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FOLK,
COUNTRY & BLUES
RADIO SHOWS IN THE UK
Local Folk
Shows
Local
Country Shows
NATIONAL
BBC RADIO 2
Folk & Acoustic website
BBC/music/country
Bob
Harris
Bob's own website
National BBC Radio 2 DJ, Bob Harris, has an early
Saturday (midnight to 3am) morning show and a
Saturday night show (10pm to 1am) playing a mix
of rock, singer songwriter, country, folk.. etc: (Listen)
and a Thursday night (7pm - 8pm) Country /
Americana show (Listen) often interviewing visiting
US artists.
Bob Harris Country
BBC Radio 2
Broadcasting Centre
Pebble Mill Road
Birmingham B5 7QQ
England
Mike Harding
website
Listen
Host of 'The Mike Harding Folk Show'
BBC Radio 2 Wed 8-9pm GMT
Producer: Kellie While
Smooth Operations
website
PO Box 18
Dobcross
Oldham OL3 5FS
Phone +44 (0)1457 873752
Fax +44 (0)1457 878500
BBC Radio 2 Folk & Acoustic
BBC/music/folk
Paul
Jones
Host of 'Blues Show'
website
Listen
Manfred
Mann singer and still Blues
Band member,
Paul Jones hosts a weekly best in blues/news show
BBC/music/jazz & blues
BBC
Radio 3 Website
BBC Radio 3
Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London W1A 1AA
Andy Kershaw
World music - Fridays 10.15pm GMT
website / listen
Andy Kershaw brings his unique mix of world music, rock,
country, blues and the unexpected to Radio 3
email
Lucy Duran
Host of 'World Routes' (Saturdays at 1pm)
website / listen
Explore music from around the world. A mix of interviews
with top performers, live concerts, a monthly CD round-up,
and special location features
Fiona Talkington & Verity Sharp
Hosts of 'Late Junction' email
(Mon-Thurs 10.15pm to midnight GMT)
web/listen: website / listen
BBC Radio 3
Room 7089
Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London W1A 1AA
A laid-back, esoteric mix of music from across the globe,
ranging from Mali to Bali, and from medieval chant to
21st-century electronica. Presented by Fiona Talkington and
Verity Sharp. "A lover of early, contemporary, world, jazz
and folk music, Verity is an ideal presenter for Late Junction."
UK
FOLK
BBC LOCAL RADIO FOLK SHOWS
Genevieve Tudor email
Host of 'Sunday Folk'
BBC Radio Shropshire
2-4 Boscobel Drive
Shrewsbury
Shropshire SY1 3TT
Folk Index
Playlist
[also broadcast on BBC Hereford & Worcester and
BBC Radio Stoke]
Nonny James email
Host of 'Fretwork' (Thursdays 7-9pm GMT)
website
BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester
Hylton Road
Worcester WR2 5WW
station website
[also broadcast on BBC Radio Shropshire and
BBC Radio Stoke]
Simon Evans email
Host of 'The Simon Evans Show' (Sundays 9-10pm GMT)
BBC Radio Kent
Mount Pleasant Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 1QQ
web: website
"blues, new country and contemporary acoustic music of
all kinds as well as some traditional and contemporary folk."
Jon Harle, Senior Producer, email
BBC Radio Newcastle
Broadcasting Centre
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE99 1RN
web: station website
also
Alastair Anderson
Host of 'Northern Folk' (Sundays 9-10pm GMT)
[also broadcast on BBC Radio Cumbria &
BBC Radio Cleveland]
Promo/CDs to:
Northern Folk, c/o Folkworks 69 Westgate Rd
Newcastle on Tyne NE1 1SG
e-mail: email
James McKeefry email
Host of 'Celtic Fringe' (Sun.2-4pm & Wed. 7-9pm GMT)
BBC Radio Leicester
Epic House
Charles Street
Leicester LE1 3SH
website:
[also broadcast on BBC Radio Derby,
BBC Radio Nottingham and BBC Radio Lincolnshire]
Johnny Coppin email
Host of 'Folk Roots' (Sat 6-7pm GMT- Repeated Sun 4pm GMT)
BBC Radio Gloucestershire
London Road
Gloucester GL1 1SW
web: Presenter website
The best in acoustic, celtic, and traditional music.
Claire Allen
BBC Somerset Sound
station website
Broadcasting House
Park Street
Taunton, TA1 4DA.
also
Rod Harrington email
2 Alterhay Cottages
Combe St Nicholas
Chard
Somerset, TA20 3LT
Rod presents a show on the 1st Wed in each month
"Very friendly and will play your stuff on his show if
you're playing in the area"
Mick Peat and Lester Simpson email
Hosts of 'Folkwaves' (Mondays 7-9 pm GMT)
Folkwaves website
Broadcast on BBC Radio Derby, BBC Radio Leicester,
BBC Radio Lincoln, BBC Radio Nottingham + Online
(live only) via above website
Address:
Folkwaves
BBC in the Midlands
PO Box 104.5
St Helens Street
Derby, DE1 3HY
Station e-mail: station email
station website
*Mick Peat is a professional musician, actor and presenter.
As a musician, Mick plays guitar and melodeon,
specialising in traditional folk music and has been a trad.
music devotee for more than 30 years.
*Lester Simpson is a singer, songwriter, actor, musician
and broadcaster. He works with the internationally acclaimed
a cappella trio Coope, Boyes and Simpson
The pair are committed to raising the profile of folk music,
cherishing the tradition and nurturing new talent.
Nic Dow
Hosts of 'Lancashire Blue Notes' (Sundays 8-9pm GMT)
BBC Radio Lancashire
Darwen Street Blackburn BB2 2EA
station email
web: station website
"Blues, news and reviews, right across the county."
Geoff Speed and Stan Ambrose
Hosts of 'Folkscene' (Sundays 7.05pm -8.05pm GMT)
BBC Radio Merseyside
55 Paradise Street Liverpool L1 3BP
Station e-mail: station email
station website
BBC Radio Scotland
website
Queen Margaret Drive
Glasgow G12 8DG
Scotland
Celtic Roots website
Presenters:
Tom Morton email
Host of 'Celtic flavour'
Mary Ann Kennedy email
Host of 'Celtic Connections' (Tuesdays 7.15pm-9pm GMT
and repeated on Sunday 5pm - 7pm)
"Focuses on the best in acoustically led music from celtic
areas in places such as Canada, France and Spain...The
music ranges from traditional line-ups to progressive youth
orientated sounds. Live sessions and interviews with
established and up and coming performers are core to
Celtic Connections as are concert sets from some of the
world's top celtic bands."
Archie Fisher email
Host of 'Travelling Folk' (Thurs 7-9pm GMT
- repeated
Sats 10.5pm - midnight GMT)
"Radio Scotland's folk magazine with news, views and
reviews on what's hot on the Scottish traditional scene."
Iain Anderson email
Host of 'The Iain Anderson Show (Weekdays 9.05pm - 10pm)
"Iain focuses on one of his favourite musical genres -
the marvellous world of the singer-songwriter...anything
from Joni Mitchell Jackson Browne, Nanci Griffith and
Emmylou Harris etc....
Gary West
Host of 'Pipeline' (Sundays 5.05pm - 6pm GMT)
"A must for piping aficionados in Scotland and way
beyond, taking in everything from Irish to Northumbrian
to solo Highland piping and pipe bands."
Robbie Shepherd email
Host of 'Take the Floor'
(Saturdays 7.05pm -830pm GMT)
"Each week a Scottish Country Dance band is featured"
'Reel Blend' reelblend@bbc.co.uk Sundays 1.05pm - 3pm
"all Scottish traditional music"
NORTHERN IRELAND
Colum Sands email
Host of 'Folk Club' (Saturdays 10.05-11.50pm GMT)
web: Folk Club website Listen Again
Broadcasting House N6
Neptune House
Belfast BT2 8HQ
"A feast of folk music with live studio guests, concert
performances, vintage classics and the latest releases"
Ben Sands email
web: website
Clanrye FM (101.5FM)
send CDs to:
77 Drumalane Road
Newry
Co Down BT35 8AR
Northern Ireland
"I'm more than happy to play all and any "Folk"-
directional tracks that please my big ears, using
"Folk" in its widest, most embracing sense ......
Maybe of interest to those planning on gigging
on this island or just getting your music and name
to a wider audience".
SOUTHERN IRELAND
- RTE
Philip King
Host of South Wind Blows (Saturdays
8.02-9pm GMT)
RTE Radio 1
RTE Donnybrook, Dublin 4 Ireland
Bluegrass, jazz, folk and traditional, to rhythm and blues
P J Curtis
Host of 'Rhythm and Roots' (Sundays 8.02-9pm GMT)
"roots and world music"
**P J Curtis also presents the following show on Lyric FM
P J Curtis email
Host of 'From Reels to Ragas' (Wednesdays 7-8pm GMT)
Lyric FM Cornmarket Square, Limerick, Ireland
"traditional music from around the world."
John Kelly email
Host of 'The Mystery Train' (Weekdays 8.02-10pm GMT)
web: website
RTE Radio 1 RTE
Donnybrook
Dublin 4
Ireland
"mix of soul, jazz, r'n'b, funk, folk, pop, doo-wop, Irish,
World, swing, bop, blues, bluegrass, cajun, rock'roll,
mambo and just about anything else that comes to hand."
Aine Hensey
Host of 'The Late Session' (Fridays 10.02-11pm GMT)
RTE Radio 1 RTE Donnybrook, Dublin 4 Ireland
"a late-night celebration of traditional and folk music,
reviews and interviews"
Kevin Rohan
Host of 'The Half Door' (Mondays 8-10p GMT)
Galway Bay FM Sandy Road Galway, Ireland
station
email
"Irish folk and traditional music."
UK COMMERCIAL
RADIO -
England
Mark Ringwood email
Host of 'Roots Around the World' (Sundays
7pm - 9pm GMT)
Presenter website
Spirit FM
9-10 Dukes Court Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8FX
A weekly showcase of the best in blues, folk, world and country music,
including the latest gig news, exclusive airplays and interviews. Playlists
Northern Ireland
Maurice Leyden email
Host of 'Focal Point'
website
Downtown Radio
Newtownards
Co. Down
Northern Ireland BT23 4ES
station
website
emphasis on traditional and contemporary Irish folk
music... however other ethnic music is covered such
as Breton, Canadian and American. Irish and Scottish
Gallic songs are included in most programmes.
Tommy Sands email
Host of 'Country Ceili'
website
Downtown Radio
Newtownards
Co. Down
Northern Ireland BT23 4ES
station
website
Folk and traditional music - one of the
longest running folk music programmes
Scotland
'Celtic Music' (Sundays 3-4pm GMT)
Lochbroom FM
Mill Street Industrial Estate
Ullapool
Wester Ross IV26 2UN
Scotland
station
email
station
website
also
Hamish Campbell
Host of 'Fiddles & Accordions' (Scottish trad)
(Fridays 9-10pm
GMT)
Maisie Dennison
Host of 'No Frontiers' (Tuesdays 9pm - 10pm GMT)
Nevis Radio
Inverlochy, Fort William, Inverness PH33 6LU
Station e-mail: station email
station
website
UK COUNTRY
BBC LOCAL RADIO COUNTRY SHOWS
Joe
Fish
Host of Joe Fish Country
BBC Radio Lancashire
Darwen Street Blackburn BB2 2EA
Station e-mail: station email
Saturdays 12 - 2pm
Listen live on the web @
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiolancashire/
"The best in country music, traditional and modern."
Joe received the "Favourite Radio Station & Presenter
Award" at the 2005 UK Country Radio Awards
Steve Cherelle
Host of 'Essex Country'
BBC Essex
PO Box 765,
Chelmsford,
Essex CM2 9XB
Sundays 12 - 3pm
Listen live on the web @
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiolancashire/
Veronica Capaldi
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
PO Box 219 Lincoln LN1 3XY
station email
Lincolnshire's top country music show
website
Sundays 1pm - 4pm
Listen live on the web @
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/radio_lincolnshire/
Matthew
Carr
Host of 'Country Show' (Monday 7-9pm GMT)
BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester
Hylton Road Worcester WR2 5WW
web: station website
(also on BBC Radio Shropshire)
Dave Cash email
Host of 'Cash's Country Countdown' (Sundays 6pm - 9pm GMT)
BBC Radio Kent
Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge wells Kent TN1 1QQ
Kenny Johnson
Host of 'Sounds Country' (Sundays 8.05pm - 10.05pm GMT)
BBC Radio Merseyside
55 Paradise Street Liverpool L1 3BP
station email
station website
"plays the pick of country music and reviews local, national
and international releases."
Alan Watkiss
Host of 'Your Country' (Sundays 6pm - 8pm GMT)
BBC Radio Sheffield
54 Shoreham Street Sheffield S1 4 RS
station email
station website
also
Bob Preedy
Host of 'Hot Country' (FM only: Saturdays 9pm - midnight GMT)
Bryan Burnett
Host of 'Brand New Country'
BBC Radio Scotland
Queen Margaret Drive Glasgow G12 8DG
station website
Friday's 7:00pm to 9:00pm on 93 to 95 Fm and 8:10 am
with a repeat on Sundays 3.00pm to 5.00pm on 810AM
(radio nan ghadail).
Kelvin Henderson
Host of 'My Style Of Country'
BBC Radio Bristol
3 Tyndalls Park Road
Bristol BS8 1PP
station website
Sue Dougan (country music
with
Steve Cherelle - Thursdays 9-10pm)
BBC Radio Kent
The Great Hall
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 1QQ
(also broadcast on BBC Radio Oxford)
Helen
West email
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Broadcasting House
104 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 0LD
station website
Sunday 12 noon-2pm, 1026AM
"Hits old and new from Nashville and nearer home."
Roy Waller email Profile
Host of 'Rodeo Norforlk' (Saturdays 9am - 12pm GMT)
BBC Radio Norfolk
Norfolk Tower
Surrey Street
Norwich NR1 3PA
web: station website
"All that's country from the county and beyond.
Guests, new releases, gig guide and great music
from the burgeoning country scene."
Bob Preedy
Host of 'Hot Country'
BBC Radio Leeds
2 St Peters Square
Leeds LS9 8AH
station website
(also on BBC Radio Humberside)
Mick Smith
Host of 'Mick Smith's Country'
BBC Radio Nottingham
London Road
Nottingham NG2 4UU
(also broadcast on BBC Radio Derby
BBC Radio Leicester)
Paul Braithwaite email
Host of "Braithwaite's Country" (Sundays
7-9pm)
BBC Radio Cleveland
Broadcasting House
Newport Road
Middlesbrough TS1 5DG
station website
Lisa Matthews
Host of 'Big Country'
web:
BBC Radio Wales
Broadcasting House
Llantrisant Road
Llandaff
Cardiff
WalesCF5 2YQ
station
website
BBC Radio Ulster
Broadcasting House
Ormeau Avenue
Belfast BT2 8HQ
Northern Ireland
Hugo Duncan
Host of 'Country Afternoon'
Ralph McLean
Host of 'McLean's Country'
Lloyd Coles
Host of 'Sounds Countrified' (Mondays 7pm)
Swansea Sound
Victoria Road
Gowerton
Swansea
Wales SA4 3AB
station
website
Allan Nelson email
Host of 'Twangfest'
University Radio York 1350kh
10 Heworth Hall Drive
Heworth
York YO31 1AQ
Format: Americana
Wilf Spieler
Host of 'Mainly Country'
Seven Sound Radio
67 Southgate Street
P.O.Box 388
Gloucester GL1 2DQ
Satellite
Sky Music Choice: Channel 480 (Satellite)
website
Lee Williams
Host of 'Bluegrass Express'
Sundays 12 noon until 1 p.m.
Repeated Thursdays 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
(0900-1000 Z winter, 0800-0900 Z summer)
Compiler: Lee Williams
Programmer: Rebecca Barrat
Fleet House, 5 7-61
Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5LA.
Radio Caroline
"Hardcountry Show"
every Friday between 21.00 and 00.00 UK time on
Radio Caroline, ASTRA Digital
Host: Graham Hall email
website
Internet Only
CMR Nashville
51 Union Street
Farnborough
Hants
England
GU14 7PX
Lee Williams
Compiled
by Paul
Castle email
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