ewan mclennan

With Stories Still Untold being widely hailed as his best album yet Ewan McLennan generously took time out after his London, Foundling Folk show to talk exclusively to FRUK.

With its seamless, timeless blend of the traditional and the modern, Stories Still Untold should be in the top purchase list of any folksong fan and place Ewan amongst the music’s elite.

We have a great start to Monday with a live FRUK video session from Ewan McLennan, the first live session from his new album ‘Stories Still Untold’ out later this month.

We have a video première today from award winning songwriter, guitarist and singer Ewan McLennan in which he gives a unique insight into the making of his new album ‘Stories Still Untold’.

The Radio 2 Folk Awards nominee Ewan McLennan brought his soft warbling voice to the upper room of the Newhampton Pub in Wolverhampton and opened with the instrumental Jer the Rigger and Flowers of Edinburgh.

Ewan McLennan took the time to talk to Folk Radio UK about his latest album ‘The Last Bird To Sing’, what makes a troubador tick and whether the success of Rags & Robes took him by surprise.

Michael Farrant reflects on Ewan McLennan’s performance at Colchester Arts Centre…you certainly don’t meet a guitarist, singer and songwriter of this quality every day.

Martin Simpson curates a week of concerts and workshops at Kings Place alongside some of the biggest folk names out there!

Songlines Magazine is having its inaugral ‘Songlines Encounters Festival’ at London’s Kings Place on June 23-25. The event is to be curated by Songlines editor in chief, Simon Broughton and eight concerts have been programmed featuring major artists (see below) that Songlines are pleased to be championing.

The BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winners for 2011 were announced tonight following during an award ceremony which went out live. There were many highlights of the evening as well as double wins for Chris Wood as well as Eliza Carthy and norma Waterson. Ewan McLennan also managed to pick up the Horizon Award! Find out the winners here.

The nominees for the Scottish Trad Music Awards called have recently been announced. It was great to see some familiar names including Edinburgh born Singer guitarist Ewan McLennan