Folk singer, songwriter, activist and muse, Peggy Seeger, is to be honoured by the UK music industry, receiving the inaugural Women In Music Award for ‘Creative Inspiration’.
With his new single ‘Hold on Tight’ already charting at number 1 on Hype Machine we have a special song premiere for ‘Home’ from Californian singer-songwriter Ed Prosek’s new EP.
The Armistice Pals project provides our Song of the Day bringing together a huge number of voices from across the folk music scene that has become a catalyst for so much more than a single.
Mairearad Green and Anna Massie, two of Scotland’s most revered multi-instrumentalists, are currently on tour… they also opened for Folk Radio UK’s very first Levels Collective gig.
Watch Kishi Bashi performing Q&A with Tall Tall Trees on the banjo for the Croft Sessions – a Birmingham based independent session company who are worth checking out.
Simon gets the difficult task of attending Bellowhead’s Revival Ale launch in Lewes. Familiar faces at Harveys brewery yard including the Copper family and Shirley Collins.
Our Song of the Day comes from Kirsty Law who hails from the borders. Together with Wounded Knee she performs ‘Riddles’ from her forthcoming album Shift.
In our latest mix we have some classic British Folk alongside new music from the likes of The Jellyman’s Daughter and The Willows. It all gets a bit lively near the end.
Despite the name The Mad Ferret Band are a Scottish duo comprised of Chris Woods and Sandy Stirton who hail from Perth and Kinross, one you really want to see live!
