The Owl Service

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.

The Northwestern Series is a new independent record label based in Manchester, England, a sister label of Folk Police Recordings. Their first release is Adam Leonard – Nature Recordings. Get a taster here.

The Owl Service have a new EP due out on Rif Mountain titled There Used to be a Crown. It contains 4 great covers of the legendary US psych folk band Pearls Before Swine.

We interview Rif Mountain artist Jason Steel and talk about his musical inspiration and his new single ‘I Lost My North’.

Welcome back to the Friday Folk Music Club. This week we have videos from: Jason Steel, James Yorkston & Big Eyes Family Players, Sharon Shannon, Townes Van Zandt, Julie Fowlis, Nathaniel Rateliff, John Martyn , A Hawk And A Hacksaw and Nancy Elizabeth! Plus audio tracks from The Owl Service and downloads from Spiers and Boden, David Gibb, Cathal Clohessy and Eamonn Costello, Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick and The …