The Breath and May Day
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond. Manchester duo The Breath perform live, plus music for May Day.
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.
Manchester duo The Breath perform an exquisite live session, with songs from their mini-album, Only Stories.
Mark plays a selection of tracks to mark the occasion of May Day, and hears from listeners around the country about their May Day traditions.
There's also a tribute to the late Lancashire singer and organiser, Alan Bell, and music from two legends whose centenaries fall in this week: Pete Seeger and S茅amus Ennis.
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Waterson:Carthy
May Song
- Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man.
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Jackie Oates
Hail! Hail! The First Of May
- The Spyglass & The Herringbone.
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Pete Seeger
Solidarity Forever
- If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle.
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The Breath
Let It Calm You Down (Live on The Folk Show, Radio 2)
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S茅amus Ennis
First You Must Learn The Grip
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S茅amus Ennis
The First House in Connaught / The Copper Plate Reel
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Lisa Knapp
Till April Is Dead
- Till April Is Dead: A Garland of May.
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The Breath
Boat Song (Live on The Folk Show, Radio 2)
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The Breath
Only Stories (Live on The Folk Show, Radio 2)
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Telling the Bees
Oxford May Song
- Steer By The Stars.
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Alan Bell
So Here's To You
- The Definitive Collection.
Broadcast
- Wed 1 May 2019 21:00大象传媒 Radio 2