Houndmouth who hail from the lowland plains and farmlands of Indiana and Kentucky release their debut album ‘From The Hills Below The City’ this week. Listen to it in full.
Topic Records have been hard at work managing the next phased roll-out of digital releases as part of The Great Big Digital Archive Project. June Tabor and Martin Simpson are next to feature!
Scottish fiddle player Adam Sutherland (The Treacherous Orchestra, Session A9, Peatbog Faeries) release his solo debut ‘Squall’. Another fine fiddle player to watch for on the vibrant Scottish music scene!
Little Bear are a four piece band that hail from Derry, Northern Ireland. Although formed just over a year ago the band have been riding a bit of a crest right now which looks set to continue through 2013.
American folk music artist and musician Tim Eriksen has announced some UK and European dates this this summer which includes shows with Eliza Carthy. Watch a video of them performing together.
Scout Niblett’s new album ‘It’s Up To Emma’ is all about departure, about cutting free – sometimes violently – and starting again, albeit with a bitter residue. FRUK backed Scout Niblett into a corner for a chat.
Tell Where I Lie is the debut album from multi-instrumentalists duo Fossil Collective who hail from Leeds but have a sound that might have been gestated in some leafy hideaway off California’s Mulholland Drive.
Mix Tape Radio on Folk Radio UK is back on Sunday at 9:00pm featuring music from Mount Moriah, Tiny Ruins, William Tyler, Patrick Porter and many more.
On this week’s Songs from the Ark Del Day will be featuring new tracks from Johnny Dowd, Jeff Finlin, Charlie Parr and The Snakes. There’s also some absolute classic Neil Young and lots more!
This week’s Simple Folk Radio is presented by Danny Green and features a specially recorded live session from Bristol based singer songwriter, Nuala Honan.
Eliza Carthy’s (Artist of the Month) new compilation Wayward Daughter features stunning tracks from across her 21 year career which spans from folk music to to the four corners of the musical compass. Bewitching and utterly brilliant!
Irish singer Lorcán Mac Mathúna has long been a favourite of Folk Radio UK so it’s a great pleasure to present this special Folk Radio UK Session which also features fiddler Daire Bracken.
