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Icons: Folk
Mark presents an hour of tracks by iconic folk artists.
14 Oct 2026,·57 mins
Highlights from the Young Trad Semi-Finals
Anna shares highlights from the BBC RS Young Traditional Musician of the Year semi-final.
08 Oct 2026,·115 mins
Leonard Brown Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor.
10 Oct 2026,·115 mins
09/10/2026
Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha i feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil.
09 Oct 2026,·117 mins
11/10/2026
The best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond with Tim Walker.
11 Oct 2026,·180 mins
10/10/2026
Folk and traditional music from Ireland and beyond. Presented by Neil Martin.
10 Oct 2026,·117 mins
Frank Celebrates Folk Duos
Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
11 Oct 2026,·120 mins
with Mìcheal Steele
The best in pipe music from Scotland and around the world.
10 Oct 2026,·55 mins
Beth Celyn - Bardd y Mis
Bardd y Mis, Beth Celyn, sy'n rhannu cerdd ac yn dewis caneuon.
06 Oct 2026,·118 mins
Le Mìcheal Steele
Mìcheal Steele le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba.
11 Oct 2026,·87 mins
27/09/2026
The best in pipe band music from Northern Ireland and beyond.
27 Sep 2026,·30 mins
còmhla ri Mairead NicIllInnein
Ceòl Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse.
12 Oct 2026,·120 mins
Indigenous Voices of the Americas
Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC
21 Oct 2024,·15 mins
05/10/2026
Lightsome chat and tunes from Claire White and guests.
05 Oct 2026,·60 mins
Out of the Shadows
Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
10 Sep 2023,·30 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
Laura Barton tracks down the legendary lost figure of British folk music, Nic Jones.
06 Aug 2013,·30 mins
Cuirm-chiùil bho thalla ùr Chnoc Soilleir a' toirt urram do Rona Lightfoot aig 90.
04 Sep 2026,·120 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
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
14 Mar 2019,·28 mins
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 mins
