Alex Gallacher

Sam Lee announces his new album songdreaming and a supporting UK-wide tour. Watch his new video for the album single Bushes and Briars – an invitation to consider what appreciation in the age of extinction can feel like.

Folklore and superstition surrounding birds inspire the latest single from Simon Jones – I Thought I Saw A Bird. “…For me, even though my logical mind says superstitions are not rooted in factual truths, there is an equal part that asks, ‘What if?’”

A campaign is underway to save the Royal Hotel in Dungworth from property developers – a local pub also home to a Folk Club and rich Carolling Tradition. Jon Boden, who set up the folk club there with Fay Hield, has made a personal plea.

Bellowhead founders and frontmen Spiers and Boden have announced a Spring Tour for 2024, something any folkie should find impossible to resist. They reunited in 2021 for Fallow Ground, “a genuinely warm-hearted, exuberant, and life-affirming album”.

The Radio Ballad ‘Singing The Fishing’, a gripping and enchanting tale of the East Coast Herring Fishing Industry, is to be brought to life in a new stage production. Read about the Radio Ballads, including extracts from our interview with Peggy Seeger and more.

This was a very popular Mixtape from 2017 featuring Jack Rutter, Georgia Lewis, Cormac Begley, Dempsey Broughton, John Smith, Lal & Mike Waterson, Ye Vagabonds, Fay Hield, Hanna Rarity, Rosie Hood, Ensemble Ériu and more.

We look back at some of our most popular Mixtapes – this Psych-folk special featured Pentangle, Heron, Tony Caro and John, Trees, Trembling Bells, Trappist Afterland, Sproatly Smith, Espers, Meg Baird, Linda Perhacs, Mick Softley, Mata Hari and more.

Taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Cuckoo Storm’, watch the animated video for Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley’s new single ‘Watching The Starlings’.

Singing duo Ben & Dom have joined forces with folk singer Anna Tabbush for a haunting rendition of ‘Winter Song’. Watch them performing the song in Guildford’s oldest church St Mary’s, which dates back to 1040AD.

Stan Rogers left an indelible mark on Folk Music; his influence continues today, 40 years after his tragic death. Borealis Records are to celebrate his music and legacy with the release of a limited-edition vinyl box set: Stan Rogers – Songs of a Lifetime.

The Monday Morning Brew, featuring Hack-Poets Guild, Belbury Poly, Piers Faccini, Sutari, Burd Ellen & Rachel Newton, Bill Callahan, Nick Waterhouse, Kevin Morby, Voice of the Seven Woods, Scott McMicken, Cate Le Bon, Rachael Dadd, Modern Studies, Junior Brother, Me Lost Me, Buriers & more

Filmed by Myles O’Reilly during Cork’s winter festival ‘Quiet Lights’, watch Jim Ghedi singing Ed Pickford’s Ah Cud Hew in St Luke’s church solo..an intimate and powerfully moving performance.