The traditional songs, folklore and history of the coastal region of the South Downs will be brought to life in the ‘Secret Shore’ project launched by the South Downs Society this week.
James Yorkston unveils video for Guy Fawkes’ Signature which features on The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society. Plus an exclusive remix of the track by Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite.
Our Tune of the Day is from a very special performance recorded by Baylis Gray at Lau-Land Sage Gateshead in May 2014. This is Lau with the legendary Fred Frith.
Folk singer, songwriter, activist and muse, Peggy Seeger, is to be honoured by the UK music industry, receiving the inaugural Women In Music Award for ‘Creative Inspiration’.
With his new single ‘Hold on Tight’ already charting at number 1 on Hype Machine we have a special song premiere for ‘Home’ from Californian singer-songwriter Ed Prosek’s new EP.
The Armistice Pals project provides our Song of the Day bringing together a huge number of voices from across the folk music scene that has become a catalyst for so much more than a single.
With the next Lau-Land up in Edinburgh now less than a month away we talk to Aidan O’Rourke about the bill and plans for this latest instalment of their unique, portable, curated weekend festival.
Mairearad Green and Anna Massie, two of Scotland’s most revered multi-instrumentalists, are currently on tour… they also opened for Folk Radio UK’s very first Levels Collective gig.
Watch Kishi Bashi performing Q&A with Tall Tall Trees on the banjo for the Croft Sessions – a Birmingham based independent session company who are worth checking out.
Simon gets the difficult task of attending Bellowhead’s Revival Ale launch in Lewes. Familiar faces at Harveys brewery yard including the Copper family and Shirley Collins.
