fay hield

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?

Read our review of The Full English album featuring Fay Hield, Martin Simpson, Seth Lakeman and more. A triumphant symbol of the efforts and achievements of this project.

In what is already shaping up to be quite a year for English folk music, the events of the 20th of June at Cecil Sharp House are very likely to earn a noteworthy place in the annals of folk music history.

Fay Hield brought her band The Hurricane Party to The Met for the final date of a short but eventful tour promoting not only her 2012 second album Orfeo, but also in a celebration of traditional English music .

Sheffield folk collective ‘Bright Phoebus’ which includes Martin Simpson, Jon Boden, Roy Bailey, Sam Sweeney, Fay Hield, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr will pay tribute to Tom Waits at Shrewsbury Folk Festival this year.

We have a feast of videos for you from this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival including live performances from Roy Harper, Raghu Dixit Cathy Jordan, Fay Hield and The Hurricane Party, Seamus Cater & Viljam Nybacka & more.

We join the congregation in Wiveliscombe to watch The Fay Hield Trio, a great performance from Fay Hield, Sam Sweeney and Rob Habron!