Folk magazine about the present and the past, from freak folk to minstrels. Today’s programme features the last of a series of three about the alternative heroic epic.
It is not about kings and emperors, generals or war heroes, but about ordinary yet exceptional philosophers, doers and darers; about the creative and the characters. In previous programmes, we featured historical figures, important politicians, liberal thinkers and doers, bandits, unjust convicts, idealists etc. In this final programme, we hear songs about adventurers, daredevils who face the unknown, suffer and explore. It is a musical tribute to inspiring artists, musicians, revue stars and painters and you will hear songs about passionate religious figures. We conclude the programme with a heroic reporter and a famous national sportswoman, who caused considerable controversy during her career. Besides our own Sido Martens, you will hear among others Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Ray Cooper, Connie Dover, Allan Taylor, Don MacLean, Richard Shindell, Ralph McTell and Fiedel Michel.
Ray Cooper – Tales Of Love, War And Death By Hanging – Westpark Music WP87188.
1. My Compass Points To North (Cooper) 4.07.
Connie Dover – The Border of Heaven – Taylor Park Music TPMD0401.
2. Lord Franklin (trad) 5.08.
Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin – Mynd – Dragonfly Roots DRCD001.
3. Song for Caroline Herschel (Martin, Henry-Martin) 5.17.
Don McLean – Live at A & R Studios.
4. Vincent (McLean) 3.53.
Allan Taylor – Win or lose – T records T001.
5. Piaf (Taylor) 3.26.
Allan Taylor – Lines – T Records T002.
6. Banjo man (Taylor) 4.50.
Fiedel Michel – Fiedel Michel – Autogram ALLP-191.
7. Adam Und Eva (trad, Fiedel Michel) 2.38.
Ralph McTell – Sand in your shoes – Transatlantic Records TRA CD 119.
8. Jesus Wept (McTell) 6.02.
Richard Shindell – Blue divide – Shanachie SH-8014.
9. The Ballad of Mary Magdalene (Shindell) 5.01.
Richard Shindell – Courier – Signature Sounds SIG 1270.
10. On a Sea of Fleur de Lis (Shindell) 4.31.
Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin – Mynd – Dragonfly records DRCD001.
11. Last Broadcast (Martin, Henry-) 6.18.
Sido Martens – De loper (boekcd) – personal possession.
12. Ballad for Foekje (Sido Martens) 3.25.
