Bluesky

Just back from #Hadestown in #ldnont. After listening to the music for over a decade (thanks @nhpr.org #FolkShow), it was amazing to finally see it all together. Through her music, @anaismitchell.bsky.social has created such a beautiful & touching story. The touring cast & musicians were amazing!

The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe - Frankie Archer plays live - BBC Sounds The best folk and acoustic music, with Northumbrian electro-folk singer Frankie Archer.

If you missed Frankie Archer live in session on the BBC Radio 2 #folkshow with Mark Radcliffe last night, you can listen now via the link below..

All dates for Frankie's hotly-anticipated Autumn tour are now on-sale. Make sure you've got yours!

#livemusic #electrofolk #bookingagency

WALKABOUTSVERSE 106 OF 230 Poem 106 of 230:  TESTING 4,3,2,1 I’ve tried to learn to sing a song Well enough to let a singer Know the way I found to sing My lyric...

#music Re the BBC (very Americanised) #FolkShow 17/9/2025, good that Robert Plant has found folk but he could surely do better when it comes to the English tradition; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, re my #songs, "Testing 4,3,2,1" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/02/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 76 OF 230 Poem 76 of 230:  LAND RIGHTS If there is a good thing,     From the Second World War, It’s that most peoples learnt     To conquer l...

Re "This Land is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie) on #FolkShow 27/8/2025, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "Land Rights" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 134 OF 230 Poem 134 of 230:  RAWTENSTALL - SPRING 2001 A whistle’s “we are off” scream,     Plus the sight and sound of steam Against a stone tunn...

Re BBC #FolkShow & Radio 2's 21st Century Folk, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on a steam-train journey to "Rawtenstall" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/11/poem...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 209 OF 230 Poem 209 of 230:  PEOPLE LOSE Where, through modern views,         T r a d i t i o n s   f a l l -               Watch the news -       ...

#FolkShow #Glastonbury Are there any English folk acts at #Glastonbury2025, in ENGLAND, or is every one either American or an Americanised idiot - performing pop, rock &/or (c)rap? My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on loss of traditional cultures "People Lose" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/12/walk...

Thanks to everyone who got in touch to let us know you enjoyed hearing us on the BBC Radio 2 #folkshow If you hear us on the radio, let the broadcaster playing our music know you enjoyed it. it makes a difference them knowing that you appreciate their choices & that you like hearing us!!
Thanks
MHx

WALKABOUTSVERSE 213 OF 230 Poem 213 of 230:  MORE AMOR PATRIAE There is tai chi and there is tennis,     Line is fine but so is Morris, There is curry and ther...

Re #BBC #FolkShow 7/5/2025, singer Muireann Bradley copies American culture, instead of sticking to her own good Irish culture, & Mark Radcliffe says "love what you are doing"?! My WalkaboutsVerse #poem "More Amor Patriae" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/walk...

Tune in to the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show at 9pm tonight to hear the debut play of "Could You Be the One?" I wrote this song at the kitchen table in the days before Christmas last year, dreaming already of the springtime warmth that seems to have arrived this week right on cue.

#folkshow #bbc #radio2

Wishing you all a spectacular spring equinox from Travelodge Didsbury!! Oh the good life 😆.. seriously me @gerrydiver had an absolute ball playing LIVE & chatting to @themarkrad on @BBCRadio2 #FolkShow last night…listen again:- bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe - Reg Meuross and The Who's Pete Townshend - BBC Sounds The best folk music. Reg Meuross and The Who's Pete Townshend chat about Woody Guthrie.

Delighted to have ‘Lady & the Sailor’ from my new album played on BBC Radio 2 last night. Thanks Mark Radcliffe #folkshow www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe - Acoustic music of all kinds - BBC Sounds The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

A lovely spin of me & @gerrydiver.bsky.social's Train Song on
@bbcradio2.bsky.social #FolkShow last nite. Mark Radcliffe, said "....a beautiful picture of how Britain looks and feels seen from a train. It's a spoken word curiosity at first and it totally sucks you in"♥️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe - Acoustic music of all kinds - BBC Sounds The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

A lovely spin of our new single,Train Song, on @BBCRadio2 #FolkShow last nite. Host, Mark Radcliffe, said "....a beautiful picture of how Britain looks and feels seen from a train. It's a spoken word curiosity at first and it totally sucks you in" ♥️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe - Irish trad stars Altan play live - BBC Sounds Acoustic music, with Irish traditional band Altan in the studio.

Thanks Mark Radcliffe for giving 'Woody Come Home' from Fire & Dust: A Woody Guthrie Story its première on Radio2 #FolkShow, and for plugging the album release on March 14.

Well deserved mention @marionfleetwood.bsky.social (listen at 46:43)

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Joyful, stomping session from #Altan on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social #FolkShow @marcrileydj.bsky.social reminding of 5 yr old me trying to keep up with my mum and my aunties dancing in our front room

Thanks @bbcradio2 #FolkShow for the first play last night of An Fáinne Bán, from our upcoming album Allt II: Cuimhne 😍 composed by Zoe Conway 🎻 💫

You can pre-order the album here www.juliefowlis.com/product/allt...

#fiddle #violin #folk #folkmusic #irish #scottish #trad #chamberfolk #gaelic

Hallo and sharing a wee announcement from the snowy Highlands this morn 📣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️ #overexcited #music #newmusic #scotland #singer #FolkShow @bbcradio2.bsky.social @markradcliffe.bsky.social