In ‘Pilgrimage for a Pint’, a new BBC Radio 4 documentary on Christmas Eve, Folk musicians Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart set out on a journey to the most remote pub in mainland Britain – The Old Forge in Inverie.
In 2016, Michael Tanner (Plinth, United Bible Studies, The A. Lords) put together this evocative Winter Solstice Mix…Featuring Shirley Collins, Jean Ritchie, Dick Gaughan, Martin Carthy, Mike Waterson, John Renbourn and more.
Gatineau, Quebec-based composer Nick Schofield announces his new album, Ambient Ensemble, and shares his first single and video ‘On Air’ – “I imagined the music accompanying a painter in her studio, the windows open and the song flowing in and swirling around the artwork.”
On what would have been her 100th birthday, Mississippi Records is today celebrating the brilliance and vision of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru with a new single and the announcement of a major new release, her self-recorded vocal album, Souvenirs.
Scottish singer songwriter Adam Holmes shares the video for his new single Go Lassie Go, taken from his new album ‘The Voice of Scotland’. “This album is a commitment to this life as a communicator via the medium of songs and stories.”
The award-winning ‘broken folk’ duo Lunatraktors have a festive alter-ego – Yulatraktors. Their new album ‘Solstice Wyrd’ drops tomorrow. Watch their new video for ‘Remember the Poor, ‘ an old ballad that is increasingly relevant today.
Our Song of the Day comes from outsider folk mystic Lee Baggett with Zipper Ride, a blissful meditation that leaves me smiling every time I hear it…taken from his new album ‘Echo Me On’, released this month on Perpetual Doom.
Emma Tricca has released a new digital single, Rain & Tears, a song by Aphrodite’s Child – the progressive Greek rock and pop band founded in 1967 that included Demis Roussos and Vangelis, who died last year.
The poet, writer, musician, activist and self-proclaimed ‘Rasta Folkie’ Benjamin Zephaniah has died at the age of 65 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Sam Lee announces his new album songdreaming and a supporting UK-wide tour. Watch his new video for the album single Bushes and Briars – an invitation to consider what appreciation in the age of extinction can feel like.
Folklore and superstition surrounding birds inspire the latest single from Simon Jones – I Thought I Saw A Bird. “…For me, even though my logical mind says superstitions are not rooted in factual truths, there is an equal part that asks, ‘What if?’”
A campaign is underway to save the Royal Hotel in Dungworth from property developers – a local pub also home to a Folk Club and rich Carolling Tradition. Jon Boden, who set up the folk club there with Fay Hield, has made a personal plea.
