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Our ‘Song of the Day’ is from Sam Airey titled ‘The Unlocking’. It’s taken from his new EP A Marker and a Map, which will be released on Hide and Seek records on Monday 26th March. Sam is playing two launch gigs with a FULL BAND at Holy Trinity Church in Leeds on Friday 23rd March (tickets) and The Slaughtered Lamb, London on 28th March (tickets).

#UNRAVEL is a new collaboration between FOUND and Aidan Moffat. Some of you may recall Found’s Cybraphon Project which was described as an emotional, mechanical band in a wardrobe! Well they have a new installation that opens to the public on 20 April – 7 May as part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art at Arch 24/ SWG3. #UNRAVEL takes the form of a gallery installation that revolves around …

Song of the Day is ‘Fit against the Country’, the first single taken from Horse Feathers forthcoming album ‘Cynic’s New Year‘ which is due out on April 17th.

As many of you will already know from our announcement last Friday we have teamed up with Simple Folk Radio whose weekly show will feature on Folk Radio UK. The first show goes out this Saturday coming (March 24th) at 5pm. The highlight of the show will be a live session by Charlie Parr. “I can’t think of a more perfect way to get this show on the road than …

The Lullaby Project: Soothing, bitter or even bawdy, there’s much more to the lullaby than sending a child to sleep. Watch Kris Drever, Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman, Karine Polwart and John Smith performing.

Our ‘Song of the Day’ is by Sun Kil Moon, the moniker of Mark Kozelek who is probably best known for his previous incarnation in Red House Painters.

A Mothers Day Song or two: from two incredible female artists, one from vocally inspiring Julianna Barwick and one from the lovely Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) who is also a mother.

Our song of the day is Bill Callahan’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘So Long, Marianne’. In other news, Bill Callahan is to release a new 7″ cover of the late Mickey Newbury’s “Heaven Help The Child”.

Music for MRI is a project being run by the artist Robert Manning who has Multiple Sclerosis. Marissa Nadler is the latest artist to cover his song ‘Washington Parks’ to help raise money and awareness for MS.

Watch the latest video for Seamus Fogarty’s ‘The Waterside’ and get his latest tour dates including his support of a James Yorkston’s 10’th Anniversary show celebration of ‘Moving Up Country’.

Folk Radio UK joins forces with Simple Folk Radio: a welcome addtion to our broadcast that will include live sessions and more! Live Sessions include Charlie Parr, Emma Gatrill, Great Lake Swimmers, Rozi Plain and David Thomas Broughton

Watch Welsh surf-pop band Y Niwl new video for Undegpedwar which is an absolute classic, directed by the very talented Ryan Owen.