Manchester Folk Festival
Jon Boden, Alistair Anderson & Northlands, Georgia Lewis and Jennifer Reid play live ahead of the inaugural Manchester Folk Festival.
In a special edition of the programme, a host of English folk acts play live, ahead of the inaugural Manchester Folk Festival.
Two acts are live in our Salford studio. Former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden performs songs from his new solo album, Afterglow, backed by a string quartet. Northumbrian concertina legend Alistair Anderson performs North Eastern music with his new band, Northlands.
There are also live performances from upcoming singer Georgia Lewis and Manchester's 'broadside balladress' Jennifer Reid, recorded near the hub of the festival: the Manchester arts venue HOME.
Also this week, leading authority on English traditional music, Steve Roud, gives us a pocket-sized guide to English folk songs.
Manchester Folk Festival and its sister event, the English Folk Expo, are taking place from Thursday 19 October to Sunday 22 October 2017, with gigs happening in venues including HOME, Gorilla, O2 Ritz, and the Anthony Burgess Foundation.
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Jon Boden - Fires of Midnight
Duration: 05:57
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Georgia Lewis - Gypsies
Duration: 04:12
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Jennifer Reid - Pomona
Duration: 03:12
Music Played
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Kings of the South Seas
Eight Bells
- Kings of the South Seas.
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Alistair Anderson & Northlands
The Snow It Melts The Soonest (Live)
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Alistair Anderson & Northlands
Iain Macphail's Compliments to Chrissie Leatham/Cooper of Stannerton Heugh/One-Horned Sheep (Live)
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Georgia Lewis
Gypsies
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Dave Hillery
Forty Miles
- Harry Boardman & Dave Hillery - Trans Pennine.
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Jon Boden
All The Stars Are Coming Out Tonight (Live)
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Jon Boden
Fires of Midnight (Live)
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Afro Celt Sound System
Honey Bee
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Stick in the Wheel
Over Again
- Follow Them True.
Broadcast
- Wed 18 Oct 2017 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2