Alex Gallacher

Featuring Charley Crockett, Marlon Williams, Nina Simone, The Railsplitters, Angel Olsen, Sunny War, Molly Tuttle, Shakey Graves, Edward Sharpe, Sufjan Stevens, Abigail Lapell, Tia Blake, Micah P Hinson and more.

Filmed in the late summer of 2021 in a field near the Gate To Southwell Folk Festival, watch John Spiers and Jon Boden performing Bailey Hill / Wittenham Clumps from their latest album ‘Fallow Ground’. The duo are on tour in June.

Bristol-based folk duo Fritillaries release their beautiful new single ‘Unearthing’ today, accompanied by a stunning video by Giulia Franchi which we have the pleasure of sharing on Folk Radio today.

The Breath, Thea Gilmore, Edward II, 3 Daft Monkeys, Amythyst Kiah, Lady Nade, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage and The Haar are among the latest artists to join the line-up for this summer’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

Magpies members Bella Gaffney and Holly Brandon are playing a short tour together in late April, Bella solo and Holly in her side project Painted Sky with her brother George.

Watch Kate Rusby and one of the world’s great vocal groups, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, performing her Mayday song “We Will Sing” which opens her new album 30 : Happy Returns.

Featuring a number of special guests including Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Hair, Paul Tasker returns with a beautifully vibrant instrumental album Tierra Quemada.

Scottish musician Hannah Read has teamed up with Edinburgh-based banjo player Michael Starkey for their new album ‘Cross The Rolling Water’. Watch them performing the opening track ‘Apple Blossom’ that’s also our Tune of the Day.

Our Song of the Day comes from O Deer, the musical project of Oisín Walsh-Peelo. Watch the accompanying video to Waterside, recorded live in the Cottage at Camus Farm, West Cork.

Made by band member Peter Timmins, The Cowboy Junkies reveal their new video for ‘Don’t Let It Bring You Down’, one of their Neil Young covers taken from their new album ‘Songs Of The Recollection’.

Joan Shelley will release The Spur, her first new album in 3 years, featuring contributions from Nathan Salsburg, James Elkington, Bill Callahan and Meg Baird. Watch the accompanying video for the title track, directed by The Forman Brothers.

Leigh Folk Festival (23-26 June 2022) have made their first lineup announcement. We preview some of our favourites from the list so far, including: Alasdair Roberts, Alex Rex, Eliza Carthy, Simon Finn, Burd Ellen, Gwenifer Raymond, MG Boulter, Serious Sam Barrett and more.