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Jason Manford sits in, with Kate Rusby and Eddi Reader

Jason Manford sits in and introduces the folk music he loves, alongside guests Kate Rusby and Eddi Reader.

A home for folk and acoustic music on Radio 2 and 成人快手 Sounds.

This week, Jason Manford sits in for Mark and introduces the folk music he loves, in the company of Kate Rusby and Eddi Reader.

Jason - singer, actor and comedian - comes from a Manchester-Irish family with roots in Dublin. His grandparents were a folk duo who moved to Manchester in the 1950s, and had 11 musical children who went on to form a popular show band. Despite his varied career, Jason carries a love of folk music, and this week he shares the songs he loves most of all.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Christy Moore

    Welcome to the Cabaret

  • Ewan MacColl

    Dirty Old Town (feat. Peggy Seeger)

  • The High Kings

    Streets of New York

  • Jason Manford

    Falling Slowly (feat. Kate Rusby)

  • The Lancashire Hotpots

    Chippy Tea

  • Nora Ryan & The Dublin Rogues

    The Spinning Wheel

  • Eddi Reader

    Patience of Angels

  • The Fureys & Davey Arthur

    The Green Fields of France

  • Paul Simon

    The Sound Of Silence (Live 2012)

Broadcast

  • Wed 24 Mar 2021 21:00