Tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm : Scattering The Roots with Dan Ogus...two hours of the finest folk, roots, blues, etc...plenty of etc...

I've been enthusiastically raiding my vaults to bring you some excellent music both new and vintage every Wednesday evening from 9pm 'til 11pm.

The next show goes out tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm (after Express FM Country), featuring the following artists :

Amy Wadge, Dennis Ellsworth, Couvo, 20-20, Martin Simpson, Clive Gregson, John Douglas, Phil Cooper, Bob Dylan, Hattie Whitehead, Damien Rice, Levon Helm, Phil Burdett, Old Californio, Rees Shad, Martha Wainwright, Anna Elizabeth Laube, Anna Howie, Ani DiFranco, Neev, Beth Hart, Derrin Nauendorf, Willie Nile, Billy Bragg...

Listen tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm on Express FM, on DAB and online here :

https://www.expressfm.com/programmes/scattering-the-roots/

Given a winter tour howabout "May to December"

A fresh email tells me a standalone  LP and  CD  of DG @ the BBC are planned.

A kid's programme well worth watching just for the songs. He detuned and returned the strings to simulate the boing boing of Kenny. Brilliant stuff.

Even more exciting....

On next weeks Repair Shop.  Kenny the Kangaroo!!  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029lsz#:~:text=The%20final%20pair%20to%20walk,been%20earmarked%20for%20a%20revival.


The final pair to walk through the barn doors are celebrated veteran singer-songwriter Ralph McTell and his friend Matthew. They need the expertise of leather expert Suzie Fletcher to help repair a tattered old toy that has been earmarked for a revival. Ralph was involved in a children’s programme called Alphabet Zoo in the 80s, where he wrote a song for every letter of the alphabet. A friend gave him the leather kangaroo as a gift to celebrate the song Kenny The Kangaroo. As a result, Kenny appeared on stage with Ralph at venues like the Royal Festival Hall. Ralph met Matthew at his local pub. As well as working at the pub, Matthew also works with children with special needs doing music therapy, where he began using Ralph’s songs in his class. The children were captivated by the song Kenny The Kangaroo. Ralph was moved by this and offered to donate his leather friend to the school, but it cannot be enjoyed by the children in its current condition. Suzie has her work cut out in repairing this 70s stuffed toy from down under, whose once robust leather is now cracked and split. When the pair return, they are delighted to see Suzie has been able to get Kenny leaping back into action again, so Matthew can use him in his therapy sessions with the children.

This just in!

Peggy writes. Ralph McTell and myself did an eight day mini tour last winter and Tristan Bryant recorded five of the shows. James Wood has mixed and edited fifteen tracks which will be released on Fairport's Matty Grooves label and launched at our Cropredy Festival. We are so pleased with the result and await a title (suggestions please) and we would love to have some photographs from the tour. If anyone can help us out please send pics to peggyonthebass@btinternet.com Love Peggy and Ralph

I've never heard Dick Gaughan's original version of Think Again but I have it on the self-titled 1989 album by the American trio, Show Of Hands. Excellent song. Here's their cover, if you don't know it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlK1cPqtcoo

I was just meaning in relation to this particular song. In 'Think Again' he sings about the Russians and the millions killed in the Nazi invasion. But I take your point about other countries being involved in current conflicts.

We may try and keep politics out of this message board but it's difficult to avoid it when listening to Gaughan's music.

You won't be disappointed.  A fine artist more than worthy  of this   release.

I watched the clip on the Kickstarter page. Beautiful, and I'm really looking forward to it. I'm no bothered by a Scottish tongue.

Reminds me of a joke Alan Cumming told on American radio, after apologizing that this might be too Scottish: A customer goes into a Scottish bakery and asks "Is that a flapjack or a meringue?" The owner replies, "You're right, it's a flapjack."