Simple Folk Radio’s Holiday Hootenanny will be broadcast on Sunday 23rd December at 5pm (UK Time) and will be starring KIMYA DAWSON! Hosted by Dillon with studio guest Nicol (Frozy).
Whilst some of the world panic about the Mayan Apocalypse and end of the world on Friday 21 December Giant Giant Sand offer a seasonal counterbalance with a free track “Not the End of the World”
Mike Harding has announced that he is going to go it alone and run his own show. The new show will take the form of a podcast and be syndicated to radio audiences across the globe.
Django Django have release remix album Hi Djinx! It includes remixes from the likes of Nick McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand) and Tom Furse (The Horrors). Plus they will be touring the UK in Februrary 2013.
Grass House reveal live video for ‘A Thousand Generators’ from their forthcoming debut album. Musically it’s a nod in the direction of Brian Eno & 1960’s guitar bands.
Folk Radio UK favourites Gerard & the Watchmen will be touring the UK this February to celebrate the completion of their six month ‘song a week’ challenge. Get a taster and those dates!
Meadow are a Manchester based band comprised originally of cousins Ben Downs and Mano McLaughlin who have since grown to a full band. Listen to their EP ‘Grow Your Own’…warm and homely.
Introducing: Streets of Laredo, a family affair from New Zealand who are currently based in Brooklyn, NY. They have just released their first single and video for ‘Girlfriend’….Watch it now!
Dubbed as the “Hardest Working Bands of Summer 2011,” Skinny Lister continue their love for the road as they embark on an epic US tour, in support of Flogging Molly’s annual Green 17 Tour.
Folk Radio UK has an exclusive premeiere of Manchester trio ‘Literature Thieves’ new video for ‘Waves That Weave’ which is released as a free single on Monday. Watch it now!
We have a great premiere for you today from EELS upcoming single “New Alphabet.” The track appears on the new album Wonderful, Glorious due out February 5th, 2013.
The winners of the The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are announced. Winners included Mike Vass, Julie Fowlis, Duncan Chisholm, Paul McKenna and Niteworks. Read the full list of winners.
