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.
In a special series of interviews we talk to various artists about their Sidmouth FolkWeek memories. We kick off with Northumbrian piper and tradition bearer Kathryn Tickell.
Having launched their wonderful Constellations album this week, Moulettes Hannah and Oliver took time out to give FRUK an exclusive insight into their unique sound and what makes them tick.
Ged Flood and Manuela Schuette of Mishaped Pearls speak to Folk Radio UK about their new album Thamesis, they provide a fascinating insight into its inception and its influences.
Scottish duo Twelfth Day treat FRUK to an exclusive première of their new video for ‘Young Sir’ which was directed by Esther’s brother Tom Swift. A modern take on an old folk narrative.
There are some rare records where the title tells you the story as eloquently as a thousand words. Mary Gauthier’s Trouble & Love may well be one of these, but just in case, read on…
