Mike brings down the curtain on his show, in which he has presented the best in folk, roots and...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music, featuring four-piece outfit...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Featuring a full rundown of the nominations for the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, with music...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Including an interview with American old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, who chat...
Folk, roots and acoustic-based music, including an interview with Lau about their new album...
Featuring an interview with John Spiers and Sam Sweeney of Bellowhead, who talk about their...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
An hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music, including an interview with Irish...
Featuring an interview with Midlands-born guitarist and songwriter Sam Carter.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Mike is joined by Scottish singer and musician Julie Fowlis, who talks about her involvement in...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Mike opens the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award for entries and chats to Sam Lee, the...
The host dedicates the show to Woody Guthrie, who was born this week 100 years ago, playing...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
The presenter talks to Scottish singer and guitarist Ewan McLennan about his new album The Last...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music, including an interview with...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Gateshead-born folk musician Bob Davenport talks about his life and career as he celebrates his...
The host talks to Robin Beatty and Helen Lancaster from acoustic group the Old Dance School, as...
Simon Emmerson and Sheema Mukherjee from the Imagined Village chat about their new album, on...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
In a special edition devoted to the Chieftains, the host chats to frontman Paddy Moloney about...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Tim Edey and Brendan Power, winners of the Best Duo prize at the 2012 Radio 2 Folk Awards, talk...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Featuring a recording of Seth Lakeman's collaboration with the BBC Concert Orchestra at...
An hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music including an interview with Dervish...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Melodeon player Andy Cutting talks about collaborating with artists including June Tabor, Kate...
Irish singer-songwriter Christy Moore joins Mike to chat about his forthcoming tour.
Speaking to June Tabor and John Jones from Oysterband, who triumphed at last week's Radio 2...
The host previews the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at the Lowry in Salford, and also discusses...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
An hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music, including an interview with Irish...
Derbyshire singer-songwriter John Tams chats to Mike about writing songs for the National...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
American singer-songwriter Tom Russell talks about his latest album Mesabi and his UK tour in...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
The host announces nominations for the 2012 Radio 2 Folk Awards and features music from the...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
The host catches up with musician Megan Henwood, who won the Radio 2 Young Folk Award with her...
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Janis Ian breaks off from her UK tour to look back on...
an hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music. This week, Mike's guest is the...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
The host talks to singer and guitarist Steve Tilston about his new album The Reckoning.
An interview with guitarist, songwriter and producer Ry Cooder.
The host chats to influential songwriter Roy Harper about his new compilation Songs of Love and...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Guitarist and songwriter Martin Simpson talks to the host backstage at the Cambridge Folk...
Folk duo Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill chat to the host about their career and perform two...
Steve Knightley from Show of Hands discusses his role in the Cecil Sharp Project, in which...
An interview with members of Irish traditional music group Danú, recorded at this year's...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Featuring a 1965 session by Paul Simon - his first for the BBC, made when he was an unknown...
The host interviews Stockport trio Pilgrims' Way, who recently released their debut album...
Spiers & Boden - John Spiers and Jon Boden - discuss their latest album The Works, on which...
The host devotes the programme to listeners' requests.
The host chats to musicians James Fagan and Damien Barber about folk opera The Transports,...
The host chats to guitarist Graeme Taylor from the Home Service about the band's forthcoming...
The host launches the search for the Young Folk Award 2012 and chats to 2010 finalist Lucy...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
With musician and producer Simon Emmerson, founder of Afro Celt Sound System.
The host previews the line-ups at this summer's folk festivals.
The host talks to the Oysterband's John Jones about his walking tour around the Pennine spine,...
Approaching his 70th birthday, Martin Carthy discusses his role as a mainstay of the folk...
Loudon Wainwright III chats to Mike Harding about his current UK tour, his 40 years in the...
Eliza Carthy joins Mike to discuss her forthcoming solo album Neptune, which is due to be...
Jim Causley discusses his new album Dumnonia, a collection of songs from his native east Devon,...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Listeners' requests for the best in folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg of folk rock pioneers Fairport Convention discuss their new album...
Scottish Gaelic singer, Julie Fowlis talks to Mike Harding about her recently released album...
The Unthanks talk to Mike Harding about their inspirations for their fourth album, Last, and...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt performs songs from her latest album The Wind That Shakes the...
June Tabor discusses her new album Ashore, a collection of songs about seafaring and the coast,...
Irish singer Cara Dillon talks to Mike Harding about her Live at the Grand Opera House DVD,...
Scottish singer Emily Smith discusses her fourth album, Traiveller's Joy, a collection of songs...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music, plus an interview with singer...
American singer-songwriter Richard Shindell talks to Mike Harding about the varied subjects of...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
A selection of Christmas folk music from around the world, including traditional carols and...
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Ralph McTell talks to Mike Harding about his remarkable career...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Martin Wyndham-Read discusses his new album Back to You and looks back on a 40-year career in...
Songwriting duo Chris While and Julie Matthews talk about their latest album Hitting the Ground...
Music by nominees for the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards as Mike announces the top four names in...
Including an interview with Kate Rusby, whose new album Make the Light, released this month, is...
Listeners' requests for the best in folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Leeds-based Scottish singer and guitarist Ewan McLennan performs and discusses his album Rags &...
Paul Sartin and Paul Hutchinson of Belshazzar's Feast talk about their trademark blend of folk,...
Irish singer Heidi Talbot talks about her new album The Last Star, her time with Irish-American...
Jon Boden joins Mike Harding for a special edition devoted to Bellowhead as they prepare to...
Multi-instrumentalist Pete Coe discusses his new album Backbone and talks about his long career...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Ian McCalman, founder member of the McCalmans, talks to the host about his retirement from the...
Former Witches of Eastwick singer Fay Hield discusses her debut solo album Looking Glass, a...
American country-folk singer Kathy Mattea talks to Mike Harding backstage at this summer's...
Traditional Anglo-Australian duo Nancy Kerr and James Fagan discuss the inspiration for their...
African-American old-time string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops talk about their unique...
Listeners' requests for folk, roots and acoustic-based music, and another raid on the Folk...
American singer Judy Collins discusses her new album Paradise, which features duets with Steve...
Karine Polwart discusses her collaboration with Lau on the Evergreen EP and with King Creosote,...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Norma Waterson discusses her latest album, Gift, on which she collaborated with her daughter,...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Jim Moray discusses his new album In Modern History, which is released free on the cover of...
As the festival season gets into full swing, Mike devotes a programme to listeners' requests...
Seth Lakeman discusses the making of his fifth album Hearts and Minds, a collection of new...
Jim Boyes of close harmony trio Coope, Boyes and Simpson talks about the group's new album of...
A preview of this summer's leading festivals, with tasters of headlining performers. Lau appear...
Debbie and Stu Hanna, folk duo Megson, discuss their album The Longshot, in which the Radio 2...
Kathryn Tickell chats about her new album and plays tracks from it. Plus, tour and festival...
Folk, roots and acoustic-based music, including listeners' choice of live recordings from the...
Northern Irish banjo player Damien O'Kane discusses his new solo album Summer Hill, featuring...
Folk, roots and acoustic-based music, with an interview with Jon Cleave and Billy Hawkins from...
A programme dedicated to listeners' requests for the best of folk, roots and acoustic-based...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Folk, roots and acoustic-based music, including listeners' choice of a memorable live recording...
Manchester-based multi-instrumentalist Mike McGoldrick discusses his career and plays tracks...
A selection of Irish folk music to mark St Patrick's Day, including recordings by Paul Brady,...
Interview with Scottish folk musician and songwriter Kris Drever, plus music from his new solo...
Radio 2 Folk Awards Musician of the Year John Kirkpatrick looks back on his successful career...
Including a preview of next Tuesday's documentary The Ballad of the Miners' Strike, which marks...
Jude Abbott and Boff Whalley of Chumbawamba discuss their new album ABCDEFG and play tracks...
A review of new folk album releases by Manchester-based Irish whistle and flute player Mike...
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Listeners' requests for the pick of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Wide-ranging selection of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Highlights of the year's live performances, including James Taylor's appearance at the BBC...
Mike presents a full rundown of the nominations for the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Musician and activist Peggy Seeger looks back on her career and marriage to Ewan MacColl, who...
Folk, roots and acoustic-based music, featuring songs inspired by World War One to mark...
Highlights of a recent Radio 2 event at the Houses of Parliament, as the All-Party Folk Music...
Julie Fowlis, the first Scottish Gaelic performer to feature on the BBC Radio 2 Playlist,...
American singer-songwriter and author Tom Russell drops in to chat and play songs from his...
Performances by the six acts which have reached the final of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award...
Songwriter Dougie MacLean talks about his career and the choice of his best known composition...
Listeners' requests for the best of folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
The Unthanks - formerly Rachel Unthank and the Winterset - play tracks from their new album...