Folk Music from the British Isles: Spell Songs II


Today, Weds December 15, we present a programme of folk music from the British Isles (well nearly — there are a couple of North American artists in there if truth be told), covering the last 50 years or so.
In particular, we are celebrating the new album from Spell Songs, “Spell Songs II — Let The Light In” by playing a track every hour.
Spell Songs is a musical evolution of both The Lost Words and The Lost Spells books by acclaimed author Robert Macfarlane and award-winning illustrator Jackie Morris; creating a listening experience that intersects music, literature, language and art, as a call to reawaken our love of the wild.
In addition we’ll be hearing a collection of British folk music from the last half-century or so, with the likes of the Unthanks, Chumbawamba, Fourtold and others.
Some of today’s selections are definitely on the rock side of folk, so be prepared for a fairly up-tempo day.