Filmed in the late summer of 2021 in a field near the Gate To Southwell Folk Festival, watch John Spiers and Jon Boden performing Bailey Hill / Wittenham Clumps from their latest album ‘Fallow Ground’. The duo are on tour in June.
Bristol-based folk duo Fritillaries release their beautiful new single ‘Unearthing’ today, accompanied by a stunning video by Giulia Franchi which we have the pleasure of sharing on Folk Radio today.
Mags’ 21st is the funky new roots single from Corner House, a young American quartet with Scottish ties featuring Orkney-born fiddler Louise Bichan, mandolin player Ethan Setiawan, cellist Casey Murray and guitarist Ethan Hawkins.
The Breath, Thea Gilmore, Edward II, 3 Daft Monkeys, Amythyst Kiah, Lady Nade, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage and The Haar are among the latest artists to join the line-up for this summer’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
Alex Rex announces new poetry/drone record “Mouthful Of Earth” featuring music from Richard Youngs, Alastair Galbraith & Lavinia Blackwall. Listen to the first cut from the album ‘Wastwater’ – “…a love letter written in light. It was inspired by the uncanny valleys of the Lake District.”
Magpies members Bella Gaffney and Holly Brandon are playing a short tour together in late April, Bella solo and Holly in her side project Painted Sky with her brother George.
Watch Kate Rusby and one of the world’s great vocal groups, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, performing her Mayday song “We Will Sing” which opens her new album 30 : Happy Returns.
The award-winning Canadian bluegrass outfit The Slocan Ramblers return with their new album Up the Hill and Through the Fog in June. Taken from the album, watch them performing Harefoot’s Retreat, a toe-tapper from start to finish underpinned by their bold, dynamic sound.
Taken from their forthcoming new album Sorrows Away, The Unthanks have today released their first album single ‘The Bay Of Fundy’. Watch the accompanying video and don’t miss their album tour which kicks off today.
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘Fleeting Adventure’, watch the latest video from Andrew Tuttle for ‘Overnight’s A Weekend’ featuring Steve Gunn and Balmorhea.
Featuring a number of special guests including Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Hair, Paul Tasker returns with a beautifully vibrant instrumental album Tierra Quemada.
Last Friday saw the release of Irish singer, Pauline Scanlon’s new album ‘The Unquiet’. It reimagines what it is to be an Irish woman in the context of music and song and it’s the subject of an upcoming documentary on RTE Radio 1.
