the young’uns

Peter Bellamy’s 1977 masterpiece Ballad-Opera ‘The Transports’ to be re-told featuring The Young’uns, Faustus, Nancy Kerr and members of Bellowhead together on stage. Plus we have a CD giveaway of the original release.

Download Towersey Festivals Free Album: features singles, exclusives and album cuts from some of the best artists scheduled to appear at the festival this year, including the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Best Group 2016 & 2015 The Young’uns, Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe, Dublin’s Lynched and more.

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.

As the Teeside folk trio The Young’Uns announce their biggest UK tour to date we catch up with David Eagle who tells us about the tour, what makes the North East so great and lots more – it is of course laden with humour throughout.

In part 3 of our live review of Gate to Southwell Festival we have live footage from Clannad, Simpson-Cutting-Kerr, We Banjo 3, The Young’uns, The Tweed Project, Manran and more.

In part one of our live review of Gate to Southwell Festival Johnny takes in top performances from Ranagri, The Hot Seats, Chris Wood, Billy Bragg & The Young’uns. It was, without a doubt, a superb festival and we have more to come!

2015 will be the third year Folk East has set its stall out in the grounds of Glemhall Hall. Paul heads to their press day where he chats to Neil Innes, The Young’uns and more.

Underneath the Stars Festival which is co-run by Kate Rusby and situated near Barnsley have put together a great line up. The festival is running for three full days this year and artists include Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eddi Reader, Martin Simpson, Bruce Molsky, Bob Fox, The Young’uns, Damien O’Kane, Keston Cobblers Club, Siobhan Miller, Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston, Luke Daniels and Jim Causley. Watch our video preview.

Watch the new video from The Young’uns, a timely song called You Won’t Find Me on Benefits Street. A great song and response to our warped media coverage of today. Taken from their new album ‘Another Man’s Ground’.

Our Song of the Day comes from Best Group in the BBC Folk Awards this year – The Young’uns. Watch their powerful new video for The Streets of Lahore, a song they wrote about Farzana Parveen who in May last year was murdered by 4 members of her own family in broad daylight outside the High Court of Lahore for marrying without their consent.

What a week it is for The Young’uns having just picked up the BBC Folk Award for Best Group they launch their new album ‘Another Man’s Ground’ this week at The Sage Gateshead. They’ve been on quite a journey since their humble beginnings, one that continues to grow and develop.

Southdowns Folk Festival looks set to be another great year with headliners including Show of Hands, Breabach, O’Hooley & Tidow, The Young’Uns, the Broonzies, Craobh Rua, Pilgrims’ Way and many more. Check our video preview.