A new programme comes to Folk Radio UK this coming Friday featuring Shirley Collins which looks at the bleak but true tale of ‘The Poor Murdered Woman’ and unearths new information about her fate.
Chris Wood, Jim Moray and Jackie Oates will be among the major names from English folk music performing at English Folk Expo – to be held the weekend before the world music industry conference Womex 2013.
Prog Corner is back on Monday at 1:00pm. In the latest edition Bert Vertigo is found searching the galaxies for his co-pilot Dirk van Distanz! Music from The Jimi Hendrix Experience and more!
On this weeks Simple Folk Radio Daniel Green of Laish is at the helm and will be featuring a live session from Richard Dawson. The first show goes out on Sunday at 5:00pm (UK time)
Folk Radio UK is delighted to have been chosen as the partner for the launch of the new Chris Wood album, None The Wiser. Chris will be making a track a week available to listen to via our website.
On this week’s Nest Collective Hour, Jamie Doe presents a selection of folk music from around the world with a particular look at music made with mouth instruments plus a world exclusive track from Pete Roe!
Pokey LaFarge announces the release of a new studio album ‘Pokey LaFarge’ which will be released on Jack White’s very own Thrid Man Records. They will be celebrating the release with tour in Summer 2013.
These are exciting times for John Grant, following a chart position of #16 last week and endless acclaim for Pale Green Ghosts, here is the new video for one of Pale Green Ghosts many highlights, ‘GMF’.
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill recently stepped into the NPR offices to record a fantastic Tiny Desk Concert, watching Hayes and Cahill play is just poetry in motion, you just need to let yourself go!
Download the latest single from Norweigan band Mhoo who made a name for themselves following their appearance at Scandinavia’s biggest festivals by:Larm in 2010.
Get a taster of Sarah Gillespie’s new album ‘Glory Days’ and catch her debuting material from her new album at Square Chapel in April. Plus a sneek peak at Gilad Atzmon’s latest work who produced her album.
New Manx trio Barrule release a download single of a song from their forthcoming debut album to raise funds to help Isle of Man farmers reported to be facing “catastrophic” livestock losses in the island’s heaviest snowfall since 1963.
