The 27^th August is Migrant and Refugee Sunday, when the contribution of migrants and refugees to the community is celebrated in churches around Australia.

The migrant experience has from time immemorial been the inspiration for music and literature, and hence features prominently in traditional music.

Today many tracks on the program concern the lot of the exile and immigrant.

TRACK / Artist / Album / Label

CALLING ON SONG / The Cottars / On Fire! / Greentrax

ROCKET PILOTS / Fiddlers Feast / Frenzee / Bloody Dog

COME ALL YOU SAILORS / The Wailin’ Jennys / 40 Days /  Shock

STREAK OF FAT, STREAK OF LEAN / Skip Gorman & The Waddy Pals  / Dogie Music / Rounder

LES LLAGRIMES DE LES COSES / Felpeyu / Live Overseas / Urchin

VIRGINIA WALTZ / Moving Cloud / Moving Cloud / Green Linnet

HIGHEST HILL IN SLIGO / SAFFRON & BLUE / Manus McGuire / Saffron & Blue / Green Linnet

HEAVEN’S WAKE / John McCutcheon /  Sprout Wings & Fly / Rounder Select

MA MERE CHER CHERI CREOLE / Beausoleil / Cajun Kings / Latisphere

AFTER THE FLOOD / Mike West / 16 Easy Songs For Drill & Banjo / Binky

REFUGEE / Eric Bogle / At This Stage / Rouseabout

DON’T CRY IN YOUR SLEEP / Mick Moloney / Irish Folk Favourites / Castle

GONE TO AMERICA / Steeleye Span / The Best Of Steeleye Span / EMI Gold

LAST FAREWELL TO STIRLING / Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club / A Long Way From Home /   www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com

10,000 MILES AWAY / Warren Fahey / A Panorama Of Bush Songs / ABC

LEAVING NANCY / Eric Bogle / At This Stage / Rouseabout

LOST LITTLE CHILDREN / Wheelers & Dealers / Wheelers & Dealers /  www.wheelersanddealersmusic.com.au

EMIGRANT EYES /  Dolores Keane / The Best Of Dolores Keane / Dara

THE NEW LAND / Touchstone / Her Infinite Variety / Green Linnet

A FOREIGNER FOREVER / Rory McLeod / Lullabies For Big Babies / Cooking Vinyl

THE SCOTTISH SETTLER’S LAMENT / The Tannahill Weavers / Land Of Light / Green Linnet

COLONIAL EXPERIENCE / Warren Fahey / A Panorama Of Bush Songs / ABC

IBRAHIM / Eric Bogle / The Colour Of Dreams / Rouseabout

LIKE LIMERICK / Us Not Them / One Man’s Weeds…Another Man’s Flowers /  www.rowethmusic.com.au

CALEDONIA / Dolores Keane / The Best Of Dolores Keane / Dara

THE EXILE’S RETURN / Buttons & Bows / Binn Blasta:The Irish Traditional Music
Special / Digital Pressure - Gael-Linn Records