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  • Mike Harding with an hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music, including tracks from the latest album releases and news from the world of folk.
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  • Host: Mike Harding
  • Folk, roots and acoustic music. Mike Harding presents the latest album releases, interviews and news from the world of folk.
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  • Genres: Country, Folk
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Networks: BBC
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Harding: 25 Nov 09

Wed, Nov 25 Listen
Peggy Seeger, American musician and activist, discusses the life and work of her late husband and life partner Ewan MacColl who died 20 years ago.

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Wed, Nov 25 Listen
Peggy Seeger discusses the life and work of her late husband Ewan MacColl.

Harding: 18 Nov 09

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
Steve Knightley and Phil Beer – aka Show of Hands – talk about their new album 'Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed'.

Harding: Harding: Remembrance Day, 11 Nov 09

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
Mike plays a selection of some of the many folk songs inspired by World War I.

Harding: Ralph McTell, 04 Nov 09

Wed, Nov 4 Listen
Ralph McTell receives a Parliamentary honour and performs live at a ceremony at the House of Commons.

Harding: 28 Oct 09

Wed, Oct 28 Listen
Julie Fowlis, the first Scottish Gaelic artist to feature on the BBC Radio 2 Playlist, talks about her new album 'Uam'.

Harding: Tom Russell, 21 Oct 09

Wed, Oct 21 Listen
American singer songwriter Tom Russell discusses his latest album Blood and Candle Smoke. Plus excerpts of new releases from duo Show of Hands, emerging English singer Ruth Notman and Scottish singer and guitarist Ewan McLennan.

Harding: 14 Oct 09

Wed, Oct 14 Listen
The six acts who have progressed to this year's final of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in December are announced.

Harding: Dougie MacLean, 07 Oct 09

Wed, Oct 7 Listen
Scottish singer/songwriter Dougie MacLean discusses his song 'Caledonia' which has been used as the theme song to the 2009 Homecoming Scotland celebrations.

Harding: Requests, 30 Sept

Wed, Sep 30 Listen
Jackie Oates, The Queensberry Rules and The Carolina Chocolate Drops are amongst the artists featured in this week’s podcast which is devoted to listeners’ requests. Plus music from the legendary folk rock group Steeleye Span, Bellowhead’s front man Jon Boden and the much respected hammered dulcimer player Jim Couza, who passed away recently.

Harding: The Unthanks, 23 Sept 09

Wed, Sep 23 Listen
The Unthanks discuss their latest CD release 'Here's The Tender Coming', the follow up to 'The Bairns' which earned the sisters, who hail from Newcastle, a Mercury Music Prize nomination last year.

Harding: 16 Sept 09

Wed, Sep 16 Listen
Mike Harding presents an hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music including news from the world of folk and the latest album releases.

Harding: Bella Hardy, 09 Sept 09

Wed, Sep 9 Listen
Bella Hardy talks about her life and introduces tracks from her latest album 'In the Shadow of Mountains'. Plus there's another trip into the Folk Vault with a classic live recording from the archives.

Harding: Topic Records at 70, 02 Sept 09

Wed, Sep 2 Listen
To mark the 70th birthday of the great label Topic Records, Mike plays music from some of the many hundreds of artists to have recorded for the label , including The Watersons, Martin Carthy, June Tabor and Ewan MacColl.

Harding: Sam Carter, 26 Aug 09

Wed, Aug 26 Listen
Sam Carter, the current Emerging Artist In Residence at London’s Southbank Centre, talks about his debut solo album 'Keepsakes'.

Harding: Loudon Wainwright III, 19 Aug 09

Wed, Aug 19 Listen
Loudon Wainwright III, talks about his new double album 'High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project', a tribute to the legendary American musician Charlie Poole.

Harding: 12 Aug 09

Wed, Aug 12 Listen
New releases from the Oysterband’s John Jones, The Unthanks, and Rachel McShane are on this week’s playlist, as well as some live music from this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival.

Harding: 2009 Cambridge Folk Festival, 5 Aug 09

Wed, Aug 5 Listen
Highlights from the 2009 Cambridge Folk Festival with live music from The Saw Doctors, Bellowhead, Lau, The Waterson Family and Martin Simpson and backstage chats with Paul Brady, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Eddi Reader.

Harding: Martin Simpson 29 July 09

Wed, Jul 29 Listen
Martin Simpson discusses his latest album ‘True Stories’ and tells what inspired him to write and record some of the songs.

Harding: Requests, 22 Jul 09

Wed, Jul 22 Listen
Dedicated to listener requests.

Harding: Bernard Wrigley, 15 July 09

Wed, Jul 15 Listen
Bernard Wrigley aka ‘The Bolton Bullfrog’ discusses his life and his career in folk music and acting and there’s music from his brand new album ‘Every Song Tells A Story’. Plus excerpts from new releases by Martin Simpson, Ruth Notman, The Hot Club of Cowtown and Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer. There’s also another trip into the Folk Vault featuring a classic live recording from the archives.

Harding: 08 July 09

Wed, Jul 8 Listen
Music from Benji Kirkpatrick, Eleanor Shanley and Salsa Celtica. Plus excerpts from new releases by fiddle-singer Bella Hardy, upcoming young guitarist and singer Sam Carter and eight piece English dance outfit Steamchicken.

Harding: Chris Wood, 01 July 09

Wed, Jul 1 Listen
Chris Wood discusses his new album ‘Albion – An Anthology’. Plus a round up of the week’s new releases from Nanci Griffith, James Yorkston and Martin Simpson.

Harding: Ian Anderson, 24 June 09

Wed, Jun 24 Listen
Ian Anderson talks to Mike about his 30 years as editor of the roots music magazine fRoots and selects three tracks by upcoming English folk artists.

Harding: 17 June 09

Wed, Jun 17 Listen
John Martyn and Kate & Anna McGarrigle are on this week’s playlist, as well as a bit of music from one of the all time classic folk albums ‘Welcome Here Kind Stranger’ by Paul Brady.

Harding: Reg Meuross, 10 June 09

Wed, Jun 10 Listen
Singer songwriter Reg Meuross discusses tracks from his latest album ‘Dragonfly’ plus there’s another trip into the Folk Vault, where listeners email the show to say which classic live track from the archives they’d most like to hear and why.

Harding: 03 June 09

Wed, Jun 3 Listen
A guide to some of the best folk festivals happening around the UK this summer.

Harding: 27 May 09

Wed, May 27 Listen
Details of how to enter the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2010 and more from the current holders of the award Megan and Joe Henwood.

Harding: Uiscedwr, 20 May 09

Thu, May 21 Listen
Anna Esslemont and Cormac Byrne from former BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winning trio Uiscedwr join Mike for a chat and there’s music from their new album ‘Fish Cat Door’. Plus a previously unreleased duet from singer Joan Baez and Sinead Lohan and news of Scottish singer songwriter Eric Bogle’s final UK tour and a bit of music from his forthcoming CD ‘The Dreamer’.

Harding: Jon Boden, 13 May 09

Wed, May 13 Listen
Jon Boden discusses his new solo album Songs From The Floodplain and there's another look into the archives with the latest edition of the Folk Vault. Plus a round up of the week’s new releases from squeezebox maestro John Kirkpatrick, US singer songwriter Steve Earle and folk/punk outfit The Bad Shepherds.

Mike Harding presents the latest in folk, roots and acoustic music.

Wed, Dec 2
Mike Harding with an hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music, including tracks from the latest album releases and news from the world of folk.

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