''Folkwaves'' is a long-running radio programme produced by
BBC Radio Derby
BBC Radio Derby is the Local BBC Radio, BBC's local radio station serving Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.
It broadcasts on frequency modulation, FM, AM broadcasting, AM, Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from s ...
and broadcast across
The East Midlands. The show is hosted by
Mick Peat and
Lester Simpson, and is a showcase for the very best of local, national and international folk music.
Listeners of the programme have criticised the BBC for giving only three weeks notice before deciding to take the programme off-air.
See also
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English Folk Dance and Song Society
The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS, or pronounced 'EFF-diss') is an organisation that promotes English folk music and folk dance. EFDSS was formed in 1932 when two organisations merged: the Folk-Song Society and the English Folk Dan ...
References
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* https://www.efdss.org/images/present/Docs/Documentation/Gold_Badge_Citation_Mick_Peat_for_website.pdf
BBC Local Radio programmes
English folk music