers In The Sky
Caitlin Nic Gabhann - O'Flaherty's + The Wily Old Bachelor + The Japanese Hornpipe
Faeland (Rebecca Nelson, Jacob Morrison) - Made To Love You
Johnny Coppin - East Wind
Alan Jackson - Dallas
Winter Wilson - I Wish I Could Turn Back Time
John Graham & Jim Jack - West Coast Days
Chris Stout & Finlay MacDonald - Land of Bens and Glens and Heroes

Tuesday 19 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Chris Cleverley - We Sat Back And Watched It Unfold
Bobby Morganstein - Yesh
Granny's Attic - Queen's Wood
Kadril - Roze
Ewan McLennan - Killyclare
'Peerie' Willie Johnson - They Can't Take That Away From Me
John Stuart Scottish Dance Band - 6'8 Brittania Two-step
Siobhan Miller - The Unquiet Grave
Anna Massie, Jenn Butterworth, Mairearad Green - Shack
Strike The Colours - Safety In Numbers
Mo Dewdney, Lukas Drinkwater, Ciaran Algar - You Belong With Me
Cheyenne Brown & Seylan Baxter - Twa Corbies
Jim & Susie Malcolm - Gloomy Winter
Wren - Pink Stone

Monday 18 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Wilde Roses - Henry Martyn
Chris Lewington - Spread Your Wings
Todd & Karen - Blackpool Lights
Ewan McLennan - Aye Waulkin O
Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham - The Shores Of Loch Bee + The Headlands + The Floggin' Reel
Ange Hardy - What It Is
James Gordon - Another Big Box Store
Mike Donaghy - Stairs And Archways
Catherine Howe and Vo Fletcher - Keeping The Faith Near
Tom Paxton - Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
Dan Webster - Number 17
Ted Key & The Kingstons - Oh Cruella
Daniel & Emma Reid - Ensamheten
Donnie Munro - Mother Glasgow

Saturday 16 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
John Wort Hannam - Man Of God
Jess McAllister - I Am A Woman
Leonard Cohen - Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
John Williamson - This Is Australia Calling
Hafdis Huld - Slow Learner
Skinner & T'witch - Too Many Feet
Eamon Friel - Street Of Song
Coig - Home From The Forest
Pipedown - Ian McGee's Romanian Boots
Tom Paxton - Mr Blue
Norma Munro - Tiree Love Song
Leo Mc Cann - Goa Way
Moishe's Bagel - Uncle Elef & Friends
Archie Fisher - The Three Gypsies
Matt McGinn - Rosin The Bow

Friday 15 December 2023, Teatime With Trevox

Emma Wilson - Rack Em Up
Ruby J - Backtrack
Chris White Experience - When My Boat Comes In
Ledi - Lie
Henshaw - Holy
Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay
Adam Norsworthy - Shores of Heaven
Ruby J - Don't Care
Lazy Suns, The - Young Man's Game
Martin Garrix - Don't Look Down
Tony Baltimore - Everybody Sings
Etacas (Rob Reng, Jefferson Duke) - Sin Eater
Sylvia G - S.O.S.
The Flirts - Dancing Madly Backwards
Canned Pineapple - Bowie
Pink Floyd - Money (Instrumental)

Friday 15 December 2023, Folk At Five

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Emily Askew Band, The - Amors M'art
Glenn Keiles - Calling Africa (Ukukalayo)
Davy Graham - Fire In My Soul
Le Vent Du Nord - Le Pays De Samuel
Alistair Anderson & Northlands - Redeside Hornpipe + Kyloe Burn
Gwenan Gibbard - Y Morwr Mwyn (The Gentle Sailor)(Lament For A Sailor)
Mishra - Angeline The Baker
Gaberlunzie - Cape Breton Waltz, Sarah Menzies Of Carnbro
Hollywood Beyond - What's The Colour Of Money
Eamon O'Leary - No Eye
Allan Johnston - The Bonnie Moorhen
Elena Piras - Wild Mountain's Thyme
Johnny Coppin - Halsway Carol
Linda Campbell - Catching Raindrops
Bonfire Radicals - The Man From Suburbia

Thursday 14 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Hilary Bell - Catch The Wind
Iona Fyfe Band - Pride Of Aberdeen
Brian McGuire - The Keel Row
Julie Fowlis, Jenny Napier Keldie, Linda Macleod, Kathleen MacInnes - Faroe Rum + Aandowin At Da Bow + Forfeit Of Da Ship
Barry Nisbet - Within Sadness
Chris Fox - Perfectly Normal
The Star Prairie Project (Nolen R. Chew Jr.) - Fault Line
Beth Malcolm - Ghost Tour
Coda - Never Lose Home
Rheingans Sisters, The - Three Springs
Seamus Begley - Today
Ian Walker Band, The - The Man On The Moon
Elis MacFadyen - The Girl From The Rodeo
DeMalebysse - The Snows They Melt The Soonest

Wednesday 13 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Trials Of Cato, The - Kadisha
John Smith - Lord Franklin
Lynched - Daffodil Mulligan
Trip - For Marie
Niall McGuigan - Simple Message
Battlefield Band - The Great White Herring
Sheila K Cameron - On The Road To Haida Gwaii
Ryan Young - The Rock + Wee Pickle Tow
Katrina Bishop - Reassure Me
Seekers, The - South Australia
Dala - Lonely Girl
Winter Wilson - I'd Rather Be Ashes Than Dust
White Rooks - Tell Me Who

Tuesday 12 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
James Keelaghan - Twister
Steven MacIomhair - O Theab Theab
Mike Vass and Dave Wood - Hills Of Donegal
Phil Langran - Snow On The Mountain
The Hut People - One For Lily
Finn Paul - Norwegian Sea
Emily Askew Band, The - Cantiga De Santa Maria 42 + Bouree
Monks Road Social Feat. Dr Robert & Sulene Fleming - Step By Step
Graham Mackenzie - Cape Breton Set
Henry Parker - Sylvie
Jonas Carping - Moonlight Parade
Benji Kirkpatrick & The Excess - Back To The Fold
James Yorkston - Don't Let Me Down

Sarah McQuaid UK Tour Dates Announced

See the tour web page.

Monday 11 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Boldwood - Dainty Fine Bride
Chris Flegg - This Is My Lullaby For You
Rab Noakes - Goodbye Booze
Janice Burns & Jon Doran - The Black Fox
Kathy Mattea - 455 Rocket (Live)
Dougie Burns - Shrine
Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Hard Way
Robert Severin - Rudi's War
Graham J. - Déjà Vu
Siobhan Miller - Wild Mountain Thyme
Chloe Hall - Blue Sky Winter
Battlefield Band, The - The Ballad Of AccountingGavin Livingstone - This Desolate Future + The Wilderness

Local Bands, Frinton, Thorpe & Cranleigh, 1963-5

Sorting out some old business cards, I found some from local bands playing in 1963 - 1965.

Saturday 09 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Killer Whale - Our Father
Ninebarrow - Farewell Shanty
Dan Walsh - Glen Cottage (Glen Cottage No 1,  Glen Cottage No 2)
Bruno Lewis & Josh Del - Wild Woman
Skinner & T'witch - Silent, The Night
Jim Reynolds - The Rainbow
Bobby Morganstein - Tzena-Tzena
Daimh - Cuir a-Nall
Sandy Wright - The Wonder Of The World
Robb Johnson - Your Affectionate Son
Rab Noakes - (Don't Say) Money Doesn't Matter
Josh Johnston - Darkness By Your Head
Merry Hell - Moonlight Parade
Duncan Lyall - Barnacarry Bay

Friday 08 December 2023, Teatime With Trevox

Cat Ryan - Rex Mundi
Backstreet Boys - Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
Fox Stevenson - Love The Day
Joe Lockwood - Hey You
Parker Lee - Down To Dixie
Hannah's Yard - With You All The Way
Diablofurs - Goodbye Stars
Major Lazer ft Travis Scott & Camila Cabello - Know No Better (Novado Remix)
Rita Ora - Let You Love Me (T Paul Remix)
The Project - Best Days
Diablofurs - Swim Alone
Foggy - Come (Into My Dream)
Thompson Twins, The - Doctor! Doctor!
Pink Floyd - Money

Friday 08 December 2023, Folk At Five

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Hungrytown - Static
Ruby J - Don't Care
Merry Hell - We Need Each Other Now
John Graham & Jim Jack - Magic Shadow Show
Jo Miller - I Was Born In Gallowa
Reg Meuross - In Dreams
Darren Hume - Ghost Piano
Sarah McQuaid - Kenilworth
Paula Ryan - Let Me Fly
Eddi Reader - Old Song
Skerryvore - Rox Revival
Trip - September Sea
Cormac Begley - Schottisches, Joe Bane's + The Streamstown Jig
Wee Toon Tellers - Ladylever Park, Edinburgh Volunteers

Thursday 07 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
The Legendary Ten Seconds (Ian Churchward) - Teignmouth Wasail
Andrew J Newall - Share The Darkness
Freunde - Probably Maybe
Bills, The - Jungle Doctor
Vision Thing - Silver Darlings
Pat Walsh - The Red Gates + Larry's Favourite (Reels)
George Samsome and Matt Quinn - The Fox And The Grey Goose
Fiona Kennedy - The Crossing Over
Lorraine Jordan - Minor To Major
John Stuart Scottish Dance Band - 2'4 Polka
Ian Bruce, Pete Clark, Ian Lowthian & Bruce MacGregor - Ettrick
Tom Paxton - Cindy's Crying + Hooker
Carbonhobo (Neil McCartney, Ben McCartney) - Seagull

Wednesday 06 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Carol Fieldhouse - Beyond The Rising Tide
Pat Walsh - Baby Matthew's Jig + Emmet's Hedgehog
Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (Acoustic)
Chloe Hall - Shipwreck
Gaelforce - Maid Behind The Bar
Brenda Cochrane - Scarlet Ribbons
Magnum - Start Talking Love
Luke Concannon - Grow Wild
Carbonhobo (Neil McCartney, Ben McCartney) - Stranger
Skinner & T'witch - Too Many Feet
Anna Tam - Fakenham Fair
Jeremy Taylor - Windmills
Moiizah - Tany Mena
Gypsyfingers - The Island

Tuesday 05 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Ruby J - Don't Care
Joshua Burnell - Moonlighters Child
McCalmans, The - The Moor Road
Damian Wilson - Hard To Keep Faith
Gordon Gunn - Wick To Wickham + Anna And Bob Rowe Of Plockton + The Black Stairs
Frank Burkitt Band, The - The Gypsy Barber
Robyn Stapleton - The Shuttle Rins
Sean O Farrell - But You Love Me Daddy
Barbara Dickson - Farewell To Fiunary
Bruce MacGregor - Lament For Captain Simon Fraser
Liam Merriman & Eoin O Meachair - Streams of Bunclody
Jerry Akehurst - Good Neighbours
Ninebarrow - Names In The Sky

Monday 04 December 2023

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Ervin Munir - Broken Compass
Julian Taylor - Long Time Ago
Gaberlunzie - Follow The Kyles [Waltz]
Young'uns, The - Ay Carmela
Rachel Newton - Ben Mor Coigach
Battlefield Band, The - Och’ Is Duine Is Truagh Mi (Oh I Am A Forlorn Man) + Tha Fionnla
Fay Hield - Swirling Eddies
Jenny Lysander - Mind Me
Dan Cunningham - Revival
Changing Room, The - He Died With His Boots On
Dan Webster - Elvis
Lorraine Jordan - The Secret To Everything
Siger - Steenbakkers
Siger - Downhill Drifters
Rosie Hood Band, The - Everything Possible

Saturday 02 December 2023

Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley - R Aim's Compliments To J Craigie, The Holm Band Tune
Henry Sparks - The Cowboy Song
Daniel & Emma Reid - Life Continuum
Luke Daniels & The Cobhers - Syrian Longa
Ervin Munir - Fall Apart
Kris Drever - The Call and the Answer
Chris Flegg - I Knew A Girl She Was So Thin
Serious Child - No Missed Calls
John Blek - Ciara Waiting
James J Turner - My Way Back Home
Meadows, The - High Barbary
Jake Aaron - Late Night Radio
Mark Dunlop - The Three Huntsmen

Friday 01 December 2023, Teatime With Trevox

Parish - Indian Mood
Champagne Dreads - In My Bed (Placido Domingo)
Daniel Darley - Daily Cause
Toy Car - Better Than Before
Mucky Pup - Brushing Off The Dust
Maddocks, The - Ronnie O'Sullivan
MammaBear - State Of Grace
Georgie Boyd - What's That Feeling
Jackie Rawe - I Believe In Dreams (Original 12" Mix)
Huw & The Greater Good - Dopamine
Cruz - Get Away
Roadhouse Blues Band - Sacrifice
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
Pink Floyd - Money

Friday 01 December 2023, Folk At Five

Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Chris Flegg - Cool Frog
Mairearad Green & Mike Vass - Hyndford
Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote - Bushes And Briars
Allan Johnston - Jane and Joe Johnstons's Golden Wedding Waltz
Brenda Cochrane - Caledonia
Mitchell Kersley - Howlin At The Moon
Magpies, The - Now And Then
Eamon Friel - Back To Oz
Ervin Munir - Fall From Grace
Andrew J Newall - Glasgow City
Sandy Wright - Whisky Moon
Saskia Griffiths-Moore and Chandra Chakraborty - Bhromor Koiyo Giya