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Time, traditions and trees
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.
29 Apr 2026,·57 mins
Ian Smith and his Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor.
02 May 2026,·115 mins
Beltane
On the eve of May Day, Anna has a Beltane-themed playlist.
30 Apr 2026,·115 mins
The McKenna Family in Session
Music and chat from the McKenna Family; the seven sibling ensemble join Neil in studio.
02 May 2026,·117 mins
26/04/2026
The best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond with Tim Walker.
26 Apr 2026,·180 mins
With Mìcheal Steele
Mìcheal Steele presents the best in pipe music from Scotland and around the world.
02 May 2026,·55 mins
còmhla ri Seonag Monk
Ceòl Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse.
01 May 2026,·120 mins
Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
26 Apr 2026,·120 mins
01/05/2026
Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha i feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil.
01 May 2026,·117 mins
còmhla ri Mìcheal Steele
Mìcheal le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba.
03 May 2026,·87 mins
Sreath 1, Eapasod 11
Prògram de cheòl Ceilteach ùr nòsach à Alba is Èirinn le Joy Dunlop agus Dónall MacRuairí.
28 Jan 2026,·57 mins
Indigenous Voices of the Americas
Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC
21 Oct 2024,·15 mins
Out of the Shadows
Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
10 Sep 2023,·30 mins
le Mairead NicIllinnein
Cluinnear cuid den cheòl a tha air nochdadh air a' phrògram thairis air na bliadhnaichean.
25 Apr 2026,·57 mins
Elin a Carys
Y chwiorydd o Faldwyn, Elin a Carys, ydi gwesteion Georgia wrth ryddhau eu EP cyntaf.
28 Apr 2026,·118 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
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 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
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
14 Mar 2019,·28 mins
