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Between tradition and evolution in Scotland - 2021
Music Matters
Kate Molleson presents a special episode of Music Matters which explores the line between tradition and innovation in Scotland's musical life.
12:20
We hear from the Canadian piper, composer and arranger Jack Lee, winner of the 2021 Glenfiddich Piping Championship held at Blair Castle, as he reflects on the challenges of preparing for what is the world’s premiere piping competition; we speak to competition’s judge of the Fear an Tighe category – Bob Worrall – about the boundaries and creative possibilities of music making and attire; and the piper, performer, and BBC Scotland presenter Gary West discusses, amongst other things, why the competition had no women finalists this year.
24:10
As the School of Scottish Studies Archives celebrates its 70th year, Kate is joined by the singers Steve Byrne and Julie Fowlis, and the Scottish writer, folklorist, ethnologist, broadcaster, and singer Margaret Bennett, to assess the archive’s role in the preservation and expansion of Gaelic and Scots culture today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011kr9

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Christmas in the Fens - 2018
Music Matters
Kate Molleson ; a look at folk music in the region, including
13:20
a songwriting masterclass with Boo Hewerdine; and
22:25
a discussion of Morris music with accordionist Martin Green.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001psl

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Contains Strong Language - 2021
Music Matters
3:50
Kate Molleson talking to Martin Carthy &
42:20
MC singing Willie's Lady
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001018l

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Craft and Traditions - 2017
Music Matters
1:40
Sara investigates the state of early music instrument building in the UK, amid concerns from some of today's makers about a missing generation of traditional craftspeople. With harpsichord builder Andrew Wooderson, maker of viols Shem Mackey, and Richard Earle, a player and maker of baroque oboes.
15:10
,,, exploring dialects and languages around the British Isles and how they influence music-making, Sara talks to the English folklore expert Steve Roud, and
21:10
finds out about songs in the Scots language from singer Steve Byrne.
33:35
Sara visits the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery,,, Jumana Manna and Haig Aivazian, introduce their work and share their passion for exploring oriental music.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jbwhl

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Eliza Carthy - 2023
This Cultural Life - Radio 4
She tells John Wilson about the first time she attended the Vancouver Folk Music Festival in 1989, aged 13. Standing on the main stage at sunset overlooking the mountains and sea was a defining moment at the start of her career. She also discusses the influence that singer Billy Bragg and Scottish folk rock band Shooglenifty had on her music. Eliza also talks about the impact of the pandemic on the folk music community and the personal loss of her mother.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hnxb

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Folklore and Ghost Stories in Northumberland - 2019
Open Country
Jez Lowe ,,, the slightly sinister song and story of Northumberland.
Rachel Unthank ,,, the traditional song that depicts maidens turned into serpents and cruel sisters.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009t5d

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Folk on the Hills - 2023
Open Country
Jez Lowe ,,, at Kinder Scout in Derbyshire to celebrate ninety years since the ‘Right to Roam’ movement began and explore the traditional songs of the Peak District.
Jez meets Kate Griffin, Ford Collier, Johnny Campbell and Bella Hardy to hear how a new generation of musicians are continuing MacColl’s legacy of folk singers fighting for our rights in the countryside.
,,,and writer Roly Smith who can explain the history of Kinder and the 1932 mass trespass.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gl6x

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Ivor Cutler at 90 - 2013
Archive on 4
"I have a harmonium and it's going to explode in two minutes." Celebrating the deceptively quiet wordsmith.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0381jzt

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Kitty Macfarlane and the Somerset Levels - 2020
Open Country
Singer-songwriter Kitty Macfarlane explores how the landscape of the Somerset levels has inspired some of her music, from clouds to curlew, bitterns to eels.
,,,, there are exclusive live versions of Kitty's tracks 'Starling Song', 'Lamb' and 'Glass Eel'.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q3qd

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Michael Gove, The Full English, Forbidden Music - 2013
Music Matters
18:05
the Full English - a new digital archive of folk music
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02x91m1

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Music and Activism - 2021
Music Matters
18:00
Folk singer Martin Carthy and former High Court judge and part-time song collector Stephen Sedley join Tom to talk about their new book, ‘Who Killed Cock Robin: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment’, which explores the legal and moral basis of some of the most moving songs in the folk traditions of the country. We hear recordings by Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins, Rachel Newton and a 1953 archive recording of Ewan MacColl singing ‘McCaffery’, provided by the School of Scottish Studies Archives.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zs8v

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Music and Language in the South East - 2018
Music Matters
Presented by Kate Molleson
Kate is in the South East to meet the Kent-based folk singer Chris Wood, and explores how the region's English-speaking Romany communities are exchanging words and songs with European Roma migrants.
25:40
intro & Chris Wood interview(mainly speech with some musical references and snatches)
36:10
Romany people in the southeast(mainly speech, occasional song)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tn195
(mudcat
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=163722)

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Music in Hull - 2017
Music Matters
Tom Service explores music-making in Hull.
21:30
At the house of local folk luminary Mick McGarry, he meets members of Folk in Hull for an evening of free-flowing conversation, whisky and song, hearing about Hull's thriving music-making scene, and how songs are being written about past and present, from the city's historical whaling industry to today's politics.
31:20
song 'The Luckiest Sailor'
33:45
And the folk adventurer Sam Lee, who along with fellow composer Jack Durtnall is turning stories from Hull's seafaring communities into Hullucination, a new piece for the New Music Biennial, part of this year's UK City of Culture celebrations. Tom meets Sam and Jack, along with one of Hull's ex-fishing vessel skippers Ken Knox, at the Trinity House Academy, a secondary school with strong maritime connections.
42:20
song, Mark Pollard & Sam Martin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ljh63

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Music in Northern Ireland - 2022
Music Matters - Radio 3 -
23:50
The Lambeg Drum is one of the loudest acoustic instruments and Kate gets to hear one in Co. Antrim, in the company of Willie Hill and Dr Diana Culbertson. They talk about the role the drum plays in the Ulster-Scots community.
29:30
Back in Belfast fiddle player Kevin McCullagh talks about his journey into experimental improvisation and subverting audiences' expectations of traditional music.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cyln

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Paul Brady - 2022   
Irish Music Icons - Radio Ulster
Paul Brady joins Lynette Fay to reflect on his life, influence and legacy.
- the complete interview as a video
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d823tg

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Philomena Begley - 2022
Irish Music Icons - Radio Ulster
Philomena Begley joins Brian D'Arcy to reflect on her life, influence and legacy.
- the complete interview as a video
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dq73s2

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Songs of England - 2021
Open Country
Singer Sam Lee has paired folk songs with some of English Heritage's greatest sites.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v2x0

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St Just in Midwinter - 2022
Open Country
8:15
In the heart of the town is the "plen-an-gwari", one of the last of the Cornish medieval amphitheatres built to host a sequence of religious mystery plays, the Ordinalia. Helen meets Graham Jobbins, Mary Ann Bloomfield and Isobel Bloomfield, the family playing a central part in ensuring the tradition continues.
19:15
local Carols
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9gz

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The Thames, Folk Songs & Xenakis - 2012
Music Matters
Suzy Klein talks to
15:25
Steve Roud & Julia Bishop about The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs &
21:50
Sam Lee and Dave Arthur about the original Penguin book and AL Lloyd.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jg75m

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Tribute to Charles Rosen; Mummers plays - 2012
Music Matters
20:40
Suzy Klein explores the world of mummers plays with Steve Roud & Peter Millington
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p9cqd

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Tynemouth Sea and Song - 2018
Open Country
Folk singer Jez Lowe uncovers the traditions of seafaring and song in Tynemouth and North Shields.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b8b7rg

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