WTF? - Show 8 - Christmas Special - 12th Dec

The folk and country alternative Christmas special - saving you from all the same songs this Christmas.

What The Folk? (Show 8 - Christmas Special - 12th Dec) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:
Laura Marling - Goodbye England (All Covered In Snow)
Joni Mitchell - River
Kerfuffle - Nowell, Nowell
Chris Wood - Bleary Winter
Frank Turner - Last Christmas
Kevin Divine - Splitting Up Christmas
Ruth Moody - Cold Outside
Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler - Zombie Christmas
Sugarland - Nuttin' For Christmas
Sufjan Stevens - I Saw Three Ships
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Blue Christmas
Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa
Coope, Boyes & Simpson - The Copper's Christmas Song
The Lancashire Hotpots - Carry You Home

WTF? Show 7 - 28th Nov

Lots of lovely folk music (as always) and an absolutely kick-ass free download from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo.

What The Folk? (Show 7: 28th November) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:

Ben Howard - The Fear
Hannah James & Sam Sweeney - Ploughboy's Dream
Ben Marwood - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
Eliza Carthy - Mr Magnifico
Emily Barker & The Read Clay Halo (with Frank Turner) - Fields Of June
Emmy The Great - Canopies & Drapes
Franz Nicolay - This Is Not A Pipe
Ellen & The Escapades - Coming Back Home
Chris T-T - Nintendo
The Unthanks - For Today I Am A Boy
Ryan Adams - Chains Of Love
Richmond Fontain - Post To Wire
Keith Urban - You Look Good In My Shirt
Tubelord - Night Of The Pencils (Acoustic Track)

Folk Gig Guide 28th Nov - 4th Dec

Folk galore this week. Get yer mitts on it.

Monday 28th November
- The Urban Folk Quartet - National Centre for Early Music (York)
- Flogging Molly - Rock City (Nottingham)

Tuesday 29th November
- The Urban Folk Quartet - Ashford Institute (Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Derbyshire)
- Ellen & The Escapades - Stereo (York)
- Hilsborough Folk - Burton Street Foundation (Hilsborough, Sheffield)

Wednesday 30th November
- Ellen & The Escapades - The Forum (Sheffield)

Thursday 1st December
- Fleet Foxes - 02 Acaedemy (Leeds)
- Fionn Regan - St Phillip's Church (Manchester)
- Franz Nicolay + Chris T-T - The Basement (York)
- Show Of Hands - Grand Opera House (York)
- Dogwood Rose - The Cheshire Cheese (Hope, Derbyshire)
- Keiran Goss - The Black Swan Folk Club (York)
- Paul Thomas Saunders + The Staves - Nation Of Shopkeepers (Leeds)
- Princess Royal Folk Club - The Princess Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 2nd December
- Play On - The Fat Cat (Alma Street, Sheffield)

Saturday 3rd December
- Ben Marwood - The Basement (York)
- Acoustic Revolution - The Adelphi (Leeds)
- The Lancashire Hotpots - Club Academy (Manchester)
- Meg Baird - Trades Club (Hebden Bridge)

Sunday 4th December
- Rocky Votolato - The Deaf Institute (Manchester)
- Royal Folk - The Royal Hotel (Sheffield)

WTF? - Show 6 - 21st Nov

New music from Charlene Soraia and The Woodbine & Ivy Band, free music from Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun, a brief chat about the 2012 BBC2 Folk Awards nominees and an interview with Billy Bragg!

What The Folk? (Show 6: 21st November) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:
Dan Mangan - Post War Blues
Charlene Soraia - Moonchild
Phil Odgers - Sunday Morning Coming Down
Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun - Waitress
June Tabor & Oysterband - (When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen
Frank Turner - Wessex Boy
Billy Bragg Interview
The Woodbine & Ivy Band (with Fay Hield) - Spencer The Rover
Lady Maisery - Mary Ann
Jimmy Eat World - Coffee & Cigarettes (Acoustic)

WTF? - Show 5 - 14th Nov

New music from James Hill, live music from Bellowhead, free music from Sarabeth Tucek. Only one major and one minor mess up.

What The Folk? (Show 5: 14th November) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:
Death Cab For Cutie - Lack of Color
Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs
James Hill - Hand Over My Heart
Sarabeth Tucek - Get Well Soon
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Rebellion (Arcade Fire Cover)
Bellowhead - Haul Away
Billy Bragg - Sexuality
Bill Bailey - Unisex Chipshop
Roddy Woomble - Roll Along
Dan Mangan - Basket
Kate Rusby - Village Green Preservation Society
Bombay Bicycle Club - Evening/ Morning (Acoustic)
Noam Pikelny - My Mother Thinks I'm A Lawyer

Folk Gig Guide 21st Nov - 27th Nov

As always, the run down of this week's live folk in and around Sheffield.

Monday 21st November
- Josh T. Pearson - RNCM (Manchester)
- Lau vs. The Deadly Gentlemen - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)
- Gillian Welch - O2 Apollo (Manchester)
- Lisa Hannigan - The Duchess (York)
- June Tabor & Oysterband - City Varieties (Leeds)
- Richard Shindell - The Greystones (Sheffield)

Tuesday 22nd November
- Edale Rambler Folk Train - Platform 7, Sheffield Train Station
- Emily Portman - The Musician (Leicester)
- Hilsborough Folk - Burton Street Foundation (Hilsborough, Sheffield)
- Sheffield Tradition Fiddlers' Society - The Red Deer (Pitt Street, Sheffield)

Wednesday 23rd November
- Emily Portman - The Basement (York)
- Josh T. Pearson - The Musician (Leicester)
- Steel MakersFolk Club - The Rutland Arms (Brown Street, Sheffield)

Thursday 24th November
- Skyhook - The Greystones (Sheffield) SOLD OUT
- David Ferrand - The Black Swan Folk Club (York)
- Princess Royal Folk Club - The Princess Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 25th November
- Marcus Foster - The Deaf Institute (Manchester)

Saturday 26th November
- Frank Turner + Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - O2 Apollo( Manchester)

Sunday 27th November
- Steeleye - Buxton Opera House (Buxton, South Yorkshire)
- Tinkers Three - The Nether Edge Folk Club (Sheffield)

Folk Gig Guide 14th Nov - 20th Nov

Here it is again, the run down of all things folk in and around Sheffield this week.

Monday 14th November
- The Low Anthem + William Elliott Whitmore + Admiral Fallow - Leeds Irish Centre (Leeds)
- Philip Cockerham & Dave Bowie Jnr. - Mansfield Folk Club (Mansfield)

Tuesday 15th November
- Billy Bragg (Leftfield In Motion) - Leadmill (Sheffield)
- Bellowhead - Manchester Academy (Manchester)
- Lianne La Havas - Nation Of Shopkeepers (Leeds)
- Bruce Molsky + King Courgette - The Basement (York)
- Pete Molinari  - Fibbers (York)
- Hilsborough Folk - The Burton Street Foundation (Hilsborough, Sheffield)
- Viva Guitar - Shakespeares (Sheffield)

Wednesday 16th November
- St Vincent + Cate Le Bon - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)
- Rivelin Folk Club - The Hollybush (Sheffield)
- Sheffield Ballads Club - The Burton Street Foundation (Hilsborough, Sheffield)

Thursday 17th November
- Billy Bragg (Leftfield In Motion) - Leeds University Union (Leeds)
- Death Cab For Cutie + Butcher The Bar - O2 Academy (Leeds)
- Princess Royal Folk Club - The Princess Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 18th November
- Bellowhead - The Engine Shed - Lincoln
- Clive Carroll - The Greystones (Sheffield)

Saturday 19th November
- Bellowhead - The Leadmill (Sheffield)

Sunday 20th November
- Roger Davis - The Greystones (Sheffield)
- The Webb Sisters - The Ruby Lounge (Manchester)

WTF? - Show 4 - 7th November 2011

With new music from Christy Moore and Laura Veirs, country music from Uncle Tupelo and Travis Tritt and a pirate sea-shanty from Blackbeard's Tea Party. And I think I only screw up badly once. Maybe twice. But the music was good.

What the Folk? (Show 4: 7th November) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST

Pilgrim's Way - Tarry Trousers
Christy Moore - My Little Honda 50
June Tabor & Oysterband - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Matthew P - The Breakfast Song
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Travis Tritt - T.R.O.U.B.L.E
Sarah McQuaid - Uncloudy Day
Laura Veirs - The Fox
The Lancashire Hotpots - Chippy Tea
Sandy Denny, Thea Gilmore - Don't Stop Singing
Blackbeard's Tea Party - High Barbery
Frightened Rabbit - Scottish Winds
Mumford & Sons - The Cave
Bowling For Soup - Belgium (Acoustic Track)
Fanfarlo - Decosntruction

Folk Gig Guide 7th Nov - 13th Nov

I've picked out all the best folk gigs and folk nights in and around Sheffield this week so that you don't have to. As always, I've included some videos at the bottom (check out the Dutch on the Sarah McQuaid one!)

Tuesday 8th November
- Second Tuesday Folk at Burton Street (Sheffield)

Wednesday 9th Novemeber
- The Hot Tomales - The Drill Hall (Lincoln)
- Reg & Friends Acoustic Folk Session - Shakespeares (Sheffield)
- The Rivellin Folk Club - The Hollybush (Sheffield)
- The Steel Makers Folk Club - The Rutland Arms (Sheffield)

Thursday 10th November 
- Kristina Olsen - The Black Swan Folk Club (York)
- The Prince's Royal Folk Club (Crookes, Sheffield)
- Raise The Roof Singaround - The Red Deer (Sheffield)

Friday 11th November
- Karine Polwart - The Drill Hall (Lincoln)
- Sarah McQuaid - The Rock (Maltby, nr. Rotherham)
- Soapstone Dragon and Friends - The Princes Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Saturday 12th November
- The Lancashire Hotpots - Fibbers (York)
- Pilgrim's Way - The Globe Inn (Glossop)
- The Urban Folk Quartet - The Junction (Goole)
- Sarah McQuaid - The Red Shed (Wakefield)

Sunday 13th November
- Jesca Hoop + Blind Atlas - St Clement's Church (Chorlton, Manchester)
- Andy Whittle + Alexa Hawksworth + Marc Block - The Maze (Nottingham)
- Broken Ground - The Nether Edge Folk Club (Sheffield)

WTF? - Show 3 - 3st October 2011

No mentions of Halloween whatsoever. Well, no Halloween songs. Well, one. Sort of. But the rest was lovely, lovely folk music.

What The Folk? (Show 3: 31st October) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:

Forty Million Mexicans - Haunting Song
Karine Polwart - Sorry
The Travelling Band - Sundial
Beirut - Sunday Smile
Isaac Graham - Gold & Steal
Andy Statman - My Hollywood Girls
Charlie Barker - Underneath The Stars
Ruth Notman - Johnny Be Fair
Frightened Rabbit - Old Old Fashioned
Moore Moss Rutter - William Taylor's Tabletop Hornpipe/ The Savage Hornpipe
Flogging Molly - (No More) paddy's Lament
The Once - You're My Best Friend
The Gaslight Anthem - Boxer (Acoustic Track)
Runaway Dorothy - Katherine Song

Folk Gig Guide 31st Oct - 6th Nov

Look at all the lovely folk music going on in and around Sheffield this week! Go get your paws on some.

Monday 31st October
- Ben Sands - Mansfield Folk Club (Mansfield)

Tuesday 1st Novemeber
- The Travelling Band - Stereo (York)
- Diana Jones - Greystones (Sheffield)

Wednesday 2nd November
- The Travelling Band - The Deaf Institute (Manchester)
- Reg & Friends Acoustic Folk Session - Shakespeares (Sheffield)
- Rivelin Folk Club - Nether Edge Bowling Club (Nether Edge, Sheffield)

Thursday 3rd November
- Charlie Barker (Ghosts & Heroes album launch) - The Lantern Theatre (Sheffield)

Friday 4th November
- Kingfisher Blue - Shakespeares (Sheffield)
- Princes Royal Folk Club - Princes Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Saturday 5th November
- Flogging Molly - Academy 2 (Manchester)

Folk Gig Guide: 24th - 30th Oct

To make up for the lack of a live show this week, I've collected together the best of live folk in and around Sheffield for this week. As you can see, there's still plenty of opportunity to go out and get a good folkin'.

Tuesday 25th October
- The Folk Train - Leaving 7pm from Platform 2C at Sheffield Station

Wednesday 26th October
- Singing Adams + Laura J Martin - The Harley (Sheffield)

Thursday 27th October
- Jackie Leven - The Flowerpot (Derby)

Friday 28th October
- Lady Maisery - Hollingwood Hub, Chesterfield Canal (Chesterfield)
- Wizz Jones - Princes Royal Folk Club (Crookes, Sheffield)
- Chatham County Line - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)

Sunday 30th October
- Karine Polwart - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)

WTF? - Show 2 - 17th October 2011

Music from new music from Ryan Adams and Bombay Bicycle Club, a free download from Boat To Row as well as tracks from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, David Gibb & Elly Lucas and The Old Dance School.  Oh, and we went international.  

What The Folk? (Show 2: 17th October) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST: 

The Be Good Tanyas - Reuben 

Bombay Bicycle Club - Lights Out, Words Gone

David Gibb & Elly Lucas - Jerusalem Cuckoo

Boat To Row - Autumn Glow (Free Download) 

Peggy Sue - D.U.M.B.O.

Ben Howard - Diamonds 

Fairport Convention - Matty Groves

Pengillys - To London

The Paul McKenna Band - Silent Majority

Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire

Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Little Deaths

The Old Dance School - The Envelope

The Cure - Lovecats (Acoustic Track)

Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere 

Folk Gig Guide 17th Oct - 23rd Oct

Go folk yourself this week in and around Sheffield - to help you decide which gigs to pick, I've included some videos below.

Monday 17th Oct
- The Ramblin' Boys - Mansfield Folk Club

Wednesday 19th Oct
- Bon Iver - O2 Apollo (Manchester)
- Sharon Shannon - Rescue Rooms (Nottingham)

Thursday 20th Oct
- Pilgrims' Way - Black Swan Folk Club (York)
- Phil Cockerham - Princes Royal Folk Club (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 21st Oct
- Noah & The Whale - The Engine Shed (Lincoln)

Saturday 22nd Oct
- Laura Marling - Sheffield Cathedral
- Leatherat + Roz Bruce - The Musician (Leicester)
- Luke Hirst & Sarah Smout - Netheredge Folk Club (Sheffield)
- Peggy Sue (supporting Sons & Daughters) - Ruby Lounge (Manchester)
- Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Leadmill (Sheffield)

Folk Gig Guide 11th Oct - 17th Oct

If you fancy getting folked this week, here's a selection of shows in and around Sheffield that you might want to check out. As a teaser, I've posted a selection of videos below.

Tuesday 11th October:
- James Vincent McMorrow - City Varieties Music Hall (Leeds)
- Hank Wangford - Greystones (Sheffield)

Thursday 13th October
- Princes Royal Folk Club and Performers Night - Princes Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 14th October
- Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts - Princes Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)
- Fay Hield Trio - Chesterfield Folk Club (Chesterfield)

Sunday 16th October
- Lucy Ward + Six Hands In Tempo - The Poppy Folk Club (Nottingham)

WTF? - Show One - 10th October 2011

First edition of Forge Radio's only folk (and a bit of country) specialist show. There were ups, there were downs, but most importantly there was lots of lovely folk music.

What The Folk? (Show 1: 10th October 2011) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:
Stornoway - I Saw You Blink
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Chuck Ragan - Good Enough For Rock & Roll
Lady Maisery - I Know My Love
Laura Marling - Ghosts
Mundy/ Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
Sugarland - We Run
Bellowhead - New York Girls
Lucy Ward - Maids When You're Young
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts - The Badger Set
Bert Jansch - Courting Blues
Emmy The Great  - A Woman, A Woman, A Century Of Sleep
Kill It Kid  - Ida Mae (Acoustic Track)
Frank Turner - Reasons Not To Be An Idiot