This week’s Folk Show features a rich offering of British and Irish folk music. Throughout are a number of recordings from Topic Records’ widely-acclaimed and seminal traditional British folk music series Voice of the People.

Bringing you the best folk music, this week’s Folk Show features Jake Blount, Gadarene, John Francis Flynn, Clare Sands, Iona Lane, The Bonny Men, Jim Ghedi, Cynefin, Jenny McCormick, Varo, Anna & Elizabeth, TRÚ, Alasdair Roberts, Joshua Burnell, Monster Ceilidh Band and The Imagined Village.

In our latest Lost in Transmission mix we go Globetrotting – We head to France, Trinidad, Jamaica, Ghana, Malawi, Colombia taking in The Pioneers, Honny and the Bees Band, Meridian Brothers, Dennis Alcapone and lots more. From the 1970s to modern day.

Featuring: Rachel Sermanni, Chris Fox, Gene Clark, Jason McNiff, Miraculous Mule, Puuluup, LYRE LYRE, Angeline Morrison, Kim Carnie, The Fureys, Damien O’Kane & Ron Block, Bella Hardy, Hannah Rarity, Leyla McCalla.

Featuring Alabaster Deplume, Buffalo Nichols, Valerie June, Ben LaMar Gay, Tasha, Sirocco, Makaya McCraven, Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin, Kikagaku Moyo, Puuluup, Tiny Leaves, Diana Darby, Cactus Lee, and Jay Bolotin.

The ripest of fruits picked from the hedgerows of time…United Bible Studies, Dick Gaughan, The Young Tradition, The Owl Service, Georgia Lewis, Hannah James, Stick in the Wheel, Lal Waterson, Martin Carthy, The Brothers Briggs, Archie Fisher, Lisa Knapp and more.

Featuring Valerie June, Michael Kiwanuka, Curtis Harding, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, Tasha, Bettye Swann, Sabine McCalla, Angeline Morrison, Sunny War, Lady Nade, Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi, Buffalo Nichols, Benjamin Clementine, Kaia Kater, The Ebony Hillbillies and Tré Burt.

Featuring Oren Ambarchi, Sessa, Nathan Salsburg, Makaya McCraven, Revelators Sound System, Alabaster Deplume, Ben LaMar Gay, Guido Möbius, Theo Angell, Joseph Allred, Majid Bekkas, Scrimshire, Pelt, Satomimagae, Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey.

Listen to our latest Folk Show featuring new music from Mama’s Broke, Hannah Read & Michael Starkey, Pharis & Jason Romero, Rachel Baiman & Kris Drever, Kinnaris Quintet, Ye Vagabonds, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Leyla McCalla and lots more.

Featuring Charley Crockett, Marlon Williams, Nina Simone, The Railsplitters, Angel Olsen, Sunny War, Molly Tuttle, Shakey Graves, Edward Sharpe, Sufjan Stevens, Abigail Lapell, Tia Blake, Micah P Hinson and more.

An atmospheric and eclectic mix featuring Ceara Conway, Justin Hopper & Sharron Kraus, Benedicte Maurseth, Jon Natchez, Patrick Watson, O Deer, Nils Økland, Arthur Russell, Sutari, Kinbrae & Clare Archibald, Sourdure, Xylouris White, Bill Callahan, Gil Scott-Heron, Reiko and Tori Kudo and Joseph Allred.

Featuring new music from Mama’s Broke, Iona Lane, Brook Williams & Aaron Catlow, Awkward Family Portraits, Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, Nick Hart, Rokia Koné, Kevin Morby, Tone of Voice Orchestra, India Blue, Anaïs Mitchell, Tony Reidy and more.