Emily and the Woods

Sam Brookes talks to FRUK exclusively about joining a choir as a child, inspired by his mother, to his father’s workshop and guitars, to sharing a stage on Newton Faulker’s sell out tour.

Our Song of the Day is from Dorset born Roo Panes, Land Of The Living is the title track of his new EP which is out on 2nd December 2013.

Folk in a Box is one of those concepts so simple that it could only be either a harebrained idea doomed to failure, or a flash of genius bound for success.

We can reveal a great new song and video from London based singer songwriter Emily and the Woods. Emily will also be heading out on tour in June with Sam Brookes and Anwyn Williams, so catch them if you can.

Folk Radio UK presents…a night of Folk. Featuring Jason Steel, Emily & The Woods and Sam Brooke @ The Gallery Cafe, Bethnal Green, London on Thursday 25th August @ 7.00pm. Come down and join us, it will be a great night!

In this week’s Friday Folk Music Club we have Emily and the Woods, Sam Brookes, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Karine Polwart, Battlefield band, Andy Irvine, The Webb Sisters and Walking with Ghosts. Enjoy!

The Big Mix music festival which is organised by Macmillan Cancer Support returns to Shoreditch, London this Saturday 18th June with an even bigger line-up of artists as well as comedy, fashion, cabaret and art.

The much loved Emily and the Woods is due to release her new EP titled ‘Eye to Eye’ on May 4th. You can watch her new video for ‘Steal His Heart’ below which features a mammoth chase by a postman from London to Brighton!

Emily and the Woods has just recorded a video session for Secret Session on which she sings songs from her new EP which features Ted from Mumford and Sons as well as Marcus from Willkommen Collective. Watch it below:

We are big fans of Emily and the Woods here on Folk Radio UK. We first heard her at a Communion Night in Bristol. Since then she has been busy finishing her studies at University and has managed to release a great music video for Never Play. Watch the video now and listen again to the exclusive acoustic session she recorded for us back in May this year

Emily and the Woods is the very first Frukie Session to be recorded exclusively for Folk Radio UK and we hope there will be many more to follow. It was at the Communion launch night in Bristol that I first heard Emily and the Woods. There was a problem with her guitar so microphones were strategically placed around her in the hope of some amplification. The result was that the …