News

Back in November last year we told you about LAU collaborating with Adem. The new collaborative EP is titled Ghosts and is due out on 30th April 2011. You can hear a taster below.

Below is the playlist from yesterday to give you a flavour of what is being played on Folk Radio UK. As ususal, there is a growing number of new artists and tracks on the way in, many of whom will probably be new to you.

We’ll be heading down to the Grain Barge on Friday 4th March for another great night of entertainment featuring Boxcar Aldous Huxley / North Sea Navigator / Cat Green Bike. It promises to be an incredible evening so if you’re in the area, head on down!

This was a lovely surprise. I got a message to say Folk Radio UK was in the Guardian today. Guardian journalist, Elisabeth Mahoney, described Folk Radio as “back-to-back music of the most gentle, serene sort, and a marvellous companion for a few hours.”

Sufjan Stevens has announced his first UK And European tour in 5 years. Full details of all his appearances in April and May 2011 are below, including two dates at the Royal Festival Hall and previously announced headline sets at Primavera and The Great Escape festivals.

Middle Brother are a new super group consisiting of none other than John McCauley III of Deer Tick, Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes. They played their first unannounced show at a tiny venue during 2010’s SXSW and are now set to release their debut record on March 1st, 2011!

The Phantom Band will be touring their album ‘The Wants’ on Chemikal Underground this March. As a double bonus they will be supported by Found who will release their Chemikal Underground debut Factorycraft next month. Watch the mind altering video to ‘Everybody Knows It’s True’ below!

Having just won a Brit Award for Best Album Mumford and Son will undoubtedly come under the publicity spotlight even more so than ever before, so there March tour of the Scottish Highlands and Ireland could not have come at a better time as they set out to road test their songs for a new album.

Avant-folk duo Arborea are to release their new album, Red Planet, on 26 April this year. The album will also be released as a limited 500 edition LP….with the first 100 being in Translucent Red. Have a listen to it now!

Elysian Fields performed for LaBlogotheque recently. As is normal with many sessions on LaBlogotheque things never quite go as expected. The arrival of the New York duo was not exactly uneventful. The session, despite a jet-lagged-fatigued couple was still exceptional and beautiful!

We were introduced to Nataniel Rateliff by the good folks at Open House Festival, Belfast. This is his latest session on which he sings Boil And Fight.

Communion will be presenting the new one day Bushstock Festival on Saturday 7th May. They will be showcasing the best new talent alongside more established artists from West London, the UK and beyond!