Since it is May Day, we revisit conversations with folk artist and May enthusiast Lisa Knapp to briefly explore customs such as Padstow May Day celebrations, Jack in the Green traditions, rituals, and some of Lisa’s favourite folk songs related to May.
Ahead of their UK tour, Charm Of Finches (Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes) are our ‘Off the Shelf’ guests, in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves from their home and talk about them.
Leyla McCalla talks to KLOF Mag about her new record, Sun Without the Heat. “…these songs were about transformation and what it takes to create change on a personal or macroscopic societal level. That’s reflected in the changes in my own life…”
Martin Simpson is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves from their home and talk about them. Martin’s new album, Skydancers, is out now on Topic Records.
We meet with the ever-generous Martin Simpson to discuss Skydancers, his bumper new double album, out now on Topic Records, plus some of the tools of the trade.
We catch up with John Smith to chat about his new album The Living Kind – the much-anticipated follow-up to 2021’s lauded The Fray–”…these song are more about seeing difficult things in your rear-view mirror and looking at the road ahead.”
Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves from their home and talk about them.
It’s been a while since we last heard from Urban Folk Quartet, but now, after an eight-year gap, they are back. We caught up with the band to chat about their new album True Story.
James Varda’s ‘ Chance and Time’ is to be reissued on vinyl – We look back at his influences, his journey from folk club to TV, his disappearance from the music scene and his escape to the country, where he crafted his most rewarding album.
We chat to The McGoldrick Family about ‘One For The Road’…we’re in total agreement with Brendan McGoldrick, his son, Michael McGoldrick and their three granddaughters have made “a mighty record”.
We met Jenny Sturgeon and Boo Hewerdine to talk about their new Outliers album, a beautiful celebration of spontaneity and space, blending strong songwriting with acoustic arrangements and subtle electronics.
LA songwriter Katie Schottland, aka Swimming Bell, is our latest Off the Shelf guest in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or elsewhere from their home and talk about them. She shares some lovely moments…her new album ‘Charlie’ is out now.
