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Calan are to release their new album Kistvaen on 3 April which will coincide with an April Tour and a special one-off performance at St David’s Hall in Cardiff, with the BBC National Orchestra.

Calan announce compilation album Deg |10 – a combination of their favourite tracks along with 3 brand new songs, 2 live recordings and 2 brand new remixes of previous singles Apparition and Synnwyr Solomon.

This year’s Costa Del Folk takes place in Portugal featuring an all-star line-up including Show of Hands, Seth Lakeman, Steve Tilston, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys as well as sessions, a late night folk club, all in the luxury of the Hotel Grande Real Santa Eulalia 5* Resort And Spa in Albufeira.

Solomon, the fifth album from Welsh group Calan, is an amazing album, it sounds wonderful, fresh and exciting from the very first listen and continues to enthral on every subsequent visit. Don’t hesitate in buying a copy.

Welsh band CALAN have released a video for Apparition, an original song from their new album Solomon based on some entries in the diary of Edmund Jones speaking about the fairy realm in south Wales. They are on tour now.

The third London Folk & Roots Festival kixks off this month with acts such as Newton Faulkner, Jon Boden, Mick Flannery, Sarah Jarosz, Tony Joe White, Eliza Carthy, Michael McGoldrick, Maz O’Connor and many more. Listen to our spotify playlist preview.

Locked up, deported, tornado and subject of a House of Commons debate…all part of Welsh band Calan’s past year…here’s to a smoother journey for their current UK and North American Tour.

In a new project titled Beyond The Marches / Dros y Ffin, some of our finest contemporary folk musicians will be exploring and celebrating in the shared history and culture of two nations, England and Wales. Feat: Lucy Ward, David Gibb, Elan Rhys, Patrick Rimes, Georgia Ruth and Archie Churchill-Moss. Over the coming week FRUK will be bringing you a unique insight.

In partnership with EFDSS and trac, the Welsh folk development agency, enjoy the very best of traditional and contemporary Welsh folk dance and song at Cecil Sharp House on March 10th