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The Lullaby Project: Soothing, bitter or even bawdy, there’s much more to the lullaby than sending a child to sleep. Watch Kris Drever, Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman, Karine Polwart and John Smith performing.

Read our live Celtic Connections Kris Drever Trio ‘EP Launch’ review with Kris, Éamonn Coyne and Megan Henderson!

In 2012 The Big Session is back on the festival scene after a year’s hiatus. Bigger (but still beautifully intimate) with an incredible line up to whet the appetite of any music lover!

Lau are set to new studio album ‘Race the Loser’ in Autumn 2012, produced by Tucker Martine. Plus Limited Edition Deluxe double CD album and free downloads.

Kris Drever is to launch a new CD/EP at Celtic Connections this year. Get your first listen here to Parcel of Rogues here!

The second in our Tradition mixes. It features both new and old from an old pub session from 1967 featuring Bobby Casey to Christy Moore, Kris Drever, Kate Rusby, Gavin Davenport and more!

Win tickets to this year’s Folk by the Oak at Hatfield House on Sunday 24th July plus wine from festival sponsor Casillero del Diablo! The line-up this year includes Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, Drever, McCusker, Woomble with Heidi Talbot, Bella Hardy, Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman and Tyde!

Watch Kris Drever performing some impromptu sessions with pals Alasdair White of the Battlefield Band and Irish tenor banjo player Eamonn Coyne!

Bella Hardy’s latest release, Songs Lost and Stolen, finds her exploring new territory where self-penned originals replace her usual traditional folk canon. With some exceptional production from Mattie Foulds and a plethora of leading light musicians this album rockets Bella Hardy to new heights!

Weaving the Land is the first in a new series of mixes from Folk Radio UK. The mixes explore traditional music and its connection to the land. Whether it is recalling memories of it or the longing for return to the homeland. The first mix opens to Irish poet Seamus Heaney and features Liam O’flynn, Kathryn Tickell, Kris Drever, Dick Gaughan and more.

Roddy Woomble (Idlewild), Kris Drever (Lau) and John McCusker are set to repeat their 2008 sell-out concert at Union Chapel on Wednesday 10th November and on Monday 8th November in Leeds.

Scottish/English folk band Lau started out back in 2004 in Edinburgh, and have since become one of Britain’s most highly acclaimed young folk bands: a status assuredly justified with their ‘Best Group’ winnings at the BBC Radio Two Folk Awards for three years running. Their 90-minute set at Cargo was met with whoops and howls of friends and family, old fans and new listeners instantly captivated by intricate jigs and …

Don’t let the title worry you. Karine and the lads of Lau aren’t engaging in a bit of WWF Smackdown aggro. The latest in the impressive history of collaboration between the various members of Lau and Karine Polwart is an enthralling five-track EP, the first in a series of three such releases planned by Lau. Four of the five tracks on this releases are cover versions, more details on those …

Kris Drever is doubtlessly one of the most appealing singers of his generation working the current folk scene. He approaches each song in such a laid-back manner, without sacrificing a scrap of intensity or subtlety. With a distinct talent for interpretation of song that manges to be both robust and sympathetic, Drever’s delivery is unassumingly stirring. He could well be the Christy Moore of his generation: he certainly brings a …