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Roots and Shoots with Roger Pettit on Felixstowe Radio Roots and Shoots goes out every Monday, 7-8pm, on Felixstowe Radio (107.5 FM and www.felixstowerad... PS It really isn't a gardening show!

Roger plays the best in folk and roots music, keeps you informed about gigs in the area and wants you to be a big part of the programme.

15/09/2025

Transport problems mean there won't be a new R&S tonight, but all is not lost. Last week's will go out instead and it wasn't bad!

09/09/2025

The Seriously Playlist, 8/9/25

Sharon Shannon w/The Cartoon Thieves - Whitewash Station
Guy Clark - Dublin Blues
Ninebarrow - Names In The Sky
Mikey Kenney - The Doing Of The Blue
Roberta Smith - I Am Alone
Ninebarrow - The Hour Of The Blackbird
Lonan - Beeswing
Big Joe Turner - Roll'em, Pete
Owen Moore - Dimitri's Violin
Ninebarrow - Hey, John Barleycorn
Hawkhead - Sea Change
Mikey Kenney - Oh Duet

Seriously, where else can you get a playlist this good?

02/09/2025

The Hat, Wings and Boots Playlist*, 1/9/25

Steeleye Span - Royal Forester
Anna Ling - The Moon
Metagama Ensemble - Statue Of Liberty
Matraca Berg - If I Had Wings
Elizabeth & Jameson - Ychafi
ME -The Road To Labrador
Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher - Mary Ellen Carter
Amit Dattani - One Too Many Mornings
John Ward Music - Beasts Of Burden
ME - Hey, John Kennedy
The Old Hat Concert Party -Rattling Old Grey Mare
Brown Boots Boogie Band -- Childgrove/Jer The Rigger

* Can you spot all three??

27/08/2025

The Short Sharp Playlist, 25/8/25

Merry Hell - Only Love
Sam Lee - Dreams Of The Returning
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
Tom Robinson - The Brits Come Rolling Back
Bonnie Raitt - Dimming Of The Day
Hawkhead - Witch In A Tartan Dressing Gown
Lisa Knapp Music - Shipping Song
Johnny Cash - I Never Picked Cotton
Lonan - Maerdy (The Last Pit In Rhondda)
Marta Sebestyen (of Muzsikás Folk Ensemble) - Love Just One
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne - Outlandish Knight
Belshazzar's Feast - The Garland

Yes, you have just heard all about Anchorage, but Michelle's track dates back to 1988!

21/08/2025

The Rolling Further Playlist, 18/8/25

The Strawbs - Benedictus
Amit Dattani - Wrong Kind Of One
Kyle Carey - The Last Bough
The Waterboys - Further Up, Further In
Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher - Rolling Home
KC - Theia's Gaze
Yusuf - Midday (Avoid City After Dark)
Hawkhead - Old Tin Roof
KC - Amour's Mystique
Freya Rae - The Beetroot Reel

Strange things happened for the first ten minutes but then it turned out quite well, in my humble-ish opinion!

13/08/2025

The Brand New Desk Playlist, 11/8/25

Seth Lakeman w/Wildwood Kin - Willow Tree
Suzy Wall - Glasshouse Bridge
Hawkhead - Black is The Colour
Ian Bruce & Kev Green - Water Off A Duck's Back
Shirley & Dolly Collins - Spencer The Rover
Hawkhead - House Of Bones
John Dew - The Ruins Of Gylen Castle
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening - O-U-T Spell Out
Les Negresses Vertes -C'est Pas La Mere A Boire
Hawkhead - The Sun On The Hills
The Destroyers - Silver Tongue
Sarah-Jane Summers & Julian Silvola - The Enchanted Sons Of Kings

Particularly excited to play Hawkhead because they are Hadrian Waters & Rosemary Griffith, formerly of this parish and stars of the folk nights which used to light up the Half Moon in Walton. Oh the memories!

11/08/2025

Back in action tonight, 7-8pm, or on Listen Again at a time of your choosing. Some intriguing music from all things folk - and beyond, of course! Featured album is by Hawkhead. That's the brilliant Rosemary Griffith and Hadrian Waters to all you Half-Mooners!

22/07/2025

Monday's edition is already on Felixstowe Radio's Listen Again feature. If I can find it, you'll have no problem!

22/07/2025

The Not Beyond This Ken Playlist, 21/7/25

Sandy Denny - Bushes & Briars
Tom Rush - Turn Your Money Green
Pentangle - Light Flight
Loudon Wainwright III - Talking New Bob Dylan
Dick Gaughan - Both Sides Of The Tweed
Ralph McTell - Michael In The Garden
Christy Moore - Viva La Quinte Brigada
Martin Carthy (Brass Monkey) - Sovay
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - The Midnight Special
Michael Chapman - Postcards Of Scarborough
Roy Harper - East Of The Sun
The Chieftains - Chase Around The Windmill

So, this programme was all about the first 25 years of the Cambridge Folk Festival, which should explain the above title, the Ken being its founder, the great Ken Woollard. As there's no CFF this year, I decided to offer this instead. I didn't know him as such, but he did go to school with my cousin Doris!

15/07/2025

The Hatless Playlist, 14/7/25

Fairport Convention - Nottamun Town
Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman - At The Bar San Calisto
Jim Borrows - Carry Me Back To My Old Front Door
Bluenose B - Don't Turn Away
Tim Buckley Music - I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain
JB - Things Have Changed
Owen Moore - The Make-Believe King Of Tara
Alex Campbell - She Moved Through The Fair
JB - One Of These Days
The Dubliners - Rocky Road To Dublin
hat no hat - I Knew Every Thing
Eilidh Shaw & Ross Martin - Breas Of Strathspeys

Rosie's Dumplings (yes, really!) should be up there but their bl**dy CD wouldn't play! Well, you can't have everything, can you? Further proof of that next Monday...

10/07/2025

The 'Eventful' Playlist, 7/7/25

Merry Hell - Singing in The Morning
Kris Drever - Hunker Down/That Old Blitz Spirit
John Ward Music - Sometimes You've Got To Look Back
The Tannahill Weavers - The Great Ships
The Cambridge Singers* - The Keel Row
Airdan - Lucky Dip
John Ward - The Wind That Blows Me Home + Dockside Dandy
Clementine Lovell - Cottontail Hunting
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Mairi MacMillan - Glaschu
John Ward - The Clown's The King At Last
The Yetties (yes, really!) - The Jolly Waggoners
Airdan - Loopy Paddlers

* The Cambridge Singers, acc. by members of the London Sinfonia, conducted by John Rutter. Proper, eh?

ps Fans of 'dead air' will not be disappointed. Perseverance recommended...

24/06/2025

The Playlist, 23/6/25

Mimi & Richard Farina - Reflections In A Crystal Wind
The Waterboys - Live in The Moment, Baby
Folklaw - Shire Man
The Wailin' Jennys - Deeper Well
The Waterboys - Andy (A Guy Like You)/The Tourist
The Fureys & Davey Arthur - The Grande Affair
Merry Hell - Pick Yourself Up & Dance
Sheila K Cameron - Moxie Blues
The Waterboys - Ten Years Gone (ft. Bruce Springsteen!)
Judy Collins - Me & My Uncle
Merry Hell - Lizard On A Log

And Mimi F. actually played the Cambridge Folk Festival in the 60s!

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