The Nominees for this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, BBC folk awards have been announced along with some of the performers for the night which will be held at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
Listen to Rozi Plain’s new single ‘Actually’ which will feature on her forthcoming album ‘Friend’. She’s on the road with This is the Kit during March, a tour you should definitely try and catch.
This is the Kit announces new album ‘Bashed Out’ (April 6). Produced by Aaron Dessner. We get our first taste with the lead track, also our Song of the Day. This is now top of our list for the most anticipated album of 2015.
Song of the Day comes from Zun Zun Egui via their new video for African Tree which features on their second album Shackles’ Gift. UK Tour kicks off in March, don’t miss them!
Stealing Sheep have announced their new album ‘Not Real’ which pulls influences from 50’s exotica to Moondog taking the listener to the edge of dreams and limits of reality. Watch the album teaser video here.
Canada’s ever popular Great Lake Swimmers announce new album ‘A Forest Of Arms’ and reveal lead single ‘Zero in the City’ which you can listen to here.
Joe Pug announces his new album ‘Windfall’, an album that nearly never happened after hard touring took its toll. Listen to two tracks from his new album here.
Beth Jeans Houghton is reborn as Du Blonde…”Having freed myself from the rusty and bloody shackles of Beth Jeans Houghton – both musically and spiritually”
Green Man Festival have announced their first line up, we’ve picked through the first tranche and chosen our personal favourites for a FRUK video preview.
José González reveals his new video for Leaf Off / The Cave and goes on to explain the meaning of the song. It features Sunday Assembly Movement’s co-founder Sanderson Jones.
