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Electrofolk singer Frankie Archer

Northumbrian electrofolk singer Frankie Archer talks about her twist on traditional music.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, Northumbrian electrofolk singer Frankie Archer talks about her approach to traditional music.

Frankie won the 2023 Christian Raphael Prize, which is awarded by Cambridge Folk Festival to support exciting new talent. Her EP, Never So Red, comes out on Friday 3 November.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Fairport Convention

    Time Will Show the Wiser

    • Fairport Convention.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.
  • The Mary Wallopers

    The Hot Asphalt

    • Irish Rock N' Roll.
  • The Dubliners

    The Musical Priest / The Blackthorn Stick

    • Double Dubliners.
    • EMI.
  • Stornoway

    Trouble With The Green (Radio 2 Session, 18 October 2023)

  • Clare Sands & Aisling Urwin

    Ghost On The Waves

  • Leon Rosselson

    The Ghost of George Brassens

    • Chronicling The Times.
  • Frankie Archer

    Oxford City

    • Never So Red.
  • Frankie Archer

    O the Bonny Fisherlad

    • Never So Red.
  • 脥尘补谤

    Air Mignonne

    • Afterlight.
  • John Smith

    The World Turns

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 Nov 2023 21:00