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Acoustic music of all kinds

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, Mark highlights some of the many folk festivals happening around the UK, says happy 85th birthday to Martin Carthy, and remembers a private audience with Paul McCartney.

Plus, new releases from Mama's Broke, Gary Stewart and Juniper.

Produced by Pomona Audio in Salford for BBC Radio 2.

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Music Played

  • Gnoss

    Three Shores

  • Martin Carthy

    I Sowed Some Seeds

    • Topic Records.

  • Joan Shelley

    Everybody

    • No Quarter Records.

  • The Beatles

    Blackbird

    • Apple.

  • Katherine Priddy

    Sirius

    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Shirley Collins

    Cambridgeshire May Carol

    • Topic Records.

  • Barry Kerr

    Lullaby For a Lost Child (feat. Pauline Scanlon)

  • Peat & Diesel

    Loch Maree Islands

  • The Eighteenth Day of May

    Cold Early Morning

    • Circuitry.

  • Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick

    Bows of London

    • Topic Records.

  • Mama's Broke

    Heaven

  • Gary Stewart

    Ferris Wheel

  • Juniper

    Halfway Home

Broadcast

  • Yesterday21:00
    BBC Radio 2