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Commonwealth of Folk

Mark Radcliffe celebrates roots music from around the Commonwealth, ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Guests representing folk music overseas perform live sessions.

Mark Radcliffe celebrates roots music from around the Commonwealth, ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

In a two-hour special, Mark plays music that connects the UK with Australia, Canada, India, Pakistan and Jamaica.

His session guests include Australian duo, The Weeping Willows, who swing by Mark's Salford studio, and Canadian duo Mama's Broke who sing in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Glen Latouche, Tee Carthy and Elston McKenzie from folk-reggae band Edward II perform Jamaican mento songs in Manchester's Band on the Wall venue. The musicians from Manchester's Caribbean community look ahead to the 60th anniversary of Jamaican independence.

Percussion master and bandleader Johnny Kalsi (The Dhol Foundation) performs songs for the South Asian diaspora alongside Show of Hands' Steve Knightley and friends.

Birmingham native Jon Wilks talks about the city's folk scene, then and now.

Plus a melting-pot of music from around the Commonwealth.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Jul 2022 20:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Jolly Boys

    The Passenger

  • Joni Mitchell

    All I Want

  • Johnny Kalsi & Steve Knightley

    Mother Tongue (feat. Shahid Khan)

  • Johnny Kalsi & Steve Knightley

    The Train (feat. Harjinder Bhambra)

  • Bush Gothic

    True Blue

  • Sultans of String

    Enter The Gate (feat. Anwar Khurshid)

  • Mama's Broke

    How It Ends

  • Mama's Broke

    Just Pick One

  • Gasper Nali

    Ndadabwa Ndi Zimene Mukupanga

  • Charm of Finches

    Fish In The Sea

  • Stan Rogers

    Fogarty's Cove

  • The Weeping Willows

    Wheels Won't Roll

  • The Weeping Willows

    Travellin' Man

  • Calypso Rose

    Watina (feat. Carlos Santana & The Garifuna Collective)

  • Ian Campbell Folk Group

    Down in the Coalmine

  • Jon Wilks

    I Can't Find Brummagem

  • Maria Dunn

    Joyful Banner Blazing

  • Edward II

    Linstead Market

  • Edward II

    Shake My Papaya Down

  • Emily Barker

    Bound For Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ (feat. Frank Turner)

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Jul 2022 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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