Wednesday 19 January 9:00pm BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe
Bristol shanty singers The Longest Johns talk about surfing the recent wave of online shanties, and recording their new album, Smoke & Oakum.

Wednesday 26 January 9:00pm BBC Radio 2
Vermont singer and writer Anaïs Mitchell talks about her new self-titled album. The record is Anaïs' first solo release since the enormous success of her Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical, Hadestown.

Wednesday 2 February 9:00pm BBC Radio 2
Ricky Ross sits in