Fans of the original will appreciate the upgrade in sound, extensive sleeve notes and extra tracks on Steve Ashley’s Family Album Revisited. For those looking for a slice of vintage folk-rock from one of Britain’s finest songwriters, you’re sure to be welcomed into the family.
Steve Ashley will no doubt once again find his status as a truly quintessential British singer-songwriter heartily endorsed with this latest collection of original songs. All delivered with a potent combination of lyrical poetry, delicious wit and darkly puckish humour.
Another Day comes from a musician who has been writing and performing songs of the highest quality for the best part of 50 years featuring some of finest work to date.
Steve Ashley has a new album out in the new year. Just two years after ‘This Little Game’ (one of Folk Radio UK’s Best Folk Albums of 2015) Steve returns with ‘Another Day’ – an inspired set of new songs and a much more political collection which Steve considers to be one of his best.
Part Two – Best Folk Music Albums of 2015 including: Bella Hardy, Damien O’Kane, Fabian Holland, Jackie Oates, Karen Matheson, False Lights, O’Hooley & Tidow, Martyn Joseph, Richard Thompson, Rachel Taylor-Beales, Eliza Carthy, John Jones and more.
Today is Apple Day, and to mark it we’ve chosen a special song which is about our declining orchards…2000 varieties are grown in the UK and we need to do more to stop our orchards from disappearing.
Our Song of the Day is from Steve Ashley with That’s Why, a song which features on his latest album This Little Game. The Stop the War Coalition website have also featured the song and put this video together. Don’t miss Steve at our next Levels Collective gig this Friday 25th September.
On Friday, 25 September 2015, Folk Radio UK present an evening with the legendary British Singer-Songwriter Steve Ashley with support from Dutch-English singer and songwriter Gitta De Ridder. It promises to be an unforgettable evening.
Our Song of the Day is from Steve Ashley, one of our most gifted songwriters in the British Isles today. The Last Deeds Of Love is a beautifully moving song taken from his latest album This Little Game.
To say the album is accomplished would belittle the talent on show and the consistency of Steve Ashley’s output over five decades. ‘This Little Game’ may just be one of his best.
Fans of Steve Ashley will be pleased to hear that the first ever musical biography of Steve’s career has been released: ‘Fire & Wine – An Armchair Guide to Steve Ashley’.
We interview Steve Ashley one of British folk’s finest singer-songwriters. This year marks his fiftieth year since he started singing in folk clubs, read about his influences and his career…in his own words.
