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The Wilderness Yet is folksinger Rosie Hodgson, traditional fiddler Rowan Piggott, and guitarist-flautist Philippe Barnes. Watch the accompanying video for the title track of their debut album.

Watch Dean Owens performing his new song ‘Hope’, written in response to the “nation’s round of applause for the NHS and frontline workers who are working so hard to protect us during the Covid-19 pandemic.”

Filmed by video, filmmaker and director Myles O’Reilly of Arbutus Yarns, watch Anna Mieke performing Warped Window live from a dockyard in Dublin. The song is taken from her album ‘Idle Mind’.

Watch Bread and Roses, the latest single from Scottish singer-songwriter Kat Healy – a joyful collaboration with Scottish singer Karina Smillie. The single was released in celebration of Women’s History Month.

Watch Two-time GRAMMY®-nominated folk singer, songwriter and activist Eliza Gilkyson in a special Folk Radio UK Session performing two songs from her new album, 2020, set for release next week (April 10th) on Red House Records.

Watch Egyptian Princess by The Servants’ Ball (Rob Harbron, Ben Paley, Ben Nicholls, Evan Jenkins, Julian Hinton) – a nod to the era of Egyptomania which started in the Victorian era and peaked in the 1920s with the discovery of Tutankhamun.

Sadly, Sidmouth Folk Festival has been cancelled for 2020 but plans are already underway for the 2021 Festival in which you can expect so much of what the festival audiences love about this grand old Festival.

The Coo’s harmonies are a soothing balm for the chaos of today. Watch them performing their second single ‘If Only’ and enjoy their two-part harmonies, reminiscent of the warm late 60s and early 70s sound of artists such as Carole King & James Taylor.

Listen to My Girl The River’s new single ‘I Try’ which will be released Friday, April 10, digitally everywhere, in preparation for a full album launch on May 1.

Folk on Foot podcast is to organise a “Front Room Festival” to raise funds for musicians hit by the coronavirus lockdown. The festival will feature some of the UK’s finest folk musicians who will perform from their front rooms to yours.

Sunday mornings just got better – We are excited to announce that we are working with Hudson Records and co-hosting their ‘Listening Club’ on Sunday mornings at 10.30 am. The next one is this Sunday with Salt House and their new album Huam.

Watch Fresh Blood, a new video from The Poozies. More than a little surreal, it displays their usual trademark style of hilarity, jubilance and mischief, and features some very pretty sheep, sparkly aliens, random animals in oilskins, a wise old crone and – talk of the town – an extremely interesting looking stranger!