Interviews

With the reissue of Ryan Boldt’s ‘Broadside Ballads’ due out this month on Canadian indie label Big White Cloud Records we took the opportunity to chat to Ryan about his music, influences and future plans.

We join Jonathan Day on the road for a series of guest posts written during his Atlantic Drifter launch tour. We join him as he arrives in China to perform in Gangzhou and Shenzhen.

We have the final in a special four-part feature from Ange Hardy in which she reveals four tracks from her new album Esteesee exclusively to FRUK readers. Listen to and read about ‘Friends of Three’.

We have the third in a special four-part feature from Ange Hardy in which she reveals four tracks from her new album Esteesee exclusively to FRUK readers. Listen to and read about ‘The Curse of a Dead Man’s Eye’.

We have the second in a special four-part feature from Ange Hardy in which she reveals four tracks from her new album Esteesee exclusively to FRUK readers. Listen to and read about ‘Mother You Will Rue Me’ which features Steve Knightley.

Paul catches up with The Unthanks at Cambridge Folk Festival, they talk about future projects, what they’re listening to, nerves, and their ever popular Singing Weekends.

Prior to her amazing Cambridge Folk Festival performance we were lucky enough to grab some time with Gretchen Peters. She provides a great insight into her songwriting career and tells us what makes UK audiences different.

As Canada’s Great Lake Swimmers prepare for their imminent, major European tour Tony Dekker, the band’s singer and songwriter, takes us through a little history and the unusual recording techniques they used in the making of A Forest Of Arms, their superb sixth album.

We have the first in a special four-part feature from Ange Hardy in which she reveals four tracks from her new album Esteesee exclusively to FRUK readers. Listen to and read about the title track Esteesee here.

Paul catches the Ben Miller Band backstage at Cambridge Folk Festival before treating the audience to their own brand of Ozark Stomp…”And we don’t really form our shows, but before you know it you’re in the middle of something and it feels good.” It’s a tour-de-force performance from start to finish!

We catch up with Bristol’s Foreign Affairs… they came out guns blazing in 2015 with an EP launch and a thirty date Summer festival tour….gathering some Radio 2 airplay (courtesy of Dermot O’Leary) and a whole bunch of new fans along the way.

Laura Cannell gives Folk Radio UK a unique and personal insight into the Fanø Free Folk Festival which she attended this year as performer. The festival is small and intimate held on the isle of Fanø off the Danish west coast. It’s a totally unique experience as you’ll read.