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.
Pete Flood of Bellowhead has offered up an ingenious reworking of Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker’s title track from their new album Fire & Fortune. Listen here.
Glenn Simpson is an artist from the north of Ireland whose main instrument of choice is a gazouki. By way of introduction we spoke to Glenn about his musical past and his influences from Cohen to Planxty
Charlie Parr’s latest release ‘Barnswallow’ is a lovingly executed album that comes across as authentic, organic and honed from a deep-rooted love of the music….and it’s all true.
Spectral Dusk is the latest release from Evening Hymns, an album on which coldness and warmth coexist, and which charts a period of difficult emotional catharsis without ever being dreary or cloying.
The Paul McKenna Band’s new album ‘Elements’ hits the streets on June 1st and as you can hear from the taster Scotland’s folk and traditional music is in very good hands.
Tight harmonies, soaring tunes, energy and passion, forged on the Leeds gig circuit but already a success in the USA. Hitch a ride with The Dunwells as Follow The Road sees a UK release.
Listen to the first song from Sara Lowes new EP which bubbles with everything from the primordial soup of Technicolor pop, to acoustic folk, through jazz, and kaleidoscopic prog
Imagine listening to a piece of music made for the road you’re on as you drive on it. This is what inspired Dublin based artist Fiona Hallinan in her latest project Heterodyne,
Midwest singer songwriter Wes Tirey’s latest EP ‘I stood among trees’ offers an extremely appealing and refreshing perspective to American folk music. Really worth checking!
There are a number of musicians whose work in Irish music I greatly admire but there are three in particular that spring to the forefront of my mind: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Lorcán Mac Mathúna and Gerry Diver…this is why.
