Folk Buddies

Two idiots discuss folk music and bicker. But in an entertaining way. Not a 'ruining the concert' way.

FolkBuddies 2.3 Monty Awards part 2 06/17/2016

FolkBuddies 2.3 Monty Awards part 2 /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/4451986

Episode 2.2 The Monty Awards part 1 05/02/2016

Episode 2.2 The Monty Awards part 1 Forget the Radio 2 folk awards; never mind the Hugo; here arethe 2016 Montpelier Station Awards for the nicest folk moments oflast year, voted by a panel of blogger and podcaster living atAndrew's house /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/4339308

Episode 2.1 Folkbuddies' Lonely Hearts Club Band 02/14/2016

Episode 2.1 Folkbuddies' Lonely Hearts Club Band Bristol's most enthusiastic folk talk show is back with Andrew talking to himself about Luke Jackson, Martyn Joseph, Chris Wood, Gaz Brookfield and Blackbeard's Tea Party /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/4147071

Episode 38: Another Intermission 11/03/2015

Episode 38: Another Intermission The Folk Buddies are emotionally drained because "Walk the Line" is such a moving film and also whisky. So they carry on talking about Johnny Cash's songs. Andrew like the one about great military defeats; Clarrie likes the one about sweet shops; but oddly enough they both like the one about hangovers. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3917209

Episode 37: Folk Film Festival II 10/20/2015

Episode 37: Folk Film Festival II The Folk Buddies leave their guns at home as they walk the line into a burning ring of fire and watch two movies about the life of Johnny Cash -- "Walk the Line" (the serious one) and "Walk Hard" (the funny one.) No one does the joke about Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3876658

Episode 36: Intermission 10/13/2015

Episode 36: Intermission There's an intermission during the Folkbuddies Folk Film Festival during which ice cream and popcorn can be purchased. Andrew reviews some gigs, and reveals his folkiest moment of the year so far. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3860102

Episode 35: Folk Film Festival I 08/28/2015

Episode 35: Folk Film Festival I The Folkbuddies decide to spend a few weeks reviewing their collection of folk-theme movies. This week they are watch History of Future Folk, Morris: A Life With Bells on, and A Mighty Wind. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3764868

Episode 34: Up with the Thackrays! 06/14/2015

Episode 34: Up with the Thackrays! Dogs; cats; bulls; blacksmiths; bantam cocks; ladys' bottoms and Jesus. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3614810

Episode 33: Bristol Folk Festival 2015 05/04/2015

Episode 33: Bristol Folk Festival 2015 In which the Folkbuddies listen to music, watch morris dancing, eat food, and nearly get punched by a famous film director. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3534058

Episode 32: The 2014 Monty Awards 04/21/2015

Episode 32: The 2014 Monty Awards Yes...it's the highlight of the folkbuddies year...The annual awards for the the best folk music of 2014, chosen by a committee of bloggers and podcasters living near Montpelier Station. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3506472

Episode 31: Back to the Future 2 04/01/2015

Episode 31: Back to the Future 2 It is still 2015. Andrew and Clarrie are still listening to last year's stack of CDs. They unexpectedly agree about Maz O'Connor, and predictably agree about Martin and Eliza Carthy, Bellowhead, and O'Hooley and Tidow. They say they aren't going to have the same argument about Luke Jackson they did last time, and then do. Andrew says "Hang on..." too often. GUARANTEED PENGUIN FREE. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3464775

Episode 30: Folk No Buddies 2 03/13/2015

Episode 30: Folk No Buddies 2 Andrew is all by himself. He talks about Circus of Boom, Hobo Jones, Chris Wood, and other great gigs that he has been to. By himself. INTRODUCING: Penguin Buddy. WARNING: May contain poetry /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3422880

Episode 29: Folk No Buddies 02/27/2015

Episode 29: Folk No Buddies Andrew has been to hear Ushti Baba, Calico Jack, a big celebration of Bob Copper at Cecil Sharp House, and some youngster name Luke Jackson. Clarrie isn't around, so he get's to pontificate without interruptions. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3389781

Episode 28: Back to the Future 02/03/2015

Episode 28: Back to the Future It is the year 2015 AD. Two Folk Buddies take off their space helmets, jump out of their jet cars, switch off their personal communication devices, and look back on some of the music they were listening to in 2014. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3338750

Episode 27: It's Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas 12/21/2014

Episode 27: It's Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas Mulled wine; mulled cider; kittens; mince pies in the shape of Christmas trees; terrible, terrible Christmas records: these are a few of the Folkbuddies favourite things. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3254383

Episode 26: The Folk Event of the Year 12/04/2014

Episode 26: The Folk Event of the Year The Folk Buddies have been to some gigs. They talk about them. PLUS: Andrew's nephew explains Mumford and Sons. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3217695

Episode 25: Halloween II 11/21/2014

Episode 25: Halloween II The Folk Buddies continue their autumnal ruminations about folk, fairy tales and feminism. They turn their attention to contemporary faerie-influenced bands like Heg and the Wolf Chorus and the Emily Portman Trio. This leads to an unprecedented outbreak of unanimity. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3194021

Episode 24: Tonight It Is Good Halloween 10/31/2014

Episode 24: Tonight It Is Good Halloween It is quite literally Halloween, so the folk buddies decide to have an in depth scholarly discussion about Tam Lin. They end up bickerig about who they love more, Sandy Denny or Maddy Prior. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3153149

Episode 23: A Land's A Land For Aw That 10/20/2014

Episode 23: A Land's A Land For Aw That In an orgy of topicality the folkbuddies turn their musical eye north of Hadrian's wall, to Scotland! Home of Dick Gaughan, Karine Polwart and even some artists whose names we can pronounce. Listeners are warned that Andrew eats Haribo throughout. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3129826

Episode 22: Rags And Old Iron II: Sequels are apparently our thing now 10/06/2014

Episode 22: Rags And Old Iron II: Sequels are apparently our thing now As autumn settles upon the UK like a wet rag, let this twenty six minute bucket of podcast offcuts be the kindling that lights the fire of laughter in your hearts or something I don't know. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3104961

Episode 21: Folk Battles Three. More Folk More B3ttles 09/22/2014

Episode 21: Folk Battles Three. More Folk More B3ttles The epic conclusion of the Folk Battles saga. Families torn apart, vows that can never be taken back, Eurovision. That sort of thing. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3079177

Episode 20: Folk Battles Part the second 09/15/2014

Episode 20: Folk Battles Part the second In the second instalment of our Folk Battle, things take a more serious turn as we discuss the role of archaic language in creating emotional distance. Trigger warning for discussion of sexual assault. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3066800

Episode 19: Folk Battles Trilogie: Part One: The Rise Of The Folk Battles 09/10/2014

Episode 19: Folk Battles Trilogie: Part One: The Rise Of The Folk Battles A long time ago, on a dining room table far away, the folk buddies prepared for each other a playlist of 'their' folk music. They swapped, and then they listened, and then they talked and talked and TALKED. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3058181

Trowbridge 2014 (introducing OPERA BUDDY) 08/26/2014

Trowbridge 2014 (introducing OPERA BUDDY) Flat foods! Incest! Drugs! A philosophical argument about what constitutes a 'camper van'! All this plus Eliza Carthy and Martin Simpson at the 2014 Village Pump Folk Festival. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3031580

Episode 18, no wait, episode 27, no wait... 08/11/2014

Episode 18, no wait, episode 27, no wait... Andrew and Clarrie don't agree about Tommy McCarthy, the Anti Capitalist Road Show and Other Things. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/3006945

Glastonbury 2014 07/22/2014

Glastonbury 2014 Nudity! Electrical Danger! Mumford and/or Son! All this and more in Andrew's wet and messy 2014 Glastonbury audio diary. No Clarrie, though. She stayed at home and played X-Box. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/2959593

Episode 17: You Have A Woman's Podcast, My Lord! 06/25/2014

Episode 17: You Have A Woman's Podcast, My Lord! Dolphins! Shipwrecks! Pirates, and... Scaffolders? Pour a rum and tip your prostitute, it's sea shanties week and a Folk Buddies favourite has encountered difficult second album syndrome. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/2908956

Black Swan Folk Festival (2013) 06/02/2014

Black Swan Folk Festival (2013) In preparation for next week's coverage of the Black Swan Folk Festival, Clarrie and Andrew get into the wayback machine and return with an unreleased episode from this time last year. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/2868998

Episode 16: Roots 05/27/2014

Episode 16: Roots In this episode Andrew and Clarrie ask 'which is more important, intent or interpretation?' Warning: Contains language and opinions. /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/2858833

Bristol Folk Festival 2014 Special 05/14/2014

Bristol Folk Festival 2014 Special The Folk Buddies visit Bristol Folk Festival 2014, the festival that nearly wasn't. It's bells & hankies agogo with Jim Moray & Fairport Convention as Clarrie broods about being too skint to see Lucy Ward and Rilstone manages not to describe R.S.V.P as 'kind of a klezmer ska band' /episode/index/show/folkbuddies/id/2836428

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