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Oxford band Stornoway play live

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond. Recently reformed Oxford indie-folk band Stornoway play live.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, recently reformed Oxford indie-folk band Stornoway play live.

Dig The Mountain! is Stornoway's fourth studio album and combines their inventive songwriting and love for the natural world. Singer Brian Briggs also has a doctorate in the study of ducks, and has managed a nature reserve in Wales.

The band formed in 2006, disbanded in 2016, and reformed in 2022. They are touring the UK this autumn.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Joni Mitchell

    You Turn Me On I'm A Radio

    • For The Roses.
    • Reprise.
  • Daoirí Farrell

    Sullivan's John

    • The Wedding Above In Glencree.
  • The Breath

    Land Of My Other

    • Land Of My Other.
    • Real World Records.
  • Stornoway

    Dig The Mountain! (Radio 2 Session, 18 October 2023)

  • Blazin’ Fiddles

    Jukebox (Young Alumnus / Vladimir's Steamboat / The Tønder Jukebox)

    • XXV.
    • Blazin' Records.
    • 1.
  • John Hartford

    Don't Leave Your Records In The Sun

    • Mark Twang.
    • Flying Fish Records.
  • Stornoway

    Trouble With The Green (Radio 2 Session, 18 October 2023)

  • Stornoway

    Fuel Up (Radio 2 Session, 18 October 2023)

  • Angeline Morrison

    Black John

    • The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience.
    • Topic Records.
  • Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth

    Beggarman

    • Volume 1.
  • Georgia Ruth

    Kingfisher

    • Kingfisher EP.
    • Bubblewrap Collective.

Broadcast

  • Wed 18 Oct 2023 21:00