great lake swimmers

Part Three – Best Folk Music Albums of 2015 including: Steve Tilston, Barrule, Blazin Fiddles, Boo Hewerdine, Kyle Carey, Peatbog Faeries, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Seckou Keita, Urban Folk Quartet and more

As Canada’s Great Lake Swimmers prepare for their imminent, major European tour Tony Dekker, the band’s singer and songwriter, takes us through a little history and the unusual recording techniques they used in the making of A Forest Of Arms, their superb sixth album.

We have a video premiere today from Great Lake Swimmers for ‘I Must Have Someone Else’s Blues’ which features on their latest album A Forest of Arms. Their UK & European Tour kicks off in September 2015.

Following the release of her new album ‘Don’t Weigh Down the Light’ Meg Baird has announced a run of European live shows in September with Great Lake Swimmers. Plus listen to Good Directions from her new album.

For their sixth album, A Forest of Arms, the Great Lake Swimmers find their principal songwriter and lead voice, Tony Dekker, at his most potent. The album bristles with some of their strongest tunes and the most dynamic playing that the band have realised so far.

We have a very special UK video premiere of Great Lake Swimmers performing ‘Don’t Leave Me Hanging’ at Tyendinaga Cavern and Caves in Tyendinaga, Ontario. The song features on their new album ‘A Forest of Arms’ due out in April.

Canada’s ever popular Great Lake Swimmers announce new album ‘A Forest Of Arms’ and reveal lead single ‘Zero in the City’ which you can listen to here.

Our Song of the Day is from Tony Dekker, the frontman for Canadian indie band Great Lake Swimmers. Prayer of the Woods is the title track of his new album out next month when he’ll be touring the UK & Europe.

A small taster of what’s to come later today when Great Lake Swimmers will be gracing the Folk Radio UK airwaves from 5:00pm. Here they are performing ‘The Great Exhale’ for Simple Folk Radio.

The latest Simple Folk Radio show will be broadcast on Sunday 7th October at 5:00pm. It will be hosted by Dillon and will feature Great Lake Swimmers in session. Don’t miss it!

The next instalment from Simple Folk Radio will be broadcast this Saturday (April 7) at 5.00pm on Folk Radio UK which will feature an exclusive session courtesy of Tony Decker, lead singer of the Great Lake Swimmers. Marking the release of their latest album ‘New Wild Everything‘, we have what is quite simply one of the most beautiful session we could possibly ever air, courtesy of Tony Decker, lead singer …

Folk Radio UK joins forces with Simple Folk Radio: a welcome addtion to our broadcast that will include live sessions and more! Live Sessions include Charlie Parr, Emma Gatrill, Great Lake Swimmers, Rozi Plain and David Thomas Broughton