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Absolute Lilt and music from the Fleadh Cheoil in Belfast
Mark chats to Irish duo Absolute Lilt and samples a live concert at Belfast's Ulster Hall.
05 Aug 2026,·57 mins
Kim Carnie sits in
Kim Carnie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.
06 Aug 2026,·115 mins
Ron Kerr Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor.
01 Aug 2026,·90 mins
The Road to the Fleadh, Part 2
Neil Martin takes us through 75 Years on the sesh.
01 Aug 2026,·117 mins
còmhla ri Seonag Monk
Ceòl Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse.
07 Aug 2026,·120 mins
02/08/2026
The best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond with Tim Walker.
02 Aug 2026,·180 mins
Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
02 Aug 2026,·120 mins
07/08/2026
Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha i feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil.
07 Aug 2026,·117 mins
còmhla ri Eòghann MacEunraig
Eòghann le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba bho Stuart Liddell, Alan Bevan agus Kathryn Tickell.
02 Aug 2026,·87 mins
with Ewen Henderson
The best in pipe music from Scotland and around the world.
01 Aug 2026,·55 mins
Indigenous Voices of the Americas
Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC
21 Oct 2024,·15 mins
Out of the Shadows
Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
10 Sep 2023,·30 mins
Tonnau - dod i adnabod y grwp newydd cyn chware'u sengl newydd sbon.
Cyfle i glywed sengl gyntaf Tonnau. Hefyd set fyw gan Mellt, wedi'i recordio yn Aberteifi
28 Jul 2026,·118 mins
55: Òran le Calum agus Ruairidh Dòmhnallach
Blas den fharsaingeachd de dh'òrain ùra a chaidh a sgrìobhadh bho thoiseach na linne seo.
16 Feb 2026,·5 mins
A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
14 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Laura Barton tracks down the legendary lost figure of British folk music, Nic Jones.
06 Aug 2013,·30 mins
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 mins
Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.
23 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.
24 Apr 2012,·30 mins
Folk singer Martin Carthy examines the rise and fall of Ewan MacColl's Critics Group.
03 Jan 2012,·30 mins
