Sheffield based traditional folk singer Rosie Hood is awarded BBC Performing Arts Fellowship to work with EFDSS over the next 12 months to develop her career.
We have a special video premiere today from James Frost and a first from UK Director Ghost Herder. It has one of most sublime endings I’ve seen on video for a long time. Other-worldly & stunning.
We have a video premiere today of a live session from Owen Tromans which includes Golden Margins, the title track of his new album out on 5th May via Sacred Geometry Records.
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival announces first acts of what promises to be one of the best folk festivals out there. Don’t miss it, we won’t! 27-30 August, near Swanage in Dorset.
We have a track premiere today from Swedish urban-folk collective Billy Momo with their second single ‘Drunktalk’ which features on their forthcoming sophomore album of the same name.
Bella Hardy announces Pledge Campaign for her new album ‘With the Dawn’. She’s also out on tour this month. Plus Bella provides our first seasonal Song of the Day this year.
The Punch Brothers release their fourth album ‘The Phosphorescent Blues’ on Jan 27th, produced by T Bone Burnett. Some new sounds featuring percussion. Get your first listen here.
At the English Folk Expo this year Jon Boden tackled the future of folk music and how the role of social singing can help it thrive. Find out how Bellowhead have been putting it into practice.
For one week only we are previewing Boo Hewerdine’s new release ‘My Name in the Brackets‘. Plus Boo takes us track by track through the album released on 8th December.
More new releases from the Aladdin’s Cave of musical wonders known as Dust-to-Digital including newly re-mastered Alan Lomax recordings from Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
Our Song of the Day comes from Glasgow based Aaron Fyfe – a name you’ll be hearing a lot more from very soon. A voice that packs a mighty emotional punch.
