GlosTrad Folk Radio turns its attention to the Gloucestershire Wassail.  The song is sung all over the world thanks to Vaughan Williams inclusion of The Gloucestershire Wassail in the 1st Edition of the Oxford Book of Carols.  Our guests Carol & Gwilym Davies talk about collecting wassail songs.  We also hear field recordings, Puzzlejug and a concert performance by Richard Chidlaw and Michael Gardner.
Guest singers – The Vogwells
The Gloucestershire Wassail from Songs and Carols for a West Country Christmas (Red Sky Records RSKCD 111) by kind permission of Johnny Coppin.

Producer: Stephen Rowley

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GlosTrad Folk Radio Podcast No2 -The Gloucestershire Wassail

This edition of GlosTrad Folk Radio is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund