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The finest folk and acoustic music
Folk and acoustic sounds from Britain and beyond.
13 May 2026,·57 mins
Sir David Attenborough and the Sounds of Nature
Celebrating the sounds of nature in honour of Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday.
14 May 2026,·115 mins
Still Waters and Restless Rivers
Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
10 May 2026,·120 mins
Folklore and changing seasons are celebrated
Bright music and Celtic folklore explored; a feeling of spring is in the air on Folk Club.
09 May 2026,·117 mins
Gordon Pattullo and his Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor.
09 May 2026,·115 mins
George Smith sits in (10/05/2026)
The best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond with George Smith.
10 May 2026,·180 mins
15/05/2026
Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha i feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil.
15 May 2026,·117 mins
còmhla ri Mìcheal Steele
Mìcheal le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba.
10 May 2026,·87 mins
còmhla ri Seonag Monk
Ceòl Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse.
15 May 2026,·120 mins
With Mìcheal Steele
Mìcheal Steele presents the best in pipe music from Scotland and around the world.
09 May 2026,·55 mins
Ffenest a Cerys Hafana
Ben a George o Ffenest yn sgwrsio wrth ryddhau albym cynta'r band - Emynau Anghyflawn
12 May 2026,·118 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
Sreath 1, Eapasod 13
Prògram de cheòl Ceilteach ùr nòsach à Alba is Èirinn le Joy Dunlop agus Dónall MacRuairí.
11 Feb 2026,·57 mins
le Mairead NicIllinnein
Cluinnear cuid den cheòl a tha air nochdadh air a' phrògram thairis air na bliadhnaichean.
25 Apr 2026,·57 mins
taghadh de na h-òrain ùr air an àrd ùrlar.
Òrain ùra sa Ghàidhlig bho thoiseach na linne air an comharrachadh aig Celtic Connections.
04 May 2026,·110 mins
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 mins
Folk singer Martin Carthy examines the rise and fall of Ewan MacColl's Critics Group.
03 Jan 2012,·30 mins
A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
14 Mar 2019,·28 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
