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Blas Ceoil
- Radio Ulster series
,,,starts your weekend in style, featuring new releases, gig guide details and live acoustic sessions to keep.
(in Gaelic chat & music)
episodes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cmsk6/episodes/
video and audio clips
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cmsk6/clips

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The Ciderhouse Rebellion - Oct 2023
Genevieve Talks Folk
"We were there within the first 8 bars doing things that shouldn't have been possible."
Master accordionist Murray Grainger and fiddle player Adam Summerhayes tell Genevieve what makes their relationship so special.
9 minutes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gmpsm7

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Chloe Matharu - Oct 2023
Genevieve Talks Folk
Genevieve Tudor talks to Chloe about her career as Navigational Officer and how it inspired her career as an award-winning singer-songwriter and harpist.
9 minutes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gkzzmd

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The Concertina Man - 2004
Masterpiece
The story of the invention in the 19th century of the musical instrument, the English Concertina by British scientist Charles Wheatstone.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cgdc6

,,,mudcat post : Songs About The Concertina
(part of the 'Any December Songs?' thread)
mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170618#4176195
& the post below

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Dave Webber - Nov 2023
Genevieve Talks Folk
Dave’s been part of the folk tradition for a long time, singing all over the UK and the United States with his wife Anni Fentiman.
Since retiring he’s moved to the country and spends more time looking after his bees and wild flowers.
4½minutes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gqkrq2

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Fairytale of New York - Dec 2015
Soul Music
James Fearnley, pianist with The Pogues recounts how the song started off as a transatlantic love story between an Irish seafarer missing his girl at Christmas before becoming the bittersweet reminiscences of the Irish immigrant down on his luck in the Big Apple
& stories about how the song has touched others.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s9d1h

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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - 2016
Soul Music
Memories of first love, first borns and loss are stirred by 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07zz5y8

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Graham Nash - 2024
Desert Island Discs
The singer and songwriter Graham Nash is best known as part of The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash but he’s also a celebrated photographer.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v2w0

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Harry Belafonte - 2024
Great Lives
Fitness guru Derrick Evans MBE AKA 'Mr Motivator' picks Harry Belafonte.
Harry Belafonte became the King of Calypso with hits like 'Day-O' and 'Jump in the Line' but he would later describe himself as an activist who became a musician and an actor.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v3jw

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Irish Music Icons 2023 & 2024
Ireland's most popular music icons discuss their lives and legacy.
Originally radio broadcasts but most programmes have a video version available.
currently
Horslips
Gary Lightbody
Moya Brennan
Barry Douglas
Philomena Begley
Paul Brady
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dq7v/clips

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Joni Mitchell - Blue: Pain and Pleasure - 2021
Seriously
Marking the 50th anniversary of the release of Joni Mitchell's seminal album Blue, Laura Marling tells the story behind the writing and recording of the album, and explains why Blue is regarded by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000x0y1

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The Joni Mitchell Story - 2023
Legend - 6 episodes
Joni Mitchell's songs have soundtracked our lives and her pioneering work changed music forever. As she turns 80, Jesca Hoop explores her extraordinary story to reveal the life behind the legend.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ryq1/episodes/guide

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Joni Mitchell: Verbatim - 2023
Archive On 4
,,, there are two major physically and emotionally charged life changing events that defined Joni's artistic development and deeply influenced her creative output - a severe bout of polio as a child and an unwanted pregnancy as a teenager, which forced Joni to support her and her baby as a destitute single mother. Fearing her inability to cope, Joni gave the baby up for adoption.
The lessons learned from dealing with these traumas have shaped every personal and professional decision Joni has ever made,,,
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s52d

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Patrick Doyle, Chris Stout and Lorne MacDougall interviewed by Bruce MacGregor - 2019
Travelling Folk (Radio Scotland)
An in-depth conversation with Patrick Doyle, the composer for Disney Pixar's blockbuster animation Brave, who grew up in Uddingston.
Patrick made it his mission to make the music of Brave as authentic and true to Scotland as possible, featuring musicians from the Scottish traditional scene such as Chris Stout and Lorne MacDougall.   
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07f9z5k

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Pilgrimage for a Pint - Dec 2023   
Joining Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart are fellow musicians Iain MacFarlane and Ingrid Henderson, and the poets Sarah Grant and Doug Wilson Garry.
They have set themselves the challenge of writing a new song and composing poetry about their two different pilgrimages for a pint, aiming to capture their experiences in words and music - and all in time for a special Sunday Session at The Old Forge [Knoydart] where they join the locals for a fun evening celebrating the recent community buyout of this remotest of pubs.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tq1k

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Polly Bolton - Oct 2023
Genevieve Talks Folk - Radio Shropshire
Folk singer Polly Bolton talks to Genevieve about her new project, "An acre of land" a collection of folk songs rooted in south Shropshire and The Marches.
10 minutes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gp3zn6

(^ This is the Shropshire Polly Bolton, not the one who sings with The Trials of Cato
https://youtu.be/o5GR7vl_Xvk&t=0m39s)

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The Power of Song - Jan 2024
Thinking Allowed
Laurie Taylor talks to James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of York and author of a new study which explores the cultural history of "Amazing Grace".
Also, Angela Impey Professor of Enthomusicology at SOAS[School of Oriental and African Studies], argues that songs in South Sudan can be key platform for truth-telling, often invested with greater moral force than other forms of communication in the context of 50 years of civil war.
What role can songs play in the struggle for peace and justice?
Producer: Jayne Egerton
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v3mb

Book:
Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn (University of California Press)
Book chapter :
'Orality and the poetics of forgiveness in South Sudan.'

mudcat discussion of the programme
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=173010
mudcat Amazing Grace thread
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=6791

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Recording on the Nomads' Trail - 2023
Sunday Feature
Musician Paul Purgas explores the life of Deben Bhattacharya, the uncelebrated godfather of Indian field recording.
Bhattacharya’s recordings have shaped the way the West has listened to the sounds of South Asia and beyond and the vastness of his output is remarkable.
Who was the man behind it all? And what are we to make of his legacy today?
With contributions from:
Dr DM Withers, Lecturer in Publishing at the University of Exeter
Robert Millis, Seattle-based sound artist
Srimoyi Bhattacharya, Bhattacharya’s daughter
Birgit Lundin, Bhattacharya’s ex-wife
Adim Lundin, Bhattacharya’s son
Wictor Johansson, archivist at Musikverket in Stockholm
Moushumi Bhowmik, Bengali musician and researcher
Sushrita Acharjee, Doctoral scholar at Jadavpur University
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t2jj

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Shrewsbury Folk Festival gets underway - Aug 2023
Radio Shropshire
Your behind the scenes sneak peak ahead of Shrewsbury Folk Festival. With visitors from all over the world and 500 volunteers to coordinate across the weekend, the West Mid Showground is a flurry of activity.
Our reporter Johnty O'Donnell joined festival PR Director, Jo Cunningham for an access all areas tour of the festival site.
4 minutes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g83sh4

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Sumer Is Icumen In - 1995
Michael Rosen traces the history of the folk tune, Sumer Is Icumen In.
Recorded at the British Library.
With music library curator Richard Chesser.
12 mins
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033k73w

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The Village Carol Tradition - 2017
Professor Ian Russell tells us about a carolling tradition that is upheld in around 30 villages in South Yorkshire and the Derbyshire Peak.
12 minutes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05rsqgs

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What is modern folk music? - Jan 2023
The World at One Highlights
Imar's Mohsen Amini & Georgie Gage of The Deep Blue on the evolution of folk.
5 minutes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dxrm4b

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While Shepherds Watched - Dec 2023
: The hidden world of the South Yorkshire village carol sings
Sunday Feature
Elizabeth Alker sets out in search of lost carols, a thriving and binding social phenomenon, speaking with Dr. Russell, local punters for whom these carols serve an important social function and folk musicians like Kate Rusby, brought up on the pub carolling tradition and one of the vast array of musicians who are enabling this hidden tradition to flourish.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001thbn




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