"the annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and from 1997 to 2012 he presented the weekly BBC Radio 2 flagship folk and roots programme, ""The Mike Harding Show"". His last show was on 26 December 2012. According to Mark Radcliffe, who took over Radio 2's ""Folk Show"", Harding had left reluctantly, claiming that the BBC had ""sold the folk world down the river"". In 2013 Harding launched his own internet radio show, broadcast at 5pm every Sunday and available as a podcast and on iTunes afterwards. This show went on hiatus in October 2017 after 252 regular episodes, although a"
"2. In 1967 ""My Kind of folk"" was broadcast on Wednesdays. In 1970 ""Folk on Friday"" began, presented by Jim Lloyd. In 1972 it became ""Folk on Sunday"". ""Folkweave"" was presented by Tony Capstick 1975-8. ""Folk on Two"" (Wednesdays) began in 1980. In 1998 Jim Lloyd retired from the programme and was replaced by Mike Harding. In 2007 it was renamed ""The Mike Harding Folk Show"". In October 2012 it was announced that Mike Harding would be leaving the programme to be replaced by Mark Radcliffe. Ian A. Anderson, editor of ""fRoots"", also presented the occasional series for Radio Two."
"BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British radio station BBC Radio 2. It takes place in April. Award recipients have included Joan Baez, Cat Stevens, John Martyn, Steve Earle, The Dubliners, Martin Carthy, Billy Bragg, Shirley Collins, Kate Rusby, Cara Dillon, Eliza Carthy, Bellowhead, June Tabor, Aly Bain, Richard Thompson, Nancy Kerr, Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, Lau, Tom Paxton, Don"
"The Folk Show The Folk Show is a radio programme broadcast on Manx Radio and presented by John Kaneen. ""The Folk Show"" features music ranging from early recordings of traditional Folk music through to Contemporary folk music. Also included on the playlist are recordings by Manx folk bands. The programme is transmitted on the station's 9:00pm – 10:00pm slot on Tuesday nights and is broadcast on FM and MW frequencies as well as world wide through the Manx Radio website. Following transmission the edition is then available on the Manx Radio website to be listened to again for the following"
"Royal Albert Hall, London Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Venue: The Lowry, Salford Venue: The Brewery, London BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British radio station BBC Radio 2. It takes place in April. Award recipients have included Joan Baez, Cat Stevens, John Martyn, Steve Earle, The Dubliners, Martin Carthy, Billy Bragg, Shirley Collins, Kate Rusby, Cara Dillon, Eliza Carthy, Bellowhead,"
"seven days. Whilst Manx Radio is a commercial radio station, ""The Folk Show"" is not interrupted by the playing of commercials. The Folk Show The Folk Show is a radio programme broadcast on Manx Radio and presented by John Kaneen. ""The Folk Show"" features music ranging from early recordings of traditional Folk music through to Contemporary folk music. Also included on the playlist are recordings by Manx folk bands. The programme is transmitted on the station's 9:00pm – 10:00pm slot on Tuesday nights and is broadcast on FM and MW frequencies as well as world wide through the Manx Radio"
"jazz, folk music, blues, country and western, reggae, classic rock, showtunes and biographies and documentaries on musical artists and genres. This specialist programming typically runs from 8pm to midnight. Radio 2 hosts both the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Big Band. ""Sounds of the Sixties"" remains a regular fixture on the Saturday schedule, as does Johnnie Walker's ""Sounds of the Seventies"" on a Sunday. On 5 October 2013, these two shows were joined by ""Sounds of the Eighties"", which was originally hosted by Sara Cox and broadcast on Friday between 10pm and midnight; in May 2018 Gary Davies took"
"as part of the regular CBC Radio 2 schedule; however, there are currently plans to keep the show active as a series of occasional specials. Deep Roots Deep Roots is a Canadian radio program focusing on folk and roots music. The program, hosted by Tom Power, airs on CBC Radio 2. Power, who began the program while still attending Memorial University, is believed to be the youngest regular host of a CBC Radio program since Peter Jennings's tenure as host of ""Peter's People"" in 1947 (at the age of nine). ""Deep Roots"" aired on Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. (6:00 AT,"
"its time slot, as it was broadcast on WFMT near midnight every Saturday. It now begins at 9 p.m. and ends at midnight. In 1953, Mike Nichols (later notable as a comedian, writer, actor, and director) created a Saturday evening folk music program. Early regular guests were local musicians including Fleming Brown, Win Stracke and Big Bill Broonzy. They would play in the station's studio, a converted ballroom on the West Side of Chicago. When Nichols left the program Norman Pellegrini became the host and it evolved to a mix of released and live-performance recordings, with only occasional live concerts."
"2, presenting a Saturday afternoon show from 3 pm to 6 pm. In 2000, she began as a weekday presenter. She hosted originally from Birmingham but since April 2008 from BBC Radio 2 studios in London. Live music has included sessions from Adele, the Zutons, Primal Scream, Kasabian, Amy McDonald, Hard Fi, Faithless, the Manic Street Preachers, Marillion, Josh Ritter, the Stranglers, Paul Weller, Morrissey, Moby, the Dandy Warhols, Stereophonics, Aslan and a significant number of new and unsigned bands such as Elle S'Appelle, Vijay Kishore, Damien Dempsey, Amsterdam, Senses and Sam Isaac. Amy Winehouse performed her first radio session"
"BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards three years in a row and have garnered airplay from several radio DJs including BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris, who invited them to do a live studio session for his show in 2007. They also accompanied Lucy Ward on her 2011 album, ""Adelphi Has to Fly"", which was produced by Stu Hanna. Albums EPs Megson (band) Megson are an English folk duo composed of husband and wife Stu Hanna and Debbie Hanna. The duo have released four albums and one EP on their own label, ""edj"". Their live performances feature Stu playing a guitar or"
"makes up the majority of BBC Radio 2 listeners, although the event attracts fans of all ages. The line-up is compiled of the various adult contemporary music and specialist genres featured on Radio 2, including folk, country, soul, rock and jazz. The festival was hosted by Chris Evans and later Jo Whiley alongside other Radio 2 presenters and is broadcast live on the station and streamed on the BBC Red Button. The inaugural festival in a day was held on 11 September 2011. Lionel Richie was originally set to headline the event but was forced to cancel due to ill"
"program titled ""Fowlis and Folk"" on BBC Radio Scotland. She co-presents the annual Radio 2 Folk Awards with Mark Radcliffe and has deputised for Radcliffe on his weekly BBC Radio 2 Folk Show. In 2012, a short documentary on Fowlis, her family, and her band even broadcast on the United States television channel PBS as part of an episode of the program ""Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders"". In 2015, Fowlis and her frequent musical collaborator Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh hosted a television series ""Port"" dedicated to traditional Scottish and Irish music. In each episode, Fowlis and Nic Amhlaoibh travel to a"
"played his own choice of music and introduces his listeners to both new and emerging artists. Beginning in April 2007, the show was originally broadcast on Wednesdays between 11:30pm and 12:30am and, from April 2008, between 11pm and 12am. At Easter 2010, as part of wider changes to the Radio 2 evening schedule, Trevor Nelson took over the Wednesday 11pm slot (having previously been on in the hour before Lamacq), with Lamacq moving to 11pm on Saturday nights. In April 2012, the show was renamed ""Steve Lamacq's Rock College"" and moved to a Thursday 11pm slot. In 2007, he deputised"
"Folk Show on British online music streaming service Mixcloud. They also curated playlists on Spotify which are updated regularly. Folk Radio UK Folk Radio UK is an independent online Folk Music magazine that was founded in 2004. They cover Folk, Acoustic and Celtic Music (including British folk music, Folk music of England, Music of Scotland, Music of Ireland and Music of Wales) Its founder and owner is Alex Gallacher (also the editor-in-chief), the main office is situated in Somerset. They launched a new radio channel on Deezer as a specialist folk music channel in 2012. They reached the finals of"
"BBC Radio 2 Country BBC Radio 2 Country is a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12 Noon on Thursday 5 March 2015. The station covers the and is only an active during the festival. On its debut the station continued to broadcast for 12 hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015. It returned twice so far - on 10 March 2016, closing down on 13 March 2016 and on 9 March 2017, closing down on 12th March 2017. The station will not return for the 2018 festival. A number of famous country singers have presented"
"The award is presented annually to an individual who has made a substantial difference to the Scottish traditional music world. Upon receiving this honour, Ritchie was also inducted into Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. Ritchie's ThistleRadio music channel on SomaFM was awarded Best Music Show: Country/Folk/Blues in the 2017 Online Radio Awards presented by the British streaming service Mixcloud. In 2018, Folk Alliance International inducted Ritchie into their Folk DJ Hall of Fame. Fiona Ritchie Fiona Karen Ritchie MBE (born 1960) is a Scottish radio broadcaster best known as the producer and host of ""The Thistle & Shamrock"", an"
"A Folk Song A Day A Folk Song a Day is a project by the English folk singer and musician and Bellowhead member Jon Boden where he recorded and released a folk song each day for one year. The project 'ended' on 24 June 2011, the podcast continues to release the same song it did on that same day in 2010. The project started on 24 June 2010. It has resulted in 12 digital albums (one for each month). Boden hopes that it will promote social singing and be a resource for those looking for inspiration. The songs can be"
"forms in the 1980s. This began to change with a new generation in the 1990s. The arrival and sometimes mainstream success of acts like Kate Rusby, Bellowhead, Nancy Kerr, Kathryn Tickell, Jim Moray, Spiers and Boden, Seth Lakeman, Frank Turner, Laura Marling and Eliza Carthy, all largely concerned with acoustic performance of traditional material, marked a radical turn around in the fortunes of the tradition. This was reflected in the adoption creation of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2000, which gave the music a much needed status and focus and the profile of folk music is as high"
"Deep Roots Deep Roots is a Canadian radio program focusing on folk and roots music. The program, hosted by Tom Power, airs on CBC Radio 2. Power, who began the program while still attending Memorial University, is believed to be the youngest regular host of a CBC Radio program since Peter Jennings's tenure as host of ""Peter's People"" in 1947 (at the age of nine). ""Deep Roots"" aired on Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. (6:00 AT, 6:30 NT) and Sundays at 5:00 p.m. (5:30 NT). It also airs on the Sirius XM feed of CBC Radio One (channel 169) Sundays at"
"After Bob Mackowycz's departure as host of ""Radio 2 Morning"" in July 2011, Power spent several weeks as the show's interim host before being named the permanent new host in November. In 2018, he will also appear on CBC Television as cohost with Amanda Parris of the music series ""From the Vaults"". Power is a member of the Polaris Music Prize jury, and sits on the board of the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society. He has hosted numerous folk festivals, including the Hillside, Mariposa, Edmonton and Winnipeg festivals. Power also fronts his own folk band, The Dardanelles. His sister"
"Seeger in the late 1940s, and he is a voting member on the Board of Governors of NARAS in Philadelphia. Gene Shay Gene Shay (born Ivan Shaner, March 4, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American radio personality. He is a representative of Philadelphia's folk music scene. He has produced weekly folk radio shows since 1962 (now on WXPN and his final show on WXPN was February 1, 2015; previously heard on WHAT-FM, WMMR, WIOQ and WHYY-FM). A founder of the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival and its emcee since its inception, he has been called the ""Dean of American folk"
"Folk Radio UK Folk Radio UK is an independent online Folk Music magazine that was founded in 2004. They cover Folk, Acoustic and Celtic Music (including British folk music, Folk music of England, Music of Scotland, Music of Ireland and Music of Wales) Its founder and owner is Alex Gallacher (also the editor-in-chief), the main office is situated in Somerset. They launched a new radio channel on Deezer as a specialist folk music channel in 2012. They reached the finals of the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2014 in the Media category. In July 2017 they launched a dedicated weekly"
"Angelina Jolie. McLean presents The Ralph McLean Show from Tuesday to Thursday between 8 and 10pm, playing music from classic rock to soul to country and blues He has presented his own two-hour roots show on Friday nights for many years on BBC Radio Ulster, interviewing many of the biggest names in country music such as Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith. He has also produced and presented many shows like Classic Irish Albums and produced numerous acclaimed documentary series such as The Sinéad O'Connor Story, The Tammy Wynette Story and The Loretta Lynn Story for BBC Radio 2. In 2007"
"music and culture of Australia. Hennessy currently presents BBC Radio Wales' award-winning folk roots and acoustic music show ""Celtic Heartbeat,"" and for many years co-hosted the Sunday evening programme ""I'll Show You Mine"" with rugby union legend Ray Gravell until his death in 2007. Gravell was replaced by singer Amy Wadge. Frank Hennessy Frank Hennessy (born 2 February 1947) is a Welsh folk singer and radio presenter. Born into Cardiff's Irish community, Hennessy was used to performance in front of his family by the time his father gave him a guitar aged 13. Although an apprentice at the time at"
"Fiona Ritchie Fiona Karen Ritchie MBE (born 1960) is a Scottish radio broadcaster best known as the producer and host of ""The Thistle & Shamrock"", an hour-long Celtic music program that airs weekly throughout the United States on National Public Radio (NPR). She also curates ThistleRadio, a 24/7 web-based music channel devoted to new and classic music from Celtic roots and is co-author of the ""New York Times"" Best Seller ""Wayfaring Strangers"". The radio program has won numerous awards since its inception in 1981, offering a fusion of traditional and contemporary Celtic sounds, interwoven with interviews, in-studio performances and Ritchie's"
"The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show is a British radio programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music on Saturdays, between 6 pm and 9 pm, and between 10 pm and 12 midnight on BBC Radio 2 (dubbed the Craig Charles House Party). The Radio 6 Music show is presented live by Craig Charles and produced by Simon Hodge, Ben Appleyard and Snowboy for TBI Media. All varieties of funk and soul music are played, from classic tracks to the latest releases. It is the longest-running show on BBC Radio 6 Music, and"
"folk music enthusiasts. The event hosts contemporary and traditional artists in genres under the umbrella of Folk, including World/Fusion, Celtic, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock, Country, Klezmer, and Dance. Gene Shay and internationally acclaimed folklorist Kenneth S. Goldstein founded the festival, along with George Britton, Bob Seigel, David Baskin, Esther Halpern, and others. Shay has acted as Master of Ceremonies since its inception and Goldstein served as Program Director for the first 15 years. Originally held on Wilson Farm in Paoli, Pennsylvania, each year the event hosts over 35,000 visitors and nearly 7,000 campers at the Old Pool Farm. The event presents"
"Shift (radio program) Shift is a national Canadian public radio music program presented by Tom Allen and broadcast on CBC Radio 2 that spans the genres of classical, singer-songwriter and pop music. According to its official webpage: """"Shift"" presents music that is multi-genre and familiar, programmed to engage the at-work or at-home listener with a lively and varied soundtrack for the afternoon. Host Tom Allen brings the music to life with stories of composers, performers and the everyday world, delivered in his warm, conversational style."" ""Shift"" is broadcast each weekday from Monday to Friday between 1:00pm and 3:30pm EST (Eastern"
"later turned into a compilation label, The Weekend Beatnik, which specialised in the reissue of folk and world music albums in CD format. Anderson presented a weekly folk, roots and world music show on Guildford ILR station County Sound in the mid 1980s, a weekly folk show on the BBC World Service for 12 years from 1987, the occasional series for BBC Radio 2, and a world music program ""World Routes"" on London’s Jazz FM. He has also broadcast on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and Capital Radio. Since 2002 he has hosted fRoots Radio on"
"Standard Time). Shift (radio program) Shift is a national Canadian public radio music program presented by Tom Allen and broadcast on CBC Radio 2 that spans the genres of classical, singer-songwriter and pop music. According to its official webpage: """"Shift"" presents music that is multi-genre and familiar, programmed to engage the at-work or at-home listener with a lively and varied soundtrack for the afternoon. Host Tom Allen brings the music to life with stories of composers, performers and the everyday world, delivered in his warm, conversational style."" ""Shift"" is broadcast each weekday from Monday to Friday between 1:00pm and 3:30pm"
"The Village (Sirius XM) The Village is an SiriusXM channel that specializes in folk music, described by SiriusXM as ""from the ballads of early American songwriters to the contemporary masters of folk."" It was available on channel 741. It is still available on SiriusXM internet radio. The program director of The Village is Mary Sue Twohy. The channel was added to XM Radio Canada on April 1, 2007 as part of XM Radio Canada simulcasting the American service. The Village Folk Show, hosted by Mary Sue Twohy, airs on The Bridge ch 32, 6:00 - 10:00 AM ET every Sunday"
"panel of 150 representatives from the British folk world, including broadcasters, journalists, record producers, festival organisers, venue bookers, record company directors, agents and promoters. The panelists can vary slightly from year to year, with new panelists being invited (or self-applying) each year. The final panel is selected by the Folk Awards committee, which includes staff from the BBC, the production company 7digital Creative, and representatives from outside those organisations. The 'Best Original Track' and 'Best Traditional Track' categories are chosen by smaller specialist panels of judges, and the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award - presented as part of the"