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Part Two – Best Folk Music Albums of 2015 including: Bella Hardy, Damien O’Kane, Fabian Holland, Jackie Oates, Karen Matheson, False Lights, O’Hooley & Tidow, Martyn Joseph, Richard Thompson, Rachel Taylor-Beales, Eliza Carthy, John Jones and more.

Gate to Southwell get warmed up for their 2016 10th Anniversary and announce first artists including Show of Hands, Eddi Reader, Kila, False Lights, Moulettes, Jackie Oates Trio, The Henry Girls and more.

Shirley Collins celebrates her 80th Birthday in style at Cecil Sharp House including a tribute concert with guests including Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg, Jackie Oates , Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, Martin Wyndham Read, The Askew Sisters and more. Read our live review here.

Megan Henwood’s debut announced her as a promising new voice on the contemporary English folk scene; Head Heart Hand confirms her as one of its finest exponents.

Having released one of the best albums of the year so far, we caught up with Jackie Oates to talk about her musical journey from her early days of singing at Topsham Folk Club to pursuing her solo career. We also talk about the making of The Spyglass & The Herringbone.

The Spyglass & The Herringbone gathers up all of Jackie Oates promise to date, dusts it down and adds polish to present a sparkling jewel of a folk record. It’s a rare and most refined thing of gift of great beauty and as good a record as you could rightly hope for, that’s all yours for the small price of admission.

Our latest mix features a number of new releases from artists such as Inge Thomson, Jackie Oates, Men Daimler, Robin Adams, Ryley Walker, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman and many more. Just sit back and enjoy our special mix – Lost in Transmission iii

Jackie Oates releases her 6th studio album on 27th April. Listen to the title track ‘The Spyglass & The Herringbone’ and watch her new video for ‘Can’t Be Sure’. The album is supported by a tour which takes in dates not only in the UK but also in Belgium and Iceland.

A vinyl only release promising to put the special back into buying music sounds a great idea and Sheema Mukherjee and ECC100 have absolutely nailed it with the sumptuous, charming Sheema.

FRUK looks behind the making of ‘Centenary: Words and Music of the Great War’ featuring both music and WWI poems read by actor Jim Carter that he and his wife Imelda Staunton.

We continue our look at the Best Albums of 2013. In part 2 we include Jackie Oates, Jack Day, Blue Rose Code, The Leisure Society, Richard Thompson, Éamonn Coyne & Kris Drever & many more!

David Rotheray’s ‘Answer Ballads’ features some of the best singers around today, read our album review and listen to three exclusive Song Premières!

Jackie Oates is to head out on her second leg of her Lullabies Tour in October, get those dates and listen to the radio show she did for Folk Radio UK.

Chris Wood, Jim Moray and Jackie Oates will be among the major names from English folk music performing at English Folk Expo – to be held the weekend before the world music industry conference Womex 2013.

We recently aired a special show that was put toegther by Jackie Oates to celebrate the release of her new album ‘Lullabies’ on 18 Mar 2013. You can now listen to it on-demand here:

Join us on Monday at 10:00am for a special one off show from Jackie Oates on which she shares some of her favourite Lullabies from a diverse selction of artists. The show will repeated throughout the week.

We review Jackie Oates’ latest album Lullabies which will be toured throughout April 2013 and we announce an exclusive radio show hosted by Jackie Oates to celebrate its launch.

Get your first taster of Jackie Oates new album ‘Lullabies’, an album featuring some of her favourite lullabies and sleep songs. Watch the video for ‘Dream Angus’.