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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 22 Jan 24 - 08:22 PM Soundtrack to life - September 2023 Start the Week The American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant often uses fictional or mythological characters in her songs, to capture contemporary and political concerns. Her latest album, Keep Your Courage, is a song cycle composed entirely of love songs. She tells Kirsty Wark she wanted to explore the isolation of illness and the power of care, felt in the last few years. In his new book, Musical Truth, the educator and broadcaster Jeffrey Boakye creates a soundtrack that encapsulates key historical moments of the 20th and 21st century – from the carving up of Africa to feminism and football. Using jazz, disco and hip hop he explores how music both feeds into and mirrors its time, as well as its political and cultural impact. But the writer Michel Faber is more interested in how music affects the individual. In a collection of essays, Listen: On Music, Sound and Us, he explores what’s going on inside when we listen to a whole range of tunes. And he asks two questions: how do we listen to music and why? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ry9f |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 16 Jan 24 - 10:40 AM Recording on the Nomads' Trail Sunday Feature - December 2023 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: he produced over 100 records, 23 films and published more than a dozen books during his lifetime. He also left over 400 hours of tape recordings going far beyond India. Who was the man behind it all? And what are we to make of his legacy today? In Stockholm, Purgas visits the Musikverket archives to learn more about Bhattacharya’s approach to documenting songs and traditions. Here was a man who had dedicated his life to capturing the sounds of music, landscape and life on the road, embarking on extensive field recording trips throughout Asia and Europe; and yet his name seems to have been somewhat forgotten from the histories of what is now known as World Music. Purgas charts Bhattacharya’s journey, from his early life in India, to his work with the BBC where he introduced Indian music to British listeners in the 1950s. We hear first-hand accounts of Bhattacharya’s travels, explore the new possibilities that technology had to offer at the time, and delve into the rich archive of sounds recorded along the way. 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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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 02 Jan 24 - 11:53 AM Happy New Year to you all! Thank you for your interest and all your contributions. Hope to see you on the 2024 page. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 30 Dec 23 - 06:24 PM BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal 30 December 2023 Sar Chlar Skippinish The Seventh Wave Repeat from 28 Dec 2021 Available for 29 days Còmhradh le Rhoda Meek ann an Tiriodh, 's i a' toirt dhuinn clàr le sàr chòmhlan an eilein sin fhèin, Skipinnish, airson ar cur ann an sunnd ro àm na Bliadhn’ Ùire. BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal 10:30am 31 December 2023 Crunluath Còmhla ri Mìcheal Steele Taghadh de cheòl na pìoba. A selection of pipe music. An t-seachdain sa tha Micheal a' coimhead air ais air a' bhliadhna 2023 ann an saoghal na pìobaireachd. Cluinnidh sibh cuid de na bhuannaich na farpaisean mòra agus ceòl bho na clàran ùra a thàinig a-mach air a' bhliadhna. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 30 Dec 23 - 06:01 PM BBC Nan Gaidheal 29 December 2023 Caithream Ciùil Available for 28 days Ceòl Gaidhealach 's Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse, còmhla ri Seonag Monk. Tha ceòl aig Seonag bho Trail West, Tim Edey, Rachel Hair is Fara. Cuiribh fios thugainn mu na tachartasan tha dol agaibhse gu dethadol@bbc.co.uk. BBC Nan Gaidheal 29 December 2023 A' Mire ri Mòir Available for 28 days Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha Morag Dhòmhnallach a' feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil 's taghadh de dh'òrain Ghàidhlig. Feuch gum bi sibh ann còmhla rithe airson seanchas neo dhà cuideachd. Cuiribh fios thugainn mu dè tha dol agaibhse agus ar naidheachdan le teachdaireachd fhàgail air duilleag Facebook BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, neo sgrìobhaibh post-dealain gu mor@bbc.co.uk, neo fònaibh an asgaidh gu 08000 96 70 50.Tiompan BBC Nan Gaidheal 29 December 2023 Available for 29 days Mairead NicIllinnein le ceòl Ceilteach, clàran ùra agus fios mu cò tha cluich càite. Tha ceòl aig Mairead bho The Henry Girls, Joan Shelley, Project Smok agus gu leòr eile. BBC Radio Scotland 30 December 2023 Take the Floor Available for 29 days Our session for you tonight comes from the specially formed Centenary Scottish Country Dance Players. BBC Radio Scotland 30 December 2023 Piping Sounds Available for 29 days In the last Piping Sounds of the year Mìcheal looks back at the piping highlights of 2023 with sets from Calum Beaumont, Brìghde Chaimbeul and Mark Saul. He also has medleys from Rura and Inveraray and District Pipe Band. BBC Radio Ulster 30 December 2023 Folk Club Available for 29 days Lynette Fay reviews what has been a great year for folk music, playing some of her favourite songs and tunes of the year, including studio session tracks. BBC Radio Scotland 18:00 31 December 2023 Runrig: A Celebration Gary Innes celebrates 50 Years of Celtic rock band, Runrig showcasing their incredible legacy through their music, interviews with the band and their fans. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 30 Dec 23 - 02:15 AM BBC Radio 4 6.30 Saturday 30 December Farming Today The Pull of the Plough Available for 29 days Vernon Harwood visits the British National Ploughing Championships near Taunton to meet the people with a passion for ploughs and ploughing to discover why the task of turning the soil holds such a fascination. Along the way he meets the man who cares for a priceless collection of Victorian ploughs in Berkshire, a famous cheese-maker with a prized Gloucestershire Long Plough, celebrated folk singer John Kirkpatrick keeping forgotten plough songs alive and comes nose-to-muzzle with Sam and Tilly, the last working plough horses in Somerset. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 28 Dec 23 - 08:12 PM The Longpuddle Players Mackenzie Crook reading a comic tale from his favourite author Thomas Hardy's collection A Few Crusted Characters. > 1:00 the bogus fiddler trying for a free meal > 5:20 the band gets banished from the church www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001trw8 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: Steve Shaw Date: 28 Dec 23 - 12:52 PM "BBC Radio 4 12:04 Thursday 28 December Archive on 4: Bob Dylan: Verbatim His life and music in his own words. Repeat" I heard this in the car today. There wasn't much else on. 30 seconds of it confirmed for me what I've always thought of him (which isn't much). A clip of his snarly, whining voice singing a contorted Pretty Boy Floyd morphed into Woody singing it in his plain, clear, storytelling way. From the ridiculous to the sublime. Still, whatever stirs yer loins! |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 27 Dec 23 - 02:36 PM Another seasonal 'Soul Music' programme Auld Lang Syne - 2016 Soul Music Soul Music hears the stories behind the song, how it went from being a reflective melancholic Scottish air about the parting of the ways, to the jaunty tune we know today. NB Only a small portion from musicians. It's mostly stories of love, sorrow, hope and joy, emotions that are especially heightened at this time of year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085trlz |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: Rain Dog Date: 25 Dec 23 - 12:47 AM On BBC Radio 4 last nighg was a repeat of a programme originally broadcast in 2015 Soul Music - Fairytale of New York "The tragi-comic tale of love gone sour and shattered dreams eloquently depicted in the Christmas classic Fairytale of New York is the focus of this edition of 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, attempting to win back the woman he wooed with promises of 'cars big as bars and rivers of gold'. Gaelic footballer Alisha Jordan came to New York to play football aged 17 from County Meath in Ireland. Despite being dazzled by the glamour and pace of New York City, she missed her family and friends and stencilled the words 'Fairytale of New York' on her apartment wall as an affirmation of her determination to make the most of her new life in the city. When she was later attacked on the street by a stranger, the words came to signify her battle to recover and not to let the horrific facial injuries she suffered defeat her or her ambition to captain her football team. Rachel Burdett posted the video of the song onto her friend Michelle's social media page to let her know she was thinking of her and praying for her safe return when Michelle went missing suddenly one December. Stories of redemption and of a recognition that Christmas is often not the fairytale we are sold, told through a seasonal favourite. Producer: Maggie Ayre." |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST Date: 24 Dec 23 - 10:34 AM BBC RADIO 4 15:00 Christmas Eve A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols BBC RADIO 3 13.08 Christmas Day A service of carols, hymns and readings live from the candlelit Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Hymn: Once in royal David's City (Irby, descant Ledger) Carol: Out of your sleep (Robin Nelson) Carol: Adam lay ybounden (Matthew Martin) Carol: Illuminare Jerusalem (Judith Weir) Carol: O radiant dawn (James MacMillan) Hymn: O Little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green, descant Armstrong) Carol: King Jesus hath a garden (Trad. Dutch arr. Wood, Cleobury) Carol: A spotless rose (Philip Ledger) Carol: Gabriel’s message (Trad. Basque, arr. Willcocks) Carol: Hereford Carol (arr. Robinson) Carol: Sir Christemas (Mathias) Hymn: The first Nowell the angel did say (The first Nowell, arr. Willcocks) Carol: The Cradle (Cheryl Frances-Hoad) – 2023 Commission Carol: All the stars looked down (John Rutter) Carol: Benedicamus Domino (Warlock) Hymn: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. Willcocks, Daniel Hyde) Hymn: Hark, the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks) |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Dec 23 - 02:31 AM BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House 9:00 24 December 2023 A Christmas carol written by a Barnsley factory worker 90 years ago has been brought back to life after being uncovered by museum archivists. It was found during research for the anniversary of the opening of Barnsley's Town Hall in 1933. Written by bottle-maker Arthur Godfrey, Christmas Eve is inspired by the Christmas bell chimes rung by some churches at midnight on 24 December. Barnsley Museum recorded it to mark the Town Hall's anniversary on 14 December. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orlqLBPFnxk Barnsley carol |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Dec 23 - 09:29 AM BBC Radio 3 New Year's Eve 12:00 Sunday 31 December Private Passions Johnny Flynn He’s currently starring as Richard Burton in the play The Motive and the Cue, the story of how Burton and Sir John Gielgud clashed as they staged Hamlet on Broadway in 1964. Johnny has also released four albums with his band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit. He composed the theme song for the acclaimed TV series Detectorists, and more recently he’s collaborated with the nature writer Robert MacFarlane on two folk albums: Lost in the Cedarwood and The Moon Also Rises. His musical choices include Paul Robeson, Sondheim and Bizet. Official Folk Albums Chart Top 40 for October 2023; No.1 THE MOON ALSO RISES JOHNNY FLYNN & ROBERT MACFARLANE |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Dec 23 - 09:15 AM BBC Radio 4 12:04 Thursday 28 December Archive on 4: Bob Dylan: Verbatim His life and music in his own words. Repeat |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Dec 23 - 09:02 AM BBC Radio 4 12:04 Boxing Day Tuesday 26 December Archive on 4: Joni Mitchell: Verbatim Her life and career described in her own words. Repeat |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: Steve Shaw Date: 23 Dec 23 - 07:23 AM Moya Brennan's Christmassy solo album, sadly, was rated as a bit mediocre by the Irish Times. Moya Brennan: Nollaig Gaelach - The first lady of Celtic music corners her market "...Better songs and better production would have allowed Brennan to use her voice to more potent effect..." |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Dec 23 - 03:38 AM Today; a reminder! 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. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 22 Dec 23 - 08:04 PM Moya Brennan - Dec 2023 Irish Music Icons Moya Brennan joins Lynette Fay to reflect on her life in music. From the early days at Leo’s Tavern in Donegal to global success with her band Clannad and later recognition as a solo artist. Moya has sent tremors through the world of traditional music, taking the Irish language to places it had never been before. A definitive interview with one of our great artists who continues to redefine Irish music today. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tqsl (the programme on the Sounds app is time limited but the video on this page might be available indefinitely) Irish Music Icons series page www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dq7v/episodes/player |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Dec 23 - 01:02 AM BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA Archive on 4 20:00 Wednesday 20 December Available now on BBC Sounds Sing Christmas; On Christmas Day 1957, the BBC made a ground-breaking hour-long live broadcast. Christmas songs were transmitted from around the British Isles. Texan folklorist and broadcaster Alan Lomax was the host. The broadcast was a mixture of ancient carols, folk songs, calypso, West African music, dixieland, skiffle, children's carols and glees. Singers across the country contributed live performances, with Lomax sitting at the centre of the web in a Birmingham studio. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 20 Dec 23 - 04:25 PM BBC RADIO 4 16:30 Christmas Eve 2023 Pilgrimage for a Pint Folk musicians Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart set out on a journey to the most remote pub in mainland Britain - The Old Forge in Inverie. Joining Julie and Karine are fellow musicians Iain MacFarlane and Ingrid Henderson, and the poets Sarah Grant and Doug Wilson Garry. Located on the Knoydart Peninsular on the west coast of Scotland, the pub is only accessible by a 15 mile hike through the hills from the nearest single-track road, or by sailing into Loch Nevis from the port of Mallaig. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 20 Dec 23 - 02:27 PM BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week A Vaughan Williams Christmas Monday 18 December Leith Hill Place Tuesday 19 December Christmases in Italy and London Wednesday 20 December At War Thursday 21 December White Gates, including The Ploughboy’s Dream by Coope, Boyes & Simpson Friday 22 December Hanover Terrace |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 20 Dec 23 - 12:35 PM BBC Radio 3 17:00-19:00 Wednesday 20 December In Tune Christmas Special Live from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House in London, presenters Katie Derham and Sean Rafferty bring you a Christmas party celebration like no other! With special live performances from some of the show’s greatest performer friends, including cellist Natalie Clein, folk singer Cara Dillon, pianist Iain Farrington, Alex Mendham and His Orchestra, the Kleio String Quartet and the BBC Singers, don't miss them play all your favourite Christmas classics alongside a seasonal reading from writer and comedian Sandi Toksvig. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: DaveRo Date: 20 Dec 23 - 11:04 AM https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001thbn BBC Radio 3 Christmas Eve 18:15 2023 While Shepherds Watched: The hidden world of the South Yorkshire village carol sings Sunday Feature Elizabeth Alker explores the ancient tradition of South Yorkshire carolling. Originally sung in churches by musicians and choirs, the carol tradition in the Victorian era suffered what must have appeared to some as a huge reverse. Carols, it seemed, had failed the Victorian humour test and all but a few were driven out of churches. They found a new home, however, in pubs around Sheffield and South Yorkshire, where they found favour and sometimes a licentious edge. They flourish there today where the tradition has survived intact and according to the international carol singing expert, the musicologist Dr Ian Russell, Professor Emeritus of the University of Aberdeen, the movement is proving increasingly popular, spreading across county lines to other part of the UK and abroad. And the tradition of carol composing is still evolving there too - there are over 30 charted versions of While Shepherds Watched, for instance, including revivals of once lost examples. 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. Release date: 24 December 2023 44 minutes |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: Steve Shaw Date: 17 Dec 23 - 09:52 AM The Music Planet on R3 that henryp mentioned, with Kathryn Tickell chatting with Maddy Prior, was a very nice listen. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 17 Dec 23 - 06:32 AM BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends Lounge 23.00 Monday 25 December 2023 Christmas Day Clive Anderson with the first of two programmes showcasing some of the best music performances on Loose Ends this year, including Suzanne Vega, Carminho, Joesef, Rae Morris, Ondara, Romeo Stodart and Sacha T. 22.00 Sunday 31 December 2023 New Year's Eve Clive Anderson with the final programme showcasing some of the best music performances on Loose Ends this year, featuring Pokey LaFarge, The Teskey Brothers, Rae Morris, Fantastic Negrito, Daoirí Farrell and Galen & Paul. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 16 Dec 23 - 08:56 AM You can also search for; BBC Sounds music category folk Dec 2023 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 16 Dec 23 - 08:52 AM BBC Radio 4 Seek the Light; Singer, story teller and seven-times Radio 2 Folk Awards winner, Karine Polwart brings together her love of science, history and the natural world. 27 Aug 2023 I'm Not Who You Think; Available for over a year She begins the series with the story of the Sabal Bermudana. This rare palm tree was the pride of Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic gardens and the oldest specimen in their living collection. 03 Sep 2023 Sea Swallows; Available for over a year Of all the amazing stories of bird migration none is more epic than that of the Arctic Tern, sometimes nicknamed the sea swallow because of its graceful, streamlined shape and long tail streamers. 10 Sep 2023 Out of the Shadows; Available for over a year Karine looks up into the dark for a story of discovery, diversity and the righting of a historical wrong. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 16 Dec 23 - 04:32 AM BBC Radio 4 15:15 Christmas Day 2023 With Great Pleasure Repeated at 21:00 Boxing Day 2023 Ruth Jones shares the poems and stories that have meant the most in her life as a writer and actress, for our festive delight. The co-creator of the hugely-loved sit-com Gavin and Stacey shares some of her early comic inspirations as well as memories of growing up in Wales. Recorded in the BBC Radio Theatre, her readers are Steve Speirs and Yasmine Akram, with music from English folk musicians Kate Rusby and Damien O’Kane. Music includes; Porthcawl by Chartered Hurricane The Rocking Carol by Kate Rusby & Damien O'Kane A Yorkshire Merry Christmas by Kate Rusby & Damien O'Kane Caledonia by Dougie MacLean |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 16 Dec 23 - 04:15 AM BBC Radio 2 10am Saturday 2 December Claudia Winkleman with Billy Porter and Johnny Flynn! Claudia Winkleman settles in for another fabulous Saturday morning. This week it's all singing and stardom, with Billy Porter and Johnny Flynn joining the fun. 16 days left to listen, 2 hours, 27 minutes. Programme website gives an idea of running order. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 14 Dec 23 - 11:03 PM Sumer Is Icumen In 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 - First broadcast on BBC World Service in 1995. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033k73w |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 11 Dec 23 - 05:54 AM BBC Radio Ulster Folk Club with Lynette Fay 18 Nov 2023 7 days left to listen Folk and traditional music from Ireland and beyond. New music from John Francis Flynn, The Henry Girls & Ríoghnach Connolly, Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin. Live performances from Paul Brady and Conor Mallon from the NI Music Prize. 25 Nov 2923 14 days left to listen With new releases from Boygenius & Ye Vagabonds, Cillian Vallely & David Doocey, John Francis Flynn and more. 02 Dec 2023 21 days left to listen Shane MacGowan Tribute to the Pogues frontman, songwriter of a generation who died this week. Winter warmers special in the second hour - songs and tunes to warm the cold winter. 09 Dec 2023 Available for 28 days Kate Rusby Kate Rusby joins Lynette and talks about her love of Christmas songs and traditions as she releases her seventh Christmas album. New music from Dervish, Plúirín na mBan, Ispíní na hÉireann, Heidi Talbot and more. Sat 23 Dec 2023 20:03 Radio Ulster Christmas Folk Club From Jingle Bell Jazz to Oíche Chiúin, Lynette has the ultimate Christmas folk playlist. The perfect accompaniment for cooking, wrapping or travelling this Christmas. Sat 30 Dec 29.03 Radio Ulster Folk Club Lynette reviews what has been a great year for folk music, playing some of her favourite songs and tunes of the year, including studio session tracks. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 11 Dec 23 - 04:45 AM 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. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Dec 23 - 04:12 PM BBC Radio 4 Front Row 27 November; Available now on BBC Sounds Maria Callas, Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane, Rory Pilgrim After successfully teaming up during the pandemic to create the album, Lost in the Cedar Wood, musician and actor Johnny Flynn and nature writer and poet Robert Macfarlane talk to Tom about their second collaboration The Moon Also Rises, and Johnny performs live in the Front Row studio. Here are the Official Folk Albums Chart Top 40 for October 2023; NEW No.1 THE MOON ALSO RISES JOHNNY FLYNN & ROBERT MACFARLANE |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 02 Dec 23 - 01:55 PM Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland Released On: 30 Nov 2023 Available for 28 days 30 November marks 100 years since the death of Scottish revolutionary John MacLean - whose life story, and the tragedy of his martyrdom, has inspired many of Scotland's poets and songwriters over the years. On the centenary of MacLean's death, Allan Henderson explores the remarkable life of the man behind the music. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 02 Dec 23 - 01:43 PM Loose Ends BBC Radio 4 18.15 2 December Clive Anderson and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are joined by Max Boyce, Non Evans, AJ and Curtis Pritchard and Caryl Lewis for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Angharad Jenkins & Huw Warren and Aisha Kigs, recorded at Swansea Grand Theatre. Calennig by Angharad Jenkins & Huw Warren "Beautiful new versions of Welsh Plygain Carols" Exclusive Preorder of Calennig CD (Sienco4) - signed and numbered by Angharad Jenkins and Huw Warren. Original artwork of Plygain Candlestick by Lowri Davies, CD design by Almon. Official launch launch on Dec 1st 2023 |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 04 Nov 23 - 09:04 PM 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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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 04 Nov 23 - 10:55 AM Is piping folk? ;) I just noticed this series of eight programmes that some might be interested in. NB only temporarily available, two only for two days. The Piping Season Gary West follows the fortunes of Scotland's pipers from this year's World Championships to the top solo competitions in Scotland. With a special guest each week, Gary explores eight fundamental ingredients that make the piping world unique. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001r0ww The weekly piping programme seems to be Piping Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kvzf |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 30 Oct 23 - 11:49 AM I dont think this series has been mentioned & it didn't come up in the BBC 'folk' category. Blas Ceoil - Radio Ulster ,,,starts your weekend in style, featuring new releases, gig guide details and live acoustic sessions to keep. (in Gaelic ~75:25(?) 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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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 29 Oct 23 - 09:39 PM 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 Polly Bolton who sings with The Trials of Cato https://youtu.be/o5GR7vl_Xvk&t=0m39s) |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: FreddyHeadey Date: 23 Oct 23 - 07:13 PM Genevieve's podcast page is https://m.mixcloud.com/Genevieve_Tudor/ & facebook announcements page https://facebook.com/groups/genevieve.tudor/announcements (the playlist might be buried in the ordinary posts somewhere) |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Nov 23 - 12:44 PM https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk Folk shows Two pages of links to recent folk shows on national and local BBC radio, with further links to earlier episodes still available. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Nov 23 - 05:14 PM Thursday 4pm BBC Radio 4 Legend - The Joni Mitchell Story Join Jesca Hoop for an intimate journey through the life and music of Joni Mitchell; 2 November 1 of 6 The Urge for Going Available now on BBC Sounds 9 November 2 of 6 Lady of the Canyon Available now on BBC Sounds 16 November 3 of 6 Blue 23 November 4 of 6 Refuge of the Roads 30 November 5 of 6 Dog Eat Dog 7 December 6 of 6 The Circle Game |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Nov 23 - 01:07 PM BBC Sounds Radio 6 6 Artist Collection 16 Oct 2012 Available for 16 days Johnny Walker's Long Players Johnnie Walker & David Hepworth examine Joni Mitchell's classic 1971 LP Blue. BBC Sounds Radio 4 Blue: Pain and Pleasure 17 Jun 2021 Available for over a year 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. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Nov 23 - 12:13 PM BBC Radio 2 Front Row 7.15pm Tuesday 7 November 2023 Billy Bragg, Booker author Paul Murray, Feminist art of the 1970s |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Nov 23 - 12:04 PM BBC Sounds Radio 6 6 Music Artist Collection Joni Mitchell Available for 16 days! Johnny Walker's Long Players 16 Oct 2012 Available for 16 days Johnnie Walker & David Hepworth examine Joni Mitchell's classic 1971 LP Blue. Joni Mitchell at the BBC 02 Feb 2023 Available for 16 days Joni Mitchell in session for the BBC from 1968 & 1972. Joni Mitchell at TV Centre 17 Oct 2023 Available for 16 days Joni Mitchell performing live at TV Centre in 1970. Joni Mitchell Live at Wembley 17 Oct 2023 Available for 16 days Joni Mitchell recorded live at Wembley Arena in 1983. The Joni Mitchell Playlist 17 Oct 2023 Available for 16 days The music of Joni Mitchell chosen by Jess & Camilla from The Staves. BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 Joni Mitchell Taught Me How To Feel 7 months left to listen Music writer and broadcaster Ann Powers explores Joni Mitchell’s impact on her fans and on songwriting. From 2018. Joni Mitchell: Verbatim 04 Nov 2023 Available for over a year Joni Mitchell's influential life and career, told in her own words. BBC Radio 2 Tracks of My Years 05 Nov 2023 Available for 28 days In this special edition we will be celebrating Joni Mitchell's 80th birthday. BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show 08 November 2023 then BBC Sounds for 4 weeks This week, listeners choose Joni Mitchell songs that mean the most to them, creating an ultimate playlist to celebrate her 80th birthday. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Nov 23 - 05:55 AM BBC Radio Scotland Travelling Folk available now; Día de los Muertos; Anna explores the traditional music of Mexico on their Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). 27 days left to listen Grammy Award winners Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi in session. 20 days left to listen Highlights from the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year semi-finals. 13 days left to listen 20.00 Thursday 09/11/2023 21.00 Thursday 16/11/2023 20.00 Thursday 23/11/2023 Many clips - of all kinds - available on the website. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Nov 23 - 04:26 PM BBC Radio 4 4 November Loose Ends Available on BBC Sounds for over a year. Barrie Rutter, Eliza Carthy, Richard Bean, Leah Brotherhead, Kat Hudson, Chiedu Oraka, Kofi Smiles, Clive Anderson. Eliza Carthy sings Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - at 14 minutes - from The Wassail tour with Jon Boden. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Nov 23 - 02:01 PM BBC Sounds Radio 2 In Concert Joni Mitchell and James Taylor performing in October 1970. Released on Saturday 4 Nov 2023 Available for 29 days Marking her 80th birthday on 7 November, this archive concert recorded at the BBC's Paris Studios in London's Lower Regent Street, captures Joni along with her guest James Taylor at an early point in their musical careers. Saturday 4 November 20:00 BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 Joni Mitchell: Verbatim Previously unheard interviews, studio out takes, rare demo recordings and archive dating back to Mitchell’s very first radio interview recorded in 1964. Wednesday 8 November 9pm BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show Listeners choose the Joni Mitchell songs that mean the most to them. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Nov 23 - 01:05 PM Joni Mitchell was born on 7 November, 1943; the BBC celebrates her 80th birthday. Thursday 4pm BBC Radio 4 Legend - The Joni Mitchell Story Join Jesca Hoop for an intimate journey through the life and music of Joni Mitchell; 2 November 1 of 6 The Urge for Going 9 November 2 of 6 Lady of the Canyon 16 November 3 of 6 Blue Saturday 4 November 20:00 BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 Joni Mitchell: Verbatim Previously unheard interviews, studio out takes, rare demo recordings and archive dating back to Mitchell’s very first radio interview recorded in 1964. Wednesday 8 November 9pm BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show Listeners choose the Joni Mitchell songs that mean the most to them. |
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Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2023 From: GUEST,Anne Lister sans cookie Date: 30 Oct 23 - 12:08 PM "Private Passions" on Radio 3 on Sunday was Chris Addison, who chose Eliza Carthy as one of his favourite pieces of music, and talked of being "something of a folkie". |
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