The longest-running is Come All Ye, an unusual title which I'll explain later.

It goes to air each Sunday at noon for two hours, presented by Bruce Cameron.

Bruce says that almost any style of music can be folk music. It's the voice of the people, often reflecting the human experience.

It may be named folk-rock, Americana, old-timey and world music.

Come All Ye includes traditional and contemporary songs and tunes and, occasionally, a little poetry.

Each week Bruce selects one album from his extensive collection to feature.

Usually it will be a new release, but he also plays much older material.

By playing several tracks from the album, listeners get a sense of what the album is about.

Sometimes an historic anniversary or current event can prompt Bruce to focus on the music of a specific artist or music coming from particular national or cultural traditions.

"I like the content to be flexible," he says.

Now that artists and record labels make music available via internet download, newly written songs may be readily available, such as ballads about the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown.

They are the latest contributions to the preservation of our social and cultural history, which Bruce sees as hugely important.

I asked Bruce what led to his interest in folk music.

"When I was at school in Sydney there was a folk revival and I found folk music fascinating, so I started listening to it," he explained.

"Then, after I moved to Bathurst in the 1970s, a friend Bob Connor and I started a program called Folk, Bush and Jug, the forerunner to Come All Ye."

It's the longest-running program on 2MCE-FM.

As for the unusual title, it was an old English and Irish term for a street ballad and for an informal gathering where people took turns to perform their music.

Bruce Cameron's commitment to community broadcasting is also evidenced by his long-time membership of 2MCE-FM's board of management and his training of presenters at community radio stations around the state.

2MCE-FM now offers podcasts of some of our programs, including Come All Ye.

If you miss Sunday's program, you can visit the 2mce.org website and look for the link to podcasts.

Bruce's website at comeallye.com also contains a link to his podcasts as well as his program's playlists.

The other folk music programs are The Connection with Roger Hargraves on Sundays at 7pm and One Of The Folk with Nigel, Paul, Ken and Terry on Saturdays at noon.