Radio 2: Festive Fireside Folk
Warming seasonal sounds from the folk and acoustic world.
Warming seasonal sounds from the folk and acoustic world.
The Unthanks lead us into a winter fantasia that includes two Sheffield pub carols, a snapshot of Christmas in prison, and a pre-dawn Welsh Plygain song. Fisherman's Friends, naturally, see some ships, and the Tannahill Weavers provide a Hogmanay essential.
Steeleye Span pay tribute to the king of birds, and Paul Brady and Andy Irvine sing a classic song set on a Christmas morning. We hear a poem read by John Tams and a song recorded by Sufjan Stevens as a Christmas gift to his family. The Chieftains and Elvis Costello paint a picture of Boxing Day excess that some might recognise...
Music Played
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The Unthanks
O Tannenbaum
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Jess Morgan
Christmas Eve
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Lead Belly
Christmas Is A-Coming (Chicken Crows At Midnight)
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John Prine
Christmas in Prison
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The Tannahill Weavers
Auld Lang Syne / Resolutions
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The Sixteen & Harry Christophers
'Twas Pretty To Be In Ballinderry
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Andy Irvine & Paul Brady
Arthur McBride and The Sergeant
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The Fisherman’s Friends
I Saw Three Ships
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Janice Burns & Jon Doran
The Trees Are All Bare
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Simon Mayor
Hail Smiling Morn
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Melrose Quartet
Mount Moriah
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Angharad Jenkins & Huw Warren
Roedd yn y Wlad Honno
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Steeleye Span
The King
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The Chieftains & Elvis Costello
The St. Stephen's Day Murders
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Sufjan Stevens
Come Thou Font of Every Blessing
