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The finest folk and acoustic music

Folk and acoustic sounds from Britain and beyond.

Folk and acoustic sounds from Britain and beyond.

With new sounds from Niall McCabe, Punch Brothers and Stornoway, and classics by Paul Simon, Sweeney's Men and Five Hand Reel.

Plus tracks by Sam Lee and Jim Ghedi, and songs on a 'wall' theme by Anaïs Mitchell and Amy Leach & Alasdair Paul.

Produced by Pomona Audio in Salford for BBC Radio 2.

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57 minutes

Last on

Wednesday21:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Paul Simon

    St. Judy's Comet

    • Columbia.

  • Siobhan Miller

    What You Do With What You've Got

    • Songprint Recordings.

  • Sam Lee

    Meeting is a Pleasant Place

    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Hedera

    Sterretjie

  • Niall McCabe

    The Heart Remembers

  • Five Hand Reel

    The Cruel Brother

    • RCA.

  • Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon

    The Future

    • Appalseed Productions.

  • Amy Leach & Alasdair Paul

    Stone and Lime Wall

  • Anaïs Mitchell

    Why We Build The Wall

    • Wilderland Records.

  • Sweeney’s Men

    Rattlin' Roarin' Willie

    • Transatlantic Records.

  • Punch Brothers

    New Bike

    • Nonesuch Records.

  • Jim Ghedi

    Old Stones

    • Basin Rock.

  • Stornoway

    Marco Polo

Broadcast

  • Wednesday21:00
    BBC Radio 2