Interviews

Paris-based bandleader Kate Stables of This is the Kit is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest. We learn of her love for tambourines and Alan Bennett, of where their band name maybe comes from…and more.

Ahead of his UK tour in May 2023 with C Joynes, we catch up with Mike Gangloff, a founding member of Pelt and The Black Twig Pickers, to chat about taking Appalachian fiddle music into new spectrums, Shape Note singing, Jack Rose, Pelt and more.

This May, Merry Hell will mark their 12 years with a double CD retrospective collection, ‘Let The Music Speak For Itself’; we chat with Wigan’s finest, who tell us, “We make a song and dance about serious subjects, but we’re seriously entertaining.“

Unthank : Smith talk to us about their new album ‘Nowhere and Everywhere, live performance, the recording process, their love for storytelling and Paul Smith’s teatime soundtrack.

We chat to Irish traditional fiddle player Martin Hayes in Dublin about his latest project, ‘The Common Ground Ensemble’ and new album, ‘Peggy’s Dream’.

Our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest is Dom Flemons, who has just released ‘Traveling Wildfire’ on Smithsonian Folkways. He shares some of the objects that line his shelves at home, including a large and well-organised record collection.

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.