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Shirley Collins celebrates her 80th Birthday in style at Cecil Sharp House including a tribute concert with guests including Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg, Jackie Oates , Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, Martin Wyndham Read, The Askew Sisters and more. Read our live review here.

Joy of Living pays tribute to iconic folk singer, songwriter and activist Ewan MacColl with a host of performers from the world of folk music and beyond including Karine Polwart, members of the Waterson: Carthy clan, Christy Moore, Steve Earle & more!

Joy of Living is a Tribute album to Ewan MacColl which features performances from an all-star cast including Waterson:Carthy, The Unthanks, Dick Gaughan, Martin Simpson and Jack Steadman & Jamie MacColl performing ‘The Young Birds’, our Song of the Day.

In part 2 of our live review of this year’s Wickham Festival we take in the Moulettes, Kathryn Tickell and The Side, Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band, Seth Lakeman, Billy Bragg, The Hut People, Megson and more.

Eliza Carthy and her all-star Wayward Band have recorded a powerful new single and have announced a series of live dates. Watch them in action at The Convent.

It may have taken almost 25 years and a sharp thinking festival booker to light the fuse, but Eliza Carthy and Tim Erikson have finally brewed up a Bottle of rare vintage. Here they tell Folk Radio all about it.

Eliza Carthy and Tim Eriksen finally found the means to combine their extraordinary talents and a couple of UK tours created the opportunity to open the Bottle in celebration. This is a great record, as accomplished and surprising as you might expect from two of the folk world’s most complete musical artists.

I’ve been looking forward to this new album from Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen for what seems like ages, so it’s with great pleasure Folk Radio UK can offer you this premiere of the title track from their new album ‘Bottle’ due for release on 18th May via Navigator Records.

This June ten Scottish and English folk musicians will head to the west coast Isle of Eigg to make an album together that reflects on the issue of ‘separation’ in its many forms, through traditional song. They include Karine Polwart, Eliza Carthy, Mary Macmaster, Hannah James and more.

Eliza Carthy has teamed up with Tim Eriksen to release a new album called ‘Bottle’ which will be released via Navigator Records on May 18th. Hardcore ‘Americana’ with hardcore ‘Anglicana’. We can’t wait, got to be one of the most highly anticipated folk album releases of 2015.

Eliza Carthy has been appointed an MBE for her services to music. Wonderful timing having just released her first duo with her father Martin who was also appointed an MBE in 1998.

English folk singer Sandra Kerr shares her Sidmouth memories which range from performing a Bagpuss show to drinking pimms. If that doesn’t sell it, nothing will.