It’s the eve before Halloween and here’s our annual listener-popular celebration of the holiday and its roots at the start of the Celtic New Year. This year’s supernatural happenings included tree lore, ghosts and infanticide, excessive mourning, witches and a bit of comic leavening.
- Artist, "Title", Album, Label
- Malicorne, “La Chasse Gallery”, Legende, Hannibal
- The Watersons, “Soulin’ Song”, Mighty River Of Song, Topic (box set)
- Loreena McKennitt, “All Soul’s Night”, The Visit, Quinlan Road
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- Maggie Sansone, “Samhain Set”, A Traveler’s Dream, Maggie’s Music
- John Roberts & Tony Barrand, “Oak Ash And Thorn”, Dark Ships In The Forest, Folk-Legacy
- Changeling, “The Hawthorne Tree”, The Hidden World, Independent
- Zoe Mulford, “Welcome In Another Year”, Bonfires, Azalea City
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- Shirley Collins, “The Cruel Mother”, False True Lovers, Fledg’ling
- Caroline Herring, “Paper Gown”, Lantana, Signature Sounds
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- Martin Carthy, “The Wife Of Usher’s Well”, And We’ll All Have Tea, Proper/Retro
- Kate Rusby, “The Unquiet Grave”, Sleepless, Compass
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- Stan Rogers, “The Witch Of the Westmorland”, Between The Breaks…Live, Fogarty’s Cove
- Malinky, “The Dreadful End Of Marianna For Sorcery”, “Alison Cross”, Last Leaves, Greentrax
- The McCalmans, “Burn The Witch”, Transatlantic Ticket, Castle
- Steeleye Span, “You Will Burn”, Time, Shanachie
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- Armor & Sturdevant, “Halloween”, You Dance Like You Drive, Tatema
- Harry Tuft, “Mrs. Ravoon”, Across The Blue Mountains, Folk-Legacy
- Simon Mayor, “All Hallow’s Dance”, The Acoustics Collection, Acoustics
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