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Esteesee – Along the Coleridge Way is a new folk music project featuring BBC Folk Award nominee Ange Hardy along with Steve Knightley, Patsy Reid, Lukas Drinkwater, Archie Churchill-Moss, Jonny Dyer and more.

Our Song of the Day is from Steve Ashley, one of our most gifted songwriters in the British Isles today. The Last Deeds Of Love is a beautifully moving song taken from his latest album This Little Game.

To mark the release of their self-titled album, out today, (New York, NY) Nashville-based, heartland rock band, Midnight Pilot, are to release four new live session videos which will be shown exclusively on Folk Radio UK through the month of May. Watch the first ‘Elizabeth’ here.

Our Song of the Day is from the bagpipe-driven Scott Wood Band with a piece composed by the late Martyn Bennett. Their debut album is due out in August 2015 and with the solid reputation they’ve managed to build that album will create quite a fanfare.

The Month of May – one of tradition and ritual. One of the most famous is the Obby ‘Oss festival of Padstow in Cornwall. Watch this short film by Alan Lomax, Peter Kennedy and George Pickow about the festival from 1953. Brilliant!

We have a video premiere today from Lotte Mullan for her new single ‘Dear Elvis’ which is released on 18th May. A very British blend of Alt Country which skips along on the surface but is, at it’s heart, one of the darkest songs on Mullan’s new record ‘Love’s Bonfire’.

I’ve been looking forward to this new album from Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen for what seems like ages, so it’s with great pleasure Folk Radio UK can offer you this premiere of the title track from their new album ‘Bottle’ due for release on 18th May via Navigator Records.

We have a lovely hazy folk song premiere today from Welsh born folk singer/songwriter James McArthur. ‘The Day It Rained Forever’ features on the long awaited new album ‘Strange Readings From The Weather Station’

Our Song of the Day is ‘Beatnik Walking’ a track from Richard Thompson’s forthcoming new album Still, an album of new music produced by Jeff Tweedy. His UK tour kicks off in August at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival.

Sweet Liberties is a new folk music project commissioned by EFDSS and Folk by The Oak featuring four songwriters: Nancy Kerr, Martyn Joseph, Sam Carter, and Maz O’Connor alongside musicians Patsy Reid and Nick Cooke – a musical journey exploring the pursuit of democracy and the events that have made a difference to our liberties.

Da Fishing Hands, the latest release from Inge Thomson, saw its debut performance on Fair Isle in May 2014, this short film documents that performance and provides background to a project which ultimately aims to protect the marine environment around the Island and for it to be sustainably managed as it has been historically by Fair Isle folk.

Our Song of the Day is The Devil’s Nine Questions which is performed by Appalachian ballad-singing duo Anna and Elizabeth, they are on tour in the UK from May. Their Show is a captivating mix of ballads, foot-stomping dance tunes, stories and visual art. They also use what are called crankies to illustrate the song ballads which you can find out about here.