We catch up with Richard Thompson to discuss his new record Acoustic Classics II, the longevity of a decent piece of writing and the protective nature of fans over material.
When Coope Boyes and Simpson announced the release of Coda in 2016, they described their tenth album as “a concluding event … a farewell to touring.” FRUK catches up with them to talk about the past & the future.
Guitarist and songwriter Tom Bright has literally travelled around the globe for his music. We catch up with him to talk about what motivates his nomadic pursuits and how his music has taken off since his return to the UK.
We talk to Ruarri Joseph about his new rock focused project William the Conqueror and premiere the video for their single ‘Tend To The Thorns’ taken from their debut ‘Proud Disturber Of The Peace’, out on 4 August via Loose.
We talk to Marcus Harrling and Per Nyström of DIAGNOS who have been involved in the Swedish independent music scene for many years. They release their self-titled album this week which features a host of guest musicians.
We talk to our Artist of the Month ‘Eiks’ about her new album Braids…”As I go about my normal daily life, I seem to have a subconscious radar that looks for inspiration, however small and embryonic they are, and I note them down.”
“Songs have very curious existences… they live lives of their own outside and beyond us”. So says American kind-of-folklorist Jake Xerxes Fussell, whose new long player is crafted from history and musical posterity. We got him started on his focus and listened in.
We catch up with Irish quartet We Banjo 3 at Oban Live where the band share the idea behind their current tour theme ‘Light in the Western Sky’ and they talk about their plans to record a new album in Nashville.
Adrian McNally, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer with The Unthanks, discusses their new album, The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake, the fourth instalment in their inspired, unconventional Diversions series.
We catch up with Toby Hay on tour. He talks about his new album The Gathering and shares with us news about his new album for which a new guitar has been built specifically for Toby by Roger Bucknall at Fylde Guitars.
We recently caught up with Jonathan Day who is currently touring his forthcoming new album Vagabond Language. Listen to him performing in Fingal’s Cave and read about how his new album came about.
We have an interesting and amusing chat with Holy Moly & The Crackers about their new album Salem due out on July 14th. Plus, watch their latest video for their anthemic new single ‘Mary’.
