Johnny Whalley

Stuart Forester’s second album ‘A Yard of Ale’ is a delightful album with lyrics that give the music a strength rooted in empathy for the character portraits they paint.

Friday evening and Shooglenifty breeze into a chilly, and eventually soggy, small Hampshire town for a gig at the Ashcroft Arts Centre, but it’s not long before things warm up!

Part Two of our review of the Hothouse Festival held at Halsway Manor, Somerset with video sessions from Songs from the Shed and recordings from Folk Radio UK of some of the live performances on the day.

Johnny Whalley catches up with those Scottish Acid Crofter Garry Finlayson of “Shooglenifty” who are heading down south this week for the start of their UK tour. One you will not want to miss!

Part One of our review of the Hothouse Festival held at Halsway Manor, Somerset with video sessions from Songs from the Shed and recordings from Folk Radio UK of some of the live performances on the day.

It is a pleasure to introduce this debut album from Barrule featuring Jamie Smith, Adam Rhodes and Tomas Callister a Manx Trad Power Trio! They put on a great live set and this album does them great justice. One you will not want to miss. Plus free single!

We review Jackie Oates’ latest album Lullabies which will be toured throughout April 2013 and we announce an exclusive radio show hosted by Jackie Oates to celebrate its launch.

Broken Down Gentlemen s the latest release from trad folk trio Faustus has been well worth waiting for…featuring 10 traditional English songs that had the original collectors reaching for the censor’s pencil.

Laylam features four highly respected folk artists: Eliza Carthy, Bella Hardy, Lucy Farrell and Kate Young. The sheer enjoyment that was felt during the making of it shines through and makes it a total delight.

With the imminent release of a new album and a major UK tour, Folk Radio took the chance to talk with guitar and song writing legend Richard Thompson whilst he was in the UK in early January.

With the release of Flying Circus (With The RTE Concert Orchestra) Folk Radio UK caught up with accordionist extraordinaire sharon Shannon to talk about her latest venture!

Pangea is a stunning debut release from Manchester based Emma Sweeney who has been quietly building an enviable reputation on the folk scene. The album will be launched at Celtic Connections.