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Acoustic sounds and news about 21st Century Folk
The best folk and acoustic music, with news about 21st Century Folk 2026.
17 Jun 2026,·57 mins
14/06/2026
The best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond with Tim Walker.
14 Jun 2026,·180 mins
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
14 Jun 2026,·120 mins
13/06/2026
Folk and traditional music from Ireland and beyond. Presented by Neil Martin.
13 Jun 2026,·117 mins
Boston Ballads and Two-Spirit song carrier Jeremy Dutcher
Anna Massie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.
11 Jun 2026,·115 mins
The John Mason Tribute Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor.
30 May 2026,·115 mins
A' comharrachadh 30 bliadhna de Cheòl Tradiseanta aig Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba
Seonag is Mairead a' comharrachadh 30 bliadhna de Cheòl Traidiseanta aig an RCS.
18 Jun 2026,·120 mins
Talulah yn cyflwyno
Dewis eclectig o gerddoriaeth gyda Talulah yn sedd Georgia Ruth.
16 Jun 2026,·118 mins
còmhla ri Eòghann MacEunraig
Eòghann le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba.
14 Jun 2026,·87 mins
12/06/2026
Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha i feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil.
12 Jun 2026,·117 mins
22/05/2026
Music and chat with artists performing at this year's Orkney Folk Festival.
22 May 2026,·60 mins
with Ewen Henderson
Ewen Henderson presents the best in pipe music from Scotland and around the world.
30 May 2026,·55 mins
Indigenous Voices of the Americas
Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC
21 Oct 2024,·15 mins
Sreath 1, Eapasod 14
Prògram de cheòl Ceilteach ùr nòsach à Alba is Èirinn le Joy Dunlop agus Dónall MacRuairí.
18 Feb 2026,·57 mins
Out of the Shadows
Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
10 Sep 2023,·30 mins
55: Òran le Calum agus Ruairidh Dòmhnallach
Blas den fharsaingeachd de dh'òrain ùra a chaidh a sgrìobhadh bho thoiseach na linne seo.
16 Feb 2026,·5 mins
Folk singer Martin Carthy examines the rise and fall of Ewan MacColl's Critics Group.
03 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Laura Barton tracks down the legendary lost figure of British folk music, Nic Jones.
06 Aug 2013,·30 mins
Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.
23 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.
24 Apr 2012,·30 mins
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 mins
A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
14 Mar 2019,·28 mins
