On this weeks Simple Folk Radio we’ll be featuring the first Simple Folk Radio we aired from March 2012 which features a great session from Charlie Parr who is touring the UK & Europe in May & June 2013.
We join Blowzabella again in part two of their tour blog. They perform in a stone cellar, Paul talks bagpipes at the bar, Jon takes us on a tour of the Bach museum and Jo tells us of other tour shenanigans.
This week on the Nest Collective Hour includes an interview with Theo Bard of ‘Woodburner Folk NIght’ & an unusual field recording of demonstration songs and chants at a CND march from the early 1980’s!
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer are currently touring the UK performing tracks from their new album ‘Child Ballads’. Here they are at Cecil Sharp House performing Clyde’s Water.
We have an exclusive live tour diary from the fabulous Blowzabella, who, now in their 35th year, are touring through Belgium, Germany and Austria performing and trying out new material for their new album!
The Leisure Society release ‘Alone Aboard The Ark’ next month. To celebrate its release we asked each band member to pick three of their favourite songs of all time. Listen to the playlist!
Canadian quintet THE BELLE GAME released their debut single Wait Up For You this week on Bella Union…the video for it uses a mysterious cult as its central theme…watch it now.
The Cave Singers are back with a new album ‘Naomi’ which, like the album cover, announces a new and brighter sound far removed from the winter doldrums. It all clicks into place…their best release to date!
In our latest ‘Folk Life’ article we talk to Steve Thompson who along with his wife Genevieve have opted for a life upon a 45 foot canal boat. With no permanent mooring they are living a dream of a simpler less cluttered life.
Watch this great video session of Emma Pollock & RM Hubbert performing together. Hubbert’s finesse as a guitar player offer the perfect companion to the wonderful plaintive vocals of Emma Pollock…a real treat!
Gilmore & Roberts have announced an extensive National Headline Tour for Spring 2013 following the release of their third album ‘The Innocent Left‘ on Navigator Records.
Russell Swallow and the Wolf are Suffolk boy Russell Swallow and Australian girl Jess Kennedy. Watch a Folk Radio UK exclusive documentary and download a free track from their forthcoming EP.
