Last week saw the release of Down Among the Dead Men the new album from Mawkin which packs a real punch as witnessed on their brilliant new video for Blind Fiddler which was filmed at the heritage site Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey.
Ahead of their forthcoming autumn tour Stick in the Wheel release digital single ‘Cruel Ship’s Captain’. It’s taken from their forthcoming Mixtape release which features collaborations with Lisa Knapp, Om Unit and Anna Roberts-Gevalt of Anna & Elizabeth.
Join John Smith, our current Artist of the Month, in a coffee shop as he talks about the inspiration behind his new folk album Hummingbird which is released today on Commoner Records.
Our Song of the Day is ‘A Token’, a song taken from Rachel Newton’s new album West which is also one of our Featured Albums of the Month. Don’t miss her solo tour this month including dates in London, Aberdeen, York and more.
Watch the accompanying animated video by Cat Bruce for Breabach’s Birds of Passage, the lead single from their highly anticipated 6th studio album, Frenzy of the Meeting. The video captures the very essence of the song and music perfectly.
Hands Up for Trad have opened nominations for this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Find out the 25 albums nominated for the Trad Album of the Year, many of which have featured on Folk Radio UK. Get voting.
Our Song of the Day is ‘Laws of Motion’, the title track of Karine Polwart’s new album which drops this month on 19th October via Hudson Records and is supported by a UK Tour Including London Cadogan Hall on October 17.
Last year saw the release of Cracks in the Room by Scottish acoustic duo Twelfth Day which we described as “one of the most rewarding listening experiences to be placed before an audience this year.” Watch their new video and catch them on tour in October.
Damien O’Kane and Pure Records announce Folk Prostate Cancer, an afternoon and evening concert featuring Kate Rusby, Mawkin, Lori Watson, Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton with Jenn Butterworth, Jack Rutter and Dave Burland & The Awkward Squad.
The Lancashire folk experimentalists Harp and a Monkey have just made public the fruits of a beautiful and informative short film collaboration which studies the influence of Japanese art and culture on the creations of Vincent Van Gogh. Watch it here.
With their fiftieth anniversary set to be celebrated in 2019 and a work rate to put many younger artists to shame, Steeleye Span are as inspired now as they have been at any point in their long and glittering career. Don’t miss their October 2018 Tour.
Watch Fara’s music video for ‘Love Gathers All’ (also our Song of the Day), the words of which are taken from a poem by Orcadian poet Edwin Muir. The song features on their forthcoming new album ‘Times from Times Fall’ which is out on 19th October.
