A campaign is underway to save the Royal Hotel in Dungworth from property developers – a local pub also home to a Folk Club and rich Carolling Tradition. Jon Boden, who set up the folk club there with Fay Hield, has made a personal plea.
Bellowhead founders and frontmen Spiers and Boden have announced a Spring Tour for 2024, something any folkie should find impossible to resist. They reunited in 2021 for Fallow Ground, “a genuinely warm-hearted, exuberant, and life-affirming album”.
The Radio Ballad ‘Singing The Fishing’, a gripping and enchanting tale of the East Coast Herring Fishing Industry, is to be brought to life in a new stage production. Read about the Radio Ballads, including extracts from our interview with Peggy Seeger and more.
This was a very popular Mixtape from 2017 featuring Jack Rutter, Georgia Lewis, Cormac Begley, Dempsey Broughton, John Smith, Lal & Mike Waterson, Ye Vagabonds, Fay Hield, Hanna Rarity, Rosie Hood, Ensemble Ériu and more.
The viola and viol combination on Nick Hart and Tom Moore’s “The Colour of Amber” adds a beautiful richness and depth to the songs and tunes, and the album stands head and shoulders above just about any other English traditional album of the last few years.
We look back at some of our most popular Mixtapes – this Psych-folk special featured Pentangle, Heron, Tony Caro and John, Trees, Trembling Bells, Trappist Afterland, Sproatly Smith, Espers, Meg Baird, Linda Perhacs, Mick Softley, Mata Hari and more.
Taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Cuckoo Storm’, watch the animated video for Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley’s new single ‘Watching The Starlings’.
‘Light Years’ is everything we could have hoped for and so much more. This seamless blend of old and new, tradition and novelty, epitomises what both Christmas and Kate Rusby are all about.
Singing duo Ben & Dom have joined forces with folk singer Anna Tabbush for a haunting rendition of ‘Winter Song’. Watch them performing the song in Guildford’s oldest church St Mary’s, which dates back to 1040AD.
Grace the Blue is the assured solo debut album from The Shee’s Olivia Ross. Given the strength of her songwriting and ability to choose a lineup of the finest backing musicians, it’s to be hoped that the wait for her sophomore release is far shorter.
Stan Rogers left an indelible mark on Folk Music; his influence continues today, 40 years after his tragic death. Borealis Records are to celebrate his music and legacy with the release of a limited-edition vinyl box set: Stan Rogers – Songs of a Lifetime.
The 21st MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards took place on 2nd December, winners include Duncan Chisholm, Julie Fowlis, Iona Fyfe, Eilidh Cormack, Trail West, Blazin’ Fiddles, Heidi Talbot and more.
