Our Song of the Day comes from Alejandra Ribera with Orlando. A song she wrote during the recording of her new album offered in tribute to the victims of the recent Florida events and also to help those affected by these and similar events cope with their loss.
The Smugglers Trail is an Arts Council England supported travelling eco-festival focusing on sustainability and folk and roots music. The events all take place on common or community owned land, making this an event for everyone.
King Creosote returns on September 2nd with his new record Astronaut Meets Appleman. The first track to be shared is the album’s opener ‘You Just Want’. A seven-minute piece of hymnal drone-pop.
We have a song premiere today from North-Dakota-born, Los Angeles-based songwriter and singer Tom Brosseau. No Matter Where I Roam is taken from his new album North Dakota Impressions, the 3rd record of a trilogy following on from Grass Punks (2014) and Perfect Abandon (2015).
We have another Before the Gold Rush Session to share with you from Various Guises. They play original music, influenced by a love of old New Orleans songs and Appalachian tunes as well as English and European traditional music.
Listen to Martin Simpson and Dom Flemons performing John Hardy from their forthcoming new album ‘Ever Popular Favourites’ which features twelve scintillating, exuberant and emotional performances recorded during the duo’s sell-out Autumn 2015 tour.
Listen in full to ‘The Divers Curse’ the new album from Irish/Canadian BD Harrington. Joining him is veteran electronic producer Kel McKeown (Kelpe) on drums, Adam Richens (Bethia Beadman) on guitar and Tom Goldsmith (Circulus, Part Chimp) on bass.
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry have today shared a new video for The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore. The track features on their new album Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad due for release on Sept 23rd 2016.
Lisa Hannigan has shared her new video for Fall, a song she co-wrote with Joe Henry which features on her forthcoming album At Swim, which will be released on August 19th via Play It Again Sam recordings.
Mary Chapin Carpenter is about to embark on her UK tour following the release of ‘The Things That We Are Made Of’, a Featured Album of the Month on FRUK. Watch a series of special videos in which she talks in depth about her new album.
Listen to ‘Emboniga’ by Mendrugo, a trio led by the infamous Hermanos Herrero – Víctor & José Luis – along with Josephine Foster. A song about the rural tradition of muck splattering….a goat deterrent used in olive groves.
Heidi Talbot’s fifth solo LP plays to the tune of quiet skips and giant leaps. It crosses the ages, jumps into the unknown, traverses oceans and musical styles – from folk, through Americana, to classic pop, and back again.
