Festive Fireside Folk
Warming folk music for midwinter.
Mark serves up an hour of warming folk music for midwinter.
Gather round for carols by Voices At The Door, St. Agnes Fountain and the Milk Carton Kids, hearty folk-rock by Steve Ashley, fun from Bob Dylan and Loudon Wainwright III, Scandinavian adventures from Belinda O'Hooley & Jackie Oates and The Snowflake Trio, beautiful instrumentals by The Gentle Good and Brìghde Chaimbeul, and wassailing by Waterson:Carthy and A Winter Union.
Produced in Salford by Pomona Audio for BBC Radio 2
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Kate Rusby
Cold Winter
- The Frost Is All Over.
- Pure Records.
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Bob Dylan
Must Be Santa
- Christmas In The Heart.
- Columbia.
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Coope Boyes & Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya & Georgina Boyes
While Shepherds Watched (Hail Chime On)
- Voices At The Door - Midwinter Songs & Carols.
- No Masters.
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The Gentle Good
Cloch Erfyl
- Plygeiniwch! EP.
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Milk Carton Kids
What Child Is This
- Christmas In A Minor Key.
- Thirty Tigers.
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The Outside Track
Christmas In Killarney
- Christmas Star.
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St. Agnes Fountain
Masters In This Hall
- The Best Of St. Agnes Fountain.
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Steve Ashley
Fire And Wine
- Stroll On.
- Gull Records.
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Belinda O'Hooley & Jackie Oates
As The Light Draws In
- As The Light Draws In.
- Needle Pin Records.
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Snowflake Trio
The Green Lady
- Sun Dogs.
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Waterson:Carthy
Sugar Wassail
- Holy Heathens & The Old Green Man.
- Topic Records.
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A Winter Union
The Trees Of Old England
- Sooner After Solstice.
- Sungrazing Records.
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Brìghde Chaimbeul
In The Bleak Midwinter
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Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner
Through The Bitter Frost And Snow
- Through The Bitter Frost And Snow.
- 1-800-Prime-CD.
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Loudon Wainwright III
Suddenly It's Christmas
- Career Moves.
- Virgin Records.
