Dublin-based collective and Folk Radio UK favourites Jiggy are back with a brand new single and video which is taken from their highly anticipated debut album due in March 2017.
We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to see Shirley Collins performing Lodestar live at The Barbican on 18 February, an album that marked her return to recording after 38 years.
Next month will see the release of Meursault’s new album ‘I Will Kill Again.’ His new video for Klopfgeist is proof that we’re in for something very special.
Originally conceived as a close-harmony vocal trio, The Nightjar are a musical ensemble based in Bristol, UK, who describe their music as “lo-fi post-folk”. Watch their new single video for Wardrobe which was filmed by Pete Thomas – made with a CCTV security camera.
The 40th-anniversary all-star revival of Peter Bellamy’s ‘The Transports’ starts this month taking it dates at Celtic Connections, Cecil Sharp House and more. Watch this excellent short documentary about the ballad folk opera.
This Friday sees the release of ‘Surface of the Sea,’ another new track from Nadine Khouri’s forthcoming new album The Salted Air. Don’t miss her upcoming live dates including a headline show at St Pancras Old Church, London.
Watch the latest video from Jim Moray for ‘Sounds Of Earth,’ one of the original songs featured on his new album ‘Upcetera.’ Don’t miss him and his band in session tomorrow on The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2.
British Broadsides sees Sam Lee, Lisa Knapp and Nathaniel Mann team-up and lead a five-piece band that will reinvent a collection of British Broadsides giving a rare insight into Britain’s music, literary and political history.
Our Song of the Day is ‘At the Purchaser’s Option,’ a powerful new song from Rhiannon Giddens’ forthcoming new album, Freedom Highway, an album more personal and raw than her debut. Don’t miss her upcoming UK & Ireland dates.
Johnny Flynn reveals a track from his forthcoming new album Sillion due for release on Transgressive Records on 24th March. Listen to ‘Raising the Dead.’ Plus listen to his Guest Mix for Folk Radio UK: Songs for the Road.
To mark the release of the William Shakespeare tribute album ‘The Food of Love’ (featuring some of the great names of folk music) we have an exclusive video premiere from acclaimed Scottish folk troubadour Alasdair Roberts.
Watch the new video from Welsh singer-songwriter Danielle Lewis for ‘Fly,’ the title track of her latest EP which sees it’s official launch in Cardiff on February 12th.
