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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.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 5 Jul 201519:00

Music Played

  • Bobby Osborne

    With A Pain In My Heart

    • Memories.
  • Paper Aeroplanes

    My First Love

    • We Are Ghosts.
  • Chris Bannister

    Prentice

    • The Unicorn And Other Storues.
  • Amy Wadge

    Thinking Out Loud

    • Past Celtic Heartbeat Live Session Track.
  • Crooked Brothers

    North Of The Border

    • Thank You I'm Sorry.
  • Siwsann George & Robin Huw Bowen

    Blodau'r Flwyddin

    • Traditional Songs Of Wales.
  • Catriona McKay & Chris Stout

    Hangman's Reel

    • Laebrack.
  • Dark Green Tree

    One Fine Day

    • Secret Lives.
  • The Green Fields of America

    Down By The Tanyard Side

    • The Green Fields Of America.
  • Bellowhead

    10,000 Miles Away

    • Broadside.
  • Julie Fowlis

    Puirt- A- Beul Set

    • Cuilidh.
  • Steve Logan

    Way Out

    • Deliverance.
  • The Urban Folk Quartet

    Five Hundred Miles

    • The Escape.
  • Bella Hardy

    Oh My God, I Miss You

    • With The Dawn.
  • Sean Keane

    We Dreamed Our Dreams

    • No Stranger.
  • Corbin Hayslett

    Darlin' Cora

  • Olion Byw

    Pibddawans Morgannwg/ Pibddawns Huw/ Y Lili

    • Hen Bethau Newydd.
  • Tom Pacheco

    There Was A Time

    • There Was A Time.
  • Paper Aeroplanes

    Tuesday

    • A Comfortable Sleep.
  • Jim Malcolm

    Macphearson's Rant

    • Still.
  • The Changing Room

    A River Runs Between

    • A River Runs Between.
  • Cyril Tawney

    The Barley Mow

    • The Song Goes On.
  • Heidi Talbot & John McCusker

    Loves Old Sweet Song

    • The Beautiful Old Turn Of The Century Songs.
  • Dan Amor

    Sister Anne

    • Rainhill Trials.
  • Will Pound

    A Cut Above / The Hesleyside Reel

    • A Cut Above.
  • Bobby Osborne

    Memories

    • Memories.
  • Kimmie Rhodes

    A Perfect Day

    • The Beautiful Old Turn Of The Century Songs.

This Week's Gig Guide

Monday 6th July

9bach - St David’s Hall, Cardiff

Thursday 9th July

Tobias Ben Jacob, Lukas Drinkwater & Kelly Oliver - Barry West End Club, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan

Will Pound + Eddy Jay Headline - Cardiff Folk Club at Four Bars, above Demspey’s, Cardiff

Friday 10th – Sunday 12th July

Folk on the Lawn - Abbey Mill, Tintern

Friday 10th July

Y Moniars + Jamie Bevan A’r Gweddillion - Gŵyl Y Gwach at the Pontardawe Inn, Pontardawe

Saturday 11th July

Bromas + Yr Angen + Bronwen Lewis + Fast Fuse - Gŵyl Y Gwach at Pontardawe Inn, Pontardawe

Dukes Of Hafod - The Chattery, Uplands, Swansea

Sunday 12th July

Folk Music & Song Session - Arvon Ale House, Llandindod Wells

Wednesday 15th July
Pete Morton - Llantrisant Folk Club at the Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun

Friday 17th July

Michael Spenceley - Rhys Pritchard Hall, Llandovery

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Jul 201519:00

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