Alex Gallacher

Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra share new single and video for ‘We Are Part Mineral’ – “There’s a sense of deep rooted humanity – that our time here on earth is short and we will never fully hear the rocks sing, as they shift over millennia.”

In time for International Women’s Day and taken from their forthcoming new album “A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon (Songs from Yorkshire)”, Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones premiere their video for ‘Wanton Lasses Pity Her’ a traditional song from North Yorkshire.

A Folk Show special featuring several Ukrainian bands including DakhaBrakha, Eteria, Gamardah Fungus, Laboratorium Pieśni alongside Oysterband, DLÙ, Bird In The Belly, Topette!!, Ye Vagabonds, Cinder Well & Jim Ghedi, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage and more.

FolkeFest is a new folk festival for Folkestone featuring Sam Lee, Rachel Sermanni, Martha Tilston, Lunatraktors, Sam Brookes, London Contemporary Voices, Shovel Dance Collective, Milkweed, Rihab Azar and many more, alongside street theatre, film and dance, to workshops, talks and even clog dancing.

Taken from Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage’s forthcoming new album ‘Ink of the Rosy Morning’ on Topic Records, watch their accompanying video for the tender folk ballad ‘False True Love’ which is released today.

Kevin Morby shares the video for “This Is A Photograph”, the title track of his new album. Inspired by a box of photographs, what Sally Mann called an instantaneous memento mori…an idea for a new album was born.

Cambridge Folk Festival announce more names for 2022 including Billy Bragg, Afro Celt Sound System, Orchestra Baobab, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Sam Lee, Elephant Sessions, Admiral Fallow, Trials of Cato, O’Hooley & Tiddow, Samantha Crain, The Magpie Arc, The Copper Family and more.

Singer-songwriter Tobias Ben Jacob and multi-instrumentalist, producer and session musician Lukas Drinkwater share a nostalgic vintage video for their new single ‘New Capri’ ahead of their UK Tour in April/May.

Our single of the week comes from Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke featuring Lisa Maria and Amy Lou Keeler. Taken from their forthcoming sophomore album Narrow Line, listen to their lead single Just Pick One.

Broadside Hacks return with a new single and accompanying video for the traditional folk ballad Barbry Allen, also our Song of the Day. Their beautiful reinterpretations lift that veil of familiarity and bring us closer to the song.

Our Song of the Day comes from Scottish trio Salt House featuring Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren MacColl. Watch them performing The Same Land live, taken from their album Huam.

Broadstairs Folk Week returns this August – we share some of our favourites from their folk festival lineup including Spiers & Boden, The Magpie Arc, Yorkston/Thorne /Khan, Doyle, McCusker, McGoldrick, Flook, Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards, Mishra and more.