Strange Brew

18/12/2025

Here's the Brewlist for 18th December - with luck, you'll be able to grab it from Mixcloud by lunch on 19th.
The Magpie Arc, Wassail
Thea Gilmore, Cold Coming
John Smith, Freezing Winds Of Change (Revisited) [Featuring Siobhan Miller]
Luke Jackson, River
Reitir, Og Gjekk Du i Den Kalde Vind (O, Wert Thou in the Cold Blast)
Ange Hardy, The Little Holly Tree
Maddy Prior, Old Simon the King
Gabriel Moreno, Castles
Gabriel Moreno, Lions
The Magpies, Solstice
James Yorkston, Sleep On
Mary Chapin Carpenter; Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, Rebecca
Shirley & Dolly Collins, The Gower Wassail
Chris Brain, Into The North
Captain Of The Lost Waves, Adult Faerytale
I'm With Her, Ancient Light
Nick Harper, Blues Run The Game
Jon Wilks, All on a solstice night
Tim Minchin, White Wine in the Sun
Duncan Chisholm, mo rùn geal òg
Heidi Talbot, Grace
Chris Cleverley , Lord of Chaos
Frankie Archer, The Demon Lover
The Little Unsaid, Ebb & Flow (Yuletide!)
Iain Morrison, Stacking Tables
Blue Rose Code, Grateful
Thea Gilmore, Old December
John Fahey, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye

18/12/2025

There is a Brew as usual this evening , 18th December, 21.00 - 23.00 - www.folkfridayradio.com and I can guarantee there is nothing mulled about it. Heaven forfend.

14/12/2025

Here's the Brewlist, 14th December:
Thea Gilmore , Old December

Traffic, Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring

Emily Barker , White Geraniums

Ryan Young , The Mortgage Burn

Donnie Munro, Chi Mi' N Tir

Duncan Chisholm , Chi Mi' N Geamhradh

Adam Holmes Music , Hall Of Mirrors

Chris Smither Visions of Johanna

Bob Dylan, Positively 4th Street

Roy Harper , I'll See You Again

Thea Gilmore, Sol Invictus

Glocal Orchestra, Ukrainian National Anthem

The Rolling Stones, Like A Rolling Stone (Live - 2009 )

Captain Of The Lost Waves , Adult Faerytale

James Wyness, Baby Ravens

Dick Gaughan, Thomas Muir of Huntershill

Martin Carthy, Oor Hamlet [Live]

Roy Harper, Commune

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

Su-a Lee Cello , Mareel (Feat. Jenna Reid)

Love, A House Is Not a Motel

Ange Hardy Music , The Gift of Song

Traffic, Dear Mr. Fantasy

Maddy Prior The World Is Turned Upside Down

Spell Songs, from The Lost Words, The Lost Words Blessing

John Fahey, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye

14/12/2025

I know, I know, I’m late again reminding you that there is another “Strange Brew” – 18.00 www.td1radio.scot – with loads of good tunes, including new releases from Emily Barker and The Captain Of The Lost Waves . and just a few appropriate seasonal references – but it’s NOT Christmas.
Your company will, as always, be very welcome

12/12/2025

Here's the playlist for the latest Brew - 11 December - Folk Friday Radio:
Kelly Oliver , A Song With No Name
Kris Drever , I'll Always Leave The Light On
Sigrid Moldestad Music Johan Hedin & Esbjörn Hazelius Haugebonden
Janice Burns & Jon Doran https://www.janandjon.com, The Corncrake
Davy Graham, Sally Free and Easy
Julie Fowlis , Bha Buachaillean An Duthaich Shear
Katherine Priddy , Still Winter, Still Waiting
Chris Cleverley https://chriscleverley.com/ , The Falcon or Corpus Christi Carol
Duncan Chisholm , Unknown Air
Tobias ben Jacob, https://www.tobiasbenjacob.com Lost Souls Alley (Live)
Jake Cogan https://jakecogan.bandcamp.com/, Now Westlin' Winds
Edd Donovan https://www.edddonovan.co.uk/, Hedgehog
The Incredible String Band, The Hedgehog's Song
Dreamers' Circus , Nikolajs Første Styk'
Danú, Beir Mo Dhúthracht
Sigrid Moldestad Johan Hedin & Esbjörn Hazelius, I denne søte juletid
Olivia Chaney, To the Lighthouse
Deadman, Love Will Guide You Home
Dory Previn, Lemon Haired Ladies
Dòchas, Chuir Lad Mise Dh'eilean Leam Fhin
Offa Rex, Flash Company
Dawes, All Your Favorite Bands
Brass Monkey, The Maid and the Palmer

12/12/2025

Here's the Listen Again link for the Folk Friday Brew - 11 December:

Listen to Strange Brew - Folk Friday Radio - #90 - 11 December 2025 by Wee_Steve

11/12/2025

Just in case you were worried - there is a new Brew this evening - www.folkfridayradio.com - 21.00

07/12/2025

Here's the Brewlist for the TD1 Brew, 7th December:
Chris Smither Nobody Home
Carla Fuchs Go West
Sandy Denny; Thea Gilmore Don't Stop Me Singing
Sigrid Moldestad Music , Johan Hedin & Esbjörn Hazelius Lucia
Chris Cleverley The Falcon or Corpus Christi Carol
Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh Carol of the Bells
Simon & Garfunkel A Hazy Shade Of Winter
Shoormal These Woods In Winter
Jenny Biddle Long Winter's Day
Breabach Scotland's winter
Luke Jackson Hummingbirds Of Kingston
James Wyness Jesus Pays my Tax
DICK GAUGHAN Freedom Come All Ye
Glocal Orchestra Ukrainian National Anthem
Elmore James The Sky Is Crying
Matt Steady Bracklinn Falls
The Little Unsaid December Sun
Roy Harper Sleeping at the Wheel
Otis Rush I Can't Quit You Baby
Admiral Fallow Headstrong
Thom Ashworth Bleary Winter
Albert King Cold Feet (LP Version)
Tim Buckley Morning Glory
Jeff Buckley Corpus Christi Carol
The Nice Hang on to a Dream
P.P. Arnold To Love Somebody
Tom Waits I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Lauren MacColl North-light

07/12/2025

Welcome to another Brewday – where you must always expect the unexpected across two hours of thoughtful, literate and articulate tunes, or something.
The unexpected part of today’s Brew is that, against our usual practice and better judgement, there is an air of seasonality about parts of the play list, but even that is not so obvious. There shall be some material worthy of the label “classic”, even if we don’t do labels; there’s several new tunes – Chris Cleverly Sigrid Moldestad Music . Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh , and Matt Steady for example; but then again … oh, you’ll just have to listen, won’t you.
18.00 – 20.00 www.td1radio.scot

05/12/2025

Here's the Mixcloud link for the latest Brew - 4th December:

Another Brew-with-a-theme - investig*ting "home" as a musical stimulus - but there's more, always more.

04/12/2025

Here's the latest Brewlist - Folk Friday Radio, 4th December. It should be available on MIxcloud tomorrow - 5th. Watch this space.

Ethan Johns and The Black Eyed Dogs, I'm Coming Home
Maz O'Connor, Once I Had a Sweetheart
Paul Simon with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Homeless
Amy Hopwood - Music I'd rather be older (than dead)
Jake Cogan, Green Grow the Rashes
Vision Thing , Feels like coming home
Fabian Holland , Home
Sigrid Moldestad, Om Eg Var Deg
AnDa Union, Mother Song
Daria Kulesh Homeland
John Smith , Coming Home (Live)
Katherine Priddy Frightening Machines
Lisa Hannigan Home
Iain Morrison , Home
Jim Causley, Home
Karan Casey , Home
Lucy Kaplansky, This Is Home
Luke Jackson Home
Kyson Point , Home Is The Love
Bill Caddick, John O'Dreams
Chris Cleverley, Coventry Carol
Sigrid Moldestad Music Johan Hedin & Esbjörn Hazelius, Vintersong
Megan Henderson Almost Home

04/12/2025

Apart from catching up on one or two of last Thursday’s “missed tracks” (thank you, Trevor), there is one central theme to this evening’s Brew (4th December) and it focuses on one simple, four-letter word: Home.
21.00 – 23.00 www.folkfridayradio.com to find out more.