Classic Folk Presenter and Festival advisor Mike Norris takes us on a journey through the seven decades of Sidmouth Folk Festival. Enjoy 3 hours of musical memories, reflecting the rich heritage of the folk scene and the festival itself.

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Playlist:

1. Sidmouth Days / Crows
2. Derry Down Fair / The Young Tradition
3. Penny For The Ploughboys / Pete Coe
4. Blackwater Side / Anne Briggs
5. Flanders Shore / Nic Jones
6. Six Pretty Maids / Fred Jordan
7. Dennis Crowther’s No 2/ Dennis Crowther’s No 1 / John Kirkpatrick band
8. The Green Banks Of Yarrow / Bob Davenport
9. Sally Free And Easy / Cyril Tawney
10. There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears / Norma Waterson
11. Skewbald / Martin Carthy
12. I Wonder What Is Keeping My True Love This Night / Kate Rusby
13. The Macroom Lasses/ The Rambler In Cork / Jackie Daly, Seamus Creagh
14. Jerusalem Revisited [Live] / Coope, Boyes & Simpson
15. The Shirt My Father Wore / Packie Byrne
16. Jack Turnip / Snowfalls / Taffy, Sam & Aimee Thomas
17. Scarecrow / John Tams
18. The Exmoor Hunt Song / The Yetties
19. Jack O’ Diamonds / Lonnie Donegan
20. The Trip We Took Over The Mountains / Pive / Rod Stradling
21. Yellow, Red & Gold / Sandra Kerr
22. Dance To Your Daddy/The Flaming Drones / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
23. Dockyard Medley / Vic Legg
24. Hopping Down In Kent / Louie Fuller
25. London Danny / Jez Lowe
26. Peppers And Tomatoes / Ralph McTell
27. Banks Of Green Willow / Tony Rose
28. Hares On The Mountain / Elizabeth Clare / Chris Wood & Andy Cutting
29. Brigg Fair / June Tabor
30. Derwentwater’s Farewell / Louis Killen
31. Punch And Judy Man / Roy Bailey
32. Thomas Of Welshbury / Frankie Armstrong
33. All Things Are Quite Silent / Shirley and Dolly Collins
34. Stephen Baldwin’s Schottisches Nos 1 & 2/ The Kennet Jig / The Old Swan Band
35. Dido Bendigo / The Watersons
36. Barbry Allen / Roy Harris
37. Blacksmith / Steeleye Span
38. The Calico Set-The Happy Aunt / The Central Line / The Paper Bird / Flook
39. Claudy Banks / The Copper Family
40. Old King Coal / John Kirkpatrick
41. Willow Tree / Anglicana
42. Cousin Jack / Show of Hands

The presenter: Mike Norris

Mike’s passion for folk music spans decades; from first learning to play the melodeon and singing shanties at school, to running folk festivals and gigs.

A teenager during the 1960s, Mike was heavily influenced by protest song and folk-rock popularity (Bob Dylan, the Copper Family, Joan Baez, Fairport Convention etc), as well as the tail end of the folk-song revival shaped by The Watersons, Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Shirley Collins, Woody Guthrie and many more.