Heartlands | NTS

Heartlands on NTS doesn't just play folk music - it excavates it. The show dives deep into the British folk tradition, pulling out records you'd never find on a standard folk playlist. One moment you're hearing a rare field recording of a traditional ballad, the next it's a modern artist like Stick in the Wheel or The Unthanks reimagining the genre. The curation feels obsessive in the best way. You can tell the host actually lives this stuff. It's not background music - it demands attention. The slower, quieter tracks can be mesmerising if you let them in. But there's also energy: songs built…