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Afro Celt Sound System

Afro Celt Sound System is a group from the UK, active since 1995.

Group GB since 1995 world afrobeat ambient
TOTAL PLAYS
55
SONGS PLAYED
26
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2008-02-12 08:05 · 6 Music — "Afro Celt Sound System 1999 (2)"
LAST PLAYED
4 months ago · Radio 2 — "Honey Bee"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026
9 7 5 2 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 34 62%
Radio 2 21 38%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Honey Bee 12 2026-01-07
2 Cascade 4 2017-02-08
3 Afro Celt Sound System 4 2011-11-07
4 Release 3 2023-07-30
5 Rise Above It 3 2021-08-17
6 Afro Celt Sound System 1999 3 2009-06-17
7 Big Cat 2 2022-11-16
8 Life In A Northern Town 2 2022-05-26
9 Flight 2 2018-11-24
10 Cascade / Honey Bee (Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017) 2 2017-04-05
11 Inian - BBC Session 28/10/1996 2 2010-08-10
12 Afro Celt Sound System 1999 (2) 2 2008-11-04
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-01-07 21:03 Honey Bee Radio 2
2024-12-04 21:56 Flight (feat. Ríoghnach Connolly) Radio 2
2024-05-08 20:03 Honey Bee Radio 2
2023-11-17 19:45 Whirl-Y-Reel 2 6 Music
2023-07-30 18:01 Release 6 Music
2023-03-22 21:27 Dark Moon, High Tide Radio 2
2022-11-16 22:43 Big Cat 6 Music
2022-08-10 20:20 Honey Bee Radio 2
2022-05-26 04:11 Life In A Northern Town 6 Music
2022-05-09 14:49 Life In A Northern Town 6 Music
2021-09-30 21:42 Big Cat 6 Music
2021-08-22 02:03 Honey Bee Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

26 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Afro Celt Sound System — 4 ▶
Afro Celt Sound System 1999 — 3 ▶
Afro Celt Sound System 1999 (2) — 2 ▶
Big Cat — 2 ▶
Cascade — 4 ▶
Cascade (EDITED LIVE VERSION) — 1 ▶
Cascade / Honey Bee (Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017) — 2 ▶
Cow's Tune - BBC Session 28/10/1996 — 1 ▶
Dark Moon, High Tide — 1 ▶
Desert Billy (Radio 2 Session, 05 Apr 2017) — 1 ▶
Eireann (mass remix) — 1 ▶
Fissiri Wali Polka — 1 ▶
Flight — 2 ▶
Flight (feat. Ríoghnach Connolly) — 1 ▶
Honey Bee — 12 ▶
Honey Bee (Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017) — 1 ▶
Inian - BBC Session 28/10/1996 — 2 ▶
Life In A Northern Town — 2 ▶
Release — 3 ▶
Rise Above It — 3 ▶
Sanctus — 1 ▶
Sanctus (feat. The Amani Choir) — 1 ▶
State of Independence — 1 ▶
Whirl Y Reel 2 — 1 ▶
Whirl-Y-Reel 2 — 1 ▶
Whirly One - BBC Session 28/10/1996 — 1 ▶