Summary: FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music. We have a handful of Willies - steady now! - that’s three songs or tunes about blokes called Bill. There’s a couple of Stories Behind a couple of Songs, and we’ll be settling once and for all, that age old question about whose best: men or women. FolkCast is produced and presented by ‘Folkie’ Phil Widdows Theme Music: Fisherman’s Priest by Ken Nicol Music featured: FUN OF IT by Luke Jackson from the album “Solo Duo Trio” (2018) http://lukepauljackson.com FEBRUARY THUNDER by Zoe Mulford from the album “Small Brown Birds” (2017) http://zoemulford.com LIZA JANE by Hot Rock Pilgrims from the album “Squirrel Hunting” (2017) https://www.hotrockpilgrims.com PENNY THE HERO by Peter Knight’s Gigspanner from the album “The Wife Of Urban Law” (2017) http://www.gigspanner.com THE SPOOKY THEME by The Spooky Men’s Chorale from the album “Tooled Up” (2004) https://spookymen.com BULLY IN THE ALLEY by She Shanties from the album “Futtock Shrouds” (2018) http://sheshanties.com THE CROW’S VISIT by String Sisters from the album “Between Wind And Water” (2018) http://www.stringsisters.net CHASING SHADOWS by Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys from the album “Pretty Peggy” (2017) http://www.samkelly.org The Story Behind My Song WILLIAM by The Foxglove Trio from the album “Distant Havens” (2017) http://www.thefoxglovetrio.co.uk WILLIAM AND WIZARDS by Heather Downie from the album “Nae Sweets For Shy Bairns” (2018) http://www.heatherdownie.co.uk SWEET WILLIAM’S GHOST by Said The Maiden from the album “Here’s A Health” (2017) http://www.saidthemaiden.co.uk DETECTORISTS THEME and JEFFERSON’S TORCH by Johnny Flynn from the album “Sillion” (2017) http://johnny-flynn.com SLOW DECAY by Sarah McQuaid from the album “If We Dig Any Deeper it Could Get Dangerous” (2018) http://www.sarahmcquaid.com The Story Behind My Song MY SWEET WHISKEY by The Fonsecas from the album “Where The River Meets The Sea” (27 April 2018) https://www.thefonsecas.co.uk THE ROAD by Luke Jackson from the album “Solo Duo Trio” (2018) http://lukepauljackson.com For full details see the Shownotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
