BBC Radio 2’s 21st Century Folk initiative is returning to the network as part of a week-long focus on the genre.
21st Century Folk features five folk artists writing ...
Jamie Webster has taken the No.1 spot in the very first Official Folk Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company.
Hosted by BBC Radio 2’s Folk Show presenter, Mark Radcliffe, ...
BBC Radio 6 Music is to celebrate independent music with a special day of programming next month.
State of Independents Day – which airs on Thursday, September 10 – will ...
Leonard Cohen has been honoured at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in Manchester.
Three years after his death, the revered songwriter and poet (pictured at Glastonbury in 2008) ...
The nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 have been announced by Mark Radcliffe on the Radio 2 Folk Show.
Radcliffe (pictured) will present the ceremony, ...
BBC Radio 6 Music’s Mary Anne Hobbs has told Music Week that taking over the mid-morning slot from Lauren Laverne is her “dream job”.
The move is part of ...
BBC Radio 6 Music scored well in the recent Q3 RAJAR results, with its second highest ratings ever of 2.52 million. It comes ahead of the first shake-up at ...
Lauren Laverne is taking over presenting duties on the BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast Show.
Launching in early 2019, Laverne will move from her current mid-morning slot to the early ...
Nick Drake is being inducted into the Folk Awards Hall Of Fame because…
“He made amazing records that retain all their lustre and mystery. The really fascinating thing, of course, ...
