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A big show in store from Simple Folk Radio this Saturday featuring James Yorkston in session who is about to release a new album ‘I Was A Cat From A Book’ which you can hear a track from below.

Eliza Carthy’s biography Wayward Daughter by Sophie Parkes was released this month. To celebrate, a launch party was held at The Greystones, Sheffield, yesterday evening (22nd May) which was attended by some very familar faces!

Dave Sudbury is one of a kind! He wrote ‘The King of Rome’ a song that took flight around the world thanks to June Tabor. His daughter contacted me recently and we did an interview. I’ve never felt so moved by a singer and his story.

The fabulous folk music duo Winter Wilson recently took some time out to record a session for Folk Radio UK. Listen to it now.

For today & tomorrow only listen to Karine Polwart’s new Donald-Trump-inspired song “Cover Your Eyes” which she will sing this evening in the Scottish Parliament.

Read our interview with Alasdair Roberts & Mairi Morrison who recently collaborated on a Gaelic album titled ‘Urstan’.

Watch this great video feature of Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell live at The Lexington which was recorded by Mosaiclawns on 27 March 2012. Watch out for how Jonny makes good use of a ticket stub to dampen his guitar strings on ‘Just Like the Old Days’. Just Like the Old Days Down In Adairsville Jack & Jill Dixon Street Benjamin Brown Stand Up Show Song For A Sweetheart Jonny …

I am literally just back from the Isambard Folk Award finals. This is the first time I have ever had to judge such an award and it was no easy task. All five finalists were incredibly strong candidates that reinvigorated my belief that the folk scene is as strong as it has ever been. The winner of the evening was Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker who put on an incredible …

As you may have picked up in previous articles Folk Radio UK is co-sponsoring this years Isambard Folk Award along with our good friend Songs from the Shed. The finals take place this evening when the judges, ourselves and Songs from the Shed included, will have the difficult task of choosing between the five finalists: Evening Chorus (from Cardiff) and London-based Common Tongues and Mishaped Pearls plus duos Solarference (Devon/Bristol) …

The next instalment from Simple Folk Radio will be broadcast this Saturday (March 31) at 5.00pm on Folk Radio UK. The show will feature Simple Folk Radio’s monthly resident host Daniel Green (Laish / Sons Of Noel And Adrian) who will be joined in the studio by Emma Gatrill, to share some of her favourite records and talk about her soon to be released first album. The show will also …

Watch the new official video for Bon Iver’s ‘Towers’ directed by Nabil (Holocene Director). Also: a very special 4AD and Jagjaguwar collaboration: Bon Iver in session with Sean Carey

Watch Francois and the Atlas Mountains in session with a follow-up interview. They released their Domino debut release last month: E Volo Love.