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The legendary American folk singer Michael Hurley is in the UK and Ireland on tour during June including two nights at London’s Cafe Oto as well as gigs in Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cork, Dublin and more.

Freedom Girl was shot in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou, China, during the Chinese New Year Flower Festival and brings to life the cover and protagonist of Liv Lombardi’s Freedom Girl EP. The ‘singer’ is actually Liv’s identical twin sister, Ariana, who lives and works in China.

We have a ticket giveaway for Folk by the Oak festival on Sunday 15 July featuring Amy Macdonald, Billy Bragg, Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Julie Fowlis, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita, The Young’uns and more

Listen to the late John Renbourn performing The Cuckoo and Banks of the Sweet Primroses on a hot night in a Kyoto coffee house from 1978. From Live in Kyoto 1978, out on June 22 via Drag City.

Folk Radio has been selected as an official finalist in the 2018 Mixcloud Online Radio Awards. This year there is a Listeners’ Choice Award, which will be chosen by the public. If you’ve enjoyed our shows then please vote for us.

Arcadia is a new film from Scottish director Paul Wright. Using over 100 archive film clips from the last 100 years and a score by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) it explores the beauty and brutality, magic and madness of our changing relationship with the land and each other.

A bespoke tartan carpet transformed Glasgow’s Buchanan Street today, Wednesday 16th May, to unveil the headliners of this year’s Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival and The World Pipe Band Championships, which both return to the city 13 – 19 August 2018.

The Americana Music Association have announced the nominees for its 17th annual Honors & Awards including John Prine, Mary Gauthier, Jason Isbell, I’m with Her, Courtney Marie Andrews, Molly Tuttle and more.

Watch Steve Dawson performing Bugscuffle as he showcases his unique tuning and voice on the Weissenborn lap guitar. Taken from his new album Lucky Hand that represents a high point of more than two decades of musical searching.

Joy’s Reflection is Sorrow, the new album from Sharron Kraus is due for release on June 21st via Sunstone Records – a record that traverses the spiritual and emotional rhizomes of the human condition, soaring angelically on Sharron’s tapestry woven from traditional and experimental folk music. 

Our Song of the Day is delivered by the rich baritone voice of Melbourne-based singer songwriter Ryan Downey accompanied by Zoë Randell for 1+1 from his debut album Running.

Tunng share video for lead single ‘ABOP’ which brings the Moog right to your face, with a heavily swung frazzled 808 pigeon beat that builds into a magical folk-pop feast. Watch the animated video by Kijek / Adamski.