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BBC Proms

2008

Prom 5: Folk Day

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Charles Hazlewood introduces a concert showcasing some of Britain's most exciting folk talent. Folk Day celebrates the diversity and influence of folk music and culminates in a Prom featuring artists who are continuing to revive and re-interpret the traditions of folk music, including 23-year-old Bella Hardy, guitarist Martin Simpson and the boisterous 11-piece big band Bellowhead, who between them won three Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2007/8. Show less

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