Jake Blount has shared another stunning single and video from his new album ‘The New Faith’. The video for “Once There Was No Sun”, a song he learned from a Bessie Jones recording, features Blount alongside Veeva Banga, a South Sudanese dancer and choreographer.
Tomorrow marks the release of ‘What Holds The World Together’, the new album from The Wilderness Yet, featuring folksinger Rosie Hodgson, traditional fiddler Rowan Piggott, and guitarist-flautist Philippe Barnes. Watch their video for standout track Charlie Fox.
Next month, John Francis Flynn is on tour in the UK supported by Iona Zajac. Following the release of his 2021 debut album ‘I Would Not Live Always’ he went on to win Best Folk Singer and Best Emerging Artist at the RTÉ Folk Awards.
Taken from her forthcoming new album ‘Long Time To Be Gone’, and recorded in the historic St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights, watch Nora Brown performing ‘Cumberland Gap’, on a fretless tackhead banjo built by her dad.
Computers are now a staple of modern life, but in our latest FRUK video exclusive by Simon J Jones of Harp & a Monkey, the artist winds back the clock to the early days of distressing dial tones and white noise.
Some of our favourites from Sidmouth Folk Festival 2022 Ham Concerts include Eddi Reader plus Ryan Young & David Foley, Show of Hands plus Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Spiers & Boden plus Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones, and Kate Rusby plus Jack Rutter.
On 2nd September, English traditional folk singer Jackie Oates will release her 8th solo album, Gracious Wings. Listen to her lead single, La Llorona, featuring Megan Henwood and John Parker.
Four-time Scots Singer of the Year, Siobhan Miller, returns with her first new music in over two years with the new single I’m a Rover, featuring guest musicians Kris Drever, Jack Smedley and Louis Abbott.
Folk Radio UK is a media sponsor for Sidmouth Folk Festival 2022 and will be presenting a number of artists through the Cellarful of Folkadelia concert series that continues to open the door to a new world of possibilities inspired by tradition.
For the first time in a decade, The Chapin Sisters are returning to the UK this month bringing their own deftly-crafted songs and their unique blend of Appalachian folk, classic country, rock and pop.
Earth Recordings are to release “Bert Jansch at the BBC”, a limited edition 4LP/8CD set with a 40-page book containing 147 rare & unreleased tracks – live on-air spots, sessions & full concerts originally broadcast from the BBC. Listen to two tracks here.
Watch Rory Butler performing ‘Leave It Out’ live, the final single taken from his new EP Carefree which marks a progressive leap forward from an artist that has continued to nurture and develop his sound.
