All Seasons

Season 2009

  • S2009E01 Hollerers, Stompers and Old-Time Ramblers

    • January 23, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Seasick Steve, The Wiyos, Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole, CW Stoneking, Diana Jones and Allison Williams And Chance McCoy perform a concert at London's Barbican Centre.

  • S2009E02 Greenwich Village

    • February 13, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Concert centring upon the singer-songwriter talents to emerge from the clubs of New York's Greenwich Village in the 1960s, including Judy Collins, Roger McGuinn and Eric Andersen.

  • S2009E03 Roger McGuinn

    • March 1, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Folk hero and ex-Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn performs Eight Miles High, Turn! Turn! Turn!, My Back Pages and more at a special Greenwich Village Revisited concert.

  • S2009E04 Carolyn Hester

    • March 15, 2009
    • BBC Four

    'Texas Songbird' Carolyn Hester performs at a special Greenwich Village Revisited concert with songs penned by Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton and Ed McCurdy and her take on the classic House of the Rising Sun.

  • S2009E05 Diana Jones

    • March 22, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Appalachian folk singer-songwriter Diana Jones weaves heartfelt lyrics and stirring melodies in an intense performance from the Barbican.

  • S2009E06 Seasick Steve

    • March 29, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Maverick veteran blues man Seasick Steve performs at the Barbican mixing old numbers from the likes of Furry Lewis with self-penned songs, including live favourite Chiggers.

  • S2009E07 Billy Bragg

    • April 1, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Billy Bragg performs versions of classics by Buffy Sainte Marie, Woody Guthrie and his own adaptation, Last Night I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs, at a special Greenwich Village Revisited concert.

  • S2009E08 Cedric Watson

    • April 5, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Young Creole fiddler and accordion player Cedric Watson and his band Bijoux Creole get toes tapping at the Barbican, with their infectious and energetic zydeco tunes.

  • S2009E09 Eric Andersen

    • April 19, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Greenwich Village singer-songwriter Eric Anderson brings his wistful melodies and brooding voice to the Barbican, as he revisits some of his songs from the 1960s folk revival.

  • S2009E10 Finales

    • April 21, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Two stomping old-timey ensemble numbers featuring the combined talents of Seasick Steve, The Wiyos, Allison Williams and Chance McCoy, Diana Jones, CW Stoneking and Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole, playing everything from fiddles, banjos and horns to washboards and a water cooler.

  • S2009E11 Judy Collins

    • April 23, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins performs songs from throughout her career, delving back into the early days in Greenwich Village and beyond. She is on radiant form and the Barbican set includes some of her best-loved songs like Both Sides Now and Someday Soon.

  • S2009E12 The Wiyos

    • May 3, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Brooklyn's The Wiyos entertain the Barbican audience with their quirky mix of vaudevillian ragtime and finely crafted 1920s style tunes.

  • S2009E13 Allison Williams and Chance McCoy

    • September 2, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Ex-punk musician turned clawhammer banjo player Allison Williams joins forces with West Virginia champion fiddler Chance McCoy for foot-stomping old-timey string band tunes.

  • S2009E14 CW Stoneking

    • November 19, 2009
    • BBC Four

    Australian blues singer, songwriter and guitarist CW Stoneking performs at the Barbican.