Alex Gallacher

The Harbottle & Jonas Trio, featuring David Harbottle, Freya Jonas and Annie Baylis, join forces with Phil Beer for a great cover of The Grateful Dead’s ‘Black Muddy River’.

Watch Craig Fortnam, composer for North Sea Radio Orchestra and Arch Garrison, performing ‘German Ocean’ live. A quirkily brilliant single that invites repeated plays; taken from his first solo album ‘Ark’.

Featuring the core trio of John McSherry and Detroit natives Tyler Duncan and Michael Shimmin, our Song of the Day comes from ‘the olllam’ who continue to push the envelope in blending funk, jazz and tradition.

Watch the full concert that Pentangle recorded for Belgian TV in 1972, prior to the release of Solomon’s Seal, featuring the original lineup of Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox.

Featuring: John Francis Flynn (our Artist of the Month), Martin A. Egan, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, The Deadlians, Stick in the Wheel, Dick Gaughan, Ye Vagabonds, Sweeny’s Men, The Eighteenth Day Of May, Landless and more.

Seaside is the latest single from London born, Nashville based Spencer Cullum, taken from his debut solo album, Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection. “…a very quintessential English folk record, but with really good Nashville players…”.

Watch a video exclusive of Josienne Clarke’s ‘A Letter On A Page’. Filmed by Alec Bowman Clarke, the song was written at a time when she wasn’t sure if she’d ever play music again… It’s from “A Small Unknowable Thing”, Clarke’s second solo album due for release on August 13th.

This week’s Folk Show features TRÚ, Ye Vagabonds, Martin Carthy, Adam Holmes, Twelfth Day, Alasdair Roberts and Völvur, Pentangle, The Rheingans Sisters, Rosie Hood, Salt House, Spiers and Boden, Anna & Elizabeth, Tim Eriksen, Jackie Oates, Lleuwen and more.

Watch the accompanying video for ‘If You Ever Needed Me’, the new single from Adam Holmes and also our Song of the Day; taken from his new album Dreamweaver. This is Adam at his most enchanting…

Watch the new video, directed by James Ewen, for ‘What’s Real’, the new single from the ‘boldly unique’ Scottish duo Twelfth Day. A dizzying and exhilarating listen…an exciting harmonic journey like no other.

Taken from his new album “Live From The Glass Isle”, watch Chris Cleverley performing “The Scarlett Letter” at the foot of Glastonbury Tor. Some musicians really do shine in an unvarnished setting…Chris is one of them.

Taken from his forthcoming full-length album “Still Waiting Still” (out Sept. 17th, 2021), listen to Gregory Ackerman’s infectious new single ‘Good Song’…written in desperation to break through to the world of critics.