OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006

Home / Artists / John Fahey

ARTIST loading photo…

John Fahey

John Fahey is a person from the US, active from 1939.

Person US 1939–2001 american primitivism folk psychedelic folk

TOTAL PLAYS

178

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2008-04-01 04:11 · 6 Music — "A Raga Called Pat Pt.S 1 & 2"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "The Red Pony"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

Loading biography…

◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026

20 15 10 5 0

'08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 171 96%

Radio 2 6 3%

Radio 1 1 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 the dance of death 10 2014-10-22

2 The Dance Of Death (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) 7 2024-12-23

3 Sligo River Blues 7 2024-06-16

4 St Patricks' 7 2017-03-13

5 The Red Pony 6 2026-08-11

6 Joy To The World 6 2025-12-08

7 Buck Dancer's Choice 6 2020-06-19

8 On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean 5 2014-10-21

9 Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry 4 2024-10-30

10 Nightmare Summertime (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) 3 2023-11-30

11 On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) 3 2023-11-28

12 Medley: Hark the Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful 3 2021-12-11

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-11 22:06 The Red Pony 6 Music

2025-12-24 22:12 The Little Drummer Boy 6 Music

2025-12-14 21:26 The First Noel 6 Music

2025-12-09 18:41 Hark, The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful (Medley) 6 Music

2025-12-08 22:01 Joy To The World 6 Music

2025-10-23 21:16 Steel Guitar Rag (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) 6 Music

2025-10-22 21:28 The Death of the Clayton Peacock (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) 6 Music

2025-10-21 20:51 Sunflower River Blues (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) 6 Music

2025-10-20 21:36 Bucktown Stomp (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) 6 Music

2025-08-31 20:15 Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker 6 Music

2025-02-09 04:49 Sligo River Blues (Original Recording) 6 Music

2025-01-04 08:47 Poor Boy Long Ways From Home 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

99 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Raga Called Pat Pt.S 1 & 2 —

1 2008-04-01 ▶

America —

2 2017-06-04 ▶

Bicycle Built For Two —

1 2019-07-04 ▶

Bottleneck Blues —

1 2009-01-10 ▶

Buck Dancer's Choice —

6 2020-06-19 ▶

Buck Dancers Choice —

1 2014-01-10 ▶

Bucktown Stomp (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) —

1 2025-10-20 ▶

Candyman —

1 2011-10-07 ▶

Carol Of The Bells —

1 2016-12-25 ▶

Christ Is Born as Child of Man —

1 2010-12-22 ▶

Christ Saints Of God Fantasy —

1 2020-12-15 ▶

Christmas Fantasy —

1 2022-12-13 ▶

Christmas Fantasy Part 1 —

2 2021-12-14 ▶

Christmas Fantasy Part One —

2 2019-12-17 ▶

Christmas Fantasy Part Two —

1 2015-12-23 ▶

Christmas Fantasy Pt.2 —

1 2021-12-21 ▶

Christmas Medley —

1 2015-12-21 ▶

Dance of the Inhabitants Of The Palace of King Phillip of Spain —

1 2021-03-20 ▶

Evening, Not Night (pt. 2) —

1 2023-07-03 ▶

Fast Forward Voyagers (Soldier'S Choice) —

1 2011-11-28 ▶

For All the Saints —

1 2013-10-31 ▶

For LMC 2 —

1 2023-09-18 ▶

Franklin Blues —

1 2011-10-14 ▶

Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry —

4 2024-10-30 ▶

Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues Part 3 —

1 2020-06-26 ▶

Hark The Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful —

1 2017-12-22 ▶

Hark the Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful (Medley) —

1 2016-12-23 ▶

Hark The Angles Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful —

1 2010-12-18 ▶

Hark The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful —

3 2020-12-21 ▶

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing / O come All Ye faithful —

1 2024-12-17 ▶

Hark, The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful (Medley) —

1 2025-12-09 ▶

High Hill Blues —

1 2022-10-03 ▶

Highhill Blues —

1 2022-11-30 ▶

I'm a Poor Boy a Long Way From Home —

1 2018-04-13 ▶

I'm A Poor Boy A Long Ways From Home —

1 2024-12-02 ▶

In Christ There Is No East Or West —

2 2017-02-01 ▶

In Christ there is No East or West (John Peel session 22.5.1969) —

1 2012-09-03 ▶

Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker —

1 2025-08-31 ▶

Jingle Bells —

1 2024-12-05 ▶

John Henry Variations —

2 2022-06-12 ▶

Joy To The World —

6 2025-12-08 ▶

Let Go —

3 2021-08-08 ▶

Medley - Hark the Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful —

1 2022-12-16 ▶

Medley: Hark the Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful —

3 2021-12-11 ▶

Medley: Hark The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithfull —

1 2011-12-23 ▶

Medley: Hark, The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful —

2 2013-12-20 ▶

Medley: Pretty Polly / Shortnin' Bread —

1 2011-10-28 ▶

Night Train To Valhalla —

1 2011-10-21 ▶

Nightmare Summertime —

1 2009-01-14 ▶

Nightmare Summertime (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) —

3 2023-11-30 ▶

O Come All Ye Faithful —

1 2014-12-24 ▶

O Come O Come Emanuel —

1 2010-12-17 ▶

O' Holy Night —

1 2016-12-24 ▶

On Doing An Evil Deed Blues —

1 2017-04-21 ▶

On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean —

5 2014-10-21 ▶

On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) —

3 2023-11-28 ▶

Orinda Moraga —

2 2010-04-29 ▶

Orinda-Moraga —

2 2010-04-29 ▶

Poor Boy —

3 2021-04-21 ▶

Poor Boy Long Ways From Home —

1 2025-01-04 ▶

Reinumeration Blues [Brenda's Blues] —

1 2011-10-21 ▶

Remember —

2 2019-12-04 ▶

Russian Christmas Overture —

1 2018-12-23 ▶

Saint Patrick's Hymn (Radio 1 session, 8th Oct, 1987) —

1 2023-11-27 ▶

Silent Night, Holy Night —

2 2013-12-13 ▶

Sligo River Blues —

7 2024-06-16 ▶

Sligo River Blues (Original Recording) —

1 2025-02-09 ▶

Spanish Carol —

1 2024-12-02 ▶

St Patricks' —

7 2017-03-13 ▶

St Patricks' (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) —

2 2022-07-26 ▶

St Patricks' - BBC Session 08/10/1987 —

1 2008-11-14 ▶

St. Patricks —

1 2014-03-17 ▶

Steel Guitar Rag —

1 2011-07-15 ▶

Steel Guitar Rag (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) —

1 2025-10-23 ▶

Steel Guitar Rag (John Peel session 22.5.1969) —

1 2012-09-06 ▶

Steel Guitar Rag (Radio 1 session 22 May 1969) —

1 2019-03-12 ▶

Sunflower River Blues —

3 2021-03-20 ▶

Sunflower River Blues (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) —

1 2025-10-21 ▶

Take A Look At That Baby —

2 2021-03-21 ▶

the dance of death —

10 2014-10-22 ▶

The Dance Of Death (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) —

7 2024-12-23 ▶

The Death of the Clayton Peacock (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) —

1 2025-10-22 ▶

The Death of the Clayton Peacock (John Peel session 22.5.1969) —

1 2012-09-05 ▶

The Discovery Of The Sylvia Scott —

1 2018-02-18 ▶

The First Noel —

2 2025-12-14 ▶

The Little Drummer Boy —

1 2025-12-24 ▶

The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith California —

1 2024-03-10 ▶

The Red Pony —

6 2026-08-11 ▶

The Spanish Two Step —

3 2017-03-13 ▶

The Spanish Two Step - BBC Session 08/10/1987 —

1 2008-11-14 ▶

The Sunflower River Blues (John Peel session 22.5.1969) —

1 2012-09-04 ▶

the Sunflower River Blues (Radio 1 session 22 May 1969) —

1 2019-03-14 ▶

The Waltz That Carried Us Away And Then A Mosquito Came And Ate Up My Sweetheart —

1 2023-03-27 ▶

The Yellow Princess —

1 2017-09-03 ▶

We Three Kings/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy —

1 2018-12-19 ▶

When The Catfish Is In Bloom —

2 2020-05-04 ▶

When the Fire and the Rose Are One —

1 2015-03-04 ▶

When the Spring Comes Again —

1 2010-08-25 ▶

When the Spring Time Comes Again —

1 2010-08-25 ▶