This week on the Nest Collective Hour includes an interview with Theo Bard of ‘Woodburner Folk NIght’ & an unusual field recording of demonstration songs and chants at a CND march from the early 1980’s!
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer are currently touring the UK performing tracks from their new album ‘Child Ballads’. Here they are at Cecil Sharp House performing Clyde’s Water.
Canadian quintet THE BELLE GAME released their debut single Wait Up For You this week on Bella Union…the video for it uses a mysterious cult as its central theme…watch it now.
Watch this great video session of Emma Pollock & RM Hubbert performing together. Hubbert’s finesse as a guitar player offer the perfect companion to the wonderful plaintive vocals of Emma Pollock…a real treat!
Gilmore & Roberts have announced an extensive National Headline Tour for Spring 2013 following the release of their third album ‘The Innocent Left‘ on Navigator Records.
In Episode 7 of ‘An English Love Story’ (the final episode on Folk Radio UK) M.N Hopwood provides us with his final thoughts on his journey as he walks along the path to Ivinghoe Beacon on the Ridgeway.
A very special show this Sunday at 9:00pm by two stoned Dutch Prog Time travellers Dirk Van Distanz (Tom Davis) and Bert Vertigo (Mike Hastings). Features live recordings from Trembling Bells and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy!
Five of the UK’s leading Northumbrian Smallpipers will be giving a concert at Halsway Manor on Saturday 2 March at 8pm: Andy May, Pauline Cato, Chris Evans, Rob Say and Francis Wood.
Following on from the success of their visit to the UK last summer Hurray For The Riff Raff have announced that they are to return to the UK & Ireland for a string of live dates throughout May.
Folk Radio UK is very honoured to able to premiere the new video from Norwegian chanteuse extraordinaire Anne Marie Almedal. Winter Song is taken from her latest album Memory Lane, her strongest musical statement yet!
Watch Foy Vance’s wonderfully heartwarming new video ‘Joy Of Nothing ‘, the title track of his new album. It features Foy and his daughter taking a campervan trip to the coast. It’s lovely!
Sam Amidon announces the release of a new album. ‘Bright Sunny South’ sees a return to a more unadorned sound…something that was inspired by Martin Carthy’s 1970s recordings.
