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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: Leveret in Session

Leveret in Session

15/02/2017

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

English instrumental trio Leveret perform live in session.

English instrumental trio Leveret perform tunes from their acclaimed albums.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, traditional English three-piece Leveret play live in the Salford studio.

Leveret combines three of the country's most well-respected folk musicians: Sam Sweeney (Bellowhead, Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, The Full English) on fiddle, Andy Cutting (Simpson Cutting Kerr, Blowzabella) on melodeon and Rob Harbron (The Full English, the English Acoustic Collective) on concertina.

Between them, the trio have amassed fourteen Radio 2 Folk Awards.

The group released their debut album, New Anything, in 2015, and a live album, In The Round, last year.

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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