24/05/2015
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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Jackie Oates
Robbers Retreat
- The Spyglass And The Herringbone.
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Duirmuid O'Leary & The Bards
The Gypsy Maiden
- Best Of .
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Matthew Frederick
Venus And Mars
- Venus And Mars.
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Teresa Storch
Still
- Come Clean.
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Eddy Morton
When The Circus Comes To Town
- Rainbow Man.
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Bronwen Lewis
Bread & Roses
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Chuck Hawthorne
Rough Luck
- Silver Line.
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The Dubliners
Mason's Apron
- Milestones.
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Brian McNeil & Friends
The Lads Of The Fair
- The Falkirk Music Pot.
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Jackie Oates
John Blunt
- The Spyglass And The Herringbone.
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David Llewellyn & Ida Kristin
59th Bridge St Song
- Songs Around The Kitchen Table.
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Tim O’Brien
Pretty Fair Maid In The Garden
- Fiddler's Green.
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Teresa Storch
Come Clean
- Come Clean.
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P. J. Murrihy
Eileen Alana
- Pat Murphy's Meadow.
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Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog
Can Y Capten Llongau
- Draw Dros Y Mynydd.
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Eddy Morton
The Battle For Stourbridge
- Rainbow Man.
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The English Country Blues Band
Handsome Johnny
- Acoustic Folk Box.
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Llio Rhydderch
Alaw I Nansi
- Melangell.
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Slim Dusty
Duncan
- The Very Best Of.
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Cecile Corbel
Suil A Ruin
- Songbook 1.
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Stephen Fearing
Stephen Fearing
- Between Hurricanes.
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Jackie Oates
The Devil And The Farmer's Wife
- The Spyglass And The Herringbone.
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Tommy Sands & Dolores Keane
Where Have All The Flowers Gone
- Single.
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Skerryvore & Sharon Shannon
Happy To Be Home
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Brigyn
Brigyn
- Brigyn 2.
This Week's Gig Guide
Tuesday 26th May
Mardi Jug Band - The Brunswick, Swansea
Wednesday 27th May
The Unthanks - Hay Festival Telegraph Stage
Hurdy Gurdy Workshops with Steve Tyler & Folk Music Workshops with Andy Clarke (includes evening performance) - Dinas Powys Fringe Festival
Thursday 28th May
Tinariwen - Hay Festival Telegraph Stage
Thursday 28th – Monday 1st June
Fire In The Mountain Festival - Aberystwyth
Friday 29th May
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Hay Festival Telegraph Stage
Stompin’ Dave & His Bluegrass Band - Fire In The Mountain Festival, Aberystwyth
Saturday 30th May
Bronwen Lewis - Calan Mai Folk Days at National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - Acapela Studio, Heol Y Pentre, Pentyrch
Sunday 31st May
Seafall - Old Swan Beer & Cider Festival, Llantwit Major
Bruce Molsky - The Halfpenny Folk Club. Greyhound Inn, Oldwalls, Gower
Massed Community Choirs - Oval Basin, Cardiff Bay ‘Sing For Water’
Broadcast
- Sun 24 May 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.
