EPISODE 15 of ‘Mix Tape Radio On Folk Radio UK‘ sees the return of the Bedrooms Sessions series featuring the excellent Joseph McNulty. Catch it today at 9:00pm

On this weeks Simple Folk Radio we’ll be featuring the first Simple Folk Radio we aired from March 2012 which features a great session from Charlie Parr who is touring the UK & Europe in May & June 2013.

We get a taster of what’s to come from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo. Emily has a cherry red Gretsch electric guitar strapped on and Jo Silverston isn’t sat with cello, but standing with an equally vibrant Fender bass!

We join Blowzabella again in part two of their tour blog. They perform in a stone cellar, Paul talks bagpipes at the bar, Jon takes us on a tour of the Bach museum and Jo tells us of other tour shenanigans.

On Blue Rose Code’s debut album ‘North Ten’ is shot through with an overriding sense of calm in which travel and rootlessness are abiding themes whose heart – as Bob Dylan would say – is in the Highlands.

Night Beds’ debut album ‘Country Sleep’ has appeal and will instantly call out to a new audience. If this is even a hint of what Winston Yellen can offer in the future, then his future looks very bright indeed.

This week on the Nest Collective Hour includes an interview with Theo Bard of ‘Woodburner Folk NIght’ & an unusual field recording of demonstration songs and chants at a CND march from the early 1980’s!

Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer are currently touring the UK performing tracks from their new album ‘Child Ballads’. Here they are at Cecil Sharp House performing Clyde’s Water.

We have an exclusive live tour diary from the fabulous Blowzabella, who, now in their 35th year, are touring through Belgium, Germany and Austria performing and trying out new material for their new album!

Folk Radio UK talks to Sean Cannon who along with Eamonn Campbell, Patsy Watchorn and Gerry O’Connor will be embarking on a tour carrying the sound and the legacy of the legendary Dubliners, if not the name.

The Leisure Society release ‘Alone Aboard The Ark’ next month. To celebrate its release we asked each band member to pick three of their favourite songs of all time. Listen to the playlist!

Canadian quintet THE BELLE GAME released their debut single Wait Up For You this week on Bella Union…the video for it uses a mysterious cult as its central theme…watch it now.