Martin Green’s Opera North commissioned work Crows’ Bones feat. Becky Unthank, Inge Thomson and Swedish Nickleharpa player Niklas Roswall is to tour in December with an album to follow.
Laura J Martin has revealed her new video for ‘Half Perfect’ which features on her latest album ‘Dazzle Days’ which was recorded over three months on a journey from Wallasey to Hoxton via Reykjavík.
If you haven’t heard Robin Mitchell before then go and check his EP out. He’s a natural….poetic and inspirational sketches to listen to by the fire. One to watch for!
That loveable Edinburgh based folk-rock troubadour Dan Wilson better known as Withered Hand has released his new single ‘Black Tambourine’ this week, the first taster from his new album New Gods. Have a listen!
Today, being the fourth Thursday of November which marks Thanksgiving Day in the US it seemed more than appropriate that Stephen Kellogg’s epic ‘Thanksgiving’ should be Song of the Day.
Lily Mae, the 17 year old contemporary folk singer from Bucks County, PA, has released a lovely Christmas single titled ‘Winter Lullaby’. Listen to it here.
Our Song…or in this case, Tune of the Day is from award winning Irish band Fullset. This is a great set of reels titled The Glen Road to Carrick and was filmed at Nenagh Arts Centre in Co. Tipperary.
Jamie Smith’s MABON recently made a TV appearance on the welsh television programme ‘Heno’ on S4C. Watch it here and get their free Welsh language song ‘Caru Pum Merch’.
Cheltenham Folk Festival returns once again in February 2014 with a weekend long celebration of folk music and song: Blowzabella, O’Hooley & Tidow, Chris Wood, Blazin’ Fiddles & many more!
Melt Yourself Down kick off the UK leg of their tour today at The Deaf Institute, Manchester. To celebrate they have released a free Mixtape which you can download for free.
This year at Purbeck Folk Festival we went with Baylis Gray and filmed some sessions. Here is Martha Tilston performing ‘More’ from her album Machines of Love and Grace.
Folk Radio UK favourite Rachel Sermanni has announced the release of her new EP ‘Everything Changes’, the title track for which is our Song of the Day. Listen to it here.
