response 37 of 154:

Apr 25 21:06 UTC 2002

Making notes for Mickey and myself:
 
Two interesting tracks from Monday's "Late Junction" can now be 
identified, now that the tardy playlists are up.
James Yorkston and the Athletes play "The Lang Toun," a quite long,
guitar-heavy kinda folk rock thing sorta kinda.  Unfortunately
this song only seems to exist as a 10" vinyl single, and the 
amazon.co.uk blurb on Yorkston's coming album expresses disappointment
that the song is not part of the album.  On the label Domino Records.

There was also a bagpipe/african percussion thing from Jimi McRae,
alias Jimi the Piper, whose album is available from MusicScotland.com.

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Today's "Travelling Folk" show (host Archie Fisher) was from the
Shetland Folk Festival and contained a bounty of yummy stuff.
Mickey tells me I missed some nice stuff by Karine Polwart before
I could tune in.  I heard yet another track I liked by Mary Gauthier;
her promo stuff has really put me off, but I have now really liked
two songs of hers which I have heard on the BBC.

Dan Crary and Beppe Gambetta are doing some flatpicking wizardry;
alas, I am not sure that the song I liked the best, "Nashville Blues,"
has been recorded by them.  It's originally by the Delmore Brothers.

There was a nice version of "The Silkie" by a new band, Fine Friday,
whose album "Gone Dancin'" is due out imminently, and I heard yet
another tasty track by Nancy Kerr & James Fagen, and I am just 
gonna run out and get that one.  Tonight.

Radio Scotland still hadn't fixed the channel balance problem, 
daggone it.  Left channel was very weak on both of the shows
we listened to this week.  We sent them e-mail today.