The Nest Collective kick off a nautical-themed night onboard the Cutty Sark on 24th September. Shanty Sessions will feature Lisa Knapp, Emily Mae Winters, Ceilidh Liberation Front, City Shanty Band and more.
These Walls is the stunning debut single by the British-Portuguese musician Nessi Gomes, a composer and lyricist of rare invention and beauty. Watch the video premiere here on Folk Radio UK.
We have the great pleasure in premiering the new animated video from Fay Hield for her new single ‘Raggle Taggle Gypsy’ which features on her latest album ‘Old Adam’. Fay is on tour throughout October.
Our Song of the Day is taken from Heidi Talbot’s fifth solo LP ‘Here We Go 1, 2, 3’. ‘The Year That I Was Born’ is a gorgeous country-pop meditation that was co-written with Louis Abbott, the frontman of Scottish band Admiral Fallow.
Three of England’s finest folk musicians: Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron are on the road again this month as Leveret for the launch of their latest album ‘In the Round’. Watch them performing The Good Old Way from their latest album.
The Gloaming are all set to tour a number of UK venues this month and to mark the occasion, Real World Records have revealed a new video of the band performing ‘Mrs Dwyer’ live in the Wood Room at Real World Studios.
Listen to The Shee’s lead single ‘Song For Mary’ from their forthcoming new album Continuum and enter our caption competition for the chance to win a pair of tickets to one of their upcoming tour dates.
We have a track premiere to share from Folk Radio UK favourite Gallery 47. Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Clean’, a collection of heartfelt, melancholic melodies written and performed by songwriter Jack Peachey.
Midlake announce 10th-anniversary deluxe reissue of The Trials of Van Occupanther via Bella Union. The original album will be accompanied by a special bonus 7” featuring two previously unreleased tracks. Listen to ‘The Fairest Way’.
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West kick off their UK tour this week, the Seattle-based duo draw on influences from bluegrass, old-time and folk to create a special blend of their own. Definitely worth catching.
2016 has been a busy year for James Yorkston with the release of Everything Sacred (Yorkston Thorne Khan), the publication of his debut novel, and his ‘Tae Sup wi’ a Fifer’ shows. Time for those Christmas tour dates – his first solo tour of England since 2013.
