If there is one musician who embodies the dynamism and vitality of the current English folk revival, it’s Eliza Carthy – so don’t miss Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band on their First Major UK Tour – including London, Glasgow & Cardiff.
Preview tickets for the first screening of The Ballad of Shirley Collins have gone on sale. Shirley Collins herself will be in attendance for a post-screening talk, to be hosted by the comedian and critic Stewart Lee.
Rob shares his highlights of this years Cambridge Folk Festival in photos and words. He talks to Frank Turner, Jon Boden, Daoirí Farrell, The Worry Dolls, The Furrow Collective and more.
Following his first visit to Albania in 2014 Joe Boyd assembled a group of virtuoso musicians and legendary singers who went under the name of Saz’iso. This October sees the release of their long awaited album via Glitterbeat, recorded by Grammy-winning engineer Jerry Boys.
Canadian indie-rock/folk-rock band The Burning Hell announce new album, Revival Beach. Watch their new video Friend Army. Don’t miss their upcoming UK tour dates including a tour of Scotland with Jeffrey Lewis.
Avocet Revisited, a four track EP, was commissioned by Earth Recordings as a companion piece to Bert Jansch’s 1979 avian-themed masterstroke ‘Avocet’ featuring Edwyn Collins and Carwyn Ellis, Modern Studies, Alasdair Roberts, Trembling Bells.
Transatlantic prog-trad five-piece Aerialists are gearing up for the September release of their debut full-length album ‘Group Manoeuvre’. Watch their new video ‘Gangar’ which was filmed at Fiddlehead Studios on Mayne Island, British Columbia.
Blue Rose Code, aka acclaimed singer-songwriter Ross Wilson, releases The Water Of Leith, the album marks another step forward and is his first album for Navigator Records.
Hallelujah Anyhow is the new studio album from Hiss Golden Messenger. “I’ve never been afraid of the darkness; it’s just a different kind of light. And if some days that belief comes harder than others, hallelujah anyhow.”
New on Real World: Ipiros Remixes EP – put together with 100% of profits from sales going towards International Rescue: Greece and all the musicians giving their work free of charge.
Real World Records releases Tu Tambor, a previously unreleased track recorded live at Real World Studios in 1991 as part of the sessions for Totó la Momposina’s La Candela Viva album which set her on the road to stardom.
Folk Radio UK’s personal WOMAD Festival Guide. We’ve trawled through the lineups and chosen our recommendations. It’s going to be an amazing year yet again from the best festival on the planet.
