PLAYLIST
An introduction to baroque folk
By David Rea
4 October 2025
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AS IT IS an introduction to this baggy and unwieldy genre, we have largely stuck to dusty old classics from the likes of Pentangle and Nick Drake in this collection, though we hope it will appeal to avid fans as well as newcomers. There has always been a melancholy, introspective and autumnal feel to baroque folk, and October seems like the perfect month for such a playlist. For listeners who might want to trace influences, we have sequenced the songs in rough chronological order.
Tracklist
1. ‘Angi’, Davy Graham
2. ‘Pretty Saro’, Shirley Collins, Davy Graham
3. ‘Blue Monk’, Davy Graham
4. ‘Once I Was’, Tim Buckley
5. ‘Transfusion’, John Renbourn
6. ‘Phantasmagoria in Two’, Tim Buckley
7. ‘East Wind’ (2015 Remaster), Bert Jansch, John Renbourn
8. ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’ - (with audience), Pentangle
9. ‘Diamond Day’, Vashti Bunyan
10. ‘‘Cello Song’, Nick Drake
11. ‘The River’, John Martyn
12. ‘If I Were’, Vashti Bunyan
13. ‘Buzzin’ Fly’, Tim Buckley
14. ‘Fly’, Nick Drake
15. ‘These Days’, Nico
16. ‘Train Song’, Vashti Bunyan
17. ‘The Pebble and the Man’, Bridget St John
18. ‘Listen, Listen’, Sandy Denny
19. ‘Andalucia’, John Cale
20. ‘Back to Stay’, Bridget St John
21. ‘A Maid That’s Deep in Love’, Pentangle
22. ‘The Man in the Station’, John Martyn
23. ‘No Love is Sorrow’ - 2017 Remaster, Pentangle
24. ‘I Am Lonely’ - 2015 Remaster, Bert Jansch
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