I got this e-mail from Darryl Purpose, who put together the Kevin Faherty compilation that I’ve been playing recently on Festival Radio and it was too good not to share:
Greg,
Thanks for adding “Singer-Songwriter Heaven – the songs of kevin faherty”. It was a labour of love for all of us, and we apprecaite the support!
I did a search and see that you are playing the Diana Jones track. Incredible story about that recording – She was one of the last to get her track in and the deadline was looming. She had scheduled some recording time for her own songs in London. When she was done she asked the engineer to roll tape, she wanted to try something. She had never played the song, only heard the rough MP3 that I’d sent her of Kevin singing it. She had her new tenor guitar, which she hadn’t really worked out chords on. She started singing and playing the song.
When she finished, she looked up and the engineer was in tears. Then she was in tears. That was the one and only time she played the song, that’s what you hear on the recording!
All My Best,
Darryl
Darryl Purpose
GAMBLERS GRACE MUSIC
http://www.singersongwriterheaven.com
Top 45 for Festival Radio, February 2010. Why 45? Because we go the extra mile at Festival Radio. Well, actually, because 40 through 45 are really in a virtual tie.
#. Artist – Track – Album
- Strawbs – Lay Down - A History of Progressive Folk
- Moody Bluegrass – Ride My See Saw – Moody Bluegrass
- Jessie Murphy In The Woods – In The Woods - Eight Belles
- Sharon Shannon – The wild west wagon train – Saints & Scoundrels
- The Roe Family Singers – My Poor Son - The Earth and All that Is In It
- The Handsome Family – After We Shot the Grizzly – Last Days of Wonder
- Michael Martin Murphy – Wildfire - Buckaroo Blue Grass II
- Chuck Brodsky – The Come Heres & The Been Heres – Two Sets
- Brad Colerick – Leave It All Behind - When I’m Gone
- Alyse Black – Blood and Wine – Hold Onto This
- Jed Marum – Broom of the Cowdenknowes – Lonestar Banjo
- The Kennedys – Life Is Large – Positively Live!
- Wild Carrot and the Roots Band – Blue Bottle Tree – Crowd Around the Mic
- Switchback – The Mayfly Dance – Ghosts Of The River Folk
- Rachel Harrington – Shoeless Joe – The Bootlegger’s Daughter
- Feufollet – Je M’en Vas Dans Le Chemin – Cow Island Hop
- Elizabeth Nicholson & Stringed Migration – Lord Thomas – Fly Not Yet
- The Cottars – Fare Thee Well, Northumberland & the Purple Wave – Feast
- Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken (1971) – The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
- Trillium – Jenny Lind Polka/Swedish Polka – Crossing the Stream
- Pete Seeger – Peat Bog Soldiers - Live In ‘65
- Jer Coons – I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover) – Bonus Track
- Jakob’s Hollow – Skylah’s Lullaby – The Legend of Bobby the Kid
- Catherine MacLellan – Take a Break – Water in the Ground
- We’re About 9 – Maryland, 1987 – Paperdust :: Stardust
- Trillium – Schule Agra (Johnny’s Gone For a Soldier) – Crossing the Stream
- Rachel Kilgour – Cheap Grace – 2008-2009 Music to Life Finalists
- Marie Knight – A Little More Faith – Let Us Get Together: A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis
- Bill Miller – Eagle Must Fly Free - Raven in The Snow
- Marc Cohn – Silver Thunderbird – The Very Best Of Marc Cohn
- Laurie Lewis – Tell Me True – Blossoms
- The Kennedys – Gypsy Rose – Songs of the Open Road
- Jake Shimabukuro – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Best of Woodsongs Volume Three
- Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – Eyes On The Prize – Live In Dublin
- The Blind Boys Of Alabama – People Get Ready – Higher Ground
- The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues – The Best of The Waterboys 81-90
- The Duhks – Du Temps Que J’Etais Jeune – The Duhks
- Switchback – Stellar Jay’s Wing – Ghosts Of The River Folk
- Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) – Rosie Anderson – No More to the Dance
- Loreena McKennitt – Full Circle - From Istanbul To Athens
- Janis Ian – Baby, I’ve Been Thinking – Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
- Flook – On One Beautifull Day – Haven
- Eilen Jewell – I’m Gonna Dress In Black – Sea Of Tears
- The Byrds – He Was A Friend Of Mine (Previously Unissued Live Version – Mono) – There Is A Season
- Anais Mitchell – Before the Eyes of Storytelling Girls – Hymns for the Exiled
