Spiers and Boden have come up with an inventive new tour that will involve fans across the UK. Backyard Songs is their new touring project which takes place over 30 dates in April and May 2013. Find out more…
We recently reviewed David Philips’ stunning new album ‘December Wine (4 track tapes)’ which we were so taken by that we asked David to record an acoustic session for us. Keep an eye out for his UK dates.
Born somewhere between Finland and Norway and now located in Berlin Hanna & Kerttu adopted their finnish name from the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale which means Hanna & Gretel.
Woodkid has release a new video and single for ‘I Love You’. The video was directed Yoann Lemoine who also directed ‘Run Boy Run’, it is as visually stunning as those previosuly released.
Get your first taster of Jackie Oates new album ‘Lullabies’, an album featuring some of her favourite lullabies and sleep songs. Watch the video for ‘Dream Angus’.
Prepare for an evening of Hurdy Gurdy and Bagpipe mayhem at Halsway Manor, an evening concert / dance with leading Hurdy Gurdy players Gregory Jolivet, Cliff Stapleton and Steve Tyler will be joined by piper extraordinaire Jon Swayne.
Watch Jim Moray performing ‘Lord Douglas’ which picked up a well deserved BBC Folk Award for ‘Best Tradtional Track’ this week. We’ve long admired his innovation, enthusiasm and most of all his inventiveness!
Desert rock band Terakaft’s latest release Kel Tamasheq was produced by British guitarist and producer Justin Adams. It sounds like no other album and they are coming to London in April! Don’t miss them!
Watch the latest video from Woodpigeon titled ‘Edinburgh’ taken from fifth full-length album ‘Thumbtacks & Glue’. Plus get the latest on his extra UK Tour dates!
Read our special feature on the BBC Folk Awards 2013. Find out who the winners were, watch the video performance highlights and find out what else went on. You can also stream the BBC Folk Awards 2013 Album!
If you love the Gypsy Punk of Gogol Bordello then you’ll love Worldly Savages, a pan-cultural project that revel in Eastern European folk music with their own distinctive fiery delivery!
