Traditional singer Graham Metcalfe performing at Oxford Traditional Music Club, the Jam Factory, Oxford in March 2001.

The Dalesman's litany

The Immigrant

White Hare of Howden

The 'Folly Bridge Band' live at Oxford Folk Club c.1989

Ratcliffe Highway / The Recruiting Sergeant

Graham Metcalfe and friends live at Oxford Folk CLub, c. 1989

Bonny at Morn

A traditional Irish song. Vocals: Claire Lloyd;  bouzouki: Andy McLaughlin

Factory Girl

A famous Irish reel with a considerable amount of audience participation!

Foxhunters Reel

A song from Louisiana featuring Ian Giles on vocals and Sarah Tschiggfrie on accordion.

Hobo Blues

Hornpipes: Denis Murphy's/John Ryan's

A popular session tune followed by a song written by Andy McLaughlin.

Horse's Brawl / Martha

A scratch set put together in the early days of the Oxford Folk CLub by a group of singers and musicians who played together regularly at folk sessions in pubs in and around Oxford in the 1980s:  Ian Giles (vocals, bodhran), Graham Metcalfe (vocals, harmonica), Claire Lloyd (vocals, whistle), Sarah Tschiggfrie (piano accordion) and Andy McLaughlin (bouzouki).

Jigs: The Blarney Pilgrim / Merrily Kissed the Quaker's Wife

The Lass on the Strand

A song written by Richard Thompson.  Vocals: Ian Giles



Time to ring some changes

A poem by Rudyard Kipling, turned into a song by Peter Bellamy, and performed here by Allison Bristow and Bob Lloyd.  The recording was made some time around 1990.

Sir Richard's Song

A traditional English folk song performed by Allison Bristow & Bob LLoyd, recorded in Oxford some time around 1990.

Alcalaina

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