Our Song of the day comes from The Lasses, a folk duo from The Netherlands. Take a listen to their new single ‘The Tide’, taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Undone’. They will be in the UK in early September so don’t miss them.
Dick Gaughan’s greatest talent has to be his ability to share his music with skill, passion and humour. That fact is abundantly clear on The Harvard Tapes, a unique and unmissable opportunity to relish a vintage Gaughan performance.
Mark Radcliffe announces the nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019. Now in its 20th year, this year’s ceremony, presented by Mark, will take place at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on Wednesday 16 October 2019.
Harrow are getting ready to host their first-ever Folk Festival. Folk on the Hill takes place at the Ryan Theatre on 10/11 August 2019. The lineup includes Reg Meuross, Holy Moly and the Crackers, Grace Petrie, India Electric Company, Odette Michelle and more.
Watch Mexico Alone, the new single from The Mining Co., the musical project of Ireland born, London based singer/songwriter Michael Gallagher. It features on his forthcoming new album Frontier out on 27th September.
Quite how an artist regroups after an effort like this is anyone’s guess. I’ve not heard anything as beautifully intense or personal since Bon Iver’s ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’.
Awaken, the new album from Bristol-based band The Schmoozenbergs, is a fun and enjoyable record of all originals, played with love and abandon, adding a new chapter to the long and winding saga of gypsy swing and acoustic roots music.
I take a look at this year’s Sidmouth Folk Festival lineup and tried to come up with a list of recommended concerts and performances – no easy task considering the immense line-up. It’s quite unlike any other festival out there.
Earlier this month saw the release of “The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act”, the ‘snappy’ title of the new EP from Jon Wilks. Jon kindly took some time out to talk us through its delights. Jon is performing at Sidmouth Folk Festival on August 3rd.
Evoking a 70s Laurel Canyon feel with inevitable early Joni Mitchell comparisons surfacing, Native Harrow’s latest album shimmers and glows with a warmth and emotional intimacy that’s impossible to resist.
Released in December 1968 as a private pressing of 200 copies, Kusudo & Worth’s mega-rare “Of Sun And Rain” gets re-issued and proves an inordinately fascinating album, a privileged glimpse into a creative maelstrom that still after several playthroughs promises to reveal even more delights.
Greentrax Records are to release a new Dick Gaughan live album that was recorded in 1982 which, as well as featuring some of his all-time greats, includes previously unrecorded songs and a duet with the late great Johnny Cunningham.
