fay hield

Our Song of the Day comes from the super-talented Fay Hield with “When She Comes”, taken from her latest solo album ‘Wrackline’ which she tours next month. Wrackline is a world lovingly crafted by Hield, with its own logic, its own depths of meaning.

Alternative Stories & Fake Realities Podcast have revealed a new audio drama titled Hare Spell written by Terri Windling, Fay Hield and poets Sarah Hesketh and Sarra Culleno.

This Sunday, 20th September at 10:30am join Fay Hield and her band on the next Hudson Records Listening Club as they listen to and discuss her brilliant new album Wrackline.

Wrackline is more than a mere collection of songs, it is a stunning and complete work of art, put together with great care and skill, performed with Hield’s distinctive magic.

Fay Hield shares video for ‘Hare Spell’, the first single from her new album Wrackline. A mesmerising offering that conjures up an ancient spell to become a hare.

Watch the new video teaser for Fay Hield’s new album Wrackline, set for release in September. Fay is accompanied on the new album by a stellar cast of some of the finest folk musicians working today; Rob Harbron, Sam Sweeney, Ben Nicholls and Ewan MacPherson.

Fay Hield is ready to get back into the performing arena with the launch of a new solo album for 2020 ‘Wrackline’ which looks at traditional stories involving the ‘otherworld’ of fairies, ghosts and the animal kingdom.

Fay Hield talks to Folk Radio UK about Soundpost and their ever popular Singing Weekends. “It’s inspiring just to be surrounded by enthusiastic people, and everyone is so supportive, the buzz is just wonderful.”

Soundpost Singing Weekend: Old Adam is no ordinary weekend, it’s a community of people of all ages and abilities who come together to explore the music up close and personal with some of the top folk musicians in the country: Fay Hield, Karine Polwart, Nancy Kerr, Ben Nicholls and more.

Jon Boden compiles The Ultimate Guide To English Folk, a lavish two-disc primer designed to appeal to experienced folkies and newbies alike. It is not the first such collection, but it is probably the most wide-ranging, lovingly compiled and inventively sequenced. One of the most important messages to take from this compilation is that while folk music in England is something of an extended family, it is by no means …

We have the great pleasure in premiering the new animated video from Fay Hield for her new single ‘Raggle Taggle Gypsy’ which features on her latest album ‘Old Adam’. Fay is on tour throughout October.

We talk to Fay Hield, our Artist of the Month, about her new album plus we have a special behind the scenes video feature about the making of the ‘Old Adam’. Don’t miss her upcoming tour dates in March.

Old Adam marks the welcome return of Fay Hield to the studio, reaffirming her status as one of Britain’s leading singers across the spectrum of traditional and contemporary folk music. Fay is also our Artist of the Month for February.

Our latest mix features some of the best new folk music out there today and the majority of the tracks are very new releases. Alongside some well know artists are also some relative newcomers. Enjoy and share!

Watch the video premiere for Fay Hield’s ‘Green Gravel’ which recreates a singing game played by children. The track features on the lead single for her new album Old Adam due out in February 2016.

We have a stunning song premiere today from Fay Hield with Green Gravel taken from her forthcoming album, Old Adam, and her new digital single released to coincide with three special live shows this month!

We have another new recording to share from Scottish folk singer, songwriter and harpist Josie Duncan. Listen to her performing the traditional folk ballad False Lover.

All good things must come to an end and so The Full English collective featuring some of the biggest stars on the English Folk music scene will head out on their final tour in May. But what a great job they’ve done of promoting the digital archive. Watch a new documentary about the project and a TEDx talk by Fay Hield: Why aren’t we all folk singers?