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Acoustic music of all kinds

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, we hear a folk song by the late Dolly Parton and stay in America's southern states for a new track by Rhiannon Giddens.

Gritty sounds come from County Waterford brothers The Wran and London folk-rock band Crumbling Ghost. At the other end of the spectrum, Chris Avery's gentle Welsh folk-jazz inspires a segue with Nick Drake.

Mark also plays two atmospheric recordings made in churches by Andrew Rumsey and Susanne Sundfør.

Plus Bob Fox & Stu Luckley, Levellers, Gráinne Hunt and more.

Produced in Salford by Pomona Audio for BBC Radio 2.

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57 minutes

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Wednesday21:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Levellers

    The Road

    • Levelling The Land.
    • China Records.

  • Gráinne Hunt

    Magnets

  • Dolly Parton

    Silver Dagger

    • The Grass Is Blue.
    • Sugar Hill Records.

  • Chris Avery

    Y Gwŷdd

    • Korwrgog.

  • Nick Drake

    One of These Things First

    • Bryter Layter.
    • Island Records.

  • The Wran

    The Limerick Rake

    • The Stone Man.
    • Déise Records.

  • Crumbling Ghost

    Lovely Joan

    • Four.
    • New Heavy Sounds.

  • Bob Fox & Stu Luckley

    Sally Gee

    • Wish We Never Had Parted.

  • Rhiannon Giddens

    Freight Train

    • Hope Is The Thing With Feathers.
    • Nonesuch Records.

  • Pons Aelius

    Yrsnö

    • Captain Glen's Comfort.

  • Andrew Rumsey

    It'll Come To Me

    • Evensongs.
    • Gare du Nord Records.

  • Susanne Sundfør & Kit Downes

    I It Am

    • Revelations of Divine Love.
    • Bella Union.

  • Niteworks

    John Riley (feat. Beth Malcolm)

    • A' Ghrian.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday21:00
    BBC Radio 2