Hi Les

Thought I was on the GMR Sport forum for a minute there!

GMR caters for all types of music from various backgrounds if you have a look at the weekly schedule:
GMR Schedule
Plenty to have a listen to there I'm sure.

One of the reasons I stopped buying Southern Rag... err...Folk Roots ...err.... fRoots was that it was - and maybe still is for all I know - ignoring British folk music and concentrated more on "World" music. Very rarely was there an interview with somebody I'd see at the local folk club. - not that "World" music isn't any good - dig out the CD "We are the burning fire" by Howard Goodall - excellent - but we've been fighting to get a programme that features music from people that we listen to on a regular basis. OK - play the odd track of something different now and again to broaden our musical horizons but if you're not careful then the show can diversify too much and go away from what we wanted.

(The Howard Goodall CD is a selection of songs that he came across as he's been touring different countries. From his website www.howardgoodall.co.uk:

'We Are The Burning Fire: songs from a small planet'
Howard's travels have taken him all around the world, and in visiting countries as far apart as Iceland and Japan, Italy and Brazil, he has discovered a musical world with roots far different from the classical ones of his training. The recording We Are The Burning Fire is the result of Howard's exploration of music from around the world. Rather than simply a collection of songs from around the world, however, the album features Howard's new, original arrangements of worldwide folksongs, performed by Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. "I came across songs that I had to respond to as an arranger," explains Howard, "making it my own and introducing this wonderful music to a much larger audience through the medium of solo and choral singing. The selection is itself a journey round the world." - Well worth a listen to)

Cheers
Mark