Radio 2 Folk & Acoustic

Reviews

• Folk

  25 Nov 2009

  Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed Show of Hands

  
  A committed, convincing reinvention of a Brit folk institution.

  reviewed by Colin Irwin

• Folk

  2 Nov 2009

  Zama Zama: Try Your Luck Battlefield Band

  
  New collection from one of the great institutions of the Scottish music scene.

  reviewed by Robin Denselow

• Folk

  1 May 2009

  Track of Words – Retraced Steve Knightley

  
  Folk legend revisits his ten year old solo outing.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

• Folk

  30 Mar 2009

  Arc Light Lau

  
  Newly anointed Best Group in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for a second year.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• Folk

  2 Mar 2009

  Songs From The Floodplain Jon Boden

  
  A beautifully profound and dramatic record that has all the makings of a future classic.

  reviewed by Sid Smith

• Folk

  23 Feb 2009

  Folk Awards 2009 Various Artists

  
  It's another vital addition to the series.

  reviewed by Daryl Easlea

• Folk

  2 Feb 2009

  Under One Sky John McCusker

  
  Swirls of pipe and fiddle whip and whittle through time

  reviewed by Sid Smith

• Folk

  26 Jan 2009

  Hill of Thieves Cara Dillon

  
  Artists this good deserved to be savored.

  reviewed by Sid Smith

• Folk

  18 Jul 2008

  Ships In The Forest Karan Casey

  
  Ships In The Forest shines with unsentimental emotion and moments of rare beauty.

  reviewed by Mel Ledgard