Alex Gallacher

Watch the accompanying video for Eel Song, the remarkable new single from The Shackleton Trio which tells the story of the European Eel. It’s one of the best folk songs I’ve heard this year and is also our Song of the Day.

Thread is the latest single from Bristolian singer-songwriter Clara Mann. It’s also our Song of the Day. Like Molly Drake, she shares that similar vivid poetic vision, her songs are both calming, ambiguous and beautifully crafted.

Stick in the Wheel announce the release of Perspectives on Tradition, the fruits of an EFDSS residency and collaboration with Jon1st (DMC champion), Nabihah Iqbal (NTS/Ninja Tune) and Olugbenga (Metronomy). Listen to the first track ‘The Milkmaid’.

Watch the lyric video for ‘Bicycle’, the new single by Canadian Folk Music Award nominees The Bombadils (Sarah Frank and Luke Fraser), taken from their forthcoming album ‘Dear Friend’.

Reval:Pettäsaamislugu is our Song of the Day and the new single from Swedish-Estonian musical experimenter and composer Tuulikki Bartosik. It finds her in new and exciting territory and is taken from her new album Playscapes, due to be released later this year.

Watch the latest video from California-based duo Mapache as they tell us to Tend your garden. Taken from their new album Roscoe’s Dream, named after the band’s 14-year-old Boston Terrier road dog.

Listen to our latest Folk Show featuring new music from Mama’s Broke, Hannah Read & Michael Starkey, Pharis & Jason Romero, Rachel Baiman & Kris Drever, Kinnaris Quintet, Ye Vagabonds, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Leyla McCalla and lots more.

Folk Radio UK have teamed up with Treadwells Bookshop again for another online workshop on 12 May. In this second ‘Magic in Folk Song’ class,  Hannah Sanders explores shapeshifting and plant magic.

The Shee are out on the road on their ‘Summer’s Promise’ Tour which sees them performing at intimate venues throughout the UK, and culminating in a performance at Edinburgh’s Tradfest on Monday 9th May.

Orbury Common is a place rooted in the collective imagination of Bristol & Stroud-based Emlyn Bainbridge and Josh Day-Jones…songs to accompany ecstatic ceremonies and strange, fire-side customs, drawing parallels between ancient rituals and raves.

David Ford and Annie Dressner joined forces at the beginning of 2022 and are to release their debut album in July titled 48 Hours. The release is supported by a UK Summer Tour.

Taken from his forthcoming album ‘The Devil Knows How’, listen to Derek Piotr’s ‘Old Lady and the Devil’. These are untethered traditional ballads and folk tunes to delight in.