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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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FOLK SHOW 31 MARCH 2026
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
JB looks forward to Shennaghys Jiu, pays tribute to the great folk drummer Terry Cox who died recently with a track from Pentangle and new music from Claire Vine - among other folkish joys!
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FOLK SHOW 24 MARCH 2026
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
JB continues his celebration of St Patrick with music from the Emerald Isle and also manages to slip on a mason's apron . . . .
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FOLK SHOW 17 MARCH 2026
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
JB with the best in folk, blues and roots from the likes of Brooks Williams, Holly Clarke, Trip and Eddie Reader!
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FOLK SHOW 10 MARCH 2026
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
JB has music from Edgelarks, Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow and Jack Mclean along with his trusty gig guide on all things folky happening on the IOM!
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FOLK SHOW 03 MARCH 2026
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
John's back with his weekly mix of folk and roots music, including a performance in Manx from David Fisher and an interview with guitarist Martin Simpson, recorded recently at a workshop in Sheffield.
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FOLK SHOW 24 FEBRUARY 2026
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
John is back with his weekly mix of folk and roots music.
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FOLK SHOW 17 FEBRUARY 2026
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
John is back with his weekly selection of folk and roots music.
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FOLK SHOW 10 FEBRUARY 2026
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
JB with the best in folk and roots from the Chieftains to Scran via Jen Butterworth and Andy Irvine!
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FOLK SHOW 03 FEBRUARY 2026
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
JB has some barn dances, Dylan at the Institute and a bit of the Boss!
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FOLK SHOW 27 JANUARY 2026
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
JB has the Furrow Collective, Leverette, some hens teeth, some raggle-taggle gypsies and Bryan Ferry singing a sea shanty!
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FOLK SHOW 20 JANUARY 2026
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
JB has some Blue grass, Winter winds, a nod to Burns and then heads down to the Sally Gardens!
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FOLK SHOW 13 JANUARY 2026
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
JB launches into the new year proper with music from the likes of Siobhan Miller, Tim Edey, Martin and Eliza McCarthy and Planxty - and he looks forward to plenty of great music here on the Isle of Man
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FOLK SHOW 06 JANUARY 2026
Tuesday, 6 January 2026
JB's been a bit snowed up so celebrates this week's icy weather with some classics - more music, less chat!
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FOLK SHOW 30 DECEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 30 December 2025
JB plays some of your - and his - favourite folk, roots and Manx music from 2025
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FOLK SHOW 23 DECEMBER 2025
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
JB with some wonderfully festive folk and a yuletide miracle - a cheerily festive Bob Dylan!
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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
