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Folk on 2 Highlights from the first BBC Radio 2 Traditional and International Music Festival, held recently at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, as part of the National Festival of Music for Youth. There are performances from many of the young musicians taking part, from Chinese
Yangchin through Lancashire Cloggers, via steel bands to Latiri American salsa.

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Hall

Ralph McTell introduces a series of five concerts from this year's Cambridge Folk Festival as it celebrates 30 years of the best acts in folk music. Tonight, featuring
Irish superstar Mary Black.

Contributors

Introduces:
Ralph McTell
Unknown:
Mary Black.

A A five-part series featuring the best in traditional Irish music from
America, Britain and Ireland.
With music from Noel Hill and Tony McMahon , female trio Dordan, a song by Dolores Kean , orchestral music by the late Sean O'Riada and Irish-American flautist
Seamus Egan.

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Unknown:
Noel Hill
Unknown:
Tony McMahon
Unknown:
Dolores Kean
Unknown:
Sean O'Riada
Unknown:
Seamus Egan.

Sujata Barot examines the latest music being made by Asian artists here in Britain, including Apache Indian, the Sahotas from
Wolverhampton, 15-year-old singer Amar,
Sheila Chandra , bhangra star Malkit Singh and the Indo-jazz of Nitin Sawhney. Producers David Corser and Kulwant Sidhu

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Chandra
Unknown:
Malkit Singh
Unknown:
Nitin Sawhney.
Producers:
David Corser
Producers:
Kulwant Sidhu

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