The former Civil Wars member, Joy Williams, talks to us about the journey from her last album “Venus” to her latest offering “Front Porch”, life-simplifying and coming home.
We talk to Emily Portman about how she developed her distinctive sound, the role of traditional folk in her music, working with others including the Furrow Collective and helping others to develop similar skills.
We talk to Master concertina player and Northumbrian piper Alistair Anderson who will be teaching a course at the Dartington International Summer School this August. He talks about his introduction to folk music, his career and appearing in a music video with Kate Bush.
Johnny catches up with Richard Shindell in Costa Del Folk for an in-depth conversation about his song writing – meaning and inspiration, his move to Argentina, the need for refuge and more.
We talk to The Askew Sisters, one of the most refreshing and exciting acts in folk music, about their new album Enclosure which is set to be one of the albums of the year.
Ross Wilson, aka Blue Rose Code, talks to Folk Radio UK about his new show ‘This Is Caledonian Soul’ which returns to The Queen’s Hall in August and heads to London’s Union Chapel in September.
Stone Soup is currently one of our Featured Albums of the Month, Johnny caught up with Cormac Byrne and Adam Summerhayes in Ibiza at Costa Del Folk to explore their thinking, first when making this album of totally improvised music and then performing parts of it live.
Following the launch of their charming fourth album The Sea Is My Brother, Harbottle & Jonas show no sign of slowing down – William Kemp invited them up to Dartington for a chat to hear some of the stories from their recent extensive touring and to find out what’s next in their packed schedule…
Off the back of their recent release ‘Lines’ – a trilogy of song cycles inspired by poetry, focusing on three female perspectives through time – we caught up with Rachel Unthank (of The Unthanks) to discuss her part in bringing this remarkable collection to our attention.
Following the release of ‘Lines’ their trilogy of song cycles inspired by poetry and their recently announced Emily Brontë Song Cycle Tour, we caught up with The Unthanks pianist and composer Adrian McNally to discuss how this stunning collection came to be.
Coming in the style of Gillian Welch and Milk Carton Kids, the UK’s Copper Viper are beginning to run, with their debut album now out. We chatted about recording the album, classic duos and condenser microphones.
We recently reviewed top Anglo-Irish band Flook’s outstanding new album Ancora, their first since 2005. The band’s dual flute players Sarah Allen and Brian Finnegan recently took some time out to talk about making the album and the background to some of the tunes.
