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Radio 2's Folk Favourites 2020

Mark Radcliffe celebrates the joys that folk music gave us in a tough year. No genre endures quite like folk music, and this two-hour special is a selection-box of 2020 highlights.

Mark Radcliffe celebrates the joys that folk music gave us in a tough year.

Brilliant new albums and remote collaborations were among the happy moments in a time of adversity for the scene. Live music as we knew it largely shut down, giving rise to socially-distanced concerts, drive-in gigs and festivals streamed into our living rooms.

No genre endures quite like folk music, and this two-hour special is a selection-box of 2020 highlights chosen by fans, artists, guests, and Mark himself.

In this special programme, Mark is joined by friends including Scottish singer and musician Julie Fowlis, and the organiser of the Folk On Foot Festivals: Matthew Bannister. Radio 2's Folk Singer of the Year in 2019, RΓ­oghnach Connolly, joins from Armagh.

Bellowhead members Jon Boden and John Spiers will talk about the band's anticipated online reunion, and there will be live music including from Laura Marling, Simpson Cutting Kerr and Bellowhead themselves.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 25 Nov 2020 19:00
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Music Played

  • Bellowhead

    New York Girls (Live)

  • Julie Fowlis, Γ‰amon Doorley, ZoΓ« Conway, John Mc Intyre & Rodrigo y Gabriela

    Fire Faire MhΓ²rag / The Tartar Frigate

  • Sam Lee

    The Moon Shines Bright (feat. Elizabeth Fraser)

    • Old Wow.
    • The Moon Shines Bright.

  • Sarah Jarosz

    Johnny (Live)

  • Bob Dylan

    I Contain Multitudes

  • Laura Marling

    Daisy (Live at The Proms 2020)

  • Bellowhead

    Parson's Farewell (Live)

  • Yusuf / Cat Stevens

    Where Do The Children Play (Live)

  • Salt House

    Fire Light

    • Huam.

  • Johnny Flynn

    Queen Bee

    • EMMA. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

  • Simpson Cutting Kerr

    Dark Swift & Bright Swallow (Live)

  • Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

    When I Get To The Border

    • Hard Luck Stories 1972-1982.

  • Bwncath

    Aberdaron

    • Bwncath II.

  • Stick in the Wheel

    Budg & Snudg

    • Hold Fast.

  • Gillian Welch

    Valley Of Tears

    • Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1.

  • Ninebarrow (with Hart Voices and The Chantry Singers)

    The Hour Of The Blackbird

  • The Breath

    Let the Cards Fall

    • Let the Cards Fall.

  • Shirley Collins

    Sweet Greens and Blues

    • Heart's Ease.

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Nov 2020 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2