Looking forward to playing my part in making the very first #berwickfringe a huge success.
Two gigs, one being a cittern demo, the other a set of original progressive folk songs on both cittern and guitar.
31st July & 1st August
This morning, I bought my first album from @subvert.fm - a new cooperative music platform of which I am a member. The album is Shadows by @dantelerae.bsky.social and you can expect to hear some of it on The Compendium in the coming months. It's stunning.
One Midsummer Night in June, it'll be ten years since I sat on the edge of a small precipice adjacent to the Stone Cut Graves at Heysham, Lancashire, overlooking Morecambe Bay, with my 'on long term loan' ngoni. The message is simple. The message remains unheeded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbAD...
Get on your bike. Buy a record from a shop today. Any record. Any record shop.
Today is #RecordStoreDay
Get on your bike. Buy a record from a shop today. Any record. Any record shop.
Today is #RecordStoreDay
One Midsummer Night in June, it'll be ten years since I sat on the edge of a small precipice adjacent to the Stone Cut Graves at Heysham, Lancashire, overlooking Morecambe Bay, with my 'on long term loan' ngoni. The message is simple. The message remains unheeded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbAD...
So that was Compendium #259, and you can listen to it again right here: www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBrea...
Next week is a 'Tenth' show so it's much more folky...
😂
Thanks Mark. I think we all created the conditions for the bullshit merchants to dominate. We now just have to drive them back into their wormholes.
So that was Compendium #259, and you can listen to it again right here: www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBrea...
Next week is a 'Tenth' show so it's much more folky...
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026- Song 12
Hurray For The Riff Raff - Precious Cargo
Album: Live Forever
Date: 20th March 2026
Web: www.hurrayfortheriffraff.com
Blue Sky: #HurrayForTheRiffRaff
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 11
Mark Lanegan - The Primitives
Album: Houston: Publishing Demos 2002
Date: 2015
Web: marklanegan.bandcamp.com
Blue Sky: #MarkLanegan
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 10
Lowpines - The Shape of the Light
Album: Sun Down Over East River Shore
Date: 2021
Web: www.welcometolowpines.com/lowpines
Blue Sky: @lowpines.bsky.social
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 9
Waterpistol - She Flies
Album: Single
Date: 13th April 2026
Web: waterpistolband.bandcamp.com
Blue Sky: #Waterpistol
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 8
Moletrap - The Green Desert
Album: Mid Welsh Pt. 2
Date: 10th April 2026
Web: www.instagram.com/moletrap
Blue Sky: #MoletrapBand
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 7
Mogwai - What Kind Of Mix Is This?
Album: The Bad Fire
Date: 2025
Web: mogwai.scot
Blue Sky: @mogwai.scot
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 6
Heddlu - Le Fay
Album: Tramor
Date: 2025
Web: heddlu.bandcamp.com/music
Blue Sky: #HeddluMusic
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 5
Nicola Lori - Shadows of my Memories
Album: Urban Vision
Date: 2024
Web: www.nicolalori.com
Blue Sky: #NicolaLoriMusic
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 4
Marc O’Reilly - Bleed
Album: Human Herdings
Date: 2014
Web: www.marcoreillymusic.com
Blue Sky: #MarcOReillyMusic
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 3
Joanne Shaw Taylor - I’m In Chains
Album: Wild
Date: 2016
Web: www.joanneshawtaylor.com
Blue Sky: #JoanneShawTaylor
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 2
John Murry - The Ballad of the Pajama Kid
Album: The Graceless Age
Date: 2013
Web: johnmurry.bandcamp.com
Blue Sky: #JohnMurryMusic
Nathan Bell has a way with words!
Compendium 259 - 15th April 2026 - Song 1
The Right Reverend Crow - Governor Lee
Album: Demokracy Blues
Date: April 24th 2026
Web: therightreverendcrow.com
Blue Sky: #TheRightReverendCrow
Fatea Review: www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
The Compendium plays the blues....ish....
www.folkfridayradio.com
8pm (UK)
The Compendium airs on Wednesdays at 8pm (UK). This is not a show focused on new music, but we do include new songs in the mix most weeks. This week, the show is bookended by modern day protest songs, and boy, do we need them.
www.folkfridayradio.com @folkfridayradio.bsky.social
The Compendium airs on Wednesdays at 8pm (UK). This is not a show focused on new music, but we do include new songs in the mix most weeks. This week, the show is bookended by modern day protest songs, and boy, do we need them.
www.folkfridayradio.com @folkfridayradio.bsky.social
The Compendium airs on Wednesdays at 8pm (UK). This is not a show focused on new music, but we do include new songs in the mix most weeks. This week, the show is bookended by modern day protest songs, and boy, do we need them.
www.folkfridayradio.com @folkfridayradio.bsky.social
Lest we forget … this from Nigel Farage q little while back
The Compendium airs on Wednesdays at 8pm (UK). This is not a show focused on new music, but we do include new songs in the mix most weeks. This week, the show is bookended by modern day protest songs, and boy, do we need them.
www.folkfridayradio.com @folkfridayradio.bsky.social
Magic beans - you just know how that can turn out 😎