St Andrew's Day and the shortlist for Folk Album Of The Year
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond. Including Scottish music for upcoming St Andrew's Day and the shortlist for the 2025 Folk Album Of The Year.
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.
Mark's mix includes Scottish music for upcoming St Andrew's Day and the shortlist for the 2025 Folk Album Of The Year.
Classics come from Tim Hardin and Bonnie Dobson, Chris Stout introduces a Shetland tune by Fiddlers' Bid, and we hear a Dick Gaughan session track from 1977. New music comes from Goblin Band, Beluga Lagoon, Leveret and Seamus Fogarty, alongside a wintry song by Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley.
The inaugural Folk Album Of The Year prize has been created by Sound Roots and Matthew Bannister's Folk On Foot podcast. Mark shares a rundown of the nine nominees.
Produced by Pomona Audio in Salford for BBC Radio 2
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Bonnie Dobson
Morning Dew
- Bonnie Dobson.
- RCA Victor.
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Beluga Lagoon
Bòcan
- The Tombs O' The Faeries.
- The Bothy Society.
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Heidi Talbot
Grace
- Grace Untold.
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Leveret
Once a Night / Buckland Down
- Lost Measures.
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Dick Gaughan
Freedom Come All Ye (John Peel session, BBC Radio 1, 1977)
- Live at the BBC 1972-79.
- Gaughan Recordings.
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Sinéad Willox
Sweet Omagh Town
- Seoda Uladh.
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Tim Hardin
Reason to Believe
- Tim Hardin 1.
- Verve Folkways.
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Goblin Band
Rosin the Beau (Live)
- A Loaf of Wax.
- Broadside Hacks.
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Fiddlers’ Bid
Du's Bün Lang Awa An I'm Tocht Lang Ta See Dee
- Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer.
- Greentrax Recordings.
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Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley
Song for Loders
- Midwinter.
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Levellers
Truth Is
- Static On The Airwaves.
- On The Fiddle Recordings.
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Seamus Fogarty
I Passed Your House
- I Passed Your House (Single).
- Lost Map Records.
Broadcast
- Wed 26 Nov 202521:00BBC Radio 2
