Eliza Carthy gives fans a rare treat with a podcast on which Eliza telling some of the stories behind her material and albums, and playing a selection of songs and tunes from her back catalogue.
Fay Hield brought her band The Hurricane Party to The Met for the final date of a short but eventful tour promoting not only her 2012 second album Orfeo, but also in a celebration of traditional English music .
Simon Holland catches up with Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings at Cecil Sharp House for some dystopian, post-apocalyptic folk, not forgetting of course the compulsory post-show sing-a-long!
Bellowhead put on a great performance last month at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall with the stage transformed into a traditional galleon, resplendent with a backdrop of sails and rigging!
Sheffield folk collective ‘Bright Phoebus’ which includes Martin Simpson, Jon Boden, Roy Bailey, Sam Sweeney, Fay Hield, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr will pay tribute to Tom Waits at Shrewsbury Folk Festival this year.
Acclaimed English folk band Kerfuffle are to reunite to perform music from their acclaimed Midwinter album ‘Lighten The Dark’ this December during a short run of dates in the weeks before Christmas.
‘Orfeo’, the new release from Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party embodies a substance and breadth that is likely to garner much acclaim, and must surely confirm Hield as the Maddy Prior or June Tabor for a new generation of folk connoisseurs.
The highly talented English folk duo Hannah James & Sam Sweeney are due to release their second album State and Ancientry on 2nd April through Root Beat Records.
Topic Records took the folk world by surprise with their signing of Fay Hield to their label with the release of her debut album Looking Glass. Their first new artist in ten years. I can see why they did!
Join the EFDSS for the inaugural V&A Summer Camp – a free, two-day celebration of design across the V&A – workshops, talks, performances and participatory events from the very best of UK design talent.
