We begin another fab year of folk in the usual way, remembering the all-too-short career of Sandy Denny

Our end-of-year show included songs old and new for Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Cheers.

Four excellent Irish musicians are bringing their folk group, Lankum, to WOMAD in ‘24.

The 21st century shows no signs of tiring of new ways of playing folk.

Christy Moore has a great record of performance, with original songs that highlight & extend the folk legacy of Ireland.

Another Mixtape with discoveries we simply must share.

Joni Mitchell was born on November 7th, 1943, and we celebrate her 80th.

A programme of songs for Parihaka Day, November 5th, with an emphasis on peace and reconciliation.

Our 450th programme. We celebrate with a playlist of our favourite music, folk and beyond.

The West Country folk singer is winning a following for her solo work as well as her collaborations with others.

The beauty of the recent blue supermoon inspires a playlist of songs, folk and beyond.

Another playlist of superb interpretations of songs already recorded by some great writers.

The Kiwi-Irish folk group, Gráda, is in NZ for a reunion tour that their fans thought might never happen.

We salute the late Canadian songwriter and guitarist who left a legacy of folk-rock unparalleled in American music.

We go around the world with a programme of world music to keep us going until WOMAD 2024.

Since his passing in 2009, the music of the UK folk & experimental artist has come to be appreciated even more widely.

The fourth in our series The Instruments of Folk investigates the music that comes from plucking strings.

We continue our occasional series about the instruments of folk with the oldest musical instruments of humankind - ones that we blow.

Another playlist of folk & folkish that have made a film look good

The iconic record label, the source of so many songs still sung today, marks a milestone.

The instrumental virtuoso Molly Tuttle has wowed audiences from an early age with her folk and bluegrass music.

Another lineup of great folk from a variety of talented artists from many different backgrounds.

The genesis of traditional songs and what became of them is a sort of musical detective story that anyone can play.

We honour the Oklahoma troubadour around the time of his July 14 birthday, playing his songs performed by his descendants and admirers

Known for a career in rock, the late singer’s legacy of beautiful acoustic music has a contemporary folk feel.