Rising Up - Peterloo 2019
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.
Mark previews the 2019 Folk Awards, and a project marking 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre.
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.
This week, Mark looks ahead to the 20th annual Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 Folk Awards, which takes place on Wednesday 16 October at the Bridgewater Hall as part of the Manchester Folk Festival.
Mark also speaks to two members of the new project Rising Up - Peterloo 2019. Commissioned by Manchester Folk Festival, the show is written by Debs Newbold with songs by Sean Cooney from The Young'uns.
Musicians Sam Carter (False Lights), Lucy Farrell (The Furrow Collective) and Jim Molyneux (4Square) are also among the cast. Debs and Jim join Mark to chat about the show and share music from it.
Rising Up - Peterloo 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, which happened in Manchester close to the present-day Bridgewater Hall. It draws parallels between struggles of the past and present.
At St. Peter's Field, Manchester, in 1819, armed cavalry charged at peaceful protesters who had gathered to call for fair pay for textile weavers and much-needed voting reform. Eighteen people (including children) were killed and 400-700 were injured.
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Ralph McTell
Lost Boys
- Red Sky.
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Jesca Hoop
Red White and Black
- Stonechild.
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Altan
SeΓ΅n sa Cheo / Tuar / OΓche FheidhmiΓΊil (A Spirited Night)
- The Gap of Dreams.
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Luke Daniels
The Weed The Wood and The Wagg
- Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies.
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Maddy Prior & June Tabor
Four Loom Weaver
- Silly Sisters.
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Sam Carter & The Cast of Rising Up
The Road To Peter's Field
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4Square
Dosketchup
- Fuel.
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Jon Boden
All Hang Down
- Rose In June.
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Kinnaris Quintet
Saltspring Overture / Saltspring
- Free One.
Broadcast
- Wed 9 Oct 2019 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2