Fionn Regan has unveiled a new track, Cormorant Bird, from his forthcoming album, The Meetings of the Waters. He has also announced an app for the iPhone that offers an accompaniment to the album and all things Fionn Regan.
Listen to the new Tamikrest song ‘Ehad Wad Nadorhan’ from their latest album Kidal released on Glitterbeat Records this month. Kidal is a town surrounded by Malian desert stretches in every direction, it’s also the town in which Tamikrest first came together.
For the first time, Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Nathan Salsburg are to release a collaborative EP for Record Store Day via Paradise of Bachelors from which we take our Song of the Day: Wallins Creek Girls.
Our Song of the Day comes from Seafoam Green, the brainchild of Dublin-born, Liverpool-based troubadour Dave O’Grady. Watch Dave, along with Martin Byrne performing Lowly Lou, from his forthcoming debut album Topanga Mansion.
For those that missed Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle: Made in the Great War in 2014, Sam has announced a final series of dates in June 2017. It’s a fascinating and entertaining multi-media performance telling the incredible story of the fiddle which took nearly 100 years to complete.
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.
