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The Folk Show
John Barker hosts Manx Radio's weekly Folk Programme showcasing the best in traditional and modern folk music
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Episodes
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THE FOLK SHOW 16 DECEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
JB plays some great guitar from Mark Lawrence's new album Jupiter and gets jazzy-folk with a track from trumpeter Laura Jurd's latest album!
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FOLK SHOW 09 DECEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
JB invites you all to sing along as he starts this weeks Folk Show with music from Landless, Bonny Light Horseman and our own Davy Knowles
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FOLK SHOW 02 DECEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
JB has some Sandy Denny, Ruth Keggin-Gell with Rachel Hair and The Imagined Village among other joys in this week's selection!
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FOLK SHOW 25 NOVEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
John is back with his usual mix of folk and roots music.
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FOLK SHOW 18 NOVEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
JB takes the Outside Track . .enjoys some Sonny Boy Williamson and Tony Christie as you may never have heard him before . . !
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FOLK SHOW 11 NOVEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
JB plays the best in folk and roots - with plenty of great new music from NXNW, The Kasambwe Brothers and Trip - but space for some John Martyn and a Wagonwheel!
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FOLK SHOW 04 NOVEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
JB has a travelling man, some Bellowhead and Erin Harp Country Blues Duo amongst many other joys!
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FOLK SHOW 28 OCTOBER 2025
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
JB features the likes of Derry Farrell, Trip and Dylan in the basement in his selection of folk and roots from around the world
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FOLK SHOW 21 OCTOBER 2025
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
JB gives you the best in folk from the IOM and around the globe including the likes of Edwina Hayes, Tarren and Robert Plant and Saving Grace
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FOLK SHOW 14 OCTOBER 2025
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
JB starts Banjovial and finishes with Nitetracks as he plays the best in folk and roots from the Isle of Man and around the world . . !
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FOLK SHOW 07 OCTOBER 2025
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
JB hosts A.D.A.M . .Siger, Brighde Chaimbeul and some Peter Gabriel on the banjo!
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FOLK SHOW 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
JB pays tribute to that chameleon of the bass, the great Danny Thompson who died recently plus music from the likes of Jack McLean, Flook and Elephant Sessions
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FOLK SHOW 23 SEPTEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
JB with the best in folk from the Bothy Band to Dan Walsh via the Cartographers!
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FOLK SHOW 16 SEPTEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Several Hares on a Mountain, Peggy Seeger, McTullagh Vannin and John Smith all in the mix introduced by John Barker
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FOLK SHOW 09 SEPTEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
JB is back with his unique selection of all that's best in Folk and Roots from the IOM and around the globe
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FOLK SHOW 02 SEPTEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
It may start with Led Zeppelin - but fear not it is the Folk Show with JB!
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FOLK SHOW 26 AUGUST 2025
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
JB with his best selection of folk and roots music from the Island and around the globe including The Hunch, Odette Mitchell Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe with Daniel Quayle and five drunken landladies!
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FOLK SHOW 19 AUGUST 2025
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
JB looks forward to this year's Shrewsbury Folk Festival with music from the likes of the Levellers, Dougie McLean and some bullocks
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FOLK SHOW 12 AUGUST 2025
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
John is back with this weekly selectin of folk and roots music from the Isle of Man and around the world.
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FOLK SHOW 05 AUGUST 2025
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
More great folk and roots sounds from JB as he gears up for another busy folk festival season!
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FOLK SHOW 29 JULY 2025
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
JB with the best in folk and roots from the likes of Tamsin Elliott and Tarek Elazhary, Callum Stewart, Lankum and some sounds from Yn Chrunniaght
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FOLK SHOW 22 JULY 2025
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
John brings you the very best in folk and roots music, including tracks from a number of artists performing at this year's Yn Chruinnaght.
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FOLK SHOW 15 JULY 2025
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
In this week's programme, John brings you his usual mix of folk and roots music, including a look ahead to next week's Yn Chruinnaght Festival.
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FOLK SHOW 08 JULY 2025
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
More great sounds of folk and roots from the IOM and around the world from the likes of Lady Maisery, Juan Tabor and Martin Simpson and Trip
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FOLK SHOW 01 JULY 2025
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
JB spins some Lisa Knapp and Gerry Divers, has a broken pledge and two tracks about cuckoos!
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FOLK SHOW 24 JUNE 2025
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
JB returns with more great music from the likes of Bonny Light Horseman, Stiofan O'Treabhair and the Dubliners
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FOLK SHOW 17 JUNE 2025
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
JB looks forward to this year's Yn Chrunniaght Festival with guests Chloe Woolley and Jo Callister
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FOLK SHOW 10 JUNE 2025
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
JB spins some Capercaille, Lewis McLaughlin, Rachel Sermanni and songs for Nova Scotia. I feel love!
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FOLK SHOW 03 JUNE 2025
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
JB is back in the studio after his travels in northern climes and has music new and old from the likes of Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Trip, Gnoss and Brooks Williams
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FOLK SHOW 27 MAY 2025
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
JB continues is back in his wild aviary with more music about birds with sounds from the likes of Pauline Scanlan, Fellow Pynins and Paddy O'Brien
