Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 19 Feb 24 - 11:28 PM BBC Radio 3 Words and Music 17.30 Sunday 11 Feb 2024 For love of Bagpuss 21 days to listen Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner provided the music for the series and you'll hear some of that alongside compositions by Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Hindemith, Florence Price, Ailbhe McDonagh and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 21 Feb 24 - 12:52 PM BBC Sounds Radio 4 Front Row Tuesday 20 February Rhiannon Giddens for the first 20 minutes Available for over a year |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 21 Feb 24 - 04:31 PM https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk BBC Sounds Folk A list of folk music programmes - mostly weekly shows - broadcast by BBC radio stations so far in February. There are usually links to other editions available. It's a little harder to find programmes in advance, especially if they are one-offs. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Feb 24 - 07:36 AM BBC Radio 3 Saturday 24 February 2024 16:00 Music Planet Celtic Connectons concert from Glasgow Kathryn Tickell introduces highlights from a concert recorded earlier this month at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, in which the Orkney band Fara come together with guest musicians to make connections both within the Celtic world and way beyond. These include Montreal-based band Genticorum, who perform the traditional songs of Quebec; Jonathan Scales, a steel pan player from New York; Syrian qanun virtuoso Maya Youssef; and Les Amazones d'Afrique, whose singers come from Mali, Benin and Congo. Also in the mix is new Scottish string ensemble Thirteen North, performing arrangements made specially for the concert. Recorded at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Mar 24 - 03:03 PM BBC Radio 4 Tuesday 5 March 2024 19.15 Front Row Kate Rusby performs live and chats about her new Singy Songy Session Tour. 12 April 2024 Buxton Opera House 13 April 2024 The Baths Hall Scunthorpe 14 April 2024 Victoria Theatre Halifax 18 April 2024 Pavilion Theatre Glasgow 21 April 2024 Theatre Severn Shrewsbury 22 April 2024 Floral Pavilion New Brighton 25 April 2024 Exeter Corn Exchange 26 April 2024 Memorial Theatre Frome 27 April 2024 Lighthouse Poole 7 May 2024 Assembly Hall Theatre Tunbridge Wells 8 May 2024 Oxford Playhouse 9 May 2024 The Cresset Peterborough 11 May 2024 Warwick Arts Centre Coventry 12 May 2024 Pavilion Theatre Worthing 13 May 2024 Churchill Theatre Bromley 14 May 2024 The Apex Bury St Edmund |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Mar 24 - 02:35 PM BBC Radio 2 Folk Show 21:00 Wednesday 21 February 2024 16 days left to listen Katherine Priddy performs songs from her new album The Pendulum Swing. 28 Feb 2024 Available for 23 days Acoustic sounds, including songs by Martin Simpson, Rhiannon Giddens and Cara Dillon. 06 March 2024 Cara Dillon: growing up and coming home Celebrated singer Cara Dillon performs works inspired by family, including her mother. 13 March 2024 Catching up with Sam Lee The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, including guest Sam Lee. 20 March 2024 Show of Hands complete a full circle Steve Knightley and Phil Beer AKA Show of Hands perform live in Salford. The duo are on a lengthy 'Full Circle' tour, concluding decades as one of the UK's most popular folk acts. 27 March 2024 Singer and guitarist John Smith is Mark's guest Guitarist and songwriter John Smith talks about his latest album, The Living Kind. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST Date: 09 Mar 24 - 09:36 AM BBC Radio Ulster Went out on the 5th March but available as a Podcast, Ralph MacLean’s show has a history of the Les Cousins club. I think he’s the modern day John Peel… |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 Mar 24 - 10:32 AM BBC Radio Ulster The Ralph McLean Show Thursday 20.00 BBC Sounds Radio Ulster Ralph traces the history of the legendary Soho folk and blues club Les Cousins with musician Ian A Anderson and music from the likes of Bert Jansch, Nick Drake and Paul Simon. 26 days left to listen Ralph McLean Country Wednesday 20.00 BBC Sounds Radio Ulster Ralph has Valentine's night tracks from Allison Russell, John Prine and Johnny Cash plus this week's classic album is Green River from Creedence Clearwater Revival. 6 days left to listen Ralph has music from Brown Horse, Gillian Welch, The Hanging Stars and The Jayhawks and his classic album this week is No Other by Gene Clark. 13 days left to listen Ralph has exclusive session tracks from Steve Earle and new music from Oisin Leech, Paul Lush and Katie Pruitt. 20 days left to listen Ralph has music and chat from Louisiana singer songwriter Mary Gauthier and new music from The Hanging Stars, Ags Connolly and Margo Price. 27 days left to listen |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 Mar 24 - 10:57 AM BBC Radio 3 16:00 Saturday Music Planet 9 March Lopa Kothari with previously unbroadcast material from a set by Femi Kuti and his band The Positive Force, performing live at WOMAD last year. 16 March Lopa Kothari with latest new releases and a specially recorded studio session by Polish string band Volosi. 23 March Lopa Kothari presents a recording of Colombia's Meridian Brothers, live at Kings Place in London, as part of the Songlines Encounters festival. 30 March Tabla player Zakir Hussain is in conversation with Lopa Kothari, sharing his favourite music, as well as discussing his career and musical influences. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,sortaottery Date: 12 Mar 24 - 02:43 PM Any idea who plays the fiddle in the intro to the Radio 4 Book of the Week Blood in the Machine? I can't see a name on the programme website. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Mar 24 - 04:11 AM BBC Radio 4 10.00 Wednesday 14 March Woman's Hour With music from Cara Dillon |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 14 Mar 24 - 05:25 PM Paul Theroux on Orwell; Patsy Rodenburg on training actors; musician Sam Lee - 2024 Front Row Sam Lee, Bernard Butler and James Keay perform live and talk about Sam's new album, Songdreaming. Sam draws on traditional songs to explore the richness and fragility of the natural world here in the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x53x > skip to 29.20 12 minutes |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 21 Mar 24 - 08:23 AM Particularly good tracks on Oota Da Cans this month(March 2024) I thought. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xfng |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Mar 24 - 12:02 PM Sunday 23 March 22:15 BBC Radio 4 Add To Playlist Available now Eliza Carthy and Tim Rhys-Evans share the joys of singing Fiddler and folk musician Eliza Carthy and choral conductor Tim Rhys-Evans join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the next five tracks. Starting at a famous masked ball in Vienna, they then head for the Genoa docks, rounding off with a cheeky Soca hip-thrusting classic. In the penultimate episode of the current series, recorder player and baroque flautist Heidi Fardell demonstrates some of her collection of early instruments. Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye The five tracks in this week's playlist: 'Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir!' From Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II La Partenza (The Parting) by Trallaleri of Genoa Gagliarda by Giorgio Mainerio How High The Moon by Ella Fitzgerald Dollar Wine by Colin Lucas Other music in this episode: Hotel California by The Eagles The Flower Duet from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes Eye of the Tiger by Survivor Battalia a 10 by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Die Katz (The Cat) by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, sung by Ella Fitzgerald |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Mar 24 - 12:09 PM Sunday 23 March 2024 BBC Radio 3 16:00 Music Planet Lopa Kothari presents a recording of Colombia's Meridian Brothers, live at Kings Place in London, as part of the Songlines Encounters festival. Hailing from Bogota the Meridian Brother's music is an uncategorizable mix of Latin rhythms and genres, taking in Cumbia, Salsa and Currulao and spinning it all through a psychedelic prism. Lopa heads backstage and talks to Eblis Álvarez, the man behind the music, to find out more about the roots of the Meridian Brother's unique sound. 17:00 J to Z Jazz Kerouac Jumoké Fashola marks the centenary of jazz poet and 'King of the Beats' Jack Kerouac with a musical journey through his landmark novel On the Road and later works of poetry. From Billie Holiday to Charlie Parker and Lionel Hampton to Slim Gaillard, Kerouac had a magical way of bringing the records, the clubs and the performances he witnessed to life, while incorporating the rhythms, the freedom and the energy of jazz into his writing. Travelling back to the 1950s, Jumoké plays music by the artists who inspired and enthralled him, unearthing some of Kerouac’s own collaborations with jazz musicians as well as tributes from the greats. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Mar 24 - 01:57 PM Apologies! Add To Playlist/Music Planet/Jazz Kerouac all Saturday 23 March. Saturday 23 March 18:15 BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Gemma Whelan, Mark Watson, Shaznay Lewis and Mr Motivator for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from The Mary Wallopers and Sahra. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 26 Mar 24 - 06:19 PM BBC Radio 4 New Storytellers presents the work of new radio and audio producers, and this series features the winners of the Charles Parker Prize 2022 for the Best Student Radio Feature. The award is presented every year in memory of the pioneering radio producer Charles Parker who produced the famous series of Radio Ballads with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. 9.45 Monday 25 March Breathing Lyrical 9.45 Tuesday 26 March Down on the Farm 9.45 Wednesday 27 March He Wears a Mask, and His Face Grows to Fit It 9.45 Thursday 28 March Sara's Spirit 9.45 Friday 29 March The Sound Collector; Sara Parker introduces the Gold Winner of the Charles Parker Prize for the Best Student Audio Feature 2023. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 28 Mar 24 - 07:03 PM BBC Radio folk programmes March 2024 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk BBC Folk Programmes March |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 02 Apr 24 - 04:49 PM Saturday 13.03 BBC Radio 3 Music Matters The Land Without Music? 06 April 2024 13.03 Music Fit for a King and a Nation Richard Morrison explores the sumptuous showcase of British music at King Charles III's coronation in May last year, in a post-pandemic climate faced with financial challenges. 13 April 2024 13.03 Grass Roots and Folk Revivals Richard Morrison delves into the unique character of British music, from the folk-infused music of Vaughan Williams to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha and music today. He explores the role of the folk-music revival of composers like Vaughan Williams, Holst and Delius in strengthening Britain's musical culture after an apparent dearth of compositional activity after Purcell, and explores our national musical identity today, both classical and folk. Richard talks to some of the main players on the British music scene today, including Nicola Benedetti, Martyn Brabbins, Evelyn Glennie, Darren Henley, Gavin Higgins, Sam Lee, James MacMillan, Stephen Maddock, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Gillian Moore, Chi-chi Nwanoku, David Pickard and Judith Weir. 20 April 2024 13.03 Edinburgh International Festival 1947 Richard Morrison explores the strength of Britain on the international music scene. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 02 Apr 24 - 04:54 PM Saturday 9pm BBC Radio 4 Legend - The Joni Mitchell Story - repeat 6 April 1/6 Urge for Going |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,young'un Date: 04 Apr 24 - 02:48 PM The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff BBC Radio 3 Sunday 7th 8pm - Live Recording of the Young'uns theatre show about working class anti fascist Teessider Johnny Longstaff. Recorded in Stockton in 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016rh2 |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Apr 24 - 05:40 AM The BBC is re-arranging its radio schedules. Music Planet moves to 21.30 on Saturday. 06 April Ganavya in session; Lopa Kothari presents the best roots-based music from across the world, featuring a specially recorded studio session with the vocalist and composer Ganavya. 13 April 2024Genticorum in concert; Kathryn Tickell with highlights from Quebecois band Genticorum's recent performance at Celtic Connections in Glasgow, plus a round-up of the latest new releases. 20 April Anoushka Shankar; Kathryn Tickell is joined by acclaimed sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar, whose new album Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn was released earlier this month. Together they share the music that has inspired, influenced and shaped them. 27 April Fran & Flora's Precious Collection; Lopa Kothari chats to experimental folk duo Fran & Flora about their new album Precious Collection and the traditional Yiddish and Klezmer tunes that inspired them, and we have new music from Spain, Scotland, Norway, Japan and Burkina Faso. Four earlier episodes available on BBC Sounds; WOMAD Revisited: Femi Kuti and the Positive Force; Lopa Kothari with previously unbroadcast material from a set by Femi Kuti and his band The Positive Force, performing live at WOMAD last year. 2 days left to listen. Volosi in session; Lopa Kothari with latest new releases and a specially recorded studio session by Polish string band Volosi. 9 days left to listen. Meridian Brothers in concert; Lopa Kothari presents a recording of Colombia's Meridian Brothers, live at Kings Place in London, as part of the Songlines Encounters festival. 16 days left to listen. Zakir Hussain; Tabla player Zakir Hussain is in conversation with Lopa Kothari, sharing his favourite music, as well as discussing his career and musical influences. 23 days left to listen. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Apr 24 - 06:16 AM BBC Radio 2 Folk Show Wednesday 21:00 10 April 2024 Shaun Keaveny sits in, with with live guest Martin Simpson. 17 April 2024 Shaun Keaveny explores folk music, with guest Olivia Chaney. * Saturday 20 April 2024 01:00; Repeat from Wednesday 20 September 2023; Paul Simon talks about his life and his latest work: Seven Psalms. Now aged 81, Paul Simon is an outstanding artist of his generation, writing strings of extraordinarily successful and well-loved songs across nearly 70 years of music-making. Speaking in New York, he recalls early experiences on the British folk circuit during the 1960s, and talks about his new album, Seven Psalms, a seamless song cycle that evolves over one 33-minute track. In an extended interview with Mark Radcliffe, Paul recounts how the title came to him in a dream, and discusses the recurring themes of the piece. He talks about mortality, creativity and spirituality, and about collaborating with his wife Edie Brickell and with the vocal ensemble VOCES8. There's also a chance to hear Paul performing in his first BBC radio session in 1965, as he remembers the London friends who gave him that early opportunity. Paul also talks about his present ability to perform, and his ambitions for the near future. Artist Charlie Mackesy (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse) is running a free exhibition of sketches, inspired by Paul Simon's Seven Psalms, in London during September 2023. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 08 Apr 24 - 08:01 PM Is this folk yet? idk I thought it was a very interesting and well put together programme anyway. The Golden Age of the MGM Musical - 2024 Sunday Feature ,,,Freed's music Unit employed the top musicians of the time - Conrad Salinger, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Kurt Weill - many of whom had fled war-torn Europe and rising anti-Semitism. From the early days of sound, MGM became synonymous with the spectacular, technicolour musical - the first studio to integrate music, plot and dance in film in an intelligent way. Over the years, with huge successes like Meet Me In St Louis, The Wizard of Oz and Singin' in the Rain, they became the 'Faberge Egg' of movie production. And these hits often coincided with moments of huge social and political turbulence, offering audiences fantasy and escape from the Great Depression, war and prejudice. With archive and original interviews including Alicia Mayer - grand-niece of Louis B, film music historian Jon Burlingame and conductor John Wilson, Neil Brand explores this extraordinary period in film history. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xw7f |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 11 Apr 24 - 06:18 PM Folk musician Martin Simpson; movie icon Anna May Wong; and classical music leaders criticise Arts Council England - BBC Radio4 - Front Row - April 2024 The English folk singer and guitar virtuoso Martin Simpson performs material from his new album - his 24th - Skydancers. The title track, commissioned by naturalist Chris Packham, highlights the plight of the Hen harrier. Simpson talks about his love of birds, of traditional song, of writing his own, the influence on him of American music, and a lifetime playing the guitar and banjo. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y296 11 minutes > skip to 14:20 |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 20 Apr 24 - 03:37 PM The only bit of singing is in the last half minute but it's good to hear Stanley Robertson being interviewed in 1988. Walking the Old Lumphanan Road with the Late Stanley Robertson - 2024 Scotland Outdoors Stanley Robertson was from the Travelling People and in the 1980's he published a book called 'Exodus to Alford' featuring stories associated with a particular road his people used to take each Summer when he was a boy. Former BBC Producer Doreen Wood went there with Stanley in 1988 and recorded an interview with him describing his memories of this special place. In this podcast, Mark Stephen and Helen Needham go in search of the Old Lumphanan Road with the archive of Stanley in their ears, offering a fascinating insight into the culture and beliefs of him and his people and a way of life that no longer exists in this part of the world. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hrczkz |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 03 May 24 - 03:32 PM Thanks Dick; as posted on Facebook The Ballad Tree: Traditional Folk Ballads and Songs - don't think it's been mentioned before here available 'for over twelve months' Same Time, Same Place, Next Year - 2006 Archive on 4 Malcolm Taylor explores the work of folk archivist Doc Rowe. Doc has been returning to the same places at the same times for over 40 years to record, photograph and film annual events. These include the hobby horses (Obby ‘Oss) dancing through Padstow in Cornwall on May Day, the Burry Man of South Queensferry in Scotland on the second Friday in August, and the building of the Penny Hedge in Whitby on Ascension Eve. Malcolm is the English Folk Dance and Song Society's librarian. He follows Doc as he adds to his vast archive of the sounds and images of British vernacular culture. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076zt4 |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 21 May 24 - 02:52 PM Front Row, BBC Radio 4 7.15 21 May 2024 Colm Tóibín, Miranda Rutter & Rob Harbron, Iain Sinclair on John Deakin Front Row Miranda Rutter and Rob Harbron's new folk album, Bird Tunes, is inspired by birdsong they hear in woods in the Cotswolds. They perform a track on fiddle and concertina and talk about how manipulating the sounds made by blackbirds, wrens and cuckoos helped to inspire musical phrases in different keys. They play the Golden Blackbird jig rather well! |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 21 May 24 - 03:57 PM BBC Sounds The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe/Shaun Keavenny Sits In Richard Thompson Available for 3 days Legendary folk-rock guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson talks about his new album, Ship to Shore. Paul Simon; Available for 9 days Speaking in New York, he recalls early experiences on the British folk circuit during the 1960s, and talks about his new album, Seven Psalms, a seamless song cycle that evolves over one 33-minute track. May Day Available for 10 days It's May Day, so this week's tracks celebrate the approach of summer. Aoife O'Donovan Available for 17 days This week, Shaun chats to Grammy-winning American songwriter, Aoife O'Donovan. Besides her own work, Aoife is known for being a member of I'm With Her and Crooked Still. Her new solo album, All My Friends, is inspired by America's suffragettes and their campaign to give women the vote in 1920. Aoife chats to Shaun ahead of her UK shows in June, which include a London show where she'll be backed by an orchestra and choir. The Bookshop Band Available for 24 days Shaun is joined by Beth Porter and Ben Please, who talk about their duo: The Bookshop Band. The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books. Their latest album, Emerge, Return, has been produced by The Who's Pete Townsend. Emerge, Return features songs inspired by books by authors including Philip Pullman, Margaret Atwood, Shaun Bythell, Yann Martel, Carol Birch, Barney Norris, Robert Macfarlane, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, and Aldous Huxley. BBC Radio 2 21:00 22 May 2024 Sean Keavenny Sits In |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 May 24 - 11:22 PM BBC Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, Shaun Keaveny sits in BBC Radio 2 21:00 Wednesday 29 May 2024 singer-songwriter Blair Dunlop talks about his new album, Out Of The Rain. 05 June 2024 Singer-songwriter Josienne Clarke is live in the studio, performing songs from her album 'Parenthesis, I'. 12 June 2024 Mark Radcliffe returns to the Folk Show and to Salford, the original 'Dirty Old Town' that inspired Ewan MacColl's famous song. We hear a special collaboration between Peggy Seeger and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as they perform Dirty Old Town together. American folk legend Peggy was famously the musical and romantic partner of MacColl from the 1950s to his death in the late 80s. Dirty Old Town will be a focus of the upcoming We Invented The Weekend Festival at Salford Quays on 15 and 16 June. The song was written 75 years ago and depicts human life and love in industrial Salford. It was famously recorded by The Pogues, The Dubliners and many more. Also this week, Mark highlights the 110th anniversary of James Joyce's classic book Dubliners, which famously gave the Irish band their name and inspired many more folk musicians since then. 19 June 2024 Mark Radcliffe welcomes Paul Armfield to the studio. Songwriter Paul is based on the Isle of Wight, where he runs a bookshop. His intimate, honest and disarming songs have won fans including Mark, Guy Garvey, Lauren Laverne, Chris Difford, Caitlin Moran and more. Paul is also a bassist (appearing on records by Michael Kiwanuka), lino-cut artist and player of the musical saw. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 29 May 24 - 11:40 PM BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 Saturday 6 July Dirty Old Town Dirty Old Town will be given a new lease of life by American singer Peggy Seeger, who married MacColl in 1977, when she reveals a new verse in a one-off performance at Salford’s We Invented the Weekend festival in June. Peggy Seeger, an accomplished performer and songwriter in her own right, said she was delighted to be revisiting a song "Ewan and I sang together for decades" at the Salford festival. A new orchestral version of the song, created by Seeger with her son Neill MacColl and the BBC Philharmonic documentary, will feature in a documentary which has been made by the festival in collaboration with BBC Archive on 4. The film, which is presented by BBC Radio Manchester presenter and fellow Salford musician Mike Sweeney, will be broadcast on 6 July. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 31 May 24 - 07:09 AM https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk BBC Radio May 2024 May 2024 A list of BBC Radio folk programmes across the UK. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Jun 24 - 06:07 AM Music Planet, BBC Sounds 2 days left to listen; Lopa Kothari is joined in the studio by Grammy Award-winning Spanish singer-songwriter Buika, performing her unique blend of flamenco, soul and rumba. We also pay tribute to Lebanese composer Assi Rahbani and have new music from Tanzania, Finland, Ghana and Denmark. 9 days left to listen; Kathryn Tickell presents a recording of Estonian folk group Duo Ruut live in concert in Tallinn plus the latest new releases. 16 days left to listen; Kathryn Tickell presents the best roots-based music from across the world, plus a Road Trip to Lima, Peru, with Betto Arcos. 23 days left to listen; Lopa Kothari chats to the Staples Jr. Singers about their new album 'Searching', and we are joined by Max Reinhardt to pay tribute to Algerian pianist Maurice El Médioni. Music Planet, BBC Radio 3 21:30 Saturday 01 June 2024; Lopa Kothari with new releases from Aynur, L’Etrangleuse and Thandiswa plus a Road Trip to India's coastal region of Goa, with Sigmund de Souza as our guide exploring the Portuguese-influenced mando tradition. 08 June 2024; Kathryn Tickell chats to Paul Duhaney, artistic director of Africa Oyé, the UK's largest free festival of African music that takes place in Liverpool's Sefton Park later this month. 15 June 2024 Kathryn Tickell is joined by Karen Matheson from Scottish folk legends Capercaillie, who celebrate their 40th anniversary this year. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Jun 24 - 04:02 AM Orkney Folk Festival 2024 Live Lounge BBC Sounds Released On: 23 May 2024 Available for 17 days BBC Radio Orkney hosts Hannah Rarity, Ryan Young and Genticorum performing for the Orkney Folk Festival Live Lounge audience. Released On: 24 May 2024 Available for 18 days BBC Radio Orkney hosts Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman, Charm of Finches and Drever, McGoldrick & McCusker performing for the Orkney Folk Festival Live Lounge audience. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Jun 24 - 04:22 AM Radio Scotland Travelling Folk BBC Sounds Music For Your Mind 3 days left to listen Travelling Folk marks Mental Health Awareness Month, including a specially curated playlist from music teacher & former Elephant Sessions guitarist Mark Bruce. International Women's Day: HEISK Takeover 10 days left to listen Anna celebrates women in folk music & HEISK takeover the second hour with a playlist curated especially for International Women's Day. Orkney Folk Festival with The East Pointers in Session 17 days left to listen Anna is live from Kirkwall at the start of the Orkney Folk Festival with live music from Norwegian fiddler Alexander Aga Røynstrand and a session with The East Pointers. Rachel Newton & RCS Students in Session 24 days left to listen Rachel Newton shares her new album Sealladh & students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Traditional Music course are in session. BBC Radio Scotland 20:00 Thursday 6 June Live From Cardiff Anna explores the rich musical heritage of Wales. Including live music from the award winning singer songwriter Martyn Joseph and founding members of Calan - two of the finest instrumentalists on the Welsh folk scene - Angharad Jenkins & Patrick Rimes live in session. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 13 Jun 24 - 02:30 AM Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Tuesday 11.6.24 (originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016) Suck it and See "Grammy Award-Winning songwriter Amy Wadge fell in love with the harmonica after winning one in a fancy dress competition (she was dressed in a bin liner!). Here she investigates the history and potential of the diatonic instrument, a European the toy which in the hands of expert players became the the iconic sound of the Mississippi Delta and the Chicago Blues. According to music historian Christoph Wagner, the very first example of the instrument goes back to Vienna. But millions would soon find their way to the USA, taken there by German emigres fleeing poverty. The poor person's introduction to music, the harmonica would soon find its way to around the globe, from Britain to Australia and even China. But it was in America that it scored its biggest success. Joe Filisko reveals it was there that harmonica technique underwent a transformation. Instead of exhaling air, blues players would draw air in, and bend notes to achieve the characteristic sounds of the blues. Amy tries her hand at bending, under the expert tutelage of Steve Lockwood - one of very few people to have studied the harmonica to degree level, and she speaks to one of Britain's best-known players, Paul Jones. Canadian beat-boxer Benjamin Darvill - "Son of Dave" - has explored new possibilities with the instrument, and with an original sound that's been heard in edgy TV dramas and commercials. Proving that for all its limitations - 10 holes and 3 octaves - there's life yet the harmonica. Produced by Geoff Ballinger." |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: Rain Dog Date: 29 Jun 24 - 02:30 AM Repeated on BBC Radio 4 yesterday The Seeds of Love On 22nd August 1903, a Somerset gardener called John England was singing as he mowed the lawn. Cecil Sharp heard him and took down the tune and words of 'The Seeds of Love'. This event was a defining moment for English music. Malcolm Taylor explores the significance of this moment and of the song itself. Producer: Julian May First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 29 Jun 24 - 04:18 AM Saturday 6 July 20:00 BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4; Dirty Old Town at 75 In 2024 Dirty Old Town will be 75 years old. Its lyrics were written about the Salford streets they were written on and its writer Ewan McColl used the song to celebrate his grimy, industrial, smoky hometown, starting life as a melody to bridge a tricky junction in his play about Salford - 'Landscape with Chimneys’. Presenter Mike Sweeney will be the guide from the old Salford to the new, how the city has been transformed and how despite the huge changes in the cities character Dirty Old Town is being reclaimed by the city. BBC Sounds Radio Manchester Listen Now "There's anger and love in Dirty Old Town" Release date:12 June 2024 Duration: 3 minutes BBC Radio Manchester's Mike Sweeney has rewritten Dirty Old Town, originally written by Ewan MacColl about the Salford Docks. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 29 Jun 24 - 12:32 PM Saturday 29 June 6:15pm BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends David Baddiel, Richard Thompson, Abigail Cruttenden, Noorruddean Choudry, Amy Gledhill, Stuart Maconie Plus music from one of the UK's finest singer songwriters - Fairport Convention co-founder Richard Thompson - celebrating his new album Ship to Shore. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 03 Jul 24 - 11:34 PM Saturday 6 July 20:00 BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4; Dirty Old Town at 75 Ewan McColl used the song to celebrate his grimy, industrial, smoky hometown. Presenter Mike Sweeney will be the guide from the old Salford to the new.. BBC Folk Show BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 2 15 days left to listen; Mark Radcliffe welcomes Paul Armfield to the studio. Songwriter Paul is based on the Isle of Wight, where he runs a bookshop. His intimate, honest and disarming songs have won fans including Mark, Guy Garvey, Lauren Laverne, Chris Difford, Caitlin Moran and more. 22 days left to listen An acoustic treasure trove. 29 days left to listen; Mark plays artists appearing at some of the UK's remaining festivals. 10 July 2024 Welsh singer, songwriter and harpist Georgia Ruth joins Mark live in Salford to perform songs from her new album, Cool Head. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,Anne Lister sans cookie Date: 07 Jul 24 - 07:48 AM Richard Thompson on R3, Private Passions, today (July 7th 2024). |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: DaveRo Date: 07 Jul 24 - 04:23 PM GUEST,Anne Lister sans cookie wrote: Richard Thompson on R3, Private Passions, today (July 7th 2024).He chose some great music: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020r8l |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 18 Jul 24 - 01:56 PM BBC Radio 2 Folk Show 21:00 Wednesday/BBC Sounds 22 days left to listen Acoustic sounds, with Georgia Ruth in session Welsh singer, songwriter and harpist Georgia Ruth joins Mark live in Salford to perform songs from her new album, Cool Head. Plus the usual blend of exciting new releases and classic tracks. 29 days to listen Rooting around The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe This week includes news about the return of Radio 2's 21st Century Folk, in which five people inspire five new songs. We hear highlights from last year's project. New releases come from The Decemberists, Good Habits and Altan. Mark also checks out new books with musical connections to Johnny Flynn and Christine Collister, and plays a Scottish classic by Silly Wizard. 04 August 2024 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe 21st Century Folk In 21st Century Folk, five people inspire five new folk songs. This year, the project focuses on coastal life and sea rescues around the UK. The five fascinating characters get to meet songwriters, who listen to their stories before going away to write a dedicated song. Later, they're reunited for the song's debut performance. In this programme, Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe hears the in-depth stories behind each song. This year's 21st Century Folk musicians are: Lady Nade with Boo Hewerdine, Cara Dillon with Sam Lakeman, Martyn Joseph, Kris Drever, and Seth Lakeman with Fisherman's Friends. Their subjects are Anna, Jeff, Vicky, Emma and Al. Lifeboat helm Anna Heslop became Cullercoats’ first female helm in the RNLI station’s 170-year history, and also led their first all-female crew. She inspires a song by Bristol singer Lady Nade and fellow songwriter Boo Hewerdine. Kayaker, yachtsman and former soldier Jeff Allen leads expeditions around the world. He turned to the sea to help him cope with life after the army. The veteran's story inspires a song by Northern Irish singer Cara Dillon and her musical partner Sam Lakeman. Vicky Murphy was eight months pregnant when she and husband Marc were rescued from a flooding cave in Cornwall. Hammered by waves that threatened to drag them out to sea, the couple believed they would not survive. Thanks to a mystery surfer and two lifeguards, they did. Their story inspires a song by Cardiff troubadour Martyn Joseph, who returns to 21st Century Folk for a second time. Marine conservationist Emma Neave-Webb lives on the island of Sanday in Orkney, where she works to rescue beached whales affected by changing seas. Her profound change of lifestyle, and experience of rescuing killer whales and pilot whales, inspire a song by Scottish songwriter Kris Drever, whose own family comes from Sanday. Central London lifeboat crew member Al Kassim volunteers at the UK’s busiest RNLI station: Tower. He signed up after being saved by a lifeboat off Portsmouth. Al's song pays tribute to all brave volunteers and is performed by Dartmoor folk star Seth Lakeman and Cornish shanty sensations Fisherman's Friends. Videos of the five performances from 21st Century Folk can be found on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Music YouTube channel. BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show 12-2pm Monday 29th July to Friday 2nd August 2024. Interviews with all the participants can be heard on Jeremy Vine's Radio 2 show. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 21 Jul 24 - 04:30 AM BBC Radio Folk programmes July 2024 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk BBC radio July 2024 |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Aug 24 - 12:02 AM BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show; Jeremy showcases 21st Century Folk, a brilliant Radio 2 initiative where legends of folk write and perform songs inspired by five people who have a powerful connection to the sea. Monday 29 Jul 2024 Available for 27 days See Tracklist Today, we talk to Anna Heslop, who became the first woman in charge of a lifeboat at RNLI Cullercoats in the station's 170-year history. Lady Nade, the singer-songwriter from Bristol, collaborates with Boo Hewerdine to write a song and perform it directly to Anna. Tuesday 30 Jul 2024 Available for 28 days After approx 1 hour 20 minutes; see Tracklist Today, we hear from the expedition kayaker Jeff Allen, who lives much of his life at sea. A former soldier, he dedicated himself to boat-building and kayaking as a way to find peace. Singer-songwriter Cara Dillon and her musical partner Sam Lakeman write and perform a song for him. Wednesday 31 Jul 2024 Available for 29 days See Tracklist Today, we talk to Vicky Murphy, who was 8 months pregnant when she and her husband Marc were rescued from a flooded cave in Cornwall by two lifeguards. We are joined by Martyn Joseph, who performs a song that he has written which is based on their story. Thursday 1 August 12 noon Radio 2 21st Century Folk Today, we talk to the marine conservationist Emma Neave-Webb, who lives on Orkney where she rescues beached whales. She shares her experiences with singer Kris Drever who has written a song for her. Friday 2 August 12 noon Radio 2 Live from Sidmouth Folk Festival We talk to Al Kassim, who was rescued by the RNLI off the coast of Portsmouth and now volunteers for the organisation at their busiest lifeboat station. Seth Lakeman and the Fisherman’s Friends write and perform a shanty inspired by Al’s work. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Aug 24 - 12:18 AM BBC Radio 2 21:00 7 August Folk Show from Sidmouth Folk Festival Mark Radcliffe will be staying in Sidmouth over the festival’s first weekend and will feature a selection of the performers on his programme on Wednesday, August 7. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Aug 24 - 12:27 AM 21st Century Folk 29 Jul 2024 Available for 27 days https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0jcg0p8/21st-century-folk BBC 21st Century Folk Real life stories of Radio 2 listeners in the North East of England, using original folk music to create a lasting legacy of their experiences. Five stories given to songwriters, who write original songs based on the listeners' experiences. The songs are performed by a range of artists, including musicians with links to the region. |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Aug 24 - 04:22 AM Prom 8: Nick Drake – An Orchestral Celebration 19:30 Wednesday 24 July 2024 Royal Albert Hall Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 2 Sunday 18 August 6pm BBC Radio 2 Nick Drake – An Orchestral Celebration The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe From the BBC Proms: BBC Symphony Orchestra, guest artists and conductor Jules Buckley honour Nick Drake in arrangements including Northern Sky, River Man, and Time has Told Me. Presented by Elizabeth Alker/Olive Chaney (vocals/piano/guitar)/Marika Hackman (vocals/guitar)/BC Camplights (vocals/guitar)/Scott Matthew (vocals/guitar)/The Unthanks |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 02 Aug 24 - 02:01 PM Music Planet BBC Radio 3 18:00 Saturday Road Trip to New Orleans 3 days left to listen Kathryn Tickell presents a round-up of the latest sounds from around the globe, including Road Trip from New Orleans. Glastonbury highlights 10 days left to listen Kathryn Tickell presents highlights from this year's Glastonbury Festival including music from Femi Kuti, The Mary Wallopers, Arooj Aftab and Ska legends the Skatalites, plus we take a look at what the summer festivals hold in store. Sahra Halgan in session 17 days left to listen Lopa Kothari presents a session with Somali singer Sahra Halgan and the best new roots-based music from across the world. Yiddish Tango Road Trip 24 days left to listen Kathryn Tickell presents the best roots-based music from across the world - this week we delve into the world of Yiddish tango with Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk, we hear the music of artists featuring at the WOMAD festival, and we remember the late Malian kora master, Toumani Diabaté. 3 August WOMAD 2024: Seckou Keita, Asmaa Hamzaoui, Faiz Ali Faiz Lopa Kothari with recordings from last weekend's WOMAD Festival including sets by Seckou Keita and his Senegalese Homeland band, Morocco's Asmaa Hamzaoui with her all-female gnawa group Bnat Timbouktou, and from Pakistan, the powerful qawwali singing of Faiz Ali Faiz and his group. Plus interviews with highlife legend Pat Thomas, Catalan folk duo Tarta Relena and "digital voodoo" five-piece Nana Benz du Togo. 10 August Betto Arcos In the Studio Lopa Kothari is joined by our regular guide to music across the world, music journalist and broadcaster Betto Arcos, who found himself in London for a change. Together they share the music that has inspired, influenced and shaped them. 17 August Trei parale Kathryn Tickell presents the best roots-based music from across the world and chats with Romanian band Trei parale about their album România. 100 de minute |
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Aug 24 - 12:59 AM Jeremy Vine Show Live from Sidmouth Folk Festival as part of 21st Century Folk BBC Sounds 28 days left to listen Legends of folk write and perform songs inspired by five people with a powerful connection to the sea. We talk to Al Kassim, who was rescued by the RNLI off the coast of Portsmouth and now volunteers for the organisation at their busiest lifeboat station. Seth Lakeman and the Fisherman’s Friends write and perform a shanty inspired by Al’s work. Jeremy examines the power of folk music, tries some morris dancing, talks to campaigners who are worried about sewage in the sea, and discusses second homes and the importance of using cash at the coast. Wednesday 07 August 2024 21:00 BBC Radio 2 Folk Show at Sidmouth Folk Festival The Folk Show is visiting to coincide with the festival's 70th anniversary and Radio 2's 21st Century Folk, in which five people have folk songs written about their lives. This year, all those lives are linked to the sea. Mark hangs out in the Bedford Hotel on the esplanade and welcomes fantastic musicians, including: Cornish shanty crew Fisherman's Friends, Canadian-American duo Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, and outstanding trio McGoldrick McCusker & Doyle. Mark also catches up with top Scottish band Skipinnish, who are celebrating 25 years in music with big concerts in Inverness, Edinburgh, London and Glasgow. Devon-based musicians Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes, and narrator John Palmer, share their admiration of Sabine Baring-Gould, who collected folk songs in the region. They perform a song from their show, 'Ghosts, Werewolves and Countryfolk'. Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones are active members of the traditional folk and dance scenes, and talk to Mark about Sidmouth Folk Festival's importance for folk dancers, |
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