Topic Records

Topic Records have been hard at work managing the next phased roll-out of digital releases as part of The Great Big Digital Archive Project. June Tabor and Martin Simpson are next to feature!

To celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday 20th April Topic Records are releasing a 50th anniversary limited edition 7″ vinyl single of DAVY GRAHAM’s historic and extraordinarily influential 3/4 AD

We talk to joint head of Topic Records David Suff about ‘The Great Big Digital Archive Project’ which kicks off the end of this month. David also puts together a playlist of favourites for you to enjoy!

Topic Records announces ‘The Great Big Digital Archive Project’ digital album releases which will include all of the information that accompanied the original releases of the past!

Louis Killen along with another track taken from Topic Records back catalogue feature in two new short films put together by Toast, the fashion company. Watch them now.

In the second part of Propermusic’s Topic Records special, former MD Tony Engle and editor Reg Hall join Trevor Dann to discuss the singers and songs on the four new volumes in Topic’s highly acclaimed Voice of the People series.

This weeks Propermusic Podcast is the first of a two-part Topic Records special, David Suff and Tony Engle join Trevor Dann to discuss the folk label’s 70+ year history and some of its classic releases.

Legendary music producer, Bill Leader, is to receive a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award after Sixty years of producing some of the biggest British folk albums out there.

★★★★★ June Tabor and Oysterband have provided far more than a heady mix of traditional ballads and contemporary songwriting. The album raises the spirit and tears at the soul in turn. It takes all the artists involved in new directions, each and every one of them revelling in the exploration of uncharted territory.

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!