Folk me!

Driving home last Wednesday evening I happened to catch on the radio the last 15 minutes of The Mike Harding Show.  Mostly I remember Mike Harding as a comedian but it turns out he’s a bit of a folk legend. Coincidentally he’s also Lancastrian and I was actually driving back from Manchester so there could have been some kind of weird folk cosmic waves in play.  Anyhow, I’m not usually one to listen to folk music whilst driving – it’s a bit too soporific, and I didn’t have a bale of hay in the back of the van - but before I could channel-hop to something less fiddle-de-dee the Rochdale cowboy cued up The Lazy Boy Chant by an Orkney band called The Chair.  And a right good stomping tune it was too.  So I bought their album ‘Huinka’ and have now played it three times in as many days - and there was not a beer festival in sight (more’s the pity) - I think this means I’m becoming a bit of a folker.