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Acoustic and roots music inspired by British wildlife. Guest Merlyn Driver talks about his album inspired by curlews.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, Mark presents a special episode filled with music inspired by British wildlife.

Foxes, eels, waxwings, dragonflies and hares are among the creatures featured.

Guest Merlyn Driver talks about Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, his evocative album that celebrates the endangered curlew, its habitats and its extraordinary calls.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 15 Jun 2022 21:00
91热爆 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

    I Am The Fox

  • Kitty Macfarlane

    Glass Eel

  • Martin Simpson

    Ridgeway

  • Aisling Urwin

    The Dragonfly Jig

  • Spell Songs & Seckou Keita

    Heron

  • Merlyn Driver

    Simmerdim (feat. Nathan Riki Thomson)

  • Tuuletar

    Kev盲盲n Kajo

  • Niall Hanna

    The Granemore Hare

  • Olivia Chaney

    Waxwing

  • Sweeney's Men

    Reynard The Fox

  • Alan Roberts & Dougie MacLean

    The Rowan Tree

  • Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman

    52 Hertz

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 Jun 2022 21:00
    91热爆 Radio 2