Our Song of the Day is from Matt McGinn. Watch the accompanying video for Bubblegum featuring friend and fellow Co. Down songwriter Ciara O’Neill. The single is taken from his forthcoming 4th studio album ‘Lessons of War’.
The 26th edition of the world-renowned William Kennedy Piping Festival runs from the 14-17 November in Armagh City. Listen to a special Folk Radio UK playlist featuring many of those performing at the festival.
The Gigspanner Big Band take to the road again next month with an expanded lineup which, as well as Edgelarks, now includes John Spiers. Watch them performing Awake Awake which will feature on their new album set for release in April 2020.
Anglo-American folk duo Cath and Phil Tyler have announced a series of live dates including Newcastle, London and Brighton. Watch their new video for ‘False True Love/Last Chance’.
The winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 include Ye Vagabonds, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Ríoghnach Connolly, Trials of Cato, Karine Polwart.
Steve Gunn releases Unseen Acoustic, a spellbinding, stripped-down EP featuring intimate acoustic versions of songs from his latest album, The Unseen In Between. Watch the accompanying short documentary.
On a new Tom Waits tribute album, Aimee Mann, Joseph, Patty Griffin, Rosanne Cash, Phoebe Bridgers, Corinne Bailey Rae, Angie McMahon, Courtney Marie Andrews, and more put their own unique spin on the gravel-voiced troubadour’s work.
Dublin four-piece Lankum have today shared the accompanying video for ‘The Young People’, their latest single from their new album ‘The Livelong Day’, which will be released on October 25th.
Christy Moore announces new album ‘Magic Nights’ featuring 26 songs across spread across two discs recorded in venues from Derry to Dublin, Birmingham to Belfast and Liverpool to Lisdoonvarna.
Acclaimed duo The Lost Brothers, Oisin Leech and Mark McCausland have announced details of their sixth album entitled “After The Fire After The Rain” due early 2020 and share the first track “Fugitive Moon” which also features M Ward on guitar.
Watch the latest video from Twelfth Day for their new album single Superwoman. Directed by James Ewen, the icing on the cake comes from trapeze artist Sharisse Tindell.
Tomorrow sees the release of Between Stones, the new album from Hampshire based singer-songwriter Owen Tromans. Listen in full and be guided through the mythical landscapes conjured throughout in Tromans’s own words.
