A catchy satirical song about modern day Amsterdam- played with my band MONTY PAGAN 

'Bakfiets' is the Dutch word for a cargo bike, literally 'box-bike'. A bakfiets has been a common feature of Dutch society for centuries.

The old school box-bikes were chunky, punky and earthy whereas these days the modern snazzy, often electric, equivalent has become as much about saving your social status as saving the planet.

Thanks to all our friends, fans and colleagues in the music and comedy worlds and of course all the ‘bakfietsmamas ’everywhere. We love you, really!
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(( Terms: Bakfiets- cargo Bike Omafiets- granny bike))

Bakfiets Mama

11 Demon Lullabye

Folk Police Recordings bring you an album of 18 exclusive tracks by some of the best artists operating in the twilight zone between folk and all manner of odd-goings-on. 
The album features names you may know (including Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman, Sproatly Smith, Rapunzel & Sedayne, Nancy Wallace and Telling the Bees) and some who will be less familiar. The album features sounds that range from twisted trad to bucolic psychedelia, from fully fledged brass-and-wood-flavoured steamfolk to the sort of  songwriting that used to happen before singer-songwriters gave the genre a bad name. 

With extensive sleeve notes by Jeanette Leach (author of The Seasons They Change and regular contributor to fRoots and Shindig) and an introduction by Ian Anderson (editor of fRoots), the album comes handsomely packaged in a sleeve designed by Dom Cooper of the Rif Mountain Collective.

Tracklisting: 
1   Telling The Bees - Worship Of Trees
2  Emily Portman - Spine Of A Wave
3  Rapunzel & Sedayne - The Innocent Hare
4  Nancy Wallace - Walking Into Walls
5  Pamela Wyn Shannon - Moss Mantra
6  Katie Rose - Witches' Reel
7  The False Beards - Marie Celeste On Down
8  Foxpockets - Grendel
9  Boxcar Aldous Huxley - Hora
10 Sproatly Smith - Rosebuds In June
11 Straw Bear Band - Black Hive
12 Starless And Bible Black - If You Fall Then I'll Fall With You
13 Alasdair Roberts - Haruspex Of Paradox
14 Corncrow - Meriasek
15 Ros Brady - Lore
16 The Witches with Kate Denny - Come With Me:
17 Harp And A Monkey - Molecatcher
18 Wyrdstone - Pucelancyrcan


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Meriasek (Simon Lockley & Neil Kennedy arr. Kim Guy)

Spooky track recorded back in 2000 or so..shows my goth background

03 special nothing

Pushyourluck

From the CD  Ken Parsons, Celtic Harp Favourites

01 The maid from the Parish of Penderyn

Live version of the tune that gets requested all the time. Will be on the new Monty Pagan CD ' Phoenix Rising' soon! 

Wonderfulthings

This song is also frequently called for and was becoming my 'trademark' daft song. Its "old" for me now but it is none the less a very well crafted comedy song

Bakfiets Mama

Ken Parsons

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