Iain Anderson Show

10/09/2024

Here is the link to last night's show with playlist - including many of your listener requests!

Standing Still - Mànran
Where The Night Goes - Josh Ritter
The Lost Highway - Kurt Nilsen with Willie Nelson
Da Selkie Wife's Sang - Astrid Williamson
Truth Is Out There - Susy Wall
Bonnie Scotland - Joe McMahon
The Night Visiting Song - Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary
Wrong Joke Again - Rab Noakes
(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
Island In The Rain - The Men They Couldn't Hang
Time In A Bottle - Babyface
Creag Meagaidh Part 1 - Ewen Henderson
Fountain Of Sorrow - Jackson Browne
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Second Cup Of Coffee - Gordon Lightfoot
When You Shook Your Long Hair Down - Tom Paxton
Circle - Harry Chapin
Gulf Coast Highway - Nanci Griffith
Loch Tay Boat Song - The Corries
Me & You & A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
Long Way - Laney Jones
Stoned Soul Picnic - Laura Nyro
Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
Dance On - Sheila K Cameron

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

09/09/2024

Back as usual tonight from 10pm. No 'Features' but plenty good music and lots of listener requests!

05/09/2024

No show this Sunday evening as the Scotland football team take on Portugal. We are back on Monday night at the usual time with more great music. There will be no 'Features' this week but we would still love to hear from you. Any favourite Iain Anderson Show artists? Songs you've not heard us play for a while or perhaps lesser-known versions of songs we already play? Why not drop us a comment and we shall endeavor to play as many of your requests as we can!

03/09/2024

Here is the playlist for last night's Monday show! Take a listen whenever you like.

You Wear it Well - Rod Stewart
The Day The Mississippi Died - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Ramblin' Kind - Zachary Lucky
The Dark-Eyed Gypsy - Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary
Solid Ground - Skyrie
Roving Falkirk Bairn - Brògeal
Fly Like A Bird - Boz Scaggs
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Never Going Back - The Lovin' Spoonful
Daydream Believer - John Stewart
Auburn Nights - Corin
Spicy Hector - dlù
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
You Might Think - The Cars
I Will Hang My Harp On A Willow Tree - Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary
The Bleacher Lassie O' Kelvinhaugh - Rod Paterson
Road To Freedom - The Kingston Trio
Somewhere Down The Line - John Stewart
Birds And Ships - Billy Bragg & Wilco feat. Natalie Merchant
Waters Are A'risin - Dropkick Murphys
The Last Campaign - John Stewart & Buffy Ford Stewart
Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Fairport Convention
White Dress - The Sandy Denny Project
Wee Song - Tom Houston
Last Leaf - Willie Nelson

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

02/09/2024

Catch up with last night's show and this playlist!

She Don't Love Me Now - Bruce Springsteen
Lies & Dynamite - Annie Keating
99 - Good Guy Hank
As We Rove Out - Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary
Three Women - Sulidae
Middle Of Hope - Kim Carnie
California Stars - Billy Bragg & Wilco
California Bloodlines - Dave Alvin
Gold - John Stewart
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Jack Tempchin
Reverie - Elephant Sessions
Try To Remember - The Fantasticks (Off-Broadway Cast)
Liffeyside - Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary
Trouble In The Fields - Nanci Griffith
Spotlight - Johnny Cash with Dan Auerbach
Runaway Train - Rosanne Cash
Mother Country - John Stewart
At My Window Sad And Lonely - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Best I Can - Eric Bibb
Do I Still Figure In Your Life? - Joe Cocker
Blackbird - Martyn Bennett feat. Lizzie Higgins
Summer Sun, Winter Trees - Eve Goodman
So Another Day Has Gone - Sheila K Cameron

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

31/08/2024

Here is another Mystery Song Lyric for you to have a go at!
Degree of difficulty: 4.0
Clue: Perceived state of mind

“But you kept it going, till the sun fell down”

Can you name the song?

31/08/2024

This week we will be taking a closer listen to the music and songwriting talents of the San Diego-born folk singer, songwriter and painter, John Stewart; a well-known member of The Kingston Trio, (following the departure of Dave Guard) and then a successful solo artist.

31/08/2024

This week's Featured Archive Album is 'Mermaid Avenue' by Billy Bragg & Wilco. Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of, previously unreleased, Woody Guthrie lyrics as performed by UK singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg along with US alt-rock band, Wilco. The project was guided to fruition by Woody’s daughter, Nora Guthrie. The album title comes from the Guthrie song ‘Mermaid’s Avenue’ which was likely inspired by the street in Coney Island, New York, of the same name, on which Woody Guthrie lived.

31/08/2024

Back this Sunday night with our week's Featured Album, 'Hydra' by Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary. Released just over a week ago, long time musical collaborators and world wanderers, Irish traditional singer and musician, Nuala Kennedy and Dublin / New York, singer-songwriter, Eamon O'Leary have created an atmospheric new album of songs entitled 'Hydra'.

27/08/2024

Here's Monday night's show, focusing on the work of Bobby Motherwell, Elvis Costello and Iris DeMent, and much more besides...

Rex Bob Lowenstein - Mark Germino & The Sluggers
Safe Harbour - Susy Wall
Quiet Town - Mindy Smith
When The Penny Drops - Sulidae (Bobby Motherwell)
The Wait - Sulidae
(The Angels Want To Wear My) Red Shoes - Hem
American Without Tears - The Costello Show
The American Dream - Amy Speace
Truth Ain’t Gonna Save Us - Elles Bailey
No Time To Cry - Iris DeMent
Highland Cathedral Never Give Up - Tartan Talkers Collective
Walking In The Rain - Callum Rae
Farewell To Stromness - Lavinia Meijer
Poems, Prayers And Promises - John Denver
Hummingbird - Eddi Reader
I Am The River #33 - Tom Houston
That Moment - Sulidae
Why Are All The Good Guys Gone - Sulidae
Three Rules Of Discipline And Eight Points For Attention - Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian
Ring Of Fire - Good Guy Hank
My Life - Iris DeMent
Shipbuilding - June Tabor
In The Darkest Place - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
Along The Santa Fe Trail - Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

26/08/2024

Sunday night's show, featuring conversation and poetry with Bobby Motherwell (Sulidae), recorded at RSPB Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve. Listen now on BBC Sounds.

Rain - Dickey Betts
Sea Level Man - Joachim Cooder
Middle Of Hope - Kim Carnie
What’s Wrong With The World? - Fairground Attraction
The Bonny Green Tree - Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary
Everyday I Write The Book - Alison Brown & Sam Bush
Veronica - Elvis Costello
Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds
Easy’s Gettin’ Harder Every Day - Iris DeMent
The Beast - Malcolm MacWatt & Alice Marra
Little Sparrow - Olivia Ross
Main Theme, Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis
Skydancers - Martin Simpson
Swifts - Spell Songs,
The Birds In The Spring - Orchestra of the Swan & Jackie Oates
The Echo Mocks The Corncrake - Gillian Frame
Wilson’s Lament - Sulidae
The Wild Garlic And Bluebell Way - Sulidae
Lon-dubh - Julie Fowlis
Wind And White Horses - Sulidae

24/08/2024

This week's mystery lyric may prove challenging...

Degree of difficulty: 4.4 / Clue: forgot the words

“You never reach the sky and you cannot touch the ground”

What’s the song?

24/08/2024

For our featured songwriter, we celebrate the 70th birthday of Declan Patrick MacManus, known to the world as Elvis Costello.

24/08/2024

Featured archive album is 'My Life' by Iris DeMent. Thirty years old this year, it's a masterpiece of deeply emotional songwriting.

24/08/2024

We'll be with you as usual, late Sunday and Monday evenings. Featured album is '…An Invincible Summer' by Sulidae.
Sulidae is Bobby Motherwell, songwriter and poet from Renfrewshire. We visited Bobby recently at Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve, where he’s the Poet in Residence, and you’ll get to hear the conversation on Sunday night.

20/08/2024

Another chance to catch last night's Monday show and this playlist with BBC Sounds!

Let Freedom Ring (Volumes 4, 5 & 6) - Mark Germino & The Sluggers
Between The Worlds - Calum Baird
Murmuration - Paultaskermusic
Rain On Me - Lewis McLaughlin
Hard Times - Gnoss
War Measure - Aoife O'Donovan & Hawktail
Wildflowers In The Sky - Sarah Jarosz
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
The Finer Things - Dolores Keane
Valerie - Steve Winwood
She Up And Went - John Keenan
The Bunting Fund / Ocean Child - Flook
Arthur McBride - Paul Brady
Ophelia - THE BAND
Human Beings - Lewis McLaughlin
Eventide - Andrew Combs
Can’t Find My Way Home - Alison Krauss
There's A River - Steve Winwood
And They Called Her California - Ray LaMontagne
Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac
Farewell To Tarwathie - Judy Collins
Bi Falbh On Uinneig - Sian

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

19/08/2024

Here is last night's show and playlist for you to enjoy anytime you like...

Out On The Road - Langhorne Slim & John Craigie
Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness - Adam Holmes
Some Things Hurt A Little More - Jamie Sutherland
A Hope In Fear - Lewis McLaughlin
Betty And Dupree - Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
The Slip Jigs And Reels - Steve Tilston
Storms - Fleetwood Mac
Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Midnight On The Water - Aly Bain
Strange Boat - The Waterboys
Two Fifty To Vigo - Shooglenifty
Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
Burning True - Lewis McLaughlin
Deep, Deep Blue - Joe Hearty
The Minstrel Boy - Eleanor McEvoy
Back In The High Life Again - Warren Zevon
Empty Pages - Traffic
Over And Over - Fleetwood Mac
You Never Wanted Me - Fairport Convention
Long Way to Harlan - Si Kahn & Laurie Lewis
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Kathy Mattea
Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas - Iris DeMent
I Pray I'll Be Seeing You Soon - Ron Pope

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

17/08/2024

Another Mystery Song Lyric for you this week!
Degree of difficulty: 3.2
Clue: AWOL

“They got your number, scared and running
But I'm still waiting for the second coming”

Can you name the song?

17/08/2024

For this week’s Featured Songwriter, we delve into the music and back catalogue of the award-winning, Birmingham vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Steve Winwood; famed not only as a solo artist, but also as a member of bands such as Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group and Blind Faith.

17/08/2024

Featured Archive Album for this week is 'Tusk' by Fleetwood Mac. Released 45 years ago this year, 'Tusk' is the 12th studio album from the UK-US rock band, Fleetwood Mac. The band’s follow-up to their mega 1977 hit, 'Rumours' – although 'Tusk' is rather more experimental in feel; featuring the singles ‘Sara’, ‘Don’t Think About Me’ as well as the title track itself, which reached number 6 in the UK charts.

17/08/2024

Back this Sunday and Monday night with a new Featured Album, 'A Hope In Fear' by Lewis McLaughlin. This week we feature the newly released album from Edinburgh-born artist, Lewis McLaughlin, 'A Hope In Fear', which examines themes of self-discovery and resilience. The album reflects McLaughlin’s own personal journey of overcoming fear and embracing new beginnings.

13/08/2024

Link to last night's show and playlist for your listening pleasure!

Stars - Abigail Lapell & Great Lake Swimmers
Isabella - Amy Papiransky
Step Into Your Power - Ray LaMontagne
Borderland - Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
I'm A Physician (Part 1) - Michael McGovern
Jamu Dreaming - Archie Roach
Kurongk Boy, Kurongk Girl - Ruby Hunter
The Sun's Comin' Over The Hill - Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter
Heartwood - Spell Songs, from The Lost Words
Flow - Cara Dillon
Love Not Alibis - John Miller and his Country Casuals
Hawa Dolo - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate
8:05 - Moby Grape
One Of Us - Joan Osborne
Maybe Tomorrow - Fraser Anderson
Hashtag - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
There Is A Garden - Archie Roach
Sorry - Solas
Yew Tree - RM Hubbert & Karine Polwart
Door Won't Close - Ana Egge
Whisper The Wind - Jack Law & Ricky Romain
Blind Owl - Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Strange Affair - Dolores Keane

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

12/08/2024

Last night's show can be listened to on BBC Sounds. Tonight we do it all again, but differently.

Old Dog And Me - Chas & Dave
Richland Woman Blues - Muireann Bradley
We’re Still Here - Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Gannets - Fidra
Daisy - Karine Polwart
Rivers Run - The Lasses
Tell Me Why - Archie Roach
Romeo And Juliet - Mark Knopfler
Marche De Sacco Et Vanzetti - Georges Moustaki
Heilan Harry - Davie Anderson
Wild Mountain Time - The Silencers
Run Free - Shirley Barr
Days Into Days - Ned Roberts
Southwest Chief - Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Da Narrowa Wheel - Astrid Williamson
Walking Into Doors - Archie Roach
The Path That Winds Before Us - Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
Follow The Heron Home - Seamus Begley & Tim Edey
Play Hats - LUSA
Old Light - Anne-Marie Sanderson
I'll Take You Home - Wallace Mair

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

11/08/2024

And a mystery lyric for you to ponder. Let us know if you recognise it.

Degree of difficulty: 3.7
Clue: holier-than-thou

“What would you ask if you had just one question?”

What’s the song?

11/08/2024

Our featured songwriter is Scotland's finest, Karine Polwart.

11/08/2024

This week's featured archive album is 'Jamu Dreaming', the 1993 album by the late Archie Roach, who wrote so movingly about his life, his family and the experiences of Australia's Indigenous population.

11/08/2024

With you as ever Sunday and Monday late evening. This week's featured album is by two comrades in song, Jimmie Dale Gilmore from Texas and Dave Alvin from California. Combined that makes 'Texicali'!

06/08/2024

Another chance to hear last night's show, just click BBC Sounds link below and listen at your leisure!

Measures - Fair Weather Son
Sweet Love - Matt McGinn
Burn - Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors feat. Ellie Holcomb
Salt River - Fidra
Cherry Blossom Sunset - Tide Lines
Dragonflies - Susy Wall
Someone Should Tell Her - The Mavericks
Don't Let Me Cross Over - Dolly Parton & Raul Malo
Rosie Strike Back - Rosanne Cash
Clever Disguise - Eliza Gilkyson
Build Me Up Buttercup - Rosie H Sullivan
New Orleans - Kim Carnie
Daily Grind - David Grubb
Every River - Runrig
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson
Water A'n - Fidra
Blues Run The Game - Adam Holmes
Sparrow - Eliza Gilkyson
Sanctuary - Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky
Tell Me Why - The Mavericks
Wind And White Horses - Sulidae
Isle Of Eigg - Robin Laing
I Still Have A Choice - Michael McMillan
Saol Aoibhinn - John Spillane
Hello Out There - Johnny Cash

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

05/08/2024

Last night's Sunday show and playlist, take a listen any time you like!

Brave Volunteers - Seth Lakeman & Fisherman's Friends
Roll On Babe - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance
Chapel Porth Beach - Martyn Joseph
Far From You - Fidra
99 - Good Guy Hank
Still In Love With You - Paul Casey
To Be With You - The Mavericks
Hard Times In Babylon - Rachel Baiman & Kris Drever
Beauty Way - Eliza Gilkyson
Loving Arms - Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson
Outside Time - Tarren
With A Girl Like You - The Troggs
None Left For Sorrow - Fidra
Feathers - Seán R McLaughlin & The Wind-Up Crows
Annie Mckelvie - The Clydesiders
The Great Correction - Joan Baez
When You Walk On - Eliza Gilkyson
Dance The Night Away - The Mavericks
A Hope In Fear - Lewis McLaughlin
Let It Rain - The Lost Notes
Oh Child Of Mine - Hannah White
All Of My Hours - Ellijai Macfarlane
Theme From Harry's Game - Clannad

End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

03/08/2024

As usual, we have another Mystery Song Lyric lined up...
Degree of difficulty: 3.2
Clue: Colour me sad

“Love is like a dying ember
And only memories remain”

Can you name the song?