Guarding the legacy of Andy Palacio and the Garifuna culture Aurelio and Ivan Duran have created a vibrant fusion of traditional and new ideas, here they give FRUK an exclusive insight.
With Stories Still Untold being widely hailed as his best album yet Ewan McLennan generously took time out after his London, Foundling Folk show to talk exclusively to FRUK.
Starting a string of Scottish dates today, before heading out to Europe, Skerryvore give Folk Radio UK an exclusive insight into their hectic world and the brilliant new album Chasing The Sun.
We rejoin Arborea for the final entry of their guest tour blog. They play in Dallastown, Pennsylvania before returning home to Philadelphia. They are playing a few dates in Ireland in November.
With a UK tour and the proper release of The Ballads Of Peckham Rye on CD, vinyl and DDL, Ross Wilson gives FRUK an exclusive insight into his creative process and drops a couple of surprises.
Kings of the South Seas is a new boundary-crossing trad folk album produced by John Parish. Watch an exclusive video premiere of an interview with John and Ben Nicholls.
We rejoin Arborea on Day 5 of their guest tour blog and the night of the Robbie Basho tribute concert also feat. Glenn Jones, Daniel Bachman and Ryley Walker.
The Lament Of The Black Sheep is one of the most beautiful records you’ll hear this year – Ange Hardy gives FRUK an exclusive insight into her story and the stories therein.
We rejoin Arborea on Day 4 of their guest tour blog via Pittsburgh, Harrisburg & Germantown – taking in sound healing, a live show and rising nerves over the Robbie Basho tribute concert.
With her latest album A History Of Insolence receiving such wide critical acclaim I caught up with Naomi to talk to her about the album, Shirley Collins and politics…
We have a new Guest blog from Benjamin Folke Thomas in which he shares his recent experience of his trip to Nashville Tennessee for the BBC Introducing Showcase at the Americana Music Festival.
We rejoin Arborea on Day 3 of their guest tour blog as they ride into Pittsburgh for a gig. They are joined by their friend and Philadelphia based guitarist-composer Eric Carbonara.
