William Kemp

Will Kemp interviews singer, fiddler, banjo/guitar playing songwriter Hannah Martin – one half of Edgelarks who recently released their fifth studio album Feather. Plus, watch their new video for Oyster.

Will Kemp talks to Alexis Bennett, a London-based composer, performer and academic with many strings to his bow from working in media and film from Pinewood to Abbey Road…and then there’s his interest in traditional folk…

We talk to Emily Portman about how she developed her distinctive sound, the role of traditional folk in her music, working with others including the Furrow Collective and helping others to develop similar skills.

We talk to Master concertina player and Northumbrian piper Alistair Anderson who will be teaching a course at the Dartington International Summer School this August. He talks about his introduction to folk music, his career and appearing in a music video with Kate Bush.

Following the launch of their charming fourth album The Sea Is My Brother, Harbottle & Jonas show no sign of slowing down – William Kemp invited them up to Dartington for a chat to hear some of the stories from their recent extensive touring and to find out what’s next in their packed schedule…