The Folk Show

JB is still in Spring mode with great sounds from Emily Portman, Harry McClintock, Gnoss and Sam Carter

JB celebrates the advent of May (or the death of April!) with music from Lisa Knapp, Dan Walsh, Seb Stone and Granny's attic! 

JB plays music from the likes of Eliza Carthy, Martin Simpson, Maddie Morris and Barrule - and many others plus his usual round-up of live local gigs

JB gets spacey . . . and plays music from Billy Bragg, Urban Folk Quartet, Imagined Village and From the Ground

It's all about the stars this week as to celebrate the new album from Clash Vooar, JB plays astral themed tunes from the likes of Dan Walsh, Honey and the Bear, Stockton's Wing and a live session at O'Donnells . 

JB celebrates his birthday with some of his faves from the likes of Lau, Urban Folk Quartet, the Dubliners, Clash Vooar and a Rochdale coconut dance. Normal service is resumed next week!

JB leaps into spring with music from the likes of Adam Holmes, Michael Walsh, Doc Watson and the Island's own guitar guru - Davy Knowles

Some hypnotic sounds from Daisy Rickman, a session from O'Donnells, Serious Sam Barrett and a new one from Clash Vooar - JB has them all!

JB with a tasty smorgasbord of sounds from the likes of Jim Murray, Richard Thompson, Honey and the Bear and Tarmac plus a celebration of St Patrick's Day!

Great sounds from JB's deck from the likes of Ryan Young, Chris Wood, Kathryn Tickell and Bellowhead

JB brings you his weekly mix of folk and roots music from the Isle of Man and around the world.

JB is back with his weekly mix of folk and roots music from the Isle of Man and around the world.

JB brings you his weekly mix of folk and roots music from the Isle of Man and around the world.

JB brings you his weekly mix of folk and roots music from the Isle of Man and around the world.

JB brings you his weekly mix of folk and roots music from the Isle of Man and around the world.

JB with his usual wonderfully eclectic mix of folk sounds old and new from around the globe from the likes of Marry Waterson, Project Smock, John Francis Flynn and Richard Thompson

JB with music from the likes of Holly and the Reivers, Nick Hart and Tom Moore and Roy Bailey.

JB jigs into the new year with sounds from the likes of Imar, Kathryn Tickell and Davy Knowles!

JB with the first part of his review of the best music from 2023 featuring the likes of Will Pound and Jen Butterworth, Lankum and Thomas Callister with Dave Kilgallon 

JB gets festive with some Christmassy sounds from a Winter Union, Bob Dylan Jeff Jepson and of course The Pogues!

A man with one kidney. Great Lakes. The Imagined Village and "Fairytale of New York" for those who didn't like the original! JB has them all!

JB pays tribute to Shane MacGowan whose death was announced recently, with music from the Pogues alongside great tracks from John Francis Flynn, Phillip Henry and Meera Royle

The Urban Folk Quartet, Liar, Liar, our own Phil Gawne and Bob Carswell and how to get yourself recorded on a narrowboat.

JB looks forward to artists playing on the Island in 2024 and plays music from the like Dan Walsh, Cerys Hafana, Blair Dunlop and Ashley Hutchings 

JB with new music from the likes of Ben Nicolls, Urban Folk Quartet, You are Wolf, Ryan Young plus some Muddy Waters!