Folk music – classic songs and emerging artists, from the Australian folk scene and around the world – Phil Bates and Jane Klein bring you the best of folk.
Phil’s folk performing career blossomed as the guitar player for Newcastle’s iconic bush band Rum Culls. Since then, he’s added various guitars and banjos to his wardrobe of instruments. And he’s to be found strumming and warbling regularly at Hunter Wetlands and various other events. Previously he hosted Monday Folk on 2NURFM, and now brings his wealth of folk knowledge to Classic Folk. You can discover more about Phil and his music (including Rum Culls) on Bandcamp.
Jane’s love affair with folk music was shaped by the revival of interest in traditional folk in the United Kingdom. She is fascinated by how different artists and different generations create these songs afresh. New talent and well-loved classics feature in her favourites.
11 Sep 2024, 12am
11 Sep 2024, 12am
Classic Folk – 11 September 2024
Aussies are prominent on this week's program. Jane Klein plays River Girl (Jungaji), A Certain Age (Caroline Hammond), and Bill and the Bear (Cloudstreet).
4 Sep 2024, 9:59am
4 Sep 2024, 9:59am
Classic Folk – 4 September 2024
Jane Klein has selected songs with a springtime vibe on the next edition of Classic Folk. You’ll hear So Early in the Spring (Pentangle), A Spring Air (Amazing Blondel), This Time Next Spring (Underlander), and Good Vibes (Cassidy-Rae).
So Early in the Spring – Pentangle
A Spring Air – Amazing Blondel
Maambart (Father) – Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
The Longest Day – Edgelarks
This Time Next Spring – Underlander
Blue Sky Winter – Chloe & Silas
The Springtime it brings on the Shearing – Phil Bates
It's a Sunburnt Country – Flying Emus
Colours of Australia – Enda Kenny
An Emotional Winter – Pete Hawkes
Throwdown Hoedown – Austral
26 Aug 2024, 9:07am
26 Aug 2024, 9:07am
Classic Folk – 28 August 2024
Jane Klein has a selection of songs about dressing up, starting with "Wedding Dress" from the British group Crossharbour.
21 Aug 2024, 4:20pm
21 Aug 2024, 4:20pm
Classic Folk – 21 August 2024
Jane Klein hosts an hour of the world's best folk music.
I Hope You Dance – Hanne Kah
Dance Up the Sun – Cloudstreet
And When They Dance – Taliska
Dancing Under the Gallows – Chris While & Julie Matthews
Ballando, Ballando – Inti Illimani
Please Don't Ask Me To Dance – Eddi Reader
Dance As You Go – James Keelaghan
Valzer Per Un Amore – Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus
Dance Me to the End of Love – Spooky Men's Chorale
Cheek to Cheek – The Pepperjacks
Dansa! Dansa! – Mattias Perez Trio
13 Aug 2024, 1:42pm
13 Aug 2024, 1:42pm
Classic Folk – 14 August 2024
Jane Klein hosts an hour of folk music from around the world.
7 Aug 2024, 8:32am
7 Aug 2024, 8:32am
Classic Folk – 7 August 2024
This edition focuses on farewells. Amongst the songs you'll hear are Farewell to Kellswater (Andy Irvine with Rens Van Der Zalm), The Last Trip Home (Dick Gaughan), Is This Goodbye? (Craig Sinclair), Parting Glass (Cara Dillon), and Leaving The Land (Phil Bates).
6 Aug 2024, 10:31am
6 Aug 2024, 10:31am
Classic Folk – 7 August 2024
On the next edition of Classic Folk, Phil Bates and Jane Klein have a selection of songs that represent cities and places. You’ll hear songs like Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell), New York City (Fred Smith), Glasgow (Bec Taylor & the Lyrebirds) and The Streets of Derry (Andy Irvine & Paul Brady).
29 Jul 2024, 8:12am
29 Jul 2024, 8:12am
Classic Folk – 31 July 2024
On this edition of Classic Folk we’ll hear songs about cities and destinations.
24 Jul 2024, 9:48am
24 Jul 2024, 9:48am
Classic Folk – 24 July 2024
On this edition we'll hear songs that began as poems. There's a setting of "Sea Fever" (John Maesfield) by Kavisha Mazzella, "A Hill of Little Shoes" (Clive James) by Coope Boyes & Simpson, and "Scots of the Riverina" (Henry Lawson by John Schumann & The Vagabond Crew.
A Hill of Little Shoes – Coope, Boyes & Simpson
Raglan Road – The Dubliners
Scots of the Riverina – John Schumann & the Vagabond Crew
The Reverend Mullineux – Wallis & Matilda
Waltzing Matilda – Pete Hawkes
The Lass of Patie's Mill – Alastair Brown
Faces in the Street – The Bushwackers
Dennis Murphy's/The 42 Pound Check – Planxty
17 Jul 2024, 12am
17 Jul 2024, 12am
Classic Folk – 17 July 2024
Phil Bates and Jane Klein play song covers on this edition of Classic Folk.
Sometimes a cover of the song can pack more punch than the original, and you may hear that on some of the songs in this program. Included tracks are Love Will Tear Us Apart (June Tabor & Oysterband), Caledonia (Ruth Notman), The Last of the Widows (Bob Fox), Northwest Passage (Show of Hands), and Tomorrow (Emily Baker).
10 Jul 2024, 12am
10 Jul 2024, 12am
Classic Folk – 10 July 2024
Jane Klein has another hour of folk music including Road Train (Pigram Brothers), The Fox (Steeleye Span), Follow Me Up to Carlow (Planxty), and Reinvent the Wheel (Dark Horses).
3 Jul 2024, 8:16am
3 Jul 2024, 8:16am
Classic Folk – 3 Junly 2024
Jane Klein hosts an hour of folk music around the theme of made things. Ami Williamson sings about The Quilt, Gillian Welch has a song about a Silver Dagger, and you'll hear all about a Black Velvet Band with Bush Gothic.
26 Jun 2024, 12am
26 Jun 2024, 12am
Classic Folk – 26 June 2024
Phil Bates hosts another hour of great folk music.
19 Jun 2024, 8:09am
19 Jun 2024, 8:09am
Classic Folk – 19 June 2024
Phil Bates presents and hour of great folk music including Hard Luck Stories (The Bushwackers Band), and Ken Small (Martin Simpson).
12 Jun 2024, 12am
12 Jun 2024, 12am
Classic Folk – 12 June 2024
Phil Bates plays some of his favourite folk songs from artists such as James Keelaghan, and The New Graces..
So Early in the Spring – Pentangle
A Spring Air – Amazing Blondel
Maambart (Father) – Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
The Longest Day – Edgelarks
This Time Next Spring – Underlander
Blue Sky Winter – Chloe & Silas
The Springtime it brings on the Shearing – Phil Bates
It's a Sunburnt Country – Flying Emus
Colours of Australia – Enda Kenny
An Emotional Winter – Pete Hawkes
Throwdown Hoedown – Austral
Wedding Dress – CrossHarbour
Sand in your Shoes – Ralph McTell
All Around My Hat – Steeleye Span
Bare Legged Kate – Chloe & Jason Roweth
Bedouin Dress – Fleet Foxes
I Got a Dress – Ami Williamson
Living the Highlife – Tony Skinner
Fremantle Sand – Dark Horses
The Man With the Cap – Colum Sands
All Dressed Up – Maureen O'Brien
The Blue Cockade – Show of Hands
Barefoot Kid – Pigram Brothers
Fiddle and Feet – Saoirse
I Hope You Dance – Hanne Kah
Dance Up the Sun – Cloudstreet
And When They Dance – Taliska
Dancing Under the Gallows – Chris While & Julie Matthews
Ballando, Ballando – Inti Illimani
Please Don't Ask Me To Dance – Eddi Reader
Dance As You Go – James Keelaghan
Valzer Per Un Amore – Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus
Dance Me to the End of Love – Spooky Men's Chorale
Cheek to Cheek – The Pepperjacks
Dansa! Dansa! – Mattias Perez Trio
Back to the Sea Again, Johnny – Penny Davies & Roger Ilott
You, Me & the Velvet Sea – Emily Davis
By the Arafura Sea – Eric Bogle
Lady of the Sea (Hear Her Calling) – Seth Lakeman
Let Her Go Down – Steeleye Span
Say A Prayer – Fred Smith & the Spooky Men's Chorale
The Sea and the Deep Blue Devil – Jez Lowe
Pacifica Medley – Jessie Lloyd
Dreams of Fortune – Enda Kenny
Going Across the Sea – Windborne
Formidable Sea – Bruce Mathiske
Farewelll to Kellswater – Andy Irvine & Rens van der Zalm
No Way to Say Goodbye/Margaret's Waltz – The Wish List
The Last Trip Home – Dick Gaughan
Farewell, Farewell – Fairport Convention
The Emigrant's Farewell – Rosie Carson & Kevin Dempsey
Is This Goodbye? – Craig Sinclair
The Parting Glass – Cara Dillon
Leaving the Land – Phil Bates
The 72nd's Farewell to Aberdeen/The 93rd's Farewell to Gibraltar/The Atholl Highlanders – Dave Swarbrick
Chelsea Morning – Joni Mitchell
The Streets of Derry – Andy Irvine & Paul Brady
Bill from Erskineville – Chloe & Jason Roweth
London Still – Emily Barker
Glasgow – Bec Taylor & the Lyrebirds
The Witch of the Westmorland – Kate Rusby
Leaving London – Tom Paxton
New York City – Fred Smith
Bean Setting/Beaux of London City – Wheeze & Suck Band
A Hill of Little Shoes – Coope, Boyes & Simpson
Raglan Road – The Dubliners
Scots of the Riverina – John Schumann & the Vagabond Crew
The Reverend Mullineux – Wallis & Matilda
Waltzing Matilda – Pete Hawkes
The Lass of Patie's Mill – Alastair Brown
Faces in the Street – The Bushwackers
Dennis Murphy's/The 42 Pound Check – Planxty
Love Will Tear Us Apart – June Tabor & the Oysterband
Between the Wars – The Young'Uns
The Last of the Widows – Bob Fox
Don't Let Me Come Home A Stranger – Albion Band
Northwest Passage – Show of Hands
Shallow – Vika & Linda Bull
Little Wing – Pete Hawkes
Roadtrain – Pigram Brothers
The Magpies Said – Penny Davies & Roger Ilott
Follow Me Up To Carlow – Planxty
Bindi Bindi – Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
Pat Rainey – Daoiri Farrell
Ligurian Bells Melody – Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus
Weave and Worry – Jez Lowe
Tae the Weavers – Cloudstreet & the Little Cloud Orchestra
Reinvent the Wheel – Dark Horses
Road Train – Noel Bridges
Time Out/Chattering About – Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
The Quilt – Ami Williamson
Silver Dagger – Gillian Welch
Walls and Windows – Colum Sands
Annie's House – David Francey
Carved in Stone – Chris While & Julie Matthews
Black Velvet Band – Bush Gothic
Blue Train – Pirate Brides
Scarce O'Tatties/Wing Commander Donald Mackenzie/MacArthuyr Road – The Black Bear
Tristan's Magic Library – Mandy Breeze & Doug Kelly
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