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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

Roots 66 is a new folk festival to be held at The Theatre By The Lake in Keswick over the weekend of Feb 5-7th 2016 which will incorporate two showcase concerts to celebrate 40 Years of Fellside Recordings. Lineup includes Chris While & Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, The Mighty Doonans, Ewan McLennan and more.

With The Land of Time, Pete Morton has created a fine collection of contemporary folk songs which aren’t afraid to face up to some of the more pressing issues of our time with wit, intelligence and nuance. These are rare qualities too often missing from much music today.

Traditional folk singer Maggie Boyle took to the road in April to visit great songwriters in their homes, to talk to them about their work and to record some of their music as part of her great new ‘Kitchen Songs’ project.

Here are some highlights for the forthcoming week from the folks at WeGotTickets, including Martyn Wyndhame-Read, Julie Felix,  Tom Kitching And Gren Bartley, Boo Hewerdine and may more!