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Cecil Sharp House, London, announce another peerless and varied season of folk gigs including National Youth Folk Ensemble, Emily Portman & Rob Harbron, Mairearad Green & Anna Massie, a special tribute to Alan James featuring 9Bach, John Metcalfe and elements of Imagined Village and more.

Taken from her powerful forthcoming album ‘The Unquiet’, watch the accompanying video for Felton Lonnin, the new single from Irish singer Pauline Scanlon. It’s a Northumbrian ballad about a missing child which she sings “to honour the women and children who endured church and state systems of incarceration and separation…”

Celebrating International Women’s Day, on the video for ‘Awe Na Mná (Praise the Women)’, Clare Sands is joined by 100 women on four beaches in the four corners of Ireland, celebrating sisterhood in all its colours.

In time for International Women’s Day and taken from their forthcoming new album “A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon (Songs from Yorkshire)”, Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones premiere their video for ‘Wanton Lasses Pity Her’ a traditional song from North Yorkshire.

FolkeFest is a new folk festival for Folkestone featuring Sam Lee, Rachel Sermanni, Martha Tilston, Lunatraktors, Sam Brookes, London Contemporary Voices, Shovel Dance Collective, Milkweed, Rihab Azar and many more, alongside street theatre, film and dance, to workshops, talks and even clog dancing.

Taken from Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage’s forthcoming new album ‘Ink of the Rosy Morning’ on Topic Records, watch their accompanying video for the tender folk ballad ‘False True Love’ which is released today.

Kevin Morby shares the video for “This Is A Photograph”, the title track of his new album. Inspired by a box of photographs, what Sally Mann called an instantaneous memento mori…an idea for a new album was born.

As we prepare to welcome the arrival of Spring, multi-instrumentalist Simon J Jones has a few thoughts to share about it in his new single and video ‘What To look for In Spring’, from his forthcoming solo album ‘How Things Work’.

Cambridge Folk Festival announce more names for 2022 including Billy Bragg, Afro Celt Sound System, Orchestra Baobab, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Sam Lee, Elephant Sessions, Admiral Fallow, Trials of Cato, O’Hooley & Tiddow, Samantha Crain, The Magpie Arc, The Copper Family and more.

Singer-songwriter Tobias Ben Jacob and multi-instrumentalist, producer and session musician Lukas Drinkwater share a nostalgic vintage video for their new single ‘New Capri’ ahead of their UK Tour in April/May.

Our single of the week comes from Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke featuring Lisa Maria and Amy Lou Keeler. Taken from their forthcoming sophomore album Narrow Line, listen to their lead single Just Pick One.

Broadside Hacks return with a new single and accompanying video for the traditional folk ballad Barbry Allen, also our Song of the Day. Their beautiful reinterpretations lift that veil of familiarity and bring us closer to the song.