''Folkwaves'' is a long-running radio programme produced by

BBC Radio Derby BBC Radio Derby is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Derbyshire. It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on St Helens Street in Derby. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audien ...

and broadcast across The East Midlands. The show is hosted by Mick Peat and

Lester Simpson Lester Simpson is an English folk singer and radio presenter on BBC Local Radio in BBC Radio Derby, Derbyshire, BBC Radio Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and BBC Radio Leicester, Leicestershire. He features in the three-piece folk group Coope, Boyes a ...

, 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.

References

*{{BBC programme BBC Local Radio programmes English folk music