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Time & Tradition is a fantastic weekend series of concerts, storytelling and talks exploring the concept of time through traditional and contemporary folk music and ritual and seasonal customs, as part of Kings Place’s Time Unwrapped.

Watch Irish folk legend Finbar Furey performing Sweet Liberty of Life which features on the live DVD accompanying his new UK album ‘Don’t Stop This Now’, set for release on March 30th and accompanied by a UK Tour.

Our latest Folk Show featuring new music from False Lights, 3hattrio, Brona McVittie, Marry Waterson, Honeyfeet, Salt House, Mary Gauthier, Beth Nielsen Chapman and more.

Watch Phoenix Works, the new video from Jim Ghedi which took over a year of filming and editing by Jim and filmmaker/photographer Scott Hukins. It also features some beautiful archive footage which compliments the song perfectly.

Listen to ‘All Their Many Miles’, the new single and title track of the new album from The Super Saturated Sugar Strings. Based in Anchorage, they are a beloved institution there, packing sweaty bodies together in small halls under neon light to dance into the night.

Legendary singer, songwriter and performer John Prine is to release his highly anticipated new album, The Tree of Forgiveness, on April 13, his first featuring new material in over 13 years. Watch the lyric video for Summer’s End, the first single.

Our Song of the Day comes from River Matthews, an artist for whom the stars seem to have aligned since the days of playing cover songs in local pubs. ‘Fool For You’ is the final single prior to the release of Imogen, his debut album. This young man is going places.

Newly discovered and unpublished poems and lyrics written by Johnny Cash are transformed into ‘Johnny Cash: Forever Words’, a collaborative album featuring new music by Rosanne Cash, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, John Mellencamp, Elvis Costello, The Jayhawks and more.

Our Song of the Day comes via a video premiere for ‘I Guess I Won’t Be Going Home’, the new single from Ryan Driver, taken from his forthcoming album Careless Thoughts, due for release through Tin Angel on 23 February 2018.

The nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018 have been announced by Mark Radcliffe on the Radio 2 Folk Show. This year’s Awards ceremony, presented by Mark Radcliffe and Julie Fowlis, will take place at the Belfast Waterfront on Wednesday 4 April.

German violinist, composer and producer, Alex Stolze, is pleased to announce the release of his new album ‘Outermost Edge’, released 16th March 2018 on Nonostar Records. He is a truly groundbreaking instrumentalist and producer. Watch his latest video for ‘New’, directed by Andrea Huyoff.

The Proclaimers, Richard Thompson, Beth Orton and Big Country are among the acts headlining the 54th Towersey Festival (24-27 August 2018, Thame, Oxfordshire).