Canadian acoustic guitarist Les Finnigan returns with Counterpoint Conundrum, a calming 36 minutes of utterly gorgeous contemporary acoustic guitar music to soothe a fevered brow.
Now in its fourth year the festive roots music super-group A Winter Union is ready to dust off the decorations and hit the road again! featuring Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts and Jade Rhiannon.
Cambridge Folk Festival is excited to announce the first 15 names confirmed for 2019 including Ralph McTell, Lucinda Williams, Lisa O’Neill, Karine Polwart, Talisk, Rura, Richard Thompson, Sam Sweeney, Nancy Kerr, James Fagan & Friends & more
North Tyne troubadours The Brothers Gillespie announce new album The Fell – “inspired by the still wild soul of the land in which we live, a land alive with presences, not owned by anyone.” Watch them performing ‘Coventina’s Daughter’, our Song of the Day.
Brighde Chaimbeul has announced that she will be launching her debut album ‘The Reeling’ at Celtic Connections 2019. It features Aidan O Rourke (Lau), Radie Peat (Lankum) and Rona MacDonald Lightfoot of South Uist.
Watch Swedish folk-rock band West of Eden performing “The Head, The Heart & The Tail / Freefalling” at Ben Nevis Distillery, Fort William alongside fiddlers Duncan Chisholm and Iain MacFarlane.
Award-winning songwriter Joseph Hammill celebrates the spirit of Teesside with his new EP Infant Hercules. These songs drip with a passion and deep pride in the area and the lyrics have a poetic beauty.
This week’s Folk Show features a double helping from Ciaran O’Kane who grew up in the Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland alongside new music from Alasdair Roberts, Will Oldham, Serious Sam Barrett, Quinie as well as an early peek at the debut album from Gráinne Brady.
February 1st, 2019 sees the return of Yorkshire musician Serious Sam Barrett with a brand new solo album. Watch his new video for the title track Where The White Roses Grow which is also our Song of the Day.
As she embarked on a trip to New Zealand for the inaugural New Zealand Irish Fest this month, Lisa O’Neill took time to talk to Folk Radio about her new album, the background, the influences behind it, and the artists that joined her on the journey.
Recorded in what many believe to be the glory days of analogue, ‘Stereo Death Breakdown’ remains a fantastic piece of rootsy audio pleasure. A good-time, feel-good snapshot of a fertile period in music history.
