Doc Watson has died at age 89. Re-knowned for his fine examples of the Anglo-American folk tradtion and unique flat picking style he wanted to be remembered more as a decent human being than a flashy guitar player.
The leftfield folk trio of Martin Purdy, Andy Smith and Simon Jones better known as Harp and a Monkey continue to dig those treasures up, watch their latest video: a Bernard Wrigley classic – Molecatcher
Highly acclaimed acoutic guitarist and songwriter Jon Fletcher is currently working on his second album from which he has unveiled a few rough mixes which you can listen to below.
Watch Cocos Lovers official video for their new single ‘Baron of The Trees’ which is out on Smugglers Records on 28th June as a split single with Will Varley.
To celebrate the launch of the new A.L. Lloyd biography by Dave Arthur ‘Bert, The Life and Times of A.L. Lloyd’ we will be featuring an in-depth interview with the author as well as a 35 minute interview / documentary.
The incredibly talented Glasgow based contemporary folk group, Two Wings, are taking to the road in June for a UK tour. We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to their London gig with Eric Chenaux.
Folk Radio UK is pleased to announce that we have just launched our own Independent Record Store called Frukie Records which will feature a great selection of Folk Music and more.
RANT is the joining forces of four of Scotland’s finest fiddle players: Bethany Reid, Jenna Reid, Sarah-Jane Summers and Lauren MacColl, their sound is filled not with a great wall of sound but rich layers of harmony and melodies, beautiful!
Eliza Carthy’s biography Wayward Daughter by Sophie Parkes was released this month. To celebrate, a launch party was held at The Greystones, Sheffield, yesterday evening (22nd May) which was attended by some very familar faces!
Traditional folk singer Maggie Boyle took to the road in April to visit great songwriters in their homes, to talk to them about their work and to record some of their music as part of her great new ‘Kitchen Songs’ project.
