Guarding the legacy of Andy Palacio and the Garifuna culture Aurelio and Ivan Duran have created a vibrant fusion of traditional and new ideas, here they give FRUK an exclusive insight.
With Stories Still Untold being widely hailed as his best album yet Ewan McLennan generously took time out after his London, Foundling Folk show to talk exclusively to FRUK.
Ruu Cambell has left the city and moved out west to the countryside, where communing with the natural world has filled his Heartsong equally with mystery, beauty and the sound of bliss.
Recorded in Cornwall with the salt spray in the wind, The Sea gathers Martha Tilston’s family and friends, the people who have inspired her music for her first album traditional folksong.
Starting a string of Scottish dates today, before heading out to Europe, Skerryvore give Folk Radio UK an exclusive insight into their hectic world and the brilliant new album Chasing The Sun.
Having passed the 20 year mark in her extraordinary career, Kate Rusby is busy as ever, with a brilliant new album Ghost, a UK tour and two young’uns to educate in the family’s musical tradition.
With a UK tour and the proper release of The Ballads Of Peckham Rye on CD, vinyl and DDL, Ross Wilson gives FRUK an exclusive insight into his creative process and drops a couple of surprises.
With its seamless, timeless blend of the traditional and the modern, Stories Still Untold should be in the top purchase list of any folksong fan and place Ewan amongst the music’s elite.
It’s not easy to cover such a vibrant history but Real World 25 does an outstanding job, creating a playlist mixing classics, with a deeper delve into fans catalogue choices.
Blue Rose Code Ballads Of Peckham Rye set for 180gm vinyl release on Monday and tour starting tonight. Watch the new video for True Ways Of Knowing here.
The Lament Of The Black Sheep is one of the most beautiful records you’ll hear this year – Ange Hardy gives FRUK an exclusive insight into her story and the stories therein.
With Leonard Cohen hitting 80 on Sunday just gone, Scott Matthews records a version of his Seems So Long Ago Nancy by way of tribute. You can hear it here as our Song Of The Day.
