Strange Brew

30/10/2025

It’s Thursday & we have another great evening of music lined up for you on Folk Friday Radio. At 8pm, Craig Parry will be bringing you all the latest from the world of Country Music in the latest edition of Moonshine Experience and then, at 9pm, stand by to expect the unexpected as Strange Brew, hosted by Steve Clarke, takes over the airwaves. Why not grab your tipple of choice, tune in via our website or the myTuner Radio app and get to know some great music.

26/10/2025

The Brew from last Thursday on Folk Friday Radio (23rd October) is now on Mixcloud:

Another gentle wander round the dusty and not-so-dusty shelves pf the Old Curiosity Shop of Tunes. Strange Brew by name; Strange Brew by nature.

26/10/2025

Here's the Brewlist, 26th October 25. I know I haven't put Thursday 23rd's version on Mixcloud yet - soon, I promise!
The Yardbirds Shapes of Things
The Rural Alberta Advantage Falling Apart
Thea Gilmore Ride On
Natalie Merchant Sally Ann
Mishra & Deepa Shakthi Kite
Blair Dunlop Something's Gonna Give Way
The Deep Blue Porcelain
Robin Adams Metamorphosis
Christy Moore Ride On
Natalie Merchant Crazy Man Michael
Dick Gaughan 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Linda Thompson I'm A Dreamer
Glocal Orchestra Ukrainian National Anthem
Richard Thompson Beeswing
The Who I'm a Boy
John Tams Younder (Down the Winding Road)
Sheryl Crow The First Cut Is The Deepest
Robin Adams Ride On
Josienne Clarke A Slow Burn
Ruth Hazleton The Heron (Two Sisters)
Dick Gaughan My Donald
Hurdy Gurdy Ride On
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers All Your Love
Procol Harum Conquistador
Sheryl Crow No One Said It Would Be Easy
Dusty Springfield I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

26/10/2025

I nearly forgot – no, not really – but there is another “Strange Brew” this evening – 18.00 – 20.00 GMT – www.td1radio.scot
As always a vast range of tunes , with numerous 2025 tracks – all very good and all very much of their own sort – coupled, of course with some timeless classics (not all of them from the 60s, surprisingly).
Just make sure to join the fun.

23/10/2025

Here's the playlist, 23rd October on Folk Friday Radio :

Ruth Hazleton , Rufford Park Poachers

John Smith , Town To Town (Revisited)

Mishra & Deepa Shakthi, Akhiyaan Udeek Diyaan

Dick Gaughan, Rigs Of Rye

Martin Carthy, The Ant and the Grasshopper

Robin Adams The Beggar

The Rails, Cancel The Sun

Matt Steady , Ben A'an

Josienne Clarke Afternoon Shadow

Luke Jackson , Ruler Of Nothing

Chris Smither , I Am the Ride

Sarah Grace, Fearless

John Smith, To Have So Many (Revisited) [Featuring Lisa Hannigan & The Staves]

Rushil & Abi Sampa, Mera Piya Ghar Aya

Steeleye Span Dark Eyed Sailor

Dick Gaughan, Rattlin' Roarin' Willie

Matt Steady, The Battle of Maldon

Robin Adams, In The Darkness

The Rails, Bonnie Portmore

Luke Jackson, Tiny Windows

Martin Carthy, Swaggering Boney

Fairport Convention, Travelling by Steam

Josienne Clarke, Time Has Told Me

Steeleye Span, The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry

Chris Smither, Calm Before The Storm

Fairport Convention, Farewell, Farewell

23/10/2025

Although I say so myself, the Brew is a particularly fine example this evening, with new material from Ruth Hazleton, John Smith, Matt Steady and others, among the usual items of wonder assembled in the back rooms of that Old Curiosity Shop of Tunes.
21.00 - 23.00 BST www.folkfridayradio.com

19/10/2025

Here's the Brewlist for 19th October (TD1 Radio)
The Searchers, When You Walk In the Room

Philip Joseph Rae Sway

Tribes Of Europe & Barbara Stretch Spooky

David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World

Sarah Grace War With You

The Magpie Arc featuring Maddy Prior and Ian Anderson The Mantle

The Pretty Things Don't Bring Me Down

Robin Adams The Rover

Josienne Clarke We're Never Coming Back

Eliza Delf & The Wilderness The Trick

The Deep Blue Water water

David Bowie Rosalyn

Katie Spencer Home

Matt Steady Ben A'an

Glocal Orchestra Ukrainian National Anthem

Pink Floyd Astronomy Domine

James J Turner Long Time Coming

Josienne Clarke Ssanna

Sam Carter Simpler Days

Katherine Priddy Matches

Dick Gaughan Marches: Captain Campbell / Crossing The Minch

Dick Gaughan Fair Flower O' Northumberland

Kyle Carey The Last Bough

Ruth Hazleton The Wagoner’s Lad

The Magpie Arc What You Do With What You've Got

Pink Floyd Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

19/10/2025

It’s Sunday, so it’s time for another “Strange Brew” served by Steve Clarke – www.td1radio.scot – 18.00 – 20.00 BST
As always expect the unexpected from another excursion into the deeper reaches of the Old Curiosity Shop of Tunes.
New(ish) material from Philip Joseph Rae, Tribes Of Europe (“feat. Barbara Stretch”), Sarah Grace , The Magpie Arc , Robin Adams , Josienne Clarke , Matt Steady . Recent greatness from Eliza Delf & The Wilderness , Katie Spencer , James J Turner , Sam Carter , Katherine Priddy , Kyle Carey and Ruth Hazleton add to the complex flavours. And, of course, there are some “standards”, “classics” and assorted oddities.
And then, there’s Dick Gaughan.
It’s all wonderful.

16/10/2025

And here's the Mixcloud link for 16th October's Brew:

Another Brewish ramble through the Old Curiosity Shop of Tunes.

16/10/2025

Here's the Brewlist, 16th October:
The Rails , Breakneck Speed

Ruth Hazleton Molly Baun Lavery

Karine Polwart , Whole of the Moon

Katherine Priddy , Matches

James J Turner Long Time Coming

Esther Swift Hope

Gabriel Moreno -Music and Poetry- , I am Famous in the Mind of Machines

The Magpie Arc , The Mantle featuring Maddy Prior and Ian Anderson

Jon Wilks Mine is the sun

Dick Gaughan The Earl Of Errol

Dick Gaughan, Both Sides the Tweed

Dick Gaughan, Doon Da Rooth + Reels: Da Lerwick Lasses / Da Scalloway Lasses / The Galley Watchman / The Underdog

Josienne Clarke , Underdog

Josienne Clarke, Bushes, Briars & Thorns

No Grey Faith, Bushes and Briars

Sandy Denny/The Strawbs, Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

Sandy Denny, Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood

Winter Wilson It'll take a long time

Martin Simpson Strange Affair

June Tabor Joseph Cross

Bonnie Raitt , Down The Hall

The Little Unsaid Sea Wall State of Mind

The Magpie Arc , What You Do With What You've Got

Mairearad Green and Rachel Newton Music Tha Sinn an Seo

16/10/2025

Try not to miss this evening’s “Strange Brew” – www.folkfridayradio.com – 21.00 – 23.00 BST for another round of genre-fluid tunes looted from the Old Curiosity Shop of Music.
Among many other things of wonderment, there is a selection from the carefully-curated and rediscovered work of the great Dick Gaughan which will culminate in a Big Box Set designed to help the great man cope with the problems which he has encountered.
But, as always, there is more, so much more, from way back Then, to Now.

13/10/2025

And, delayed by some gallivanting, here's the list for October 9th:
Ninebarrow , Under the fence
Kyle Carey, Nach Muladach, Muladach Duine Leis Fhèin
Elizabeth & Jameson , Hit The Road
LAU , Polly on the Shore
Martin Green , Roll Away
Kris Drever + Boo Hewerdine, When all the Shouting is Over
John McCusker /Kris Drever/Roddy Woomble, Silver and Gold
McCusker McGoldrick Doyle, The Bonny Light Horseman
Michael McGoldrick, Watermans
John McCusker's Under One Sky, S Tusa Thilleas
John Tams, From Where I Lie/Sheepcounting
Jim Causley, Who?
Jim Causley, The Mystery of St Mylor
John Tams, Bitter Withy
Julie Fowlis Muirreann NicAmhlaoibh, A riogain Uasail
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh , An Chiúrach Bhléinfhionn
Luke Jackson Ask Twice
Steve Pledger Me and the silence
Liz Overs Patterns
Chris Smither , Slow Surprise
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Selkie Song
Jerry Douglas, King Silkie