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with Folk on 2 Featuring special guests, the recently formed Band of Hope - consisting of old friends Martin Carthy , John Kirkpatrick , Dave Swarbrick and Roy Bailey and multi-instrumentalist Steafan Hannigan
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Contributors

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Martin Carthy
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John Kirkpatrick
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Dave Swarbrick
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Roy Bailey
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Steafan Hannigan

In the third of six programmes, Paul James presents some of the best European folk groups recorded during their visits to Britain. This week:
Portugal's leading folk band Brigada Victor Jara , recorded at the South Hill
Park Arts Centre, Bracknell.

Contributors

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Paul James
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Brigada Victor Jara

In the second of six programmes,
Georgina Boyes looks at the history of folk-song collecting. She examines the collectors, their attitudes to songs and singers, and how they treated the songs they collected. Featuring Bonnie Irish Boy , I Wish I Wish,
Seeds of Love and Bacup Nutters Dance.
Producer David Corser

Contributors

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Georgina Boyes
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Bonnie Irish Boy
Producer:
David Corser

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