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Rogue Folk Club Artistic Director Steve Edge, in the studios of CiTR. Note the Manchester United cap!

Saturday June 17, 2023 - Old Favourites from the Archives - Vol 2: Trolling through my library to assemble an 85th anniversary of UBC Student Radio show, and a 38th anniversary of THIS show, I came up with a "shortlist" of 850 songs. Here are some of my faves which missed the cut

#ArtistSong TitleAlbum (label)
 
1Patrick StreetMusic For A Found HarmoniumIrish Times
2Abdullah Chhadeh & NaraNashwehAbdullah Chhadeh & Nara
3Ali Farka Touré & Toumani DiabatéFantasyAli & Toumani
 
4Constantinople & Ablaye CissokoSoutouroJardins migrateurs
5Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni baMusow - For Our WomenI Speak Fula
6Fatoumata DiawaraMamaFenfoSomething To Say
 
7Aura MsimangKulalaAfrican Odyssey
8Baka BeyondMountain SongJourney Between
9AfroCubismDjelimady RumbaAfroCubism
 
10Buena Vista Social ClubEl Cuarto de TulaBuena Vista Social Club
11BokantéZyé Ouvè - Zyé FèméStrange Circles
12Amadou & MariamCe N'est Pas BonWelcome To Mali
 
13Cedric Watson & Bijou CreoleBye Bye Mon Coeur Fait MalLe Soleil Est Levé
14Kat DanserFrenchman Street ShakeOne Eye Open
15David BrombergTry Me One More TimeTry Me One More Time
 
16Joan ArmatradingPlay The BluesInto The Blues
17CalexicoHarness The WindEl Mirador
18Eilen JewellYou Were a Friend of MineGet Behind the Wheel
 
19Fred EaglesmithI Like TrainsDrive-In Movie
20Chris Frye & The Analog GhostsSometimes I Just SitAnd There We Were In The Flaming 20s
21BrishenBlue DragBrishen
 
22GypsaleroEl RunawayEl Runaway
23Béla Fleck. Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain. Rakesh ChaurasiaThe B Tune - Radio EditAs We Speak
24Joy Kills SorrowYou Make Me Feel DrunkDarkness Sure Becomes This City
 
25Headlong HeartsJolie LouiseWhat We Call Forever
26John Reischman & The JaybirdsTwo Of UsOn That Other Green Shore
27DalaLevi BluesEveryone Is Someone
 
28Blame SallyBig Big BedSpeeding Ticket and a Valentine
29Andrea ZonnWeather With YouLove Goes On
30The BillsNowhere To BeLet Em Run
 
31Allison RussellThe RunnerOutside Child
32June TaborMayn Rue PlatsAqaba
33The East PointersI Saw Your GhostHouse of Dreams
 
34Aoife O'DonovanReason to BelieveAoife O'Donovan Plays Nebraska
35Gillian WelchScarlet TownThe Harrow & The Harvest
36Emma StevensBlackbird by The Beatles sung in Mi'kmaqSingle
 
37Gwyneth Glyn & Seckou KeitaTrafaeliais - Kidé-magniTro
38BellowheadAcross The LineBurlesque
39Fraser UnionSnap The Line TightBridging The Gap
 
40The CottarsHold OnForerunner
41The Barely WorksLiberty / Blackberry Blossom / The Cuckoo's NestThe Big Beat
42BodegaWagon WheelBodega
 
43Anna & ElizabethLovin' BabefRoots #53
44Annie LouTake Your Leg Off MineGrandma's Rules For Drinking
45Fairport ConventionMedley : The Lark In The Morning / Rakish Paddy / Foxhunter's Jig / Toss The FeathersLiege & Lief
 
46The DardanellesBad BoyThe Eastern Light
47Anita Best & Pamela MorganSuil A GraThe Colour of Amber
48BùmarangJock Brown's 70thEcho Land
 
49GenticorumLe Tic-Tac Du Moulin Et Les Malins PlaisirsMalins Plaisirs
50La Bottine SourianteLa brunette est là / Le reel des quatre fers en l'airJe Voudrais Changer d'Chapeau
51Grosse IsleJohnny Laughran's / McKenna's reelLe bonhomme sept heures / The Bonesetter
 
52Alias Ron KavanaMedley: Galtee Mór, Irish Ways, Jigs - Daniel O'Connoll : Saddle The Pony : Merrily Kiss The Quaker : The Kinnegard Slashers : Annie Mulligans'sComing Days