New Yorkers Scott Rudd and Jo Schornikow (The Shivers) are spending July 2012 touring the UK together, around the Fence Records Away Game Festival July 21-23. Get the dates and some free tracks!
We introduced you to alt-folk Portland (Oregon) based band Greylag back in July last year. The band have recently relased an EP titled The Only Way To Kill You from which you can download a free track below.
The Speyside Sessions is a music project led by actor Kevin McKidd and best friend James D. Reid which celebrates Scottish traditional folk songs from Burns to bothy ballads. Profits go to the charity Save the Children.
Of Monsters and Men, an Icelandic band we introduced about a year ago have been getting some well deserved recognition. Watch this recent backstage session of them performing ‘Mountain Sound’ from their debut album.
The fabulous Icelandic Snorri Helgason Trio featuring (with Silla & Gummi) recently recorded an Aretha Franklin’s “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” during a soundcheck in Paris. Watch it below.
Paddy Steer has done a great remix of Vadoinmessico ‘In Spain’ which you can listen to below. Anyone familiar with Paddy’s 2009 release ‘Dragon’s Breath’ will know of his incredible ability in sound creation.
Bert Jansch – Young Man Blues: Live in Glasgow (1962-64) is to be released on vinyl for the first time as 1000 hand-numberd copies on 180g vinyl. Folk Radio UK has a number of copies available!
Join us at Priddy Folk Festival this year as they celebrate their 21st Anniversary in style. Artists include: Spiers & Boden, Spiro, Jackie Oates Band, John McCusker, John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick, Heidi Talbot & Boo Hewerdine and lots more!
After Lisa Knapp released her new EP Hunt the Hare at the beginning of May she placed some tracks on soundcloud and invited folks to do a remix of ‘The Pleasant Month of May’. Ged Flood of ‘Mishaped Pearls’ rose to the challenge!
Folk Radio UK favourites Buck and Shanti Curran, better known as Arborea, recently performed a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR which you can watch below. They hope to be in the UK later this year so keep your ears open!
On April 29th 2012 Fink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra collaborated for a stunning one-off performance in Amsterdam’s prestigious Concertgebouw to a sold out crowd.
Here’s a small taster of what we’ve been playing on Folk Radio UK recently. Below you can find a selection of what we’ve recently added along with a recent ‘one day’ playlist.
