Whitby Folk Week 2016
An audio postcard from Whitby Folk Week, held on the north Yorkshire coast for 51 years. With live music and interviews recorded around the historic port.
An audio postcard from Whitby Folk Week, with live music and special guests.
Whitby Folk Week has been a key fixture on the English folk calendar for 51 years. On this week's Folk Show, Mark explores the historic North Yorkshire port, recording live music and conversations with this year's artists.
Mark finds Northumbrian concertina legend Alistair Anderson among the ruins of Whitby Abbey, where Bram Stoker had Dracula come ashore in his 1897 novel.
Teesside brothers The Wilson Family sing a shanty onboard a replica of Captain Cook's ship HMS Endeavour, which was built in Whitby in 1764.
Irish traveller singer Thomas McCarthy, singer-songwriter Boo Hewerdine and upcoming English group The Dovetail Trio also perform live.
Six miles down the coast in Robin Hood's Bay, Mark meets up with Marry Waterson - daughter of Lal Waterson and niece of both Norma Waterson and Mike Waterson - who sings in the beautiful, disused, Old St. Stephen's Church.
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Marry Waterson - Ginger Brown & Apple Green
Duration: 02:04
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The Wilson Family - The Bay of Mexico
Duration: 02:05
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Thomas McCarthy - The Doting Old Man
Duration: 03:21
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Alistair Anderson - Tunes at Whitby Abbey
Duration: 03:42
Music Played
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Steve Tilston
The Fisher Lad of Whitby
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The Wilson Family
The Bay of Mexico
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The Dovetail Trio
Oak Tree Carol
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Boo Hewerdine
The Man That I Am
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Marry Waterson
Ginger Brown & Apple Green
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Gavin Davenport
The Whitby Lad
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Thomas McCarthy
The Doting Old Man
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Alistair Anderson
Lindisfarne Horizon / The Road to the North / 93 Not Out
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Dave Burland
Wild Mountain Thyme
Broadcast
- Wed 31 Aug 2016 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2