Our Song of the Day is from a special session that Blair Dunlop recently performed for Bob Harris’ ‘Under The Apple Tree Sessions’. It’s a cover of Jackson Browne’s ‘These Days’.
Our Song of the Day is from Martin & Eliza Carthy. ‘Happiness’ features on their forthcoming new album The Moral Of The Elephant and was written by Molly Drake, the mother of Nick Drake.
WIN have reported that Independent labels are to face the threat of a potential block from YouTube if they fail to sign up to their new audio streaming service agreement.
Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble offer a taste of what’s to come as they prepare for their annual tour which also takes in Cropredy and Towersey Folk Festival.
Emily Smith celebrates her 10th anniversary as a folksinger with the release of retrospective album ‘Ten Years’ which includes new recordings of old favourites.
Find out about Breabach’s antipodean adventures and the Boomerang Project with Maori and Aboriginal musicians. Plus ‘Bha Mise Raoir an Airigh’ is our Song of the Day.
Folk on the Quay is a free folk music festival that takes place in picturesque Poole, Dorset on 28/29th June featuring four outdoor music stages, two ceilidh dances and a great line-up!
Martin Harley has been making a big impression in the US of late. He returns to his UK home shores in June with a number of shows planned. Watch his recent Nashville session.
To mark his 40th anniversary as a musician Dougie MacLean is to release a new album in collaboration with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Till Tomorrow is released on 23rd June 2014.
Shirley Collins, will be hosting a special evening at Café Oto in June to help raise funds for the making of the non-fiction feature film ‘As I Walked Out One May Morning: The Ballad of Shirley Collins.’
UK based record label Charly celebrate their 40th anniversary this year and have a number of great reissues up their sleeve including Townes Van Zandt’s first two albums.
