Flook head back to where it all began next month! That is Sidmouth, where they recorded “Flook! Live!” at Sidmouth in 1996. Plus watch them performing with Lau…superb!
Folk Radio UK heads to Wickham Festival at the beginning of next month where a staggering lineup promises a great long unforgettable Summer Weekend! Read our Festival preview.
This years Garforth Arts Festival proved to be a a great day which included great performances from folk music favourites Lau, Kate Rusby and the perfect finale from Bellowhead.
Anyone attending this year’s Sidmouth FolkWeek (2nd – 9th August) is going to be thoroughly spoilt for choice with the line-up which stretches from the folk music icons to rising stars. Check the highlights for this year!
Dead can dance, or they would if they could. You wonder whether Lau have the power to raise the ghosts of the Union Chapel in an exultant, sold out return to the north London venue.
Lau kick off tonight with a huge UK & Ireland tour taking in the likes of London’s Union Chapel as well as appearances at some big festivals such as Greenman and Larmer Tree, they’ll also be heading to Japan for a five date tour!
Read our special feature on the BBC Folk Awards 2013. Find out who the winners were, watch the video performance highlights and find out what else went on. You can also stream the BBC Folk Awards 2013 Album!
Race The Loser presents Lau as a band very much in control of their own destiny; super-charged with confident, free-thinking music that will continue to enthral existing fans and kindle interest from an ever-widening audience.
In our second video feature on Cambridge Folk Festival we have performances from: Rachel Sermanni, Karine Polwart, Lau, Liz Green, The Staves, Loreena McKennitt, pine leaf boys, Seth Lakeman and Anaïs Mitchell.
An upcoming film NEVADA featuring some of Lau’s new album: Race The Loser is to be screened as part of the band’s Kings Place mini festival weekend “Welcome To Lau-Land”
Another revelationary video featuring Lau and Strange Attractors, one of their biggest projects of 2011, with the Northern Sinfonia and the Northern Ireland composer Brian Irvine.
Lau unveil promotional video featuring a recording of “Torsa” for the new Lau Live 2011 CD which is only available as part of the deluxe 2 CD edition of Lau’s new studio album “Race The Loser”.
An Tobar will be working with one of Scotland’s foremost musicians, Aidan O’Rourke (Lau, KAN, Blazin’ Fiddles), who will be composing a new piece called TAT-1 for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Includes video interview.
KAN are one of those bands that are at the forefront of moulding and re-defining tradtional music, if this is the standard then the tradtional music scene has rewarding times ahead!
