David Morrison catches up with David Francey in Nanaimo, British Columbia where the Ayrshire-born folk icon also put on a great performance, accompanied by acoustic guitar maestro Adam Dobres and lauded traditional fiddler, Pierre Schryer
Bob Fish catches up with Richard Thompson as he passes through Evanston, Illinois on tour. He talks about urban myths, fanatics, his influences, writing process, jamming with Jimi Hendrix and more.
Following the release of Fatal Flower Garden, we catch up with Sam Amidon to chat about Harry Smith, Sacred Harp singing, Thomas Bartlett, Arthur Russell …and basketball award ceremonies.
Danny Neill sits down with our Artist of the Month Franc Cinelli and digs beneath the surface of his latest offering “Night Songs”. Along the way, they touch on a shared love of vinyl and more.
Having just released and toured a fascinating new album from the commission of a beautiful new instrument, it was time to meet with Rhyader’s finest to discuss his Fylde and New Music for the 12 String Guitar.
Jim Causley is a big fan of Christmas and is keen to get ‘A Causley Christmas’ tour underway. I caught up with Jim to chat about West Country carols, his tour and plans for the future… including his joining the group Narthen.
We catch up with Jon Boden, our Artist of the Month, to talk about his new album ‘Rose in June’, a stand-alone work that ranks among the most accomplished, passionate and polished of his releases to date.
In season 4 of Folk on Foot, Matthew Bannister walks with Nancy Kerr, John Jones of Oysterband, Kris Drever, Peggy Seeger, Bella Hardy and Rachel Newton. We hear more from the man behind the microphone.
Luke Daniels, our Artist of the Month who recently released “Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies”, offered to write a piece of his choosing. He, rather bravely, chose the Nature and Origin of Folk Music.
We chat to Luke Daniels, our current Artist of the Month, about his new album “Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies”. Daniels is one of folk music’s true originals. Whatever he plans to do next is unlikely to be quite like anything else.
We catch up with singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Chris Leslie at Cropredy, who has been a member of Fairport Convention since 1997. He talks about his new love for the clarsach, plans for a new solo album, Fairport news and more.
For this month and next, Emily Barker and Marry Waterson will be taking their album ‘A Window to Other Ways’ on the road. I caught up with Marry to talk about the album and how it all came about.
