Stephen Cracknell has put together a perfect mix for this time of year titled Midwinter which includes some great classic names of British folk music.

Manchester’s Folk Police Recordings have put together a fantastic mix, listen to it now!

Enjoy the weekend with our new mix featuring The Wiyos, Jamie Harrison, Eilen Jewell, Lisa O’Neil, John Doyle and more!

Listen to The Memory Band ‘Folk Mix’ featuring some great classics: Hedy West, Shirley Collins, Robin & Barry Dransfield, Mike Waterson, The Young Tradition, Robie Basho, Heron and many more!

Featuring Timber Timbre, The Memory Band, Tom Waits, Ralfe Band, Beirut, Cocos Lovers, Other Lives, Ane Brun, Sea Of Bees, Lower Dens, David Dondero, Kill It Kid, R.L. Burnside, The Black Keys, Bo Diddley, Otis Taylor And Alvin Youngblood Hart

Our latest guest mix is from Bellowhead whose theme is ‘No-Bread Circuses – a celebration of bands who, in defiance of all common sense, put their ability to make a big fat racket before other more practical considerations such as wage and logistical ease.’

In the summer of 2010, US troubadour James Apollo released his British debut. He now follows it less than 12 months later with his career-spanning compilation, Born Lucky. Listen to his exclusive FRUK guest mix & grab some free tracks.

Weaving the Land is the first in a new series of mixes from Folk Radio UK. The mixes explore traditional music and its connection to the land. Whether it is recalling memories of it or the longing for return to the homeland. The first mix opens to Irish poet Seamus Heaney and features Liam O’flynn, Kathryn Tickell, Kris Drever, Dick Gaughan and more.

With the release of the Afro Celt Soundsytem’s retrospective double album “Capture”, it seemed like a good time to celebrate their music and influences in another great guest mix.

This a strictly deep Dorset mix from the Lush record label and The Sound Approach bird-recording collective. An exclusive by Simon Emmerson for Folk Radio UK!

Yes folks we have a new guest mix, this time from Arran Arctic who can be heard on our Frukie stream. So a bit about this mysterious character: