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Live session from Brown Wimpenny!

Manchester group Brown Wimpenny join Mark in Salford.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

Young Manchester group Brown Wimpenny join Mark in Salford, to play songs and tunes from their album, Long Live Brown Wimpenny.

The band has up to 11 members and is part of the Broadside Hacks roster. They're touring alongside various label mates later this month.

Produced by Pomona for BBC Radio 2.

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Last Wednesday21:00
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Music Played

  • June Tabor & Oysterband

    Fountains Flowing

    • Ragged Kingdom.
    • Topic.

  • The Mary Wallopers

    The Big Mixer

    • Paddywhackery.

  • Bellowhead

    Parson's Farewell

    • Hedonism.
    • Navigator Records.

  • Brown Wimpenny

    Shady Grove (Radio 2 Session, 16th September 2026)

  • Loudon Wainwright III

    Hollywood Hopeful

    • Unrequited (1998 CD Release).
    • Columbia.

  • Clare Sands

    Curlew Song (feat. Ríoghnach Connolly)

    • They Tried to Bury Us.

  • Brown Wimpenny

    The Well Below The Valley / O'Keeffe's / Farewell To Whalley Range (Radio 2 Session, 16th September 2026)

  • Brown Wimpenny

    Pratty Flowers (Holmfirth Anthem) (Radio 2 Session, 16th September 2026)

  • Anaïs Mitchell

    Dyin' Day

    • Young Man in America.
    • Wilderland Records.

  • Gwilym Bowen Rhys

    Ben Rhys

    • O Groth y Ddaear.

  • Elephant Sessions

    Fade

    • This Place of Ours.

Broadcast

  • Last Wednesday21:00
    BBC Radio 2