Taken from Documenting Snapshots, the new album from Gilmore & Roberts, watch their video for ‘I, Burnum Burnum’, based on the declaration read out by Australian Aboriginal activist Burnum Burnum, as he planted the Aboriginal flag on the beach in Dover on 26th January 1988.
Having become mainstays of the folk, roots and acoustic scene, Gilmore & Roberts’ ‘Documenting Snapshots’ is a magnificent, mercurial album that will cement and further enhance their reputation as purveyors of the finest-quality music.
Now in its fifth year, the festive roots music supergroup A Winter Union hit the road for their annual winter tour, armed with their brand new live album, A Winter Union – Live In Concert.
Watch Gilmore and Roberts performing Things You Left Behind, a song which Katriona also provides a personal insight to. The song features on their new album A Problem of our Kind which is a Featured Album of the Month on Folk Radio UK.
On A Problem Of Our Kind Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts have produced an album capable of making you dance, cry and think. And what is more, they do it straight from the off. This album is a masterclass in songwriting.
Rob catches up with Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts and looks back on their career as a duo, this year marks the tenth anniversary and to mark the occasion they released a live album, recorded over ten different gigs during the spring of this year.
To mark their first decade as a duo, Gilmore & Roberts announce a 10th Anniversary Tour and their first live album. Recorded this year on their spring tour it features their most requested songs from their albums to date.
In their latest release ‘Conflict Tourism, Gilmore and Roberts step over the border, wade through the battles and emerge unbowed… taking us through theatres of conflict that directly and indirectly affect every one of us.
Songs for the Voiceless is both a beautifully realised piece of art and a timely lesson in history featuring Jon Boden, Bella Hardy, The Young’Uns and more.
Johnny reports back on Swanage Folk Festival taking in The Lucy Ward Band, Winter Wilson, Urban Folk Quartet, O’Hooley & Tiddow, Goat Roper Rodeo Band, Johnny Coppin and more.
Two members of the new re-vitalised Albion Band have been nominated in the 2013 BBC Folk Awards and the band announce a special guest for their Exeter gig: Phil Beer of Show of Hands fame.
Folk Radio UK has five pairs of tickets to giveaway to a very special Gilmore & Roberts ‘INVITE ONLY’ gig at The Islington in London on November 22. Plus watch their new video: Scarecrow
