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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: Colin Meloy and Olivia Chaney on Offa Rex

Colin Meloy and Olivia Chaney on Offa Rex

19/07/2017

BBC Radio 2 - The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, Colin Meloy and Olivia Chaney on Offa Rex

Colin Meloy from The Decemberists and Olivia Chaney discuss their new band, Offa Rex.

The best folk and acoustic music. Colin Meloy from The Decemberists and Olivia Chaney discuss their new band, Offa Rex.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, Colin Meloy from top alt-folk band The Decemberists and English singer Olivia Chaney discuss their new band, Offa Rex.

The Decemberists, from Portland in Oregon, are one of the world's top alt-folk bands. They've recently joined with BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-nominated folk singer Olivia Chaney to record a folk-rock album that focusses on traditional music from England, Scotland and Ireland.

The collaboration is called Offa Rex and their debut album is called The Queen of Hearts.

On this show, Mark unites Colin (in the United States) and Olivia (in London) via the wonders of technology and talks about the project.

Plus the usual mix of exciting new releases and news from the folk world.

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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