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Tunes, chat and Cambridge Folk Festival

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat about Mark's trip to this year's Cambridge Folk Festival

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

Today Mark joins the show from Cambridge where he has been attending this year's Cambridge Folk Festival. Mark and Stuart reflect on the festival with some music highlights and festival chat.

Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the longest running folk festivals in the world. Held each year in Cherry Hinton Hall Park, it has been running since 1965.

Also on the show... long-running feature ‘The Chain’ which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8000 songs.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started, including tracks from Lady Blackbird, Patti Smith, Laura Marling, Ibibio Sound Machine, James Yorkton and Nina Persson.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 29 Jul 2023 08:00

Music Played

  • Patti Smith

    Frederick

    • Arista.
  • The Last Dinner Party

    Sinner

    • Island.
  • Arrested Development

    Mr. Wendal

    • Cool Temp.
  • Hot Chip

    Night & Day

    • Domino.
  • The Clientele

    Blue Over Blue

    • Merge Records.
  • The Rascals

    Groovin'

    • It's Cool (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.
  • The S.O.S. Band

    Just Be Good To Me

    • CBS.
  • The Streets

    Troubled Waters

    • Warner.
  • Lloyd Cole

    On Pain

    • On Pain.
    • earMUSIC / Edel Music.
    • 01.
  • Brian Eno

    Deep Blue Day

  • Laura Marling

    Devil's Spoke

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • The Juan MacLean

    Happy House

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DFA/Cooperative.
    • 1.
  • The Chemical Brothers

    Live Again (feat. Halo Maud)

    • EMI.
  • Sinéad O’Connor

    Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home

    • Am I Not Your Girl?.
    • Chrysalis Records Limited.
    • 5.
  • Elton John

    Philadelphia Freedom

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Green Onions

    • Atlantic.
  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    17 18 19

    • Merge Records.
  • Lady Blackbird

    Baby I Just Don't (Live at Cambridge Folk Festival 2023)

    • Foundation Music.
  • Nina Persson & James Yorkston

    An Upturned Crab (Cambridge Folk Festival 2023)

    • Domino.
  • Bush Tetras

    Can't Be Funky

    • Fetish Records.
  • Nas & Lauryn Hill

    If I Ruled The World

    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Jul 2023 08:00