We rewind the clock to 9th December 2008 and tune in to Folk Radio UK as it was then. Music from Tunng, Nina Nastasia, Fink, The Books, The Imagined Village, Iron & Wine, Laura Gibson, Petra Jean Phillipson, The Skygreen Leopards and more.
Christine Leakey teams up with Kristian Hoffman for a mini Christmas compilation titled Naughty & Nice featuring the Nice: Christmas Bells, and the Naughty: Christmas is Coming (So Get Out Of The Way).
Featuring Cortina Deluxx, Xylouris White, Red River Dialect, Wes Swing, Dan Michaelson, Fairport Convention, Jen Cloher, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Exploded View and more.
I’m With Her, the band of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan, have shared a new live video of them performing See You Around, the title track of their forthcoming new album.
Watch ‘Tell Me’, the new music video and debut single from Mesadorm, five longstanding friends from Bristol who achieve a rare and colourful psychedelic minimalism that is strikingly engaging.
Cambridge Folk Festival announces first 2018 line-up including Patti Smith, John Prine, Janis Ian, Rosanne Cash, Kate Rusby, Tamikrest, Songhoy Blues, Rhiannon Giddens (this year’s guest curator) and more.
Songwriter and guitarist James Elkington has announced two rounds of European shows, following the release of his debut album, Wintres Woma, via Paradise of Bachelors in the summer.
Listen to Coyote Spirit Child, the new single from Quicksilver Daydream, an experimental psychedelic-folk band led by Adam Lytle who cite the influences of Pearls Before Swine, Ennio Morricone and Baudelaire.
Italian avant-garde percussionist and composer Lino Capra Vaccina releases new album described as a masterpiece. It features a number of contributions including English Dark Folk pioneers Michael Tanner and Alison Cotton.
Celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2018, the Levellers will be releasing an acoustic album ‘We The Collective’ on March 9th, produced by the legendary John Leckie and featuring a string section.
Roots in the Round is a Nashville style songwriters circle featuring award-winning singer/songwriter Robert Vincent, acclaimed Scottish troubadour Dean Owens and special guests Worry Dolls.
Les Filles de Illighada are a Tuareg female-led avant-rock group and Eghass Malan is their first studio album. Hypnotic guitar riffs, driving rhythm, and polyphonic resonant vocals combine to create organic sound, that is both timeless and natural.
