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Acoustic sounds, with Ian Stephenson
Northumbrian musician Ian Stephenson shares music from a special project.
04 Jun 2025,·57 mins
David Kennedy Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, Gary Innes for Take the Floor.
07 Jun 2025,·115 mins
08/06/2025
The best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond with Tim Walker.
08 Jun 2025,·180 mins
Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
08 Jun 2025,·120 mins
Altan, Cathal Hayden, Voice Squad
Folk and traditional music from Ireland and beyond. Presented by Neil Martin.
07 Jun 2025,·117 mins
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Students in Session, and Salsa Celtica
Anna Massie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.
05 Jun 2025,·115 mins
le Mairead NicIllinnein
Ceòl Gàidhealach 's Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse gach feasgar.
10 Jun 2025,·120 mins
10/06/2025
Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha i feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil.
10 Jun 2025,·117 mins
03/06/2025
New music from Scotland and beyond, plus some tasty back-catalogue selections.
03 Jun 2025,·115 mins
Ballad of the Miners' Strike
A musical exploration of how lives were changed by the year-long miners' strike.
02 Mar 2010,·60 mins
còmhla ri Mìcheal Steele
Mìcheal le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba.
08 Jun 2025,·87 mins
with Mìcheal Steele
Mìcheal Steele presents the best in pipe music from Scotland and around the world.
31 May 2025,·55 mins
Talulah yn cyflwyno sesiwn newydd gan Llinos Emanuel
Talulah yn sedd Georgia Ruth, yng nghwmni'r cerddor jazz Llinos Emanuel mewn sesiwn.
03 Jun 2025,·120 mins
Cluinnear ceòl bho Amy Papiransky, James Yorkston 's Tom Houston san taghadh aig Mairead.
07 Jun 2025,·57 mins
16. Speactram le Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
Blas den fharsaingeachd de dh'òrain ùra a chaidh a sgrìobhadh bho thoiseach na linne seo.
09 Jun 2025,·10 mins
Indigenous Voices of the Americas
Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC
21 Oct 2024,·15 mins
Out of the Shadows
Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
10 Sep 2023,·30 mins
A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
14 Mar 2019,·28 mins
us live from the Orkney Folk Festival Live Lounge
23 May 2025,·60 mins
Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.
24 Apr 2012,·30 mins
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 mins
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Laura Barton tracks down the legendary lost figure of British folk music, Nic Jones.
06 Aug 2013,·30 mins
Folk singer Martin Carthy examines the rise and fall of Ewan MacColl's Critics Group.
03 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.
23 Aug 2016,·28 mins
us live from the Orkney Folk Festival Live Lounge.
22 May 2025,·60 mins
