Featuring new music from The Brothers Gillespie, Mandolin Orange, The Outside Track, The Unthanks, The Young’uns, Oran Bagraidh, Martyn Joseph, Steve Turner, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba and more.
Danny Neill takes an in-depth look Bob Dylan’s lavish 6-CD deluxe box set More Blood, More Tracks and offers his alternative version of ‘Blood On The Tracks’, picked from multiple takes and bountiful selections available across this wonderful box set.
Our Song of the Day comes from Siobhan Wilson performing an acoustic version of ‘Whatever Helps’ from her 2017 album ‘There Are No Saints’. It was recorded live at Paisley Arts Centre in 2017 as part of The Visit showcasing event.
Eliza Carthy has announced the release of her new solo album ‘Restitute’, her first solo album in fourteen years featuring Martin Carthy, Jon Boden, Dave DeLarre, Ben Somers & Ben Seal.
For New Year’s Day, we have a great Song of the Day from Yorkshire’s Serious Sam Barrett. ‘Holmfirth Anthem’ was learned from a recording by The Watersons and features on his new album Where the White Roses Grow.
Glenn Kimpton shares his Top 10 Albums of 2018 including releases from Glenn Jones, Daniel Bachman, Sarah Louise, Toby Hay, John Prine, Marisa Anderson, Jim Ghedi, Nathan Bowles, John Hulbert and Colter Wall.
Thomas Blake shares his Top 10 Albums of 2018 including releases from Xylouris White, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Joshua Burnell, The Furrow Collective, Jack Hayter, Kitty Macfarlane, Cunning Folk, Toby Hay and more.
Having shared our Top 100 Albums of 2018, it’s time for a few select Top 10 albums of the year from some of our Feature writers. Neil McFadyen shares his Top 10 albums that have made the strongest impact on him in the last year.
One of our favourite singers Ríoghnach Connolly has joined forces with Aizle to record The Wexford Carol as a Christmas single. It’s their take on one of the oldest Christmas carols, as part of a new collaboration.
The Danish four-piece Basco are back in the UK from January 21-24, 2019 (including Celtic Connections) in support of their sixth album, Interesting Times. An evening of Danish Hygge.
Our Lost in Transmission mix series returns with an eclectic offering featuring This Is The Kit, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Meg Baird, Nina Nastasia, Bill Callahan, Damien Jurado, Nick Drake, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and lots more.
The fifth and final part of our Best Folk Albums of 2018 includes Talisk, Cinder Well, The Transports, Sarah McQuaid, Michael McGoldrick, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Mawkin and more.
