Rekindling the flame: Dutch folk music

Rapalje, a Dutch group that sings Celtic, Scottish and Dutch folk music (©Wikimedia Commons)

Dutch Folk Music may be a thin flame compared to the bonfire of flamenco, and it’s nearly extinguished in The Netherlands, but the folk tradition is alive and well across the border in Flanders, in Belgium. This programme takes us to the annual folk festival in Dranouter.

Producer: Liesbeth de Bakker

Broadast: January  12, 2001