As I Roved Out: A Century Of Folk Music

In 1999, John Peel presented a series of six documentaries tracing the previous century of folk music, focusing mainly on music from the British Isles. Broadcast on Radio Two, the shows were productions of Smooth Operations and it is not known whether Peel had any input on the scripts. The fourth programme in particular featured several artists (such as Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span) who were played often by Peel and and regularly did sessions in the 1960s and 1970s.

If you listen to recordings of the shows, please feel more than welcome to add tracklistings or other information to the basic show outlines below. Please the Peeling Back The Years for an example of a page on another Peel documentary series.

Shows
1. Pre-WW1 origins of the folk revival

2. Post-WW1 era to the 1950s

3. Folk club boom of the 1960s-1970s

4. Folk rock

5. Celtic music

6. New directions in folk

Links
Radio Listings site: Further details on the shows and the series, including broadcast dates, featured artists and other contributors.

Files
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