Kurdish singer Aynur has teamed up with Spanish composer, producer and flamenco guitar virtuoso Javier Limón, creating a bold new fusion that makes Hevra one of the finds of the year so far.
Acoustic Classics is what it claims: a collection 14 tracks culled from Richard Thompson’s 40 plus year career. These all new acoustic recordings will keep even the devoted fans happy.
Gramercy Arms are back with The Seasons Of Love, a stunning collection of Dave Derby power poppers featuring an impressive guest list including Lloyd Cole, Joan Wasser and Tanya Donnelly.
Listen to a live set from Blair Dunlop which he performed earlier this year at Australia’s Port Fairy Folk Festival. The set includes his own material and a great Nic Jones cover.
The Baring-Gould Song School has played a part in the development of hundreds of singers, Laura talks to some of them including Sam lee and a guest house owner in Devon who just loves to sing.
They fuse ancient and modern, Welsh and English traditions into a seamless and coherent, contemporary whole without compromise. Fernhill are one of the finest folk groups we are blessed to be able to witness today.
With two superb solo albums and one fronting the Albion Band recorded in a little over two years, Blair Dunlop has been very busy. We grabbed a few minutes for an exclusive catch up.
Till Tomorrow is a gem – forty years in the making and the perfect way for Dougie MacLean and his substantial audience to celebrate a career that has given so much to tradition-based music in Scotland.
Ten Years was originally only available at Emily Smith’s live shows, but this excellent collection now has a full release (Out Today) and offers a great insight into her outstanding decade in folk.
That one man folk industry Pete Coe gives one of the funniest insights into Sidmouth Folk Week yet. This is one of the things I love about folk music…The Stories. This will take some beating.
With their fifth full length album, Revival, Bellowhead have made a match for the sheer joy and excitement of their live shows and their best record yet, a stone-wall classic.
Joan Osborne’s new album Love And Hate documents the rainbow hues of the complex human emotions woven into affairs of the heart. With Jack Petruzzelli on board again, it’s stunning.
The album launch for Blue Rose Code’s The Ballads Of Peckham Rye finds Ross Wilson backed by some of the key players on the record and a couple of special guest for another superb show.
Read our live review a superb performance from British Folk Music legends Martin and Eliza Carthy at Queen Elizabeth Hall touring their new album – with special guests including Nick Drake’s sister.
Jack McNeill gives FRUK an exclusive insight into the increasingly busy lives of McNeill & Heys and the writing and recording of their wonderful new album, Any Other Morning.
