The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe

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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: Billy Bragg shares new music

Billy Bragg shares new music

BBC Radio 2 - The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, Billy Bragg shares new music

Acoustic and folk music, with guest Billy Bragg.

The best acoustic and folk music, with guest Billy Bragg.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, singer-songwriter Billy Bragg talks about the themes that have inspired his new album, The Million Things That Never Happened, which Billy calls a "pandemic blues" record.

Billy - a distinctive voice in alternative music since the early 1980s - has long combined folk, country, punk and soul to reflect British society on songs like Between The Wars, Sexuality, Levi Stubbs' Tears and A New England.

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