Hi folks. Just to let everyone know that the March 2009 edition of Worlds of Trad Internet Radio has been successfully uploaded and is at this very instant pouring forth plenitudes of pristine musical perfection.

Before telling you about this month's cornucopian concoction though, three apologies.

First. The February upload got so delayed that it's ended up as the March upload. Long story, but I've been up to my padoozkies in marches, protests, lobbies and demos, following the sudden announcement that my local council is planning the decimation of its library service, along with most of its other leisure facilities.

All being well though, next month's sizzling sensation will occur on Wednesday 1st April. In the meantime, Roy Acuff, Roosevelt Sykes, Blind Willie McTell, Louis Jordan and Kate McKenzie hop aboard on some of those good old American railroads; Howlin' Wolf, Ida Cox and Louis Armstrong's Hot Five confess to a teeny weenie weight problem; and Fields Ward, Willie Scott, Joe Heaney and Dan Dowd wax lyrical about the amber nectar (after several glasses of the amber nectar?). And Kokomo Arnold is waxing lyrical, not about drinking the stuff, but about making it.

Jean Ritchie and Kelly Harrell revisit an old British Ballad, and we revisit that splendid band from Co. Louth in Ireland, Lá Lugh. Plus, quite a few listeners are introduced to the wonderful singing of Sally Sloane from New South Wales. Quite a few listeners will be back for more.

There's a rare performance of a rare ballad from the Stanley Brothers; Hank Williams, Rev. Robert Wilkins, The Paramount Singers, Professor James Earle Hines and Black Billy Sunday try to show us the light; and if you're not averse to a bit of hard labour, there's a chain gang song from Mississippi, and a rock breaking song from Dorset. Yes, that Dorset! All that plus the usual circumnavigations of the globe and Britain and Ireland and everywhere else I can think of.

To hear the programme, visit http://www.live365.com/stations/oneworldmusic , and click on the yellow speaker button. If you haven't logged on you'll need to follow the onscreen instructions to download the station player. Then wait a moment until the ads clear, press the yellow PLAY button and after a short delay the station will be on the air. Then if you press the green button to the right, you can set Worlds of Trad as a preset. That will save you having to search the next time you listen in.

Oh, and there's that third apology. Those bleep bleeping CIA adverts are still reoccurring from time to time. If you hit one, don't shoot the PC. Just turn the sound off, count slowly to thirty, turn the sound back on, and all will be right with the world.

Fred McCormick.

Fredlive365@aol.com .

March 2009 Worlds of Trad Playlist.
                                
Wabash Cannonball        Roy Acuff        Ace        CDCHD 988        Once More It's Roy Acuff/King of Country Music

Ran the Blues Right Out of my Window        Roosevelt Sykes        Folkways        FS 3827        Blues By

Statesboro Blues        Blind Willie McTell        Global Village        CD 03        Georgia Folk: A Sampler of Traditional Sounds

Choo Choo Ch' Boogie        Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five        MCA        MCAD2-11907        Let the Good Times Roll

Pan American Boogie        Kate McKenzie        Rounder        CD 1128        Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs Vol 1

An Bhaltrana        Kitty Gallagher        Folktrax        FSB 003        An Cailin Gaelach
                
Little Stream of Whisky        Fields Ward        Rounder        0036        Bury me not on the Prairie

The Whisky's Guid, The        Willie Scott        Borders Traditions        LTCD 4002        Border Sangsters Vol 2

Busy bootin'        Kokomo Arnold        Document        DOCD-5038        Vol 2 1935 - 1936

Whiskey O Roudeldum-Row        Joe Heaney        Topic        TSCD 518D        The Road From Connemara
                                
An Buachaill Caol Dubh        Dan Dowd        Claddagh        CC40 / 65CD        Claddagh's choice: An Anthology of Irish Traditional Music

The Story of the Flood        The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys        Blue Ridge Institute        BRI 004        Native Virginia Ballads & Songs

Two Old Soldiers        George Tucker        Rounder        0064        George Tucker

The Boy in His Pants_Big John's Jig        Lá Lugh        Claddagh        CC 29        Lá Lugh

Suita de Cintece Si Jocuri Din Iacobeni Si Urca        Taraful Soporul de Cimpie        Electrecord        ST-EPE 03228        Taraful Soporul de Cimpie
                                
Bourgeois Blues        Leadbelly        Deja Vu        DVRECD 39        Leadbelly

God Rode In The Windstorm        Professor James Earle Hines & His Goodwill Singers        ACE        CD CHD 537        Get on Board Little Children; The Modern Gospel Recordings,

This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix        Rev Dr J Gordon McPherson (Black Billy Sunday)        Biograph        BLP-12027        This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix
                                
The Banks of Claudy        Sally Sloane        Larrikin        LRF 136        A Garland For Sally
                                
Tamm Kreiz (Ar Waskadenn)        Bastien Guerin_Jean Claude Talec        Arfolk        CD428        Chants a Repondre en Centre Bretagne

Kuchulura        Kasambwe Brothers        Air Mail Music                Tanzania

Sempalan        Bali Seni Magasari        Playasound                Java

Polka Efter Alfred Pa Hultet        Hogdals Spelmanslag        Caprice        CAP 21543        Folk Songs and tunes from Bohuslan

Aj Ke Ojme Batche Gogo        Sestiri Bisserovi        Pan        7005 CD        Pirin Wedding and Ritual Songs
                                
The Gauger        John Maguire        Mercier        IRL 12        Folksongs Sung in Ulster Vol.2

Snow on the Ben/The Grand Slam        Joe Hutton        East Allen Recordings        EAR 015-2        Joe Hutton, Northumbrian Piper

Eirigh Suas A Stoirín (Rise Up, My Darling)         Hude Devaney        Folktrax        FSB 003        An Cailin Gaelach

The Farmer's Servant        Harry Cox        Rounder        CD 11661-1839-2        What will become of England

Seventeen Come Sunday        Charlotte Renals        Veteran        VT119CD        Catch me if you can
                                
I Saw The Light        Hank Williams        Lamb & Lion        LL-706        Collectors Item

Jesus Will Fix it Alright        Rev. Robert Wilkins        Piedmont        R13925        Memphis Gospel Singer

There's a Leak in This Old Building        The Paramount Singers        Arhoolie        CD 382        Work & Pray On
                                
Matty Gru        Blinky and the Roadmasters        Rounder        5047        Crucian Scratch Band Music

Malawi        The Makase Band        Air Mail Music        SA 141007        Tanzania
                                
The Rambling Sailor        Sally Sloane        Larrikin        LRF 136        A Garland For Sally

Jack's Waltz        Sally Sloane        National Museum of Australia        No Catalogue Number        Sharing the Harvest
                                
The Dying Hobo        Kelly Harrell        Document        DOCD-8026        Vol 1; 1925 - 1926

Johnny Collins        Jean Ritchie        XTRA 1123        Clear Waters Remembered
                                
Sambo Era        Máire Áine ní Donnchada        Claddagh        CC 6        Deora Aille

Tuirne Muire        Sarah Keane        Claddagh        CC 4        Once I Loved
                                
Chicken         Bill Williams        Blue Goose        2004        Low and Lonesome

C.H.I.C.K.E.N.        Mississippi John Hurt        Vanguard        VSD 19/20        Best Of
                                
Four Day Creep        Ida Cox        Document        DOCD-5651        Vol 5 1939 - 1940

Built For Comfort        Howlin' Wolf        Charly        Red Box 7        Complete Recordings, The; 1951 - 1969

Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa        Louis Armstrong's Hot Five        CBS        460821 2        Volume 1; The Hot Fives
                                
Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train        Mike Seeger        Rounder                Solo: Old Time Music
                                
Rosie        CB and Gang        Rounder        CD 1715        Prison Songs: Historical Recordings from Parchman Farm 1947-48: Vol 2: Dontcha Hear Poor Mother Calling?

Portland Quarry men's Song        Tom Tewkesbury and gang        Rounder        CD 1741        COLUMBIA WORLD LIBRARY of
Folk and Primitive Music: England
                                
The Road To Clady        Lá Lugh        Claddagh        CC 29        Lá Lugh

The Seasons        Peta Webb & Ken Hall        Fellside        FECD 155        As Close as Can be
                                
Mokihana        Augie Goupil & His Royal Tahitians        Harlequin        HQ 2073        Tahitian Swing