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.
We meet up with English folk masters Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, our current Artists of the Month, to talk about their wonderful new album Glad Christmas Comes and rum topped diplomacy…
Alexander Ellis – Our Man In The Field – talks candidly about his experience of recording his latest album, Gold On The Horizon, with Tucker Martine, his approach to songwriting, the people who inspire his songs and more.
Leeds-based folk singer Chris Brain 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.
We talk to The Furrow Collective (Rachel Newton, Alasdair Roberts, Lucy Farrell and Emily Portman) about their new album, We Know by the Moon – a chilly delight: eleven folk songs blasted by winter winds and steeped in the glow of firelight and moonlight.
We chat with the people behind Sound Roots (Previously English Folk Expo) and some artists who have participated in their annual showcase, mentoring programme, Global Music Match and more to better understand what it is they do.
Our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ feature, where we ask artists to present objects from their shelves and talk about them, is from You Are Wolf, the alt-folk project of Kerry Andrew. Their new album, hare // hunter // moth // ghost, is out next month.
