Another Essential Winter Folk Mixtape

As the frost settles, KLOF Mag returns with another essential winter folk mixtape, a lovingly curated journey for this festive season.

As the frost settles, KLOF Mag returns with another essential winter folk mixtape, a lovingly curated journey for this festive season. This collection balances the sparse, haunting beauty of Anne Briggs and Plinth’s late-evening ambience with the psychedelic folk of Trees and the flighty fingers of Leo Kottke.

A rich tapestry of the folk tradition that weaves together the communal warmth of the Georgia Sea Island Singers with the evocative poetry of Michael Hartnett. Alongside songs about the house-visiting Mummering tradition, you can hear the intricate guitar work of Dick Gaughan and the joivial communal singing of Martin Carthy with June Tabor (backed by Norma Waterson, Leyley Davies, Alison Younger, and Eliza Carthy). As well as capturing the stillness of a snowy night, the collection includes “lively winter warmers” to stave off the chill. Whether you are drawn to solo ballads or spirited group sing-alongs, this mixtape serves as a perfect companion for the festive period.

We wish you all the best for this festive period.

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Playlist

1. Plinth – For C.S.

2. Fionnuala Maxwell – When the Mummers Come Calling

3. Sairie – Bushes and Briars

4. Dick Gaughan – MacCrimmon’s Lament/Mistress Jamieson’s Favourite

5. Appendix Out – The Cherry Tree Carol

6. Jean Ritchie – Wintergrace

7. Norman Edmonds and the Old-Timers – Breaking Up Christmas

8. John Sebastian and the J Band with Geoff Muldaur – Minglewood Blues

9. Georgia Sea Island Singers w/ Hobart Smith and Ed Young – Yonder Come Day

10. Michael Hartnett – Moonsnow ‘77

11. Plinth – In the Bleak Midwinter

12. Anne Briggs – Bruton Town

13. Phil Tyler & Sarah Hill – Heathery Hills Of Yarrow

14. Ultan O’Brien – The Boyne Hunt

15. The Boys of the Lough – Jackson and Jane

16. Ossian – Gie Me A Lass Wi A Lump O’land

17. Leo Kottke – Vaseline Machine Gun

18. Spud – Twa Corbies

19. Trees – Geordie

20. Pentangle – Rain And Snow

21. Piers Faccini – When Winter Comes

22. Katherine Priddy – Still Winter, Still Waiting

23. Appendix Out – Year Waxing, Year Waning

24. Dave Burland – the Bleacher Lassie O’ Kelvinhaugh

25. Lal Waterson – To Make You Stay

26. Anne Briggs – Three Maidens a Milking Did Go

27. Martin Carthy – Hunting The Cutty Wren (w/ June Tabor – backed by Norma Waterson, Leyley Davies, Alison Younger, and Eliza Carthy)

28. David Strawbridge & Tim Laycock – The Humstrum

29. Steve Tilston – Roving on a Winter’s Night

30. Lisa O’Neill – The Wren, The Wren

31. Lizzie Higgins – Up and Awa’ Wi’ the Laverock

32. Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise – Binnorie O (live)

33. Dick Gaughan – Jock O’Hazeldean

34. Ewan McCall – Moving on Song

35. United Sacred Harp Musical Association – Sherburne