Interviews

Myles O’Reilly recalls some of the magical moments experienced with Rónán Ó Snodaigh while making their new album, ‘The Beautiful Road’, at a “quaint cabin, isolated from the world’s noise…where boundaries between reality and imagination blur”.

Pat Gubler, aka P.G. Six, chats to Folk Radio about his new album ‘Murmurs & Whispers’ – the artwork, songs and themes, Irish harp, folk music (including Maddy Prior, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn), collaborating with Sharron Kraus and more.

Liz Hanks 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. Liz’s new album, Land, is out now on Hudson Records.

Aisha Badru is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – She reveals her love for interior design and homeware craftsmanship, shares objects that have enduring beautiful memories, and reveals books that have been influential not only in her life but in her songwriting as well. Her new EP, Learning to Love Again, is out on June 2nd via Nettwerk.

Damir Imamović, the Sarajevo-born sevdah performer and tambur player tells us about his remarkable new album and soundtrack for Aleksander Hemon’s novel, The World and all that it Holds.

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.