Here’s a small taster of what we’ve been playing on Folk Radio UK recently. Below you can find a selection of what we’ve recently added along with a recent ‘one day’ playlist.
We have a pair of tickets for tomorrow’s gig at Slaughtered Lamb, London featuring Minneapolis based duo Peter Wolf Crier and New Zealand-raised Tiny Ruins.
This weeks Propermusic podcast features the award-winning duo Tim Edey & Brendan Power. As well as discussing their unique musical partnership and influences you can also hear tracks from their album Wriggle & Writhe and Tim’s recent Best Of compilation.
The BBC is to feature six new one-hour Radio Ballads in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. The series will feature songs from Jez Lowe, Chris Wood, Martin Simpson, Julie Matthews and Steve Tilston.
This week on Simple Folk Radio we have ‘Like Spinning’ and Jeremy Benson with monthly host Daniel Green (Laish) + studio guest Tom Cowan (Sons of Noel and Adrian)
Dave Freak catches up with Derby Folk Singer Lucy Ward who’s still in shock at picking up the Horizon Best Newcomer Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Pianist and composer James Ross has released a studio version of ‘Chasing The Sun’ – the music evokes the daily and annual journey of the sun along the north coast of Scotland.
Doc Watson has died at age 89. Re-knowned for his fine examples of the Anglo-American folk tradtion and unique flat picking style he wanted to be remembered more as a decent human being than a flashy guitar player.
