Roots and Shoots with Roger Pettit on Felixstowe Radio

10/11/2025

Tonight on R&S: Hawkhead, Torridon, Midnight Skyracer, Lucy Kaplansky, Breabach and many more! 7-8 pm and then on Listen Again. It's folk alright!

05/11/2025

The Wall & Lane Playlist, 3/11/25

Salt Dog - Earn The Right
True Foxes - 17
Hawkhead - Cockles & Mussels
Odetta - Jack O'Diamonds
Pedair - Blodair Cwm
Hawkhead - House Of Bones + Sea Change
Alexis Korner's Blues Inc. - I Got My Mojo Workin'
Steeleye Span - Old Matron
Hawkhead - Do You Remember
Bert Jansch - Bittern

Huge thanks again to Hawkhead, that's Rosemary Griffith & Hadrian Waters, for a fabulous session!! You're always welcome and we really mustn't let it go so long next time...

ps go to the web and catch the whole programme on Fxr's Listen Again feature!

02/11/2025

Looking forward to Monday's programme, with Hawkhead live in the studio! 7pm-8pm, then search Listen Again on Felixstowe Radio Also, this just in, listen out for a track by True Foxes!

28/10/2025

The Equine Uncertainty Playlist, 27/10/25

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
Jaune Toujours - Funky Brussels
Martyn Joseph - Last Night I Heard America
Carolyn Hester - Dink's Song
Lo-Fi Jones - Onnen
Deaf Shepherd - Pawkie Paiterson
Martyn Joseph - Eternal Wandering
The Houghton Weavers - Manchester Rambler
Robin Adams - Ride On*
Martyn Joseph - Troubled Horses
Hawkhead - The Three Ravens
Deaf Shepherd - First Flight

*Not the Christy Moore song, but that's fine!

28/10/2025

Watch this space!

We're back on the road! 🚌 ✨️ EPIC venue tonight!! The Apex in ###

07/10/2025

The Far End Of The Deben Playlist, 6/10/25

Midnight Skyracer - Working Girl Blues
Dan O'Farrell & The Difference Engine - Heartbreak Hostel
Kyson Point - Dark River
Bob Delyn A'R Ebillion - Y Gwynt
Dave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of Mind
The Poozies - The Widow w/Charlie's Cap
Kyson Point - If We Are Houses
Mem Shannon - Battle Ground
Anna Ling - Nothing Is Lost
Kyson Point - Whistling Man
10,000 Maniacs - Poor De Chirico
The Poozies - The Bay Tree Set

Can't wait to catch Kyson Point live, eh listeners!

06/10/2025

Hoping for a new outbreak of Roots & Shoots tonight. 7pm and then Listen Again. Highlights should include Kyson Point (featured album), Dave Van Ronk, The Poozies and 10,000 Maniacs. Where else do you get a selection like that??

22/09/2025

Still no new programme, so another go around for the 8th Sept extravaganza! So, Ninebarrow, Guy Clark, Sharon Shannon, Big Joe Turner, Mikey Kenney and many more! 7pm and Listen Again already!

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!