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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: The Shee in Session

The Shee in Session

07/12/2016

BBC Radio 2 - The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, The Shee in Session

British six-piece The Shee play live in session.

British six-piece The Shee play live in the Salford studio.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, British six-piece The Shee play live in the Salford studio.

The group have celebrated their 10th anniversary this year with a project called Continuum, in which they asked six of their favourite folk musicians to compose pieces for them to perform.

The pieces were written by Karine Polwart, Brian Finnegan, Chris Wood, Kathryn Tickell, Martin Simpson and Andy Cutting.

The Shee are Amy Thatcher (accordion, clogs), Laura-Beth Salter (mandolin, vocals), Lillias Kinsman-Blake (flute, whistles), Olivia Ross (fiddle, viola, vocals), Rachel Newton (electroharp, vocals) and Shona Mooney (fiddle).

Continuum was released on the 23rd September 2016.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

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