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The changing moods of Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys‘ “The Wishing Tree” form a big part of its charm. From the thought-provoking lyrics to the musicianship, you’d be hard pushed to find the merest chink in their armour and here they demonstrate that to perfection.

Ahead of the release of Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys new album ‘The Wishing Tree’ this Friday, watch their video for Nature’s Law which is also our Song of the Day.

Changeable Heart’s soul is in the traditions from which Ruth Notman and Sam Kelly draw their inspiration, but at its heart is a series of exquisite vocal duets from two of the finest voices in the land. It’s a marvellous, elegant and finely crafted album that will long be remembered as one of this year’s highlights.

Perfectly timed for Valentines Day, we have the pleasure in sharing with you the title track of the new album from Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly which will be released on March, 15th via Pure Records.

Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys head out on the road again in March in support of their recently extolled new album, ‘Pretty Peggy,’ watch the dynamic new video of ‘When The Reivers Call’ which is also our Song of the Day.

Pretty Peggy firmly adds Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys to the list of artists who are proving that great party bands are no longer the exclusive domain of the Scottish & Irish music scenes. Pretty Peggy is easily one of the best albums to come from the ever-growing world of youthful folk music.

Johnny catches up with Sam Kelly at FolkEast to talk about his new album with The Lost Boys – Pretty Peggy. He also talks about the Cornish language and delves back in time to his Uni days in Sussex where you could count the student folk music lovers on one hand.

Johnny shares some his many highlights of this year’s FolkEast festival including The Young’uns, Jon Boden, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Martin Carthy, Hughie Jones, Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage, LAU, Dan Walsh, Will Pound, Damien O’Kane and many more.

This year’s Costa Del Folk takes place in Portugal featuring an all-star line-up including Show of Hands, Seth Lakeman, Steve Tilston, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys as well as sessions, a late night folk club, all in the luxury of the Hotel Grande Real Santa Eulalia 5* Resort And Spa in Albufeira.

This week’s Folk Show features rituals, Cuckoos, poachers, Lapwings, Gypsies and a Golden Plover to name just a few of the themes that crop up in the folk songs we’ve pulled together. We’ve also got a sneak peek at some advance releases from Martin Simpson, Tom Russell, The Young’uns and Mairearad Green and Mike Vass plus more.

Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys are set to make some big waves in October with the release of their new album Pretty Peggy. Get your first taste by watching their new video for Chasing Shadows, one of the standout songs on the album.

Next month sees Stratford Arts House, in partnership with Riverside Campsite, celebrate their first Stratford Folk Festival which will be headlined by Folk legends Show of Hands and Cara Dillon.