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Folk Radio UK is covering MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2011 thanks to the fine roving reporter efforts of Findlay Napier. Keep an eye out for his updates and posts!

★★★★★ Read our latest interview with Three Cane Whale, a multi-instrumental trio from Bristol with a fresh, innovative approach to music.

★★★★★ The Woodbine & Ivy Band are a group of Manchester musicians who have gathered the cream of British folk singers to create one of the best folk albums of our time.

Watch Seth Lakeman’s performance to commuters at St Pancras Station which took place last week.

This week we have Slow Club, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Veronica Falls, Alex Highton, Hey Marseilles, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes, Dave Gerard, Monument Valley, Lambchop and Jamie Harrison.

Folk Radio UK has the great pleasure of premiering the first new Balto track titled Gravestones to appear on their as yet unnamed new album.

Melanie McGovern talks to Gardens and Villa and delves into their past and musical influences.

Alessi’s Ark gives full stream of her latest album, Time Travel, along with track by track commentary. Listen Now.

Listen to Frightened Rabbit perform on Record Store Day at the fantastic Avalanche Records Store on 16th of April 2011.

Marissa Nadler is back in London next week for her first gig in the capital in over two years. To mark the occasion she has shared a cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Winter Lady’, free to download.

We have a wealth of video and tracks in our latest Friday Music Club post including: Lisa Hannigan, Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm, Tim Eriksen, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, I’m Kingfisher, Laura Gibson, DeVotchKa, Myrmyr and more!

We chat to Will Whitwham of Canadian five-piece The Wilderness of Manitoba ahead of their short stop over in London, and debut European release When You Left the Fire.