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Skiffle Fever! With Billy Bragg
Mark revisits the 'skiffle boom' that inspired countless musicians to discover folk music.
14 Jan 2026,·57 mins
The Liam Stewart Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor.
17 Jan 2026,·115 mins
Ellie Beaton in Session
Anna Massie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.
15 Jan 2026,·115 mins
17/01/2026
Folk and traditional music from Ireland and beyond. Presented by Neil Martin.
17 Jan 2026,·117 mins
18/01/2026
The best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond with Tim Walker.
18 Jan 2026,·180 mins
Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
18 Jan 2026,·120 mins
with Ewen Henderson
Ewen Henderson presents the best in pipe music from Scotland and around the world.
17 Jan 2026,·55 mins
19/01/2026
Ceòl Gàidhealach 's Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse gach feasgar.
19 Jan 2026,·110 mins
23/12/2025
Roddy's review of the best music of 2025.
23 Dec 2025,·115 mins
16/01/2026
Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha i feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil.
16 Jan 2026,·117 mins
còmhla ri Eòghann MacEunraig
Eòghann le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba.
18 Jan 2026,·87 mins
còmhla ri Linda NicLeòid
Tha Linda NicLeòid gar cuir ann an sunnd le taghadh de dh'òrain agus ceòl traidiseanta.
19 Jan 2026,·117 mins
14/01/2026
Prògram de cheòl Ceilteach ùr nòsach à Alba is Èirinn le Joy Dunlop agus Dónall MacRuairí.
31/12/2025
Scottish Dance music with the Dashing White Farmer, Liam Muir.
31 Dec 2025,·60 mins
12/01/2026
Listen to Steve Davidson and Gary Peterson and their choice of folk music.
12 Jan 2026,·60 mins
Beti George yn dewis caneuon ac yn trafod ei chariad tuag at gerddoriaeth
Dewis eclectig o gerddoriaeth o gasgliad Georgia Ruth.
13 Jan 2026,·118 mins
le Mairead NicIllinnein
Prògram sònraichte làn ceòl bho cuid a bhios a-nochdadh aig Celtic Connections 2026.
17 Jan 2026,·57 mins
48. Nuair Thigeas an Oidhch' le Isla Scott
Blas den fharsaingeachd de dh'òrain ùra a chaidh a sgrìobhadh bho thoiseach na linne seo.
19 Jan 2026,·10 mins
Lightsome chat and tunes from Claire White and guests.
19 Jan 2026,·60 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
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
A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
14 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Cèilidh na Bliadhn’ Ùire, beò à Glaschu. Cèilidh na Bliadhn’ Ùire, live from Glasgow.
31 Dec 2025,·120 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
Deagh chèilidh Hearach san Òb a' comharrachadh Criosaidh Nic a' Phiocair aig 70.
25 Dec 2024,·120 mins
