Interviews

Amelia Baker, the singer, musician and writer behind Cinder Well, is disarmingly honest. But behind that honesty lies an intriguing depth and complexity. We chat with her about her new album ‘Cadence’; her Southern California roots and living in Ireland; and her influences and tastes, from Joni Mitchell to Lankum and Haruki Murakami.

Our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest is Jarrod Dickenson; he talks us through the objects on his shelves, and, alongside some treasured photos and touching stories, he also talks about the pleasures of coffee and fine whiskies from around the world.

We chat to Alec Bowman_Clarke about the making of his short film ‘Never Again’, a ‘feel good-ish film, a heartwarming & sometimes funny story about how dreams, kind of, sometimes, maybe, can come a little bit true.’

We catch up with The Young’uns songwriter-in-chief Sean Cooney and chat about their new album ‘Tiny Notes’ – the songs and the stories behind them – and the growing appetite for folk music and songs.

We chat with David Grubb about his new album Circadia – a concept album exploring the human subconscious, using sleep as a vehicle. There are still two days left to get behind the album and enjoy some of those unique rewards.

Ben Walker offers an insight into the making of his new album, Banish Air from Air, also one of our Featured Albums of the Month, and shares how pushing himself into new territory helped to shape his vision.

We talk to Madison Cunningham about her new album ‘Revealer’, being a woman in the music industry, and her upcoming International Women’s Day concert at the Barbican – ‘in her words’.

Following his premiere of ‘Black Cuillin’ at this year’s Celtic Connections, we chat with Duncan Chisholm about his album, the concert, Sorley MacLean and poetry, plans for the future, and more.

We talk to guitar player and composer Toby Hay and electric and acoustic bass player Aidan Thorne about their new album ‘After the Pause’ – a snapshot of an extraordinary and unprecedented time in their lives.

After three decades as one of folk and traditional music’s leading fiddle players, John McCusker has plenty to look back on in our Artist of the Month interview in which he shares his musical heroes, memories and more.

Wes Tirey is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – he talks us through his shelf of objects – from homemade collages to a Lone Ranger guitar and Robert Johnson folk art. His 2019 whiskey-soaked folk opus ‘No Winners in the Blues’ is reissued on vinyl this week.

Joshua Burnside is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – he talks us through his cluttered shelf of objects, books and other artifacts that tell little stories about both himself and his wife Emily.