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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 15 Mar 201519:00
BBC Radio Wales

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Music Played

  • The Changing Room

    Hal-An-Tow

    • Behind The Lace.

  • Phil James

    Just Not The Same

    • A Time And Place.

  • Buttons & Bows

    Danish Quadrille

    • Blasta.

  • Balfa Toujours

    Apres Nous Esperer

    • New Cajun Tradition.

  • Merry Hell

    The Baker's Daughter

    • The Ghost In Our House.

  • Alice Dimicele-Swim

    This Love

    • Swim.

  • Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy

    Fiddler's Despair

    • One.

  • Gentle Good

    Aubade

    • Tethered For The Storm.

  • The Jake Leg Jug Band

    Fogeyism

    • Everythin’s Jake.

  • Seckou Keita

    Kana Sila (Don't Be Afraid)

  • Siân James

    Yr Eneth Gadd Ei Gwrthod

    • Distaw.

  • Alan Burke

    Bridget Donaghue

    • On The Other Hand.

  • Suzanne Jarvie

    Spiral Road

    • Spiral Road.

  • Tudur Huws Jones

    Angor

    • Dal I Drio.

  • Mary Black

    Land Of Love

    • Full Tide.

  • Tristan Mackay

    Wire And Wood

    • Wire And Wood.

  • Laoise Kelly

    President Garfield's Medley

    • Just Harp.

  • Irene Kelley

    Pennsylvania Coal

  • Harry Harris

    Kandinsky Was A Synaesthete

    • Songs About Other People.

  • Blueflint

    Patch Of Green

    • Stories From Home.

  • Sean Taylor

    Save Me

    • Chase The Night.

  • Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy

    American Polka

    • One.

  • Patsy Watchorn

    The Ferryman

    • Now.

  • Merry Hell

    No Place Like Tomorrow

    • The Ghost In Out House.

  • Vintage Altan

    The Sea-Apprentice Boy

    • The Blue Idol.

  • Phil James

    Doesn't Have To Be This Way

    • A Time And Place.

  • The Changing Room

    I'll Give You My Voice

    • Behind The Lace.

This Week's Gig Guide

Tuesday 17th March

Eoghan Walsh + John & Briege Morgan - Milgi's Yurt, City Road, Cardiff

Seth Lakeman - St David’s Hall, Cardiff

Wednesday 18th March

Dan Walsh - Llantrisant Folk Club at Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd, Pontyclun

Calan - Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth

Thursday 19th March

Calan - Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli

Little Rumba - Burnetts Hill Chapel, Martletwy

Friday 20th March

The Askew Sisters - Valley Folk Club at the Ivy Bush Hotel, Pontardawe

Oysterband + Felix Subway (Alfie) - The Garage, Uplands, Swansea

Gigspanner - Rumney Folk Club at St Augustine’s Church Hall, Rumney, Cardiff

Calan - Newport Memorial Hall, Newport, Pembs

Stray Away - Ceilidh/ Twmpath at Llanwrda Hall

Polly Pardon – The Queen Vic, Llanelli

Burum + Sild - Small World Theatre, Cardigan

Y Bandana + Yr Angen - Gigs Y Gwach at Pontardawe Inn, Pontardawe

Saturday 21st March

West Gallery Singing And Music Workshop – Help Recreate The Sound Of Traditional Music In Churches In The 18th And Early 19th Centuries at St Mary’s Church House, Upper Frog Street, Tenby

Lucy Ward - Barry West End Club, Vale Of Glamorgan

Lisbee Stainton - Snails Delicatessen, Beaulah Rd, Rhiwbina, Cardiff

Sunday 22nd March

Gigspanner - Brockweir Spring Acoustic Music Festival at Mackenzie Hall, Brockweir, Chepstow

Calan - Earl Haig Memorial Hall, Whitchurch, Cardiff

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Mar 201519:00
    BBC Radio Wales

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