Today’s theme is “Angels and Devils, Heaven and Hell”.  Traditional music abounds in excellent songs about devils.  (Yes indeed, the Devil does seem to have the best tunes!)  Angels are harder to come by…..

TRACK / Artist  /Album / Label
 

DEVILISH MARY / Highwoods String Band / Feed Your Babies Onions / Rounder

MORE THAN JUST A DRAM / Robin Laing / The Angel’s Share / Greentrax

MINSTREL BOY / SCALEY DEVILS / Fiddlers Festival / Live / Bloody Dog

MADAME BONAPARTE / DEVIL’S DREAM / MASON’S APRON / Leahy  / Fire In The Kitchen / BMG

HELLHOUND ON MY TRAIL / The Backsliders / Hellhound / Sandstock

SPEAKING WITH THE ANGEL / Mary Black / Speaking With The Angel / Atlantic

DR GILBERT / DEVILS OF DUBLIN / BLACK PAT’S / Lunasa / Otherworld / Green Linnet

GOD KNOWS SHE AIN’T NO ANGEL / Erik Darling / Child Child / Wind River

CALUM BEUGACH / THE DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN / MUILEANN DUBH / SANDY CAMERON / CAPE BRETON / Eileen Ivers / Her Infinite Variety / Green Linnet

THE DEIL’S AWA’ WI’ TH’ EXCISEMAN / Robin Laing / The Angel’s Share / Greentrax

WHISKEY YOU’RE THE DEVIL / Robin Laing / The Angel’s Share / Greentrax

THE SWEETNESS OF MARY / DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN / WILLIE DAVIE / THE SOUND OF MULL / THE HIGHROAD TO LINTON / Alasdair Fraser / Return To Kintail / Paganini

THE FALLEN ANGEL SET / THE WEE DRIPPIN’ ROAST / SUSAN MARTIN’S WELCOME TO THE ISLAND OF BARBADOS / THE MECKLENBERG REEL / THE FALLEN ANGEL / Brian McNeill / To Answer The Peacock  / Greentrax

THE DEVIL HAD A HOLD OF ME / Gillian Welch / Hell Among The Yearlings / Acony Records

WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN? / Mic Conway’s National Junk Band / 21^st Century Sink /  www.nationaljunkband.com

DEVIL IN THE STRAWSACK / NAIL THAT CATFISH TO THE TREE / RONDO / Wild Notes / Sowing / Wild Notes

UP JUMPED THE DEVIL / Hap Boyer / Fiddling Metis Style / Turtle Island Music

HEAVEN WHEN WE’RE HOME / The Wailin’ Jennys / 40 Days / Shock Records

FANITULLEN / Annbjorg Lien / Annbjorg / Kirkelig Kultureveksted

HELL & SCISSORS  / Dyad / Who’s Been Here Since I’ve Been Gone? / Copperspire

THE DEVIL & THE FARMER’S WIFE / Robin Greenstein / Images Of Women / Windy Records

DEVIL IN THE WOODPILE / Sleepy John Estes With Yank Rachell /  First Recordings With Yank Rachell & Sleepy JohnEstes / JSP Records

BIRDIE / HELL UP COAL CREEK HOLLER / Murphy & Marckx / The Time's Been Sweet / S elf Published

GET THE “L” ON DOWN THE ROAD / Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band /  Down In The Basement / Old Hat

HELL BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA / Jim Taylor / The Civil War Collection / Gourd Music

THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA / The Billys / The Billys– Live / I’m O.K. Records

I’LL BE GOING TO HEAVEN SOMETIME/  Flatt & Scruggs / Down The Road / Delta

HILLBILLY HEAVEN / Honkystomp / Feel The Stomp / Lobotomy Brand