12/04/2015
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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Fraser Anderson
Little Glass Box
- Little Glass Box.
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Heidi Talbot
Everything
- In Love And Light.
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Rene Griffiths
Leisa Fach
- Celtica Latina.
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Lee Ann Womack
Nightwind
- The Way I'm Livin'.
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Robin Huw Bowen
Telynor Ar Y Traeth
- Iaith Enaid.
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The Alt
What Put The Blood
- The Alt.
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Sukh
For The Road
- Single.
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Two Coats Colder
King Of Birds
- Unseen Highway.
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Joe Topping And The Vagrant Kings
I'm Not Gonna Worry
- Joe Topping And The Vagrant Kings.
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Eva Cassidy
A Bold Young Farmer
- Somewhere.
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Blair Dunlop
50 Shades Of Blue
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Spiro
Orrery
- Welcome Joy Welcome Sorrow.
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The Barrow Poets
The Pheasant Plucker Song
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Barrule
To Dingle With Love
- Manannans Cloak.
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Luke Jackson
Misspent History
- This Family Tree.
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Heidi Talbot
The Blackest Crow
- In Love And Light.
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Dark Green Tree
Secret Life
- Secret Lives.
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Julie Murphy
Polly Vaughan
- Black Mountains Revisited.
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Lee Ann Womack
Send It On Down
- The Way I'm Livin'.
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The Village Quire
The Master's Health
- Precious Bane.
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Robin Huw Bowen
Gipsy Hornpipe
- Iaith Enaid.
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Two Coats Colder
Six Thousand Miles
- Unseen Highway.
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The Alt
Going For A Soldier Jenny/ The Chandelier
- The Alt.
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Alison Brown Quartet
Sands Of Sound
- Out Of The Blue.
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Eva Cassidy
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
- Somewhere.
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Fraser Anderson
Rag And Bones
- Little Glass Box.
This Week's Gig Guide
Monday 13th April
Singers/musicians night - The Willows, Llandegla
Wednesday 15th April
Haddo - Llantrisant Folk Club at Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun
Thursday 16th April
Kris Dollimore - Angel Hotel, Llandeilo
Friday 17th April
Fernhill - Valley Folk Club at the Ivy Bush Hotel, Pontardawe
The Hennessys - Acapella Studio, Heol y Pentre, Pentyrch
The Rumblestrutters - The Kitchen Table, Mumbles, Swansea
Mariana Sadovskab - Pontardawe Arts Centre
Anne Hill - Rhys Prichard Hall, Llandovery
Saturday 18th April
The Village Quire & Phil Smith perform ‘Precious Bane’ - Trinity Church, Shortbridges, Llanidloes
Lon Campbell - Snails Delicatessen, Beaulah Rd. Rhiwbina, Cardiff
Fiddlebox (‘Eastern Honeymoon’ album launch) - The Great Glasshouse, National Botanic Gardens of Wales
Brockweir Spring Acoustic Music Festival - Mackenzie Hall, Brockweir Chepstow (featuring Steve Tilston)
The People’s Folk Festival - Graig Community Centre, Bassaleg, Newport (featuring Reg Meuross, Huw Williams, Chris Morton, Ned Clamp, The Meg Cox Band & more)
Sunday 19th April
Jenna Witts - Forest Folk Club at the Miners Arms, Whitecroft, Lydney
Broadcast
- Sun 12 Apr 201519:00BBC Radio Wales
On BBC Sounds: The Story of Miwsig
Huw Stephens and Sian Eleri time travel through the history of Welsh language pop music.
