Founded by The Carrivick Sisters, Midnight Skyracer are an all-female bluegrass band featuring some of the best players from across the UK. Watch their video premiere for Ernest Tubbs ‘Thanks a Lot.’ Don’t miss their upcoming tour dates.
Listen to ‘Heart Of A Home,’ the new single from The Medlars, a seven-piece contemporary folk band based in London. Their debut album is out on 5 May and you’ll be hearing a lot more from them on Folk Radio UK.
Watch ‘King Rabbit Stalks Lowlight,’ the new video from Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon’s forthcoming album The Statue of The Hunter is Lost at Sea. Released on Rusted Rail at the end of March.
Blackberry Lane is taken from the upcoming debut album ‘Siren Serenade’ from Emily Mae Winters, due for release this April which is supported by a headline UK tour.
As an exclusive premiere, Maz O’Connor shares her video for Extraordinary, her new single. Amazingly, it was all made on a £0 budget in and around Trafalgar Square.
The latest names have been announced for Cambridge Folk Festival 2017, including the legendary Shirley Collins, Indigo Girls, Sharon Shannon, The Furrow Collective, Beth Nielsen Chapman and more
Singer-songwriter Ry Cooder will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Radio 2 Folk Awards which take place on 5 April at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
With her new album Sweet Kind Of Blue due this Spring (May 19th), listen to Emily Barker’s second single ‘Sunrise’ off her new record. It has that Memphis sound stamped through it like a stick of rock.
Watch Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar’s new live video for The Silent Majority. The BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning duo will reunite again next month as they head out on tour. You don’t want to miss this.
Sproatly Smith celebrate spring again with the return of Weirdshire Weekend featuring guests from the psychedelic folk scene including Sharron Kraus, Trappist Afterland, Alula Down, Mark McDowell, Bird Radio and many more. Check our special preview.
Canada’s The East Pointers return to the UK for another intense run of energy-fueled dates. The band will be showcasing music from their much anticipated second album, due for release in the Autumn 2017.
Watch Captain Noel, the new video from Baby Copperhead, the song features on his new album ‘The Serpent and the Sparrow,’ out on 7 April via Tin Angel Records. On tour with Devon Sproule in March and April.
