KLOF Staff

Today marks the release of the self-titled debut from Bristol-based folk music duo Fritillaries. Gabriel Wynne, one-half of the duo talks about how the album came together. Plus watch their latest video for Lost My Mind.

For the first time in a decade, The Chapin Sisters are returning to the UK this month bringing their own deftly-crafted songs and their unique blend of Appalachian folk, classic country, rock and pop.

Earth Recordings are to release “Bert Jansch at the BBC”, a limited edition 4LP/8CD set with a 40-page book containing 147 rare & unreleased tracks – live on-air spots, sessions & full concerts originally broadcast from the BBC. Listen to two tracks here.

The “Indoor Festival of Folk” is a collaboration between folk/rock band The Magpie Arc and EFDSS and features a stellar lineup of award-winning UK folk artists performing at Cecil Sharp House on Saturday the 3rd of September 2022.

Blazin’ Fiddles, Scotland’s most celebrated fiddle band, will join together with the remarkable vocalist Hannah Rarity for a special one-off Scottish tour this August celebrating 24 years of touring and recording.

After a long wait, the Fèis Rois Ceilidh Trail will be making a return this summer – a pioneering traditional music programme which has seen the involvement of the likes of Julie Fowlis, Rachel Newton, Kim Carnie and Brìghde Chaimbeul over the years.

The Royal National Mòd, Gaeldom’s premiere musical and cultural event returning to Perth this October for the first time in 18 years, will include graded senior piping competitions for the first time, replacing the former competition format.

Scottish five-piece Constant Follower have unveiled a stunning panoramic performance recorded atop The Wallace Monument – overlooking the band’s hometown of Stirling. The stunning video features tracks from their acclaimed debut album Neither Is, Nor Ever Was.

Watch the accompanying video to ‘Black Umbrella’, the second album single from Anna Tivel and a song about all the ways we fail to really see each other and the systems in place that so often serve only a lucky few.

The long-running Moseley Folk Festival has announced a bursary award “Hello You!” in honour of the renowned broadcaster, and friend, Janice Long to support new and emerging musicians.

Featuring Lee Ranaldo, watch the video for Awal, the first single from Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar’s debut album ‘Who Are We?’ – an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia and North African trance music.

Following on from the release of her critically acclaimed EP ‘Tírdhreacha Agus Fuaimdhreacha’ (Landscapes & Soundscapes) and smashing subsequent single ‘Awe na Mná’; sixth generation fiddler, bilingual singer & multi-instrumentalist Clare Sands announces her self-titled album and shares her new song, ‘Sail On’.