On the eve of a Q&A appearance at Moseley Folk Festival 2022, we catch up with Vashti Bunyan to discuss her memoir, Wayward, and how her April London concert may have been her last…
We catch up with Angeline Morrison at Sidmouth Folk Festival to talk about her forthcoming new album “The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience”, being released on Topic Records in October and more.
We chat with Hannah and Gabriel of Fritillaries, our Artists of the Month, about their self-titled debut album, how they met, their influences, Bristol folk scene, band names and more.
We met with Jacob Johnson of the trio Son of John to discuss their wonderful new Each Second Footstep album, which showcases a broad and exciting new musical direction, plus the cementing of his new band lineup.
Today marks the release of the self-titled debut from Bristol-based folk music duo Fritillaries. Gabriel Wynne, one-half of the duo talks about how the album came together. Plus watch their latest video for Lost My Mind.
The transatlantic banjo duo Damien O’Kane and Ron Block met with us to discuss Banjophonics, the splendid follow-up to their much-lauded debut Banjophony, plus musical personalities and the Mongolian nose flute.
George Sansome and Sophie Crawford of Queer Folk are curating a series of nights to celebrate Pride Month. They talk to us about the origins of Queer Folk and guide us through a selection of queer traditional songs and talk about queerness in folk history.
We talk to Judy Collins in a dizzying all ages of folk music interview…covering fan mail from Pete Seeger; courtroom drama at the behest of Phil Ochs; Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize; fond recollections of a diffident Leonard Cohen…even the Muppet Show gets a look in.
We chat to a thoughtful & reflective Julien Baker ahead of her UK shows, to discuss her latest album, Little Oblivions, her songwriting journey & what it’s like touring with a full band.
In support of their magnificent third album Nine Waves, we caught up with brothers Brían and Diarmuid MacGloinn of Ye Vagabonds to discuss the record’s songs, ancient Irish legend, politics and sexism in traditional songs, and why buoyancy is likely in their genes.
We talk to folk duo Lisa Maria and Amy Lou Keeler, AKA Mama’s Broke, ahead of the release of their second album ‘Narrow Line’. Plus, watch their new video for October’s Lament.
With the new Oysterband album ‘Read The Sky’ finding the band on top form, it was a thrill to speak at length with frontman and founder John Jones about the new album and much more besides in our Artist of the Month interview.
