Lily Mae is a 16 year old contemporary folk singer-songwriter from Bucks County, PA. She recently released her stunning debut EP ‘Early Days’. We caught up with Lily and her sister Chloe, also her lyricist!
With the imminent release of a new album and a major UK tour, Folk Radio took the chance to talk with guitar and song writing legend Richard Thompson whilst he was in the UK in early January.
We talk to joint head of Topic Records David Suff about ‘The Great Big Digital Archive Project’ which kicks off the end of this month. David also puts together a playlist of favourites for you to enjoy!
We interview Alex Neilson of Trembling Bells and Mike Heron of the Incredible String Band as they announce a new collaborative performance at the forthcoming Celtic Connections festival.
We talk to Fionn Regan about his latest album ‘The Bunkhouse Vol. I: Anchor Black Tattoo’ on which he goes back to basics…a guitar, 4-track, a single microphone and all in a remote hidden away studio.
With the release of Flying Circus (With The RTE Concert Orchestra) Folk Radio UK caught up with accordionist extraordinaire sharon Shannon to talk about her latest venture!
We recently caught up with Jamie Smith’s MABON, one of Wales’ finest purveyors of original InterCeltic music! We spoke about their new album ‘Windblown’, their influences and some trivia!
Ceri Rhys Matthews shares a log he kept from his recent project ‘Rambles Through Tunes’…”the evening was beautiful with all the swansea heads there. paul the griff, nigel jenkins, the chapel people, the freeform jazz poets, all the heads…”
Catherine MacLellan is currently touring the UK with artist and poet Tanya Davis. I caught up with Catherine to ask how they met…I wasn’t expecting the answer she gave….when they were kids.
We bring Fourth and Main on board in this latest interview with illustrator and musician Keaton Henson, which gives an insight into his curiously evasive existence…an interview with a twist.
We took some time out to talk to some Teeside lads better known as The Young’Uns who recently released their fourth album ‘When Our Grandfathers Said No’. It was, needless to say, one of the more amusing ones!
Kate Rusby talks to Folk Radio UK about her new album ’20’ which features a host of well known guests including Nic Jones, Paul Weller, Dick Gaughan, Ruchard Thompson and many more!
