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The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe

Music: Folk

Mark Radcliffe explores the wide range of folk and acoustic music from around the world.

Mark Radcliffe explores the wide range of traditional and contemporary folk and acoustic music from around the UK and the world, with regular interviews and live sessions.

The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe: Karine Polwart session

Karine Polwart session

09/01/2013

BBC Radio 2 - The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, Karine Polwart session

Mark presents his new folk and acoustic show, with live music from singer Karine Polwart.

Mark presents his new folk and acoustic show from Salford Quays, including live music from the popular Scottish singer Karine Polwart.

Mark Radcliffe presents Radio 2's new folk and acoustic show live from Salford Quays. This week, he welcomes Scottish songwriter Karine Polwart to the studio for a live session. 

Inge Thomson (accordion) and Steven Polwart (guitar) accompany Karine as she performs tracks from her BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-nominated album Traces.

Popular and respected throughout the folk world, Karine began her music career as a member of the Scottish folk groups Malinky and the Battlefield Band, before going solo in 2003. 

Her albums Faultlines, Scribbled in Chalk and This Earthly Spell have earned her a reputation as one of the most skilled, affecting and socially-engaged songwriters of her generation, while her 2008 collection Fairest Floo'er reaffirmed her connection with traditional folk music. 

Traces, released last summer, is Karine's first full-length studio album in four years. Produced by Iain Cook of Glasgow band The Unwinding Hours, Traces has already earned Karine three nominations in the 2013 Folk Awards, in the Best Album, Best Original Song and Folk Singer of the Year categories. 

It comes after a time spent concentrating on side-projects and varied collaborations, including work with The Burns Unit and Lau.

This is the second edition of Mark's new Radio 2 Folk Show. Future programmes will include an electric session from the acclaimed songwriter Chris Wood (16 January) and a session from the legendary folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention (23 January). Richard Thompson, Heidi Talbot and Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer are also lined up to perform live in the coming weeks. 

On Wednesday 30 January, Mark will join Julie Fowlis onstage at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall to host the 14th annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The event will broadcast live on Radio 2 from 7.30pm.

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