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Flo Perlin session, Norma Waterson tribute, and 21st Century Folk

The best folk music. Mark pays tribute to the late Norma Waterson, upcoming London-based songwriter Flo Perlin sings live, and there's news about 21st Century Folk.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, there's a focus on songs about real people, as Mark shares details of Radio 2's 21st Century Folk, in which five listeners from the North East of England will have songs written about their lives.

We pay tribute to the late Norma Waterson, who has died at the age of 82. With The Watersons, Waterson:Carthy and in the Gift Band with her daughter Eliza Carthy, Norma will be remembered as one of the great folk voices of her time.

Flo Perlin sings live. Flo, whose inspirations include her Jewish Iraqi and Belarusian heritage, released her second album, Characters, in 2021.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 9 Feb 2022 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Norma Waterson

    There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears

    • Norma Waterson.

  • O'Hooley & Tidow

    Gentleman Jack

    • The Fragile.
    • No-Masters.

  • Flo Perlin

    Slowly Unfold (Radio 2 Folk Show session)

  • Bob Fox

    Shoals of Herring

    • Borrowed Moments.

  • The Watersons

    Three Pretty Maidens

  • Waterson:Carthy

    May Song

    • Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man.

  • Flo Perlin

    Hold Up Your Head Child (Radio 2 Folk Show session)

  • Flo Perlin

    Baghdad (Radio 2 Folk Show session)

  • The Young'uns

    Ghafoor's Bus

    • Strangers.

  • Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson

    Bonaparte's Lament

    • Gift.

  • The Magpies

    Colin's Set

    • Single.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Feb 2022 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2