The Latest

Watch the video for ‘Great Old Northern Line’, the second single from British folk singer-songwriter newcomer Odette Michell, taken from her newly released and critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Wildest Rose’.

Today sees the release of On Clay Hill, the debut album from Stick in the Wheel band member Fran Foote and her mother Belinda Kempster. Watch their new music video for John Barleycorn.

Musician, ethnomusicologist, and professor Tim Eriksen kicks off his UK tour today and includes dates with Mama’s Broke, Susan Brearey and Cath & Phil Tyler. Watch him performing the Mountains of Pomeroy.

That banjo-toting Nova Scotian folk troubadour Old Man Luedecke whose bluegrass-inspired arrangements with witty and wise lyrics have earned him a plethora of awards and critical acclaim returns to the UK in August for a string of festival dates.

Listen to Memory Compass, our Song of the Day and the new single from Nels Andrews, taken from his forthcoming album ‘Pigeon & The Crow’ which was produced by traditional Irish flautist Nuala Kennedy and includes guest appearances by fellow songsmiths Anaïs Mitchell, AJ Roach, and Anthony Da Costa.

Today sees the release of ‘Baby She Roam’, the new single from London-based freethinking folk musician David Ellis, taken from his upcoming debut album ‘Misty Heights’, released on 15 August 2019. Watch the accompanying video.

With help from friends Kevin Scott, Dave Colohan, Graeme Lockett, James Connor, and Ronnie Maxwell, Alison has created something remarkably fresh. Which is to be expected from someone who has always responded to her own muse.

Strings that Nimble Leap is a collection of the highest quality, with beautiful instruments being played by some of the very best musicians in the game. 52 artists including Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy, Andy Irvine Nic Jones, Charlotte Carrivick, Lisa Hannigan and more.

Listen to Feel It Go Round, the new single and album title track from Catgod, the musical project of Oxford-based sibling duo Robin Christensen-Marriott and Catherine Marriott.

As an album, Silent Spring may be built on and around the folk-infused music of fifty years ago but its message is very much for today. Henry Parker is clearly an excellent guitarist and writer, but he has also not lost sight of the message. He has found his path.

Fran Foote of Stick in the Wheel and her mother Belinda Kempster, make their own contribution to the folk tradition with this album of songs mostly collected from Essex and learned from Fran’s great uncle, Ernie Austin who was recorded by Topic for the 1974 album Flash Company.

Rob Harbron, one of our most prized English concertina players has finally found time to craft his solo debut album. Made in the simplest way, Meanders is exactly what you would wish for, which is beautiful pieces of music performed with the utmost skill by a master of his instrument.

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