Albums

Betty And The Boy emerge from The Wreckage, their outstanding debut album like a phoenix taking flight in a whirlwind of stunning musicianship and contrasting, genre bending styles.

On the eve of a gig supporting US band Caravan Of Thieves this Friday Adrian Roye gives FRUK exclusive insight into his band The Exiles, the new album Reclaimed and more.

Scott Matthews showcases his new album ‘Home Part 1’ mingled with a liberal dose of classic and classy numbers from his back catalogue at London’s The Social.

Maritime is the second album from Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer and it’s both a natural progression and quantum leap forward from their 2012 debut Seed Of A Pine. On UK Tour from September.

In Paul’s final part of his Cambridge Folk Festival review he takes in live reviews of Jason Isbell, The Rails, Van Morrison and a live review & interview with Lucy Ward.

Johnny reports back on this year’s Fairport Cropredy Convention which featured many highlights including the Treetop Flyers, Cara Dillon, Benjamin Folke Thomas and more.

Paul’s Sunday at Cambridge Folk Festival begins with the Archers blaring out of the tannoy before getting back to semi-normality – Interviews with The Young’uns & the wonderful Sarah Jarosz.

The widely-tipped Dublin alt-folk quartet The Young Folk release their debut album ‘The Little Battle’ in September, a release that may well find their backyard takes on global proportions.

Robert “Hacker” Jesset and Anne Gilpin of Morton Valence return with ‘Left’, a unique album melding genre-hopping soundscapes with Hacker’s imaginative storytelling.

Jordie Lane releases a five track EP to quench fans thirst. His soaring croon conjuring comparisons with M Ward as he again muses on love, mortality and change.

More than the sum of its parts, Vena Portae joins Emily Barker, Dom Coyote and Ruben Engzell for a wonderful album of superbly crafted songs, further enhanced by the bonus disc of remixes.

Paul continues his review of Cambridge Folk Festival taking in The Shires, The Full English, Seth Lakeman, Loudon Wainwright III and Rosanne Cash.