Lisa O’Neill announces ‘Heard A Long Gone Song’, her first album for the new Rough Trade imprint River Lea. It’s a record that is personally political, uniquely beautiful, heartfelt and witty. And perhaps as timeless as the passed down songs Lisa sings as if they were hers.
Ten of the UK and Ireland’s finest traditional poets and musical artists join together in a music residency to re-invigorate and create new music inspired by past peoples and languages of Britain.
Folk duo Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt, from Kansas City, Missouri, will travel to Scotland in September-October 2018 to present their engaging musical show. Watch their new video, a free improvisation on the fiddle tune Farewell Whisky.
Watch Laura Victoria performing ‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About You’ with Jo Cooper and Josh Wolfsohn. The song is taken from her new album which she is planning to release in the Winter.
Consisting of Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron, Leveret are a unique collaboration that has come to represent the very finest of English folk music. Their top-class musicianship and intuitive interplay have made them one of the most captivating trios on the scene.
Watch Ewan McLennan performing ‘Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor’. The song is a long-time American traditional favourite of his and will feature on his upcoming tour setlist.
British-Lebanese singer-songwriter Nadine Khouri offers a cover of the track ‘Spirit Ditch’ in tribute to the late Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. Amongst others, it features Irish singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley on backing vocals & mellotron.
Scandinavian-born singer Benjamin Folke Thomas is excited to announce the release of his new studio album Modern Man and shares video for lead track Tasteless and Complacent.
Something To Be Won is undoubtedly Clark’s own distinct vision. offering an atmosphere that is immediately both tenderly light and poignantly heavy; the treasured glimpse of a favourite landscape; the slow creak of a day passing us by.
Watch the brilliant new video from Welsh traditional band Allan Yn Y Fan for Gorthrwm y Gweithiwr which the band believes to be the first ever recording of the mid-19th-century protest ballad. Don’t miss them on their Bridges not Walls Tour.
Watch ‘No Place Like Home’, an ode to home and Scotland which was filmed at various beautiful locations in Stirlingshire. It’s the opening track and debut single from Martha L. Healy’s new album ‘Keep The Flame Alight’.
Hartlepool Folk Festival has a fantastic lineup this year as well as a series of special events including a commission to bring The Bishoprick Garland to life through stories, songs, music and dance with the help of some well-known folkie faces.
