Three hours of musical highlights and interviews from the 2010 Cambridge Folk Festival, presented by Mark Radcliffe, Stuart Maconie and Mike Harding.
Mark Radcliffe, Stuart Maconie and Mike Harding present three hours of musical highlights, interviews and backstage shenanigans from the 2010 Cambridge Folk Festival. Seasick Steve, Natalie Merchant, Imelda May, Fisherman's Friends, The Unthanks and Kris Kristofferson will be amongst the guests and there will be live performances from them, and many more artists appearing at the festival, over the weekend (29 July to 1 August).
California-born, Norway-based "song and dance man" Seasick Steve has won the hearts of British music fans since breaking through in 2003/4. His captivating brand of fiery blues and the backstory of his itinerant youth make him an unmissable proposition.
Co-headliner Natalie Merchant rose to fame as the singer in eighties alt. rock band 10,000 Maniacs before pursuing an acclaimed solo career from 1993 and focusing on folk material in the early 2000s. Her latest album, Leave Your Sleep, is an expansive double LP of classic children's poetry set to music, including celtic and American old-timey influences.
Cornish shanty choir Fisherman's Friends have had a remarkable year, having signed a major label record deal and stormed the album charts at number 9 - making Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends the highest charting album of traditional music ever. Most of the 10 members retain day jobs with the H M Coast Guard and the RNLI.
Dublin rockabilly singer Imelda May was the surprise sensation of last year's festival and is hoping to repeat the feat in the company of County Clare melodeon star Sharon Shannon.
The Unthanks - formerly known as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - have won critical acclaim and the adoration of music fans around the country for their raw and atmospheric versions of traditional songs, mostly drawn from their Northumbrian heritage. A Nationwide Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2008 was a boost to both their and the wider British folk scene's mainstream profile.
Over more than 40 years the Cambridge Folk Festival has earned its place as one of Europe's major folk festivals, hosting the world's biggest and best names from celtic, country, roots, reggae, zydeco, rock music and beyond.
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Salsa Celtica
El Agua de la Vida
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Show of Hands
Now You Know
- Live performance.
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The Fisherman’s Friends
Sloop John B
- Live performance.
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The Fisherman’s Friends
South Australia
- Live performance.
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Kathy Mattea
Where've You Been
- Live performance.
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Julie Fowlis
Hug air a'Bhonaid Mhoir
- Live performance.
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine
- Live performance.
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The Unthanks
Testimony of Patience Kershaw
- Live performance.
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The Quebe Sisters
Yearning
- Live performance.
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Imelda May & The Sharon Shannon Band
Smotherin' Me
- Live performance.
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Breabach
Good Drying
- Live performance.
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Sam Carter
Here In The Ground
- Live performance.
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Seasick Steve
Party
- Live performance.
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The Burns Unit
Send Them Kids To War
- Live performance.
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The Imagined Village
The Handweaver And The Factory Maid
- Live performance.
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Natalie Merchant
If No One Ever Marries Me
- Live performance.
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Natalie Merchant
Adventures Of Isabel
- Live performance.
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Rokia TraorΓ© - Dianguina
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Dervish
John Blessings
- Live performance.
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Seth Lakeman
Poor Man's Heaven
- Live performance.
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Seth Lakeman
See Them Dance
- Live performance.
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Oops!... I Did It Again
- Live performance.
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Limehouse Blues
- Live performance.
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Lissie
When I'm Alone
- Live performance.
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Stornoway
Zorbing
- Live performance.
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Sourwood Mountain
- Live performance.
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Kris Kristofferson
Best Of All Possible Worlds
- Live performance.
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Kris Kristofferson
For The Good Times
- Live performance.
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The Unusual Suspects
Under The Influence
- Live performance.
Broadcast
- Wed 4 Aug 2010 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2