Funding for Down Home Radio is provided in part by The Puffin Foundation and by Martin Carthy Radio Programs
Martin Carthy Radio Show Jan - Feb 1994: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Martin Carthy Radio Show Feb - March 1994: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Back in 1994 British folk musician and scholar Martin Carthy hosted a series of 6 radio broadcasts on the BBC 2 station. I recently got my hands on cassette tapes of these broadcasts, and they’re awesome! He did a really good job- plays some amazing music. I digitized the tapes, and here they are. The first tape is programs 1-3, Jan-Feb 1994 and the second is programs 3-6, Feb-March. You will notice in the middle of each tape it cuts off and then cuts back in, that’s where the tape side switches. I really recommend these shows, fun to listen to.
Enjoy!
August 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Great find and thanks for uploading these relatively unknown programmes. CJB (London)
August 28th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
any chance of being able to download these as zip files…? I’d just love to hear them but the only place I could is at work…if they would play in MS RealPlayer there, but they don’t >:(
August 29th, 2008 at 2:17 am
You should be able to download the shows as MP3s by clicking where it says “audio Mp3″ below the play button. Unfortunately I do not have the ability to post the files in Realplayer format.
Thanks for listening
Eli
August 29th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
This is wonderful stuff – thanks so much!
August 30th, 2008 at 4:20 am
Micky,
If you want, and if it’s ok with Eli, I can reupload these files in a zip to my webserver and give you the link.
Cheers,
Mike
August 30th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Ok, sure. Send me the link.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Very interesting to hear MC’s picks from so many different types of folk music. Thanks Eli!
April 20th, 2010 at 4:50 am
Many thanks for posting these Martin Carthy shows. It would be nice to have these in a lossless format like FLAC, in order to preserve the original recording quality.