Saturday Edge Episode August 23, 2025
Festivals Past & Future
8:00am - 12:00pm
highlighting two of my favourite folk festivals: England’s Towersey Village Festival 1990, and Ireland’s Doolin Folk Festival 2015, plus a look ahead to this week's Tonder Festival in Denmark (where Margaret and I will witness the last ever concerts by one of our favourite bands, Oysterband, amongst many other fine acts - many of them Canadian!)
Track Listing:
Music For A Found Harmonium
Patrick Street · Irish Times
Queen Bee ft. Ramatou Diakite
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate · Kulanjan
Cigarette Abana
Habib Koité & Bamada · Baro
Back Around
Bonnie Raitt & Habib Koité · Blues Around the World
Usemafini
Black Umfolosi International · Washabalal' Umhlaba - Earth Song
Isivivinyo
Black Umfolosi International · Washabalal' Umhlaba - Earth Song
A Lovers Gentle Whisper (Bhairavi Bandish)
Debashish Bhattacharya · Legacy
Chasing Shadows
Anoushka Shankar & Metropole Orkest · Songlines #180 Top of the World CD
Daybreak (feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar)
Anoushka Shankar · Awakening
Love Is Enough
Harry Manx · 20 Strings and the Truth
True To Yourself
Harry Manx · Bread and Buddha
Rosca - Habas Verdes
La Musgaña · El Paso De La Estantigua
Jotas De Gaita
La Musgaña · Las Seis Tentaciones
Branle De Borgogne / Horses Branle
Blowzabella · Bobbityshooty
The Topman & The Afterguard
Blowzabella · Bobbityshooty
Jan Mijne Man / Go Mauve
Blowzabella · Vanilla
The Berwick Jockey : The Peacock Followed The Hen : Mad Moll
Late Night Band · Strange Survivals
The L-N-B Bop
Late Night Band · Strange Survivals
The History Man : Roseville Fair
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting · Wood & Cutting
Inconnu / Reel des Voyageurs
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting · Wood & Cutting
No Cause For Alarm
Red Shift · Back In The Red
Refugee
Roy Bailey · Refugee
Rosa's Lovely Daughters
Roy Bailey & Stalking Horses · Never Leave A Story Unsung
Isabella Gunn
Eileen McGann · Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 4, No. 8) Toronto
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Hans Theessink · Jedermann Remixed - The Soundtrack
Kathmandu
Hans Theessink · Wishing Well
Ghost Repeater
Jeffrey Foucault · Ghost Repeater
The Hammer & The Rose
Matt Andersen · The Hammer & The Rose
Wayaheadaya
Matt Andersen · The Hammer & The Rose
I Ain't Going Back To Nashville
Jake Vaadeland · Retro Man...More And More
Mystery Man
Jake Vaadeland · Retro Man...More And More
You'll Be There
Lonesome Ace Stringband · Try to Make it Fly
Crossing the Junction / Deer River
Lonesome Ace Stringband · Try to Make it Fly
We Could Leave Right Now
Oysterband · Deserters
Angels of the River
Oysterband · The Oxford Girl & Other Stories
Roll Away
Oysterband · Read the Sky
This Year Next Year
Oysterband · Ride
Hares On The Mountain
John Smith · Hummingbird
Colour Theory
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy · Canvas
Woman of the House
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy · Canvas
Dystopia Pt. 2
Talisk · Dawn
Cabot Trail
Talisk · Beyond
Libertango
Sharon Shannon · Libertango
James Brown's March / The Mouth of the Tobique
Sharon Shannon · LIve 2015
Don't Be Afraid of the Light That Shines Within You
Luka Bloom · Eleven Songs
Oh Sahara
Luka Bloom · Frúgalisto
If You Never Knew My Name
Aldoc · From Tallaght to Halle
Skidoo
Stockton's Wing · Stockton's Wing Live - Take One
Walk Away
Stockton's Wing · Stockton's Wing Live - Take One
Dinny O'Brien's / The Garden of Daisies / The Cork Hornpipe
Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan · The Long Grazing Acre
Whatever Else Happens
Declan O'Rourke · Big Bad Beautiful World
The Pendulum ( Waiting for the Tide)
NoCrows · Waiting for the Tide
Prettiest Little Girl in the County
We Banjo 3 · Gather the Good
The Hard Cheese Of Old England
The Mrs Ackroyd Band ft. Martin Carthy · Oranges And Lemmings