Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill recently stepped into the NPR offices to record a fantastic Tiny Desk Concert, watching Hayes and Cahill play is just poetry in motion, you just need to let yourself go!
We recently aired a special show that was put toegther by Jackie Oates to celebrate the release of her new album ‘Lullabies’ on 18 Mar 2013. You can now listen to it on-demand here:
Download the latest single from Norweigan band Mhoo who made a name for themselves following their appearance at Scandinavia’s biggest festivals by:Larm in 2010.
Get a taster of Sarah Gillespie’s new album ‘Glory Days’ and catch her debuting material from her new album at Square Chapel in April. Plus a sneek peak at Gilad Atzmon’s latest work who produced her album.
New Manx trio Barrule release a download single of a song from their forthcoming debut album to raise funds to help Isle of Man farmers reported to be facing “catastrophic” livestock losses in the island’s heaviest snowfall since 1963.
Folk Radio UK is sponsoring this year’s Hothouse Festival in Somerset on Saturday 6th April 2013. A one-day folk festival at Halsway Manor with a great line-up and more. Listen to our preview show this week!
Get a taster of Dark Dark Dark’s 10″ EP for Record Store Day featuring three tracks from their ‘Who Needs Who’ recording sessions. Nona’s vocals recall classic cuts from The Shangri-Las.
They are a young six-piece band based in Newcastle upon Tyne and are the UK’s answer to Pokey LaFarge. They are Rob Heron & The Teapad Orchestra and they will keep any joint jumping!
The award-winning, Wilderness festival, has today expanded its dynamic musical line-up for 2013, welcoming an array of exceptional talent to its carefully curated main stage including: Martha Wainwright and Sam Lee
Rayys is a new artist to the Folk Radio UK playlist who we only discovered this week. She has just released her new lovely psych-folk single ‘I’m Coming Home’ which is available from bandcamp.
Thirty Pounds of Bone is to release a new album in May titled: I Cannot Sing You Here, But For Songs Of Where. It features Darren Hayman (Hefner), Laurence Collyer (Diamond Family Archive) and more.
The young Brooklyn based indie quartet Swear & Shake put on a fine showcase at this year’s SXSW, their stage presence and confidence spells out a great future! Take a listen.
