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Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music from the Celtic nations and the world. With studio guests, live sessions, reviews and a weekly Welsh gig guide.

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Sun 31 Aug 201418:00
BBC Radio Wales

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Music Played

  • The Men They Couldn’t Hang

    Raising Hell

    • The Defiant.

  • None

    Deleted Record

    • Everything Changes.

  • Richard Wood

    Reels

    • A Change Of Reasons.

  • The James Riley Band

    Lay Me Down

    • Lay Me Down.

  • Lowri Evans

    Tra Bo Dau

    • Gadael Y Gorffennol.

  • Colum Sands

    Song For A Rainy Day

    • Turn The Corner.

  • Eliza Carthy, Bella Hardy, Lucy Farrell & Kate Young

    Chickens In The Garden

    • Laylam.

  • Edd Donovan And The Wandering Moles

    The Stone

    • Single.

  • Goitse

    Ye Lovers All

    • Tall Tales And Misadventures.

  • The Stray Birds

    I Wish It Would Rain

    • Echo Sessions.

  • We Banjo 3

    Prettiest Little Girl In The County

    • Gather The Good.

  • Gwyneth Glyn

    Angeline

    • Hon.

  • Carolina Cotton

    Nicola

    • The Rough Guide To Yodel.

  • Ian Sherwood

    Non Believer

    • Everywhere To Go.

  • Peggy Seeger

    Over The Mountain To You

    • Everything Changes.

  • Peggy Seeger

    Sing About These Hard Times

    • Sowing The Seeds.

  • Peggy Seeger

    Nero’s Children

    • Everything Changes.

  • Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl

    Manchester Rambler

  • Roberta Flack

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

  • Peggy Seeger

    Go To Sleep

    • Everything Changes.

  • The Men They Couldn’t Hang

    Tuquoise Bracelet Bay

    • The Defiant.

  • Goitse

    Trip To Dixie

    • Tall Tales And Misadventures.

This Week's Gig Guide

Tuesday 2nd September

Galoots - The Brunswick, Swansea

Thursday 4th September

Bram Taylor - Cuffern Manor, Roch, Haverfordwest

Tommy Flemming - The Gate, Cardiff.

Friday 5th – Sunday 7th September

Gower Bluegrass Festival at the Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill, Swansea (10th Anniversary), includes:

Friday Evening - Whitefern Mountain String Band + Jaywalkers + The Grass Snakes

Saturday afternoon – workshops in Banjo, Dobro, Fiddle, Guitar and Mandolin

Saturday afternoon concert – A & E Old Time String Band + The Thrifts + Maria Wallace + Nantucket Sleighride + Shoostring

Saturday evening concert - Hatful of Rain + Blossom Hill + Chris Moreton + Jaywalkers + Brandywine Cloggers

Sunday 10:30 a.m. – Bluegrass Gospel Session

Sunday afternoon concert – Garth Mountain Boys + Blossom Hill + A & E String Band + Whitefern

Saturday 6th September

“Back to the Garden” with The Village Quire and Phil Smith (free concert) - Leominster Priory (part of Rifles & Spades first world war project)

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Aug 201418:00
    BBC Radio Wales

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