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Jo Whiley, Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad introduce folk superstars Band Of Love for a different spin on some disco classics like Born To Be Alive, Night Fever and I Feel Love.

Jo Whiley, Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad welcome some folk superstars to the stage, as the Band Of Love showcase their interpretations of the mirror ball classics of Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Sister Sledge and the Brothers Gibb.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 Folk Award winner Greg Russell and accordion virtuoso Jim Causley take the vocals, while the brilliant Mancunian Irish duo of bodhran player John Joe Kelly and Michael McGoldrick are on Uilleann pipes and whistle. Show of Hands’ Phil Beer and Steve Knightley, Scottish fiddler Patsy Reid, acclaimed duo Hannah Martin and Philip Henry, double bassist Matt Downer and Danish accordionist Rune Cygan Barslund complete the line up.

Claudia Winkleman will be chatting to the crowds and Craig Charles will be playing a funk and soul DJ set.

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Sep 2018 15:10

Music Played

  • The Band of Love

    We Are Family (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018)

  • The Band of Love

    Born To Be Alive (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018)

  • The Band of Love

    Love Don't Live Here Anymore (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018)

  • The Band of Love

    Gimme The Night (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018)

  • The Band of Love

    Night Fever (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018)

  • The Band of Love

    I'll Put You Together Again (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018)

  • The Temptations

    Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

    • Tamla Motown.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Sep 2018 15:10