“Travelling” is a popular theme in all music genres, and is our theme for today.  In Australia, this time of year sees many people on the move for a variety of reasons – vacation, career moves and the commencement of study being some.

The violin and harmonica and even drums have the uncanny ability to imitate the sounds of vehicles, particularly trains, as we will see in some of the tracks played today.

TRACK / Artist / Album /  Label

FROM ST KILDA TO KING’S CROSS / SHELLEY'S REEL /  Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club / A Long Way From Home /  www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com.au

MOSS VALE TRAIN / Wongawilli / Live At The Local /  www.wongawillcolonialdance.org.au

SOUTHBOUND PASSENGER TRAIN / Doc & Merle Watson / Doc & The Boys:Live & Pickin’ / Southern

CHATTANOGA CHOO CHOO / Billy Strange / Railroad Man / Grip Crescendo

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS / Woody Guthrie / Sing America / Warner Bros

THE OLD ARK’S A’MOVING / A.A.Gray & Seven Foot Dilly / Down In The Basement / Old Hat

SLOW BOAT TO CHINA / Fiddlers Festival / Live / Bloody Dog

SAILING HOME (MEDLEY) / Frank Quinn, Joe McGuire / The Wheels Of The World Vol.1  / Yazoo-Shanachie

ROSE BAY FERRY / Bernard Bolan / An Eccentric Collection / Larrikin

THE MAN IN THE BRIGHT RED CAR / Kristina Olsen / All Over Down Under / Take a Break

LEE HIGHWAY BLUES / Highwoods String Band / Feed Your Babies Onions / Rounder

MY AUTOMOBILE / Truckstop Honeymoon / Christmas In Ocala / Squirrel

BIKE / Mal Webb / Trainer Wheels /  www.netspace.net.au/~malwebb

ON HORSEBACK / Eileen Ivers / Green Linnet Twentieth Anniversary Collection / Green Linnet

GOIN’ DOWN TO TAMPA / Horse’s Leotard / Give A Dog A Bone / Self Published

THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN / The Dubliners / Irish Folk Favourites / Castle

GORT TO TEXAS TO HONOLULU / Reeltime / Green Linnet 20^th Anniversary Collection / Green Linnet

THREE DOWN / The Waifs / Up All Night / Jarrah

THE OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL / Skip Gorman & The Waddie Pals / Dogie Music / Rounder

BLESS THE ROAD / Mary Black / Speaking With The Angel / Atlantic

NORTHWEST PASSAGE / Show of Hands / Cold Frontier / Hands On Music

WANDERING SOUL / Kate Rusby / The Girl Who Could Not Fly / Pure

TRIP TO SKYE / DARACH DEBRUN’S / John Whelan, Eileen Ivers / Joyful Noise / Green Linnet

WHITE FREIGHT LINER / The Lawnmowers / The Good Road / Self Published

CHET’S RAMBLE / Tommy Emmanuel / Endless Road / Favoured Nations

THE TRACTOR BREAKDOWN / Molly Mason, Jay Ungar / Waltzing With You / Angel

TEN MILE STILTS / The Wailin’ Jennys / 40 Days / Shock

ROCKET PILOTS / Fiddlers Feast / Frenzee  / Rouseabout 

SYDNEY FROM A 747 / Paul Kelly With Uncle Bill / Smoke / EMI