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: Flo Perlin session, Norma Waterson tribute, and 21st Century Folk

Flo Perlin in session, and songs about real people

Flo Perlin session, Norma Waterson tribute, and 21st Century Folk

BBC Radio 2 - The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, Flo Perlin session, Norma Waterson tribute, and 21st Century Folk

Upcoming songwriter Flo Perlin sings live, and Mark remembers Norma Waterson.

The best folk music. Mark pays tribute to the late Norma Waterson, upcoming London-based songwriter Flo Perlin sings live, and there's news about 21st Century Folk.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, there's a focus on songs about real people, as Mark shares details of Radio 2's 21st Century Folk, in which five listeners from the North East of England will have songs written about their lives.

We pay tribute to the late Norma Waterson, who has died at the age of 82. With The Watersons, Waterson:Carthy and in the Gift Band with her daughter Eliza Carthy, Norma will be remembered as one of the great folk voices of her time.

Flo Perlin sings live. Flo, whose inspirations include her Jewish Iraqi and Belarusian heritage, released her second album, Characters, in 2021.

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