Here are the 40 top most voted for tracks over the past 30 days on Folk Radio UK. Remember to vote for you favourite tracks as you hear them using our ‘Now Playing’ widget on the right-hand-side of our site.
1 Foxgang – White English
2 John Grant (featuring Midlake) – I Wanna Go To Marz
3 Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4 Antibalas – Dirty Money
5 Blue Rose Code – Whitechapel
6 Dan Haywood’s New Hawks – Spate River
7 Old man forest – Afraid to make sense
8 Jeff Zentner – Devil’s Eyes
9 Patti Smith – Mosiac
10 Vic Chesnutt – It is What it is
11 Eddie Vedder – no ceiling
12 Jo Schornikow – On My Mind
13 Bard – Down Into The Sea
14 Sharon Van Etten – Give Out
15 Sigur ros – Illgresi
16 Father John Misty – Every Man Needs A Companion
17 Stanley Brinks – Blues About The Size Of Someone Else’s Heart
18 Dave Gerard and Watchmen – Travel Alone
19 Jenny Mccormick – The Lancashire Fusilier
20 Patrick Watson – Words In The Fire
21 The State Broadcasters – Kittiwake
22 Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
23 PJ Harvey – The Last Living Rose
24 Bert Jansch – Running From Home
25 John K. Samson – Heart Of The Continent
26 Stanley Brinks – Kiss Me Too
27 Martin Sexton – Sugarcoating
28 Charlie Parr – Midnight Has Come And Gone
29 Rahim Al Haj – Baghdad Althania
30 Seamus Cater And Viljam Nybacka – The Folk Music
31 Sufjan Stevens – Arnika
32 Father John Misty – Only Son Of The Ladies’ Man
33 Father John Misty – Fun Times In Babylon
34 DM Stith – Pigs
35 Meursault – Flittin’
36 Samantha Whates – Village Kids
37 Brian Jonestown Massacre – Panic In Babylon
38 The Black Keys – Gold On The Ceiling
39 David Thomas Broughton – Unmarked Grave
40 Benjin – Summer
Recent Playlist
And here’s a recent playlist from this week to give you an idea of what we’re playing these days, this is just a small selection of what we actually play over a week not forgetting our two shows: Simple Folk Radio and Mix Tape Radio:
Ami Saraiya And The Outcome – Soundproof Box
Whalebone polly – Window
Small Houses – The Ground, It’s Glass
Sharon Van Etten – Ask
Jonny Kearney And Lucy Farrell – Winter Got Lost
Dirty Three – Rising Below
Julia Stone – By The Horns
Steve Ashley – The North West Wind
Samamidon – Rocky Island
Sam Brookes – In Weeks
Josephine Foster – All I Wanted Was The Moon
James yorkston and the big eyes family players – Old maid
Silent paper radios – Bullet holes
mount moriah – old gowns
Melodica Melody And Me – Ode To Victor Jara
Tim Eriksen – Poor Honest Men
Y La Bamba – Squawk
Billy Bragg And Wilco – Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
John smith – Johnny was a shoemaker
Peter Green – Man Of The World (With Fleetwood Mac)
Russian Red – Tarantino
Doug Tielli – Riversea
Oh Ruin – Ringsend
Vic Chesnutt – Flirted With You All My Life
The Mountain Goats – San Bernardino
Patrick Watson – Words In The Fire
Josienne Clarke And Ben Walker – Silver Dagger
Bonnie Prince Billy – Black Ice Cream
Lisa Hannigan – Sea Song
Frank Burkitt – Cares Of Fools
gregory alan isakov – evelyn folk radio uk session
The Whip – Ballad Of Rapp
Of Monsters And Men – King And Lionheart
Avalanche City – The Streets
HLOFI RECORDS – MixTapeRadio-Episode One
James Yorkston – I Can Take All This
Father John Misty – Writing A Novel
Hot Feet – Firefly
Mount Eerie – Cooking
Stanley Brinks – 39 Winks
The Staves – Wisely And Slow
Wilful Missing – Constitution Failed (Waterloo Road Mix)
Old Calf – Do Not Play With Gypsies
Fish And Bird – Northern Lights
Lisa Knapp – The Pleasant Month Of May
Josienne Clarke And Ben Walker – Hares On The Mountain
Ry Cooder – Lord Tell Me Why
Steve Ashley – A Better Day
David Thomas Broughton – Ambiguity
fionn regan – the cowshed
Bill Callahan – Universal Applicant
Pokey LaFarge and The South City Three – Two-Faced Tom
Michael Hurley – The Begger’s Terms
The Mountain Goats – Tianchi Lake
Bonnie Prince Billy And Mariee Sioux – Loveskulls
Vic Chesnutt – Concord Country Jubilee
Neil Mcsweeney – Glencoe
John smith – To have so many
David Philips – Raised In The North
Avalanche City – Ends In The Ocean
Melodica Melody And Me – Piece Me Back Together
Gudrid Hansdottir – I Mjorka
Good Luck Mountain – On Returning
Hat Fitz And Cara Robinson – Backdoor Man
The Felice Brothers – Been All Around This World
Pj Harvey – Hanging In The Wire
Wise Children – Bed On A Ward
The Harmed Brothers – Oh The Glory
Hurray For The Riff Raff – Little Black Star
Jesse Woods – Ugly Dress
The Big Eyes Family Players And Friends – The Clyde Water
Shearwater – I Was A Cloud
Sam Amidon – Climbing High Mountains
Two Wings – Feet
Bert Jansch And Albert Lee – If I Were A Carpenter
Agesandages – Demons
Father John Misty – Every Man Needs A Companion
Charlie Parr – Cropduster
Meg Baird – Babylon
Mark Mulholland And Craig Ward – Black Sail
Adam Leonard – Lillian, I Love You
Message To Bears – At A Glance
Jack Rose – Rappahanock River Rag (For Wil)
The Diamond Family Archive – Franklin
The State Broadcasters – The Writing’s On The Wall
Seamus Fogarty – By The Waterside
Benjamin Folke Thomas – Nothing Next To You
Jim White – What Rocks Will Never Know
Rapunzel And Sedayne – The Innocent Hare
Adrian Crowley – Temporary Residence
Annablair – Paint The Skies
The great park – Heartsong
Jo Schornikow – Heartbeat
Steve Ashley – This Old English Town
Hazmat Modine – Child Of A Blind Man
Fionn Regan – Vodka Sorrow
Nels Andrews – Wisteria
Sweet Street Symphony – Don’t Give Up
A Band Of Buriers – Cello Dub
The Bony King Of Nowhere – The Poet
Blue Rose Code – Love
Jason Steel – Young People Dancing
Houndmouth – Krampus
Jake Bugg – Trouble Town
nick drake – hazey jane II
Bombadil – The Pony Express
The Mountain Goats – For Charles Bronson
Bellybird – Alone And Alright
Jo Mango – The Moth And The Moon
iron and wine – sunset soon forgotten
Dylan Leblanc – If Time Was For Wasting
Jamie Harrison – Sam’s Song
King Creosote – Double Underneath
Dave Gerard and Watchmen – Oh So quiet
Cocos Lovers – Love Is Not Like Roses
Steve Earle – Molly-O
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Your Young Voice
The Felice Brothers – Her Eyes Dart Round
Rory Gallagher – The Cuckoo
James yorkston and the big eyes family players – Mary connaught and james o’donnell
Melodica Melody And Me – Plunge
Pharis And Jason Romero – A Passing Glimpse
Harp And A Monkey – Blind Mice
Jeffrey Lewis – Time Trades
Hip Hatchet – American Charm
Good Luck Mountain – More Than A Feeling
Mount Eerie – O My Heart
Ami Saraiya And The Outcome – Cattleprod Hands
Of Monsters And Men – Numb Bears
Trees – Little Sadie
Mary Hampton – Benjamin Bowmaneer (Radio Edit)
Avalanche City – Go
Steve Ashley – Finite Time
Alasdair Roberts And Mairi Morrison – Leanabh An Oir
Jenny Mccormick – British Man Of War
The Harmed Brothers – A Letter to Lisa
The Be Good Tanyas – It’s Not Happening
Charlie Parr – The B And J Aint Nothin’ But A Hole In The Ground
The Quiet American – Black Jack Daisy
Cordelia’s Dad – Imaginary Trouble
Billy Bragg And Wilco – Walt Whitman’s Niece
Diagrams – Antelope
The Meadowlarks – Graves
A Band Of Buriers – Slides By
Pokey Lafarge And The South City Three – In The Graveyard Now
Sweet Street Symphony – Arrival
Shearwater – Rooks
Arborea – Dance sing fight
Sam Amidon – How Come That Blood
Father John Misty – Well, You Can Do It Without Me
fionn regan – snowy atlas mountains
Two Wings – Altars And Thrones
Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
The Barr Brothers – Deacon’s Son
Charlie Winston – Every Step
The Mountain Goats – How To Embrace A Swamp-Creature
The Woodbine And Ivy Band – Derry Gaol
Bombadil – Flour Water Sugar
The Memory Band – Apples
Bert Jansch – Katie Cruel
Seamus Fogarty – The Undertaker’s Daughter
Antibalas – Dirty Money
The Owl Service – Cold & Raw
Josephine Foster And The Victor Herrero Band – Sangre Colorada
James Yorkston – A Short Blues
Samamidon – Little Satchel
The State Broadcasters – Trespassers
Solarference – Willow Tree
Yuck – Automatic
Peter Green – Sitting In The Rain (With John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers)
Traffic – John Barleycorn
G Love And Special Sauce – Blues Music
Jason Steel – Cling and Claw
Admiral Fallow – Dead Against Smoking
Perfume Genius – All Waters
Paper Beat Scissors – Tendrils
Sigur ros – Illgresi
Jack Rose – Now That I’m A Man Full Grown 2
Trampled By Turtles – Alone
Cocos Lovers – Fire On The Moon
Rachael Dadd – Tsubomi
Nels Andrews – Flotsam
Charlie Parr And The Black Twig Pickers – There Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
Simon Fowler – Prometheus
Annablair – Pretty Bird
Panda Su – Alphabet (Folk Radio UK Session)
The Fishermen Three – Time To Think About The Morning Once Again
The Felice Brothers – Cumblerland Gap
Mark Lanegan Band – Phantasmagoria Blues
The Harmed Brothers – Beast Of The North West
Meursault – Lament For A Teenage Millionaire
John K. Samson – Heart Of The Continent
Charlie Parr – Farmer
Alex Neilson, Lavinia Blackwall. Michael Flower, Alasdair Roberts – Polly On The Shore
The Mountain Goats – High Hawk Season
Alasdair Roberts and Friends – Young Emily
Samuel Beer – More Than A Stitch Or Two
Bonnie Prince Billy – Quail And Dumplings
Shoreline – Without Fear
Julie Murphy – Lilac Tree
David Philips – What Am I
Marry Waterson and Oliver Knight – Sleeping Flame
Nancy Elizabeth – Bring On The Hurricane
Liz Green – Bad Medicine
Hat Fitz And Cara – Wiley Ways
Michael Hurley – I Paint A Design
Wilful Missing – Judge and Jury
Jeffrey Lewis – To Go And Return
Mikhael Paskalev – I Spy
iron and wine – teeth in the grass
Sam Brookes – Travelling Man
Emily Barker – Dancers
The Head And The Heart – Cats And Dogs
Punch Brothers – Clara
Andrew Bird – Danse Caribe
Jonny Kearney And Lucy Farrell – Down In Adairsville
David Karsten Daniels – Oh, Heaven Isn’t Real
Esperi – Dialled
Evening Chorus – What Is Done Shall Always Be
Ane Brun – Big In Japan
The Memory Band – A New Skin
Lovett – Ghost Of Old Highways
Rory Gallagher – As The Crow Flies
Pilot To Bombardier – Don’t It Look Like The Night
Meg Baird – Friends
Tarras – New York Trader
The Gentle Good – Aubade
Perfume Genius – Sister Song
The State Broadcasters – Outside The Bakery
Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetary (Eq Mstr)
The Bonfire Band – I Used To Drink
Harp And A Monkey – Molecatcher
Nathaniel Rateliff – Early Spring Till
Emily Jane White – The Cliff
Hip Hatchet – Sing Me A Reprise
Hat Fitz And Cara Robinson – Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Glen Hansard – High Hope
A Hawk And A Hacksaw – Zbiciu
Dylan Leblanc – Low
The Harmed Brothers – Quick, Quick
James Canty – Shark In The Shallows
The Magic Lantern – Guilty Hearts
James Yorkston – Woozy With Cider (Jon Hopkins Remix)
C Joynes – Night On Djerba
The Tallest Man On Earth – Little River
Steve Ashley – Monkey Puzzle Tree
Alasdair Roberts and Friends – The Golden Vanity
Pharis And Jason Romero – My Flowers, My Companions And Me
Allysen callery – Little star
Blue Rose Code – November’s Ghost
The Walkmen – Stranded
Sigur Ros – Ekki Mukk
hurray for the riff raff – young blood blues
Nick Drake – Time Has Told Me
Hot Feet – Golden Apple
Django Django – Love’s Dart
Noah Gundersen – Nashville
Electric Guest – Awake
Jenny Mccormick – Love
Pj Harvey – Let England Shake
Arborea – Dark is the night
Tim Eriksen And Riley Baugus – The Cuckoo
Jeffrey Lewis – When You’re By Yourself
The Head And The Heart – Lost In My Mind
Jim White – Chase The Dark Away
Vadoinmessico – In Spain (Paddy Steer Mix)
Emily and the woods – Never play
Samuel Beer – Far From You
The Be Good Tanyas – Up Against The Wall
The Forgotten Works – Cryptic Tripwich
The Gentle Good – Colled
This Is The Kit – Earthquake
My Brightest Diamond – The Brightest Diamond
Efterklang – I Was Playing Drums
Tim Eriksen – John Colby’s Hymn
Paper Beat Scissors – Be Patient
The Owl Service – Willie O’winsbury
The Spinto Band – The Living Things
Bombadil – Unicycle
Jason molina with will oldham and alasdair roberts – My donal
James Yorkston and The Athletes – The Snow it Melts the Soonest
City And Colour – The Death Of Me
the handsome family – when the helicopter comes
Smoke Fairies – Blood Speaks
Rory Gallagher – Barley & Grape Rag
The Mountain Goats – Psalms 40 2
Dirty Projectors – Just From Chevron
Pete roe – Dear darling
Farriers – Faded Better Days
Foxgang – White English
Lisa Hannigan – What’ll I Do
Jerry Leger – The Joke’s On You
Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron And Fred Squire – Lost Wisdom
James Irwin – Hearts Like Old Cars
Dave Gerard and Watchmen – Sophia
Fionn Regan – 1st Day Of May
Sigur Ros – Dantalogn
Charlie Parr And The Black Twig Pickers – Jesus On The Mainline
Evening Chorus – Blue Stone Heart
The Great Park – The Royal Canal
Chris Thompson – London Blues
The Quiet American – Break The Hold
Emily and the woods – Fire in the fjord
Sufjan Stevens – The Owl And The Tanager
Nels Andrews – Three Hermits
Avalanche City – You And I
mount moriah – the reckoning
Sweet Street Symphony – I Don’t Want To Go Home
john martyn – over the hill
Dan Auerbach – Goin’ Home
This Is The Kit – The Turnip
Alasdair Roberts and Friends – Little Sir Hugh
Jason Steel – Baby Doll
Doug Tielli – Deer
Diagrams – Night All Night
Stanley Brinks – Blues About The Size Of Someone Else’s Heart
Iron and Wine – Die
John smith – Corridors
Josephine Foster And The Victor Herrero Band – En Esta Larga Ausencia
The Mountains And The Trees – Up And Down
Grey Reverend – Walk The Same
Meursault – Dearly Distracted
The Memory Band – Blackberry Way
Captain Kennedy – Hard Time Wakin’
Eugene Twist – If There’s Love Where I’m Going
Goodnight Lenin – Crook In The Creek
DM Stith – Pity Dance
Simon Fowler – Courting Blues
Perfume Genius – Normal Song
Vic Chesnutt with Elf Power – Legacy
Rachael Dadd – Rice Triangle
Ardentjohn – Home
Douglas Dare – Sticks And Stones
Benjin – Host Visa
Farriers – Another One Riding
Mount Eerie – I Whale
First Aid Kit – To A Poet
Lisa O’neill – City
Ani Difranco – Lifeboat
Seas Of Mirth – Ly Ly Ladyboy
Stealing Sheep – Tangled Up In Stars
Julie Murphy – Train (Going West)
Pj Harvey – In The Dark Places
A Hawk And A Hacksaw – Portlandtown
eddie vedder and nusrat fateh ali khan – the long road
The Felice Brothers – Red Mustang
Balmorhea – Bowsprit
Wig smith – Rosie
Jason Steel – A Cause to Grieve
gregory alan isakov – the stable song folk radio uk session
Laura Gibson – Lion Lamb
Treetop Flyers – Is It All Worth It
Rhys Lewis And The Relics – Man On Wire
Esperi – Lone Wolf
Evening Chorus – Decisions
David Philips – You Didn’t Make Me
Emily Jane White – Oh Katherine
Father John Misty – Only Son Of The Ladies’ Man
Benjamin Folke Thomas – Rhythm And Blues
Alasdair roberts – Unyoked oxen turn
Dirty Three – Moon On The Land
Hurray For The Riff Raff – Something’s Wrong
Simon Fowler – Holy Day
Julia Stone – Here For The Night
Adrian Crowley – Walk On Part
eddie vedder – no ceiling
Peter J Hochstedler – Fools On The Highway
The Mountain Goats – Never Quite Free
David Karsten Daniels – That Knot Unties
Charlie Parr – Don’t Send Your Child To War
Frank Burkitt – Your Island
The Memory Band – Run River Run
The Forgotten Works – The Zeroeth Forgotten Work
Nancy Elizabeth – Lay Low
Ardentjohn – Fleeting Moments
Jacob Miller – Bone Orchard Blues
nick drake – pink moon
Pilot To Bombardier – Be By My Side
Roy Harper – Commune
Jerry Leger – Isabella
A Dark Horse – Take Me Home
Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron And Fred Squire – You Swan, Go On
Brian Jonestown Massacre – I Want To Hold Your Other Hand
Jackson C Frank – Blues Run The Game
Solarference – Three Sisters
Avalanche City – How Long
Loch Lomond – A Field Report
Fish And Bird – Circle Tune
Jeff Zentner – The Failing Light
Cold Specks – Blank Maps
Admiral Fallow – Beetle In The Box
Cocos Lovers – The Howling Wind