Tuesday 12 December 14.00 BBC Radio 3 Afternoon concert
Including more Croatian folk music with the HRT Tamburitza Orchestra and musicians of the LADO National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia.

Saturday 16 December 16.00 BBC Radio 3 Music Planet Maddy Prior
Kathryn Tickell visits English folk star singer Maddy Prior at home in Cumbria. As lead singer of Steeleye Span, she was at the forefront of the 1970s English folk revival.

Saturday 23 December 16.15 BBC Radio 3 Music Planet A Folk Christmas
Kathryn Tickell explores Christmas folk music from the British Isles. Yorkshire and Derbyshire have their own rich folk carol repertoire that's still widely sung in pubs today, and Cornwall has also kept a distinctive tradition, which includes the celebrated ‘Sans Day Carol’. We'll also hear a carol in the Manx language, the song 'Leanabh an Aigh' in Scots Gaelic, and there's a track from Ireland's The Chieftains, plus songs from a Welsh 'plygain' service, which takes place on Christmas morning between the hours of three and six.

Saturday 30 December 16.00 BBC Radio 3 Music Planet Angelique Kidjo
Lopa Kothari meets Angelique Kidjo, who has been a star singer in African music for more than four decades.

Wednesday 21.00 BBC Radio 2 BBC Folk Show

6 December Carols and seasonal songs inspired by Christmas customs and scenes of town and country. 19 days left to listen

13 December Kate Rusby and her band pile into the studio to lead a seasonal singalong. Kate's new album Light Years is the latest in her proud history of celebrating Christmas on record and on stage.

20 December Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart speak and sing in the remote village of Inverie, after two lengthy journeys.