Mainly Folk with Bev Harris First Monday, each month at 9pm Repeated on Fridays at 9pm.
Welcome to our monthly Mainly Folk programme We go out on the first Monday of each month and feature music and interviews from the world of folk plus a dash of country and Americana. We highlight local gigs in Surrey, London and the South East and welcome news and requests.		Download and listen to    current and past interviews with artists from the world of folk, country and Americana via FeedBurner And check our Facebook page!

To get in touch with the show please email Bev Harris.

And you can follow us on Twitter - @MainlyFolk

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May's Mainly Folk plays host to two unique artists who are playing in our area this month.

In the first hour Bev talks to Sam Carter
whose last album attracted rave reviews.




In part two Clive Gregson shares highlights from
his career and we play tracks from his new CD.


All this plus the latest releases and local gig guide - next Monday, 6th May from 9 - 11pm,
with a repeat at the same time on Friday at 10pm.
And one for our Transatlantic listeners on Tuesday from 3 - 5am UK time.

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On April's Mainly Folk we have three very different songwriters.


First up we speak to Karine Polwart about her latest album.



                Then Nashville folk pop singer Josh Rouse tells us about his new CD prior to
                                   his UK tour in May.


And finally, we have a live session from Brooklyn's Rebecca Pronsky.




All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see above.

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March's Mainly Folk included a half hour special with Lori Lieberman.
Lori was the first person to record Killing Me Softly With His Song and she talks about this, her career and her latest album and tour.

As usual we featured a bunch of new releases, which this month
included Richard Thompson and Karine Polwart.



All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see above.
Copy of the March programme Playlist on pdf here.

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February's Mainly Folk had a strong transatlantic flavour. In the first half we talked to Geraldine Hollett of Canada's The Once, who are currently on tour.




In the second hour we featured American singer songwriter Caroline Herring (http://www.carolineherring.com/), and talk to her about her latest album. 



All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see above.
Copy of the February programme Playlist on pdf here.

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In the first part of January's Mainly Folk we talked to a very talented duo whose latest tour takes in some local dates.

Miranda Sykes is well known as the third member of Show of Hands. Rex Preston has a reputation as a fine, imaginative mandolin player on the British Bluegrass scene Together they form a rare fusion of double bass & mandolin making for one of the most exciting new pairings on the acoustic roots scene.

In the second hour of the show, there was an interview with some live and recorded music from local folksinger, Sue Graves, including tracks with Soiree and Voiceover.  (drawing by Alban Low)

All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see above.
Copy of the January programme Playlist on pdf here.

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In December's Mainly Folk we talked to Steve Knightley,
lead singer and songwriter for the award-winning Show of Hands.





The second half of the show was a one-hour special with Benny Gallagher. Benny talked about
his  career  spanning  his  time  with  Apple  (The Beatles not Steve Jobs!),  McGuinness Flint,
Ronnie Lane, Art Garfunkel and of course, Gallagher and Lyle.

All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see above.
Copy of the December programme Playlist on pdf here.

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November's Mainly Folk had not just the latest CDs in Folk and Americana and our gig guide but also a whole lot more!

We had music and interviews with
American folksinger Gregory Alan Isakov...

                                                              ... and Alt Country performer Mary Gauthier.



We also talked to Show of Hand's Phil Beer.
Show of Hands have sold out the Albert Hall four times.


All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see above.

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Our October Show had an unreleased track by Gerry Rafferty
and Rab Noakes, an interview and new music with Rab himself,
at Folk at G-Live, Guildford special.

                                                    Plus a competition for 2 tickets for Kate Rusby's
                                                                                   October concert at G-Live.



All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see above.
Copy of the October programme Playlist on pdf here.

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Our September show had 3 great interviews with music.
Andy Roberts on Plainsong's farewell tour, the band that features the familiar voice of Ian Matthews.
Steve Ashley is at Thames Ditton's Ram Club in a few weeks time. His songs have been covered by many performers - you will be able to hear why.
Finally, we talked to a real living legend, Peggy Seeger, on her groundbreaking new album.

All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see below.
Copy of the September programme Playlist on pdf here.

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Our August show featured an interview with legendary Canadian singer songwriter, Bruce Cockburn who is touring the UK the end of August and September in support of his latest release, "Small Source of Comfort".
Bruce has produced over 20 best selling albums and has travelled the world as a humanitarian activist. His honours include being one of the few living artists who have been represented on a Canada Post stamp. www.brucecockburn.com


We also spoke to Darrell Scott, who has played in the Transatlantic Sessions, Celtic Connections and more recently Robert Plant's Band of Joy. He is also an accomplished solo performer and talks about his latest album, "Long Ride Home". www.darrellscott.com

All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see below.
Copy of the August programme Playlist on pdf here.

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Our July show featured interviews and music from two of the leading families in folk. We talked to Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman and played tracks from their new album, "Hidden People".

In the second half of the programme James Fagan told us about the Fagan Family and their involvement in the Australian folk revival and his very successful partnership with Nancy Kerr.

All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see below.
Copy of the July programme Playlist on pdf here.

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Our June show featured a live session with the premier American guitarist and songwriter, Brooks Williams (www.brookswilliams.com).

We also had an interview with Nate Borofsky from Girlyman (www.girlyman.com) and played tracks from their latest album, "Supernova".

Last, but not least, we were talking to Lucy Wainwright Roche, (www.lucywainwrightroche.com) whose recent album "Lucy" does her family proud!

All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see below.
Copy of the June programme Playlist on pdf here.

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You may want to check out the following gigs/venues -

    Anchor Folk Club, Byfleet
    Anvil Arts, Basingstoke
    Bracknell Folk Club, Windlesham
    The CellarUpstairs, Euston NW1
    Dorking Folk Club
    Farnham Maltings
    G-Live, Guildford
    Green Note, Camden NW1
    Half Moon, Putney SW15
    The Ram Club at Thames Ditton
    Reading Folk Club
    Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell EC1
    Twickenham Folk Club

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