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We are very pleased to announce that Folk Radio UK is to be a media sponsor for the 12th Open House Festival in Belfast this year. This is an exciting opportunity for us to be involved with the festival which has been a winner year on year. We’ll be heading over to Belfast in September to cover the festival as well as offer you all some great exclusives. We’ll be …

We have been following Arborea since the release of Wayfaring Summer in 2006. I have yet to come across an artist that sounds anything like them. They draw inspiration from many other great artists including Robie Basho, Martin Simpson and Tim Buckley.

Listen to Jonsi’s new album “go” along with video and interviews. In celebration of his debut solo album, jónsi will began his 2010 world tour this month. The tour features a brand new band and a stage set designed by 59 productions, bringing together the worlds of theatre and music.

Shearwater have just arrived back home for a few days after their tours of Europe, South by Southwest, and the eastern US and Canada, and they report back to say are enjoying a lush, rainy spring in Austin.

Yes folks, Son of Dave is on his way into the playlists of FRUK very soon. His email said “go on, it’s folk music, really it is!”…Amanda said “yeah, going on what you play Alex, it’s kinda folkie, you’ve got to play him!” We’re a bit biased here…we saw him many moons ago with Martina Topley Bird in Bristol and he has featured on FRUK before now. After hearing some …

Niger is a West African country located south of Algeria and north of Nigeria. For thousands of years, the region has been a crossroads between the Arabs of North Africa and the sub-Saharan cultures, so it is not surprising that Niger has a very rich cultural heritage. The Tuareg and the Wodaabe people are just two of eleven ethnic groups who live there.

Multi award-winning folk artist Jim Moray will pre-release his new album exclusively through the June issue of Songlines magazine. Never a musician to stick to the prescribed routes, Moray’s world-exclusive partnership with Songlines will see him join only a handful of artists to pre-release albums in this way.

After 15 years of touring the globe and playing major stage in countries including Malaysia, Algeria, US, Germany, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Belgium and many more, Salsa Celtica decided that a celebration was in order.

I‘m sure some, if not many of you have come across the work of designer David Owen which continues to attract attention with his amusing, provoking and beautiful folk-related pop art images. The one above features Morrissey as a Morris Dancer.

OK Go have a reputation for very inventive videos. If you haven’t seen this one for ‘This Too Shall Pass’ then you need to watch it to believe it:

The Ring is the first single from the upcoming new Lidell long player Compass and it has a serious stomp to its swagger. Jamie and fellow musicians including Chilly Gonzales and Dan Rossen (Grizzly Bear) lift their hammers in this Anvil blues, whose lyrics describe a bedraggled beachcomber as he is seen desperately searching for his lost gold.

Been Listening, is the new album from Johnny Flynn, which is due for release through Transgressive Records on 7th June 2010. The album has already been Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record In The World on his Radio One show and picked-up a host of early radio plays on 6 Music, the track, ‘Kentucky Pill’ is the perfect introduction to Johnny’s new record and you can download it here: