Hiss Golden Messenger have announced the release of their fifth album ‘Haw’, get your first taster here….pricklier and more unknowable than the places explored on ‘Poor Moon’ (2011)
The Black Twig Pickers are back with a new album Rough Carpenters. All those small musical nuances go to make up the unique whole…As Gangloff explains, “It’s not the melody, it’s the moss.”
Folk Radio UK teams up with fRoots – folk, roots & world magazine, to carry their monthly fRoots Radio show presented by fRoots editor, musician and veteran ex-BBC World Service broadcaster Ian Anderson.
In Episode 2: Day 2. ‘High up on the Ancient Ridgeway’ of ‘An English Love Story’ M.N. Hopwood continues on his journey from Ogbourne St George to high up on Uffington Hill.
Whilst I appreciate that mainstream radio may have tired out some of you from hearing Mumford and Sons I still found myself smiling when I saw this session. Reminded me of Open House Festival in Belfast.
This is simply brilliant! A taster of Aidan O’Rourke’s new album ‘Hotline’. Listen to ‘TAT-1’, Martyn Bennett would have loved a piece of this action…this is Scottish inventors at their musically best! Stunning!
The High and Lonesome Sound combines Cohen’s vintage photos, film and musical recordings as well as an anecdotal text into a multimedia tribute to Roscoe Holcomb an underappreciated legend of American music.
The latest Simple Folk Radio show features an incredible band called OHIOAN. Over the years, the band has involved members of Castanets/Raymond Byron & the White Freighter, Old Time Relijun/Malaikat dan Singa, Jackie-O Motherfucker
We talk to joint head of Topic Records David Suff about ‘The Great Big Digital Archive Project’ which kicks off the end of this month. David also puts together a playlist of favourites for you to enjoy!
The hugely talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and painter Barry Kerr has released a beautiful new single ‘The Leaving Song’ which is accompanied by a new video. Watch it now.
Lisa Germano is to release her new album ‘No Elephants’ via Badman Recording Co. The album touches on themes of communication and how disconnected we now are. Listen to the track Apathy and The Devil
New in our playlist is the soulful baritone of Sea Rowe and his latest album ‘The Salesman and The Shark’ which we’ve been playing over and over recently. A beautifully well-grounded album that gets deep inside you!
