Gigs – Tour News – Special Events

The Wind Will Change Again is the fourth release by the Twangtown Paramours (Mike T Lewis and MaryBeth Zamer) and is their first Folk album in twelve years. At its heart, the album is about resilience in the face of loss, about the realization that our time is finite, and ...

Get ready for an intimate and unforgettable experience! Gaz Brookfield is hitting the road again in 2025, bringing his renowned live show to village halls across the UK. This tour promises to be something special, filled with heartfelt lyrics, captivating stories, and that unique Gaz Brookfield atmosphere you won't find ...

Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation or any other, Suzanne Vega is set to release her first full-length album of new music in over a decade. Flying With Angels is due May 2 on Cooking Vinyl. The record is produced by Vega’s longtime collaborator and ...

Friday the 28th of Feb, 2025, Silchester Village Hall didn't just become a community space; it became a sanctuary of storytelling, a roaring singalong, and a testament to the power of two men and their guitars. The evening started with Shedric, and in his own words, "Musician singer/songwriter infused with ...

Relentless folk/punk powerhouses, Skinny Lister, are ecstatic to announce their new album Songs From The Yonder - due for release on 9 May 2025, via Xtra Mile Recordings. A band who’ve never been afraid to plough their own furrow, they herald in their next era with the joyous new single ...

Celebrated musicians Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver release their remarkable collaborative album, Hinterland on EarToTheGround Music on 7th March 2025. The duo will launch ‘Hinterland’ on 1st March 2025 at new venue World Heart Beat, Embassy Gardens, London followed by UK Spring and Autumn dates. Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver, are each highly respected in their own right for their contributions to the folk genre, and ...

Wynford Jones & Geoff Cripps, of seminal Welsh band The Chartists , today announce some new gig dates, two of which are special in that they commemorate the end of the year-long Miner’s Strike of forty years ago on 5th March 1985.  Wynford & Geoff began their duo act just ...

2025 sees Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman celebrate thirty years of making music together. One of the UK’s most successful folk duos, they will embark on a 25 date tour across England in support of their first ever live concert album - something their fans have been requesting for years! ...

The Ocelots are twin brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson from Wexford, now residing in Leipzig, Germany. Building on the folk-rock essence of their debut, the duo are excited to announce the release of their highly anticipated second album, Everything, When Said Slowly, set for February 2025. This album unveils a richer, more expansive ...

Bristol-based chanteuse Hannah Rose Platt makes a sweeping return in 2025 with news of a new album Fragile Creatures. Due for release via the Xtra Mile Recordings on 25th April, her vivid, intricate, and thought-provoking new work is led by the single ‘Curious Mixtures’, which is streaming on all services ...

Step into an evening where the artistry of three exceptional folk musicians comes alive, each bringing their unique flair to the stage in an incredible triple bill event, where the finest vocalists and songwriters woo you into the winter night. The three talented songwriters embark on an Irish Tour  this ...

Internationally renowned traditional Irish band The London Lasses will be playing two January dates in their home town! The first event is on Sunday 12th January at Walthamstow Folk Club, with special guest vocalist Chan Reid. This will be followed by a performance at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith to celebrate St Brigid's Day ...

Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, for over forty years part of the remarkable British Roots Rock musical institution that was The Blues Band, are taking to the road in January and February 2025 for some select concert performances - dates are as below. The duo’s shows are engaging, enthralling journeys through the worlds of The ...

Hello everyone, 2024 has been a busy and successful year for us, hope it's been OK for you. The photos above show just some of the highlights of the year for us, and the many and varied places that we get to play at, from huge events like Edinburgh Jazz ...

“I was born a woman” – this simple statement opens the album. What a time to be a woman, an immigrant, and a mother. The journey to MotherLand was a long one and started with Daria Kulesh's debut album Eternal Child released ten years ago, on 31 January 2015. That ...

After a packed year, including two acclaimed tours and another highly successful Cropredy Convention, the architects of British Folk Rock - Fairport Convention - announce dates for their 2025 UK Tour. Formed in 1967, the band pioneered the blending of traditional instruments with electric instrumentation, in turn becoming synonymous with ...

Acclaimed folk musician Seth Lakeman is set to release his self-produced new album The Granite Way on 14th February 2025, with an accompanying headline UK tour to follow - the lead single ‘One More Before You Go’ (feat. Ian Anderson & Ward Thomas) is out 22nd November. Releasing his debut album The Punch ...

Emmy Award-winning songwriter Foy Vance will embark on the very special ‘You & I UK Tour’ next week. Named after a track from Vance’s breakthrough 2013 album Joy Of Nothing, the tour includes residencies in Belfast Opera House (November 5th – 9th) and London EartH (November 29th – December 1st), with matinee ...

Paper Tigers is the fourth album from State Of The Union (Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams). It was written in fits and starts whenever they could meet up, as these days they are in Glasgow and Cambridgeshire. Both instinctively know when a song is welcome in the State Of The ...

The Staves, Bess Atwell, Grace Petrie Hosted by Pauline Black Sunday 27 Oct 2024, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Coventry and 2-Tone legend Pauline Black (The Selecter) hosts a unique night of music and words on the theme of protest at Warwick Arts Centre, on Sunday 27 October 2024. For one ...

This 1st December will herald the release of a brand new Beans On Toast album: Wild Goose Chasers. An illuminating insight into what lies ahead, the release is preceded by the elegant, enigmatic first single: ‘Myths & Legends’, which is streaming everywhere now. While its idiosyncratic title may be typical ...

Information Camouflage, the latest release from 3 Daft Monkeys, is a rich, life-affirming tapestry that masterfully blends world folk inspirations with wild punk-infused energy and modern storytelling This is not just an album but an experience—a kaleidoscopic journey through sound and emotion that celebrates life, love, and the resilient human ...

The award winning and highly acclaimed Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Québec’s progressive francophone folk movement.  The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music with a broad range of global influences. Since its inception in August ...

Bella Gaffney plays an Autumn 2024 Tour beginning from this week and then from late October until the end of November in between appearances with her band The Magpies. Bella Gaffney is a British singer-songwriter, guitar and banjo player who has established herself as a prominent figure in the folk ...

Legendary British singer-songwriter Ralph McTell will embark on his most extensive tour of Ireland to date in 2025. Spanning 20 shows over four weeks, the tour will kick off on 24th April in Wexford, wrapping up on 18th May in Sligo. As a stalwart of the folk scene for over ...

Mairearad Green and Rachel Newton are both well established and celebrated Scottish musicians. They are also cousins, their mothers hailing from Achnahaird, Coigach in the Northwest Highlands, where Mairearad was also brought up. Despite having played music together both informally and professionally over the years as part of various groups ...

OCTOBER 3rd SOUTH SHIELDS - Customs House - website 4th DURHAM - Gala Theatre - website 5th WHITLEY BAY- Playhouse Theatre - website 6th KIRKBY STEPHEN - Sports and Social Club - 017683 72123 11th ALNWICK - The Playhouse - website 12th HEPWORTH LIVE nr Holmfirth - website 13th HARTLEPOOL ...

Contemporary folk artist and singer-songwriter Lewis Barfoot returns to the UK for an 11 date solo tour opening at the illustrious Green Note in London on 7th November. Accompanying herself on nylon string guitar and shruti box she creates a beautifully intim-ate live experience and will share songs from her ...

The Rheingans Sisters release their highly anticipated new album Start Close In on September 27th. Sonically arresting, drenched in drones, and pulsing with age-old patterns of communal dancing, Start Close In continues the current rejuvenation of traditional folk music with a record steeped in minimalism, collectivism, beauty and noise. Produced ...

The Sharon Shannon Big Band are set to deliver a captivating tribute to the late Shane MacGowan this Winter. This homage holds profound significance, as Shane previously toured with the Big Band, leaving an indelible mark on their musical journey. Shane was a fiesta in himself, a spirit especially evident ...

Following the hand of fate which guided them from a remote village in the Austrian Alps to a tiny island in Greece, long time musical collaborators and world wanderers, Irish traditional singer and musician Nuala Kennedy and Dubliner / New Yorker singer songwriter Eamon O' Leary have created an atmospheric ...

Parlour Ballads is the new album from Jon Boden, a piano led record full of sentimental ballads that tie together parlour music and folk song. Parlour Ballads seeks to awaken the sound of the old, well loved, slightly out of tune domestic piano and to reunite it with (or introduce ...

Stick In The Wheel’s fourth studio album, A Thousand Pokes is a satirical celebration of mistakes. A joyous lambasting of everyone and everything that’s wrong in the world, against the real-time backdrop of global uncertainty, corruption and political unrest. A London Charivari. Rough Music. A gleeful old-fashioned cancelling. A Chaunter’s delight ...

It’s hard to believe that fast-rising East Anglian duo Honey And The Bear (aka Lucy and Jon Hart) are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. To mark the milestone, they will be heading out on the road this September/October, showcasing their spellbinding songwriting and versatile musicianship in no less than ...

A unique voice within the fabric of music in the UK WORD PAINTINGS THE KEITH JAMES SONGBOOK A long awaited Concert tour Mature, insightful and intriguing - sensitive and honest Spanning the past 50 years, Keith has performed thousands of enthusiastically received shows in Arts Centres and Theatres throughout the ...

The award winning and highly acclaimed Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Québec’s progressive francophone folk movement.  The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music with a broad range of global influences. Since its inception in August ...

Recorded in Abbey Road Studio 2 on Earth Day 2024, Earth Day Blue is the 14th studio album release from Nick Harper, the wildly talented and much loved UK singer-songwriter. With John Leckie in the producer’s chair (Stone Roses, Radiohead, Muse etc.) and Tchad Blake mixing (Tom Waits, Crowded House, ...

Building a fanbase one gig at a time She’s been mentioned in a quiz question on BBC Radio 4’s Counterpoint, featured on the O2 Music Map, supported by the Arts Council, presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her guitar work, and earned critical raves for her albums (all seven ...

Sam Carter announced his fifth solo album, Silver Horizon, for release on Captain Records on Friday, 16th of August. Featuring eleven hook-driven indie folk songs in an absorbing sound world, Silver Horizon represents a marked shift in style from Carter’s previous work. Over his fifteen-year career, Midlands-born guitarist and songwriter ...

Outside Time comes two years after new folk trio Tarren’s critically acclaimed debut Revel, an album that established their unique sound and quickly gained them a loyal following from acoustic music lovers. Outside Time sees the band develop this sound, weaving personal themes into music that explores the meaning of ...

A concert of songs and spoken word In 2006, a new set of Radio Ballads were commissioned by BBC Radio 2 involving a whole team of stellar musicians, singers and songwriters from the folk/acoustic/roots music scene under the guiding hands and watchful eyes of producer John Leonard and musical director ...

Three unique female voices from three different cultures rise in sublime harmony, telling powerful stories that have moved people across borders, languages and times. Exquisite, yet far from purely decorative, this rich, multilingual record evokes images of flowers placed in rifle barrels; it tells stories of women who certainly aren't ...

Lon Dubh are a three part harmony trio singing hypnotic original songs inspired by landscapes of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales and its poetry and mythology. Expect carefully crafted songs that sound like they’ve always existed. Lon Dubh (rhymes with ‘love’) is Irish for blackbird, reflecting the roots of nature ...

Following a summer of electrifying shows later this year, including their annual headline performance at Beautiful Days Festival in August, revered British band the Levellers will return with their much-loved acoustic Collective in spring 2025. Having thrilled fans and critics with two highly acclaimed acoustic tours and albums in recent ...

Today, Oysterband extend their A Long Long Goodbye tour with the announcement of a further series of headline shows this November. While recognised as one of the UK’s foremost folk-rock bands and an unparalleled live proposition, the band confirm the decision they made recently to call time on their touring ...

Fair Freedom is Pete Morton’s first album since the highly acclaimed A Golden Thread back in 2020. All ten tracks are originals but feature two older re-worked songs. In typical Morton style, the material spans a wide array of current issues from a celebration of Great British rivers (‘The Rivers ...

We're out there ploughing our singular furrow, and people keep coming up at gigs to say how nice it is for them to experience such new and original music, with the introductions to set the scene for the songs. In today's music world, where a lot is about nostalgia, it's ...

Over the past two years, acclaimed Black Country singer-songwriter Dan Whitehouse has been in a transparently reflective mood with three albums all themed around the physical and metaphorical nature of glass. On The Glass Age, produced by Swedish multi-instrumentalist Gustaf Ljunggren and inspired by keeping in contact with his young ...

Unlikely as it may seem, the same person who wrote ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’ also wrote a study of werewolf myths and numerous bestselling ghost and horror stories that put on the same success footing as Dickens. Not to mention having a bibliography that includes some 1200 publications and being a ...

Reflecting on love, friendships and memories, singer-songwriter Annie Dressner bears her soul on her upcoming new album I Thought It Would Be Easier, out 5th April via Dharma Records. Since the release of her first full-length solo record in 2011, Annie Dressner has relocated from her home city of New York to Cambridge in ...

boci Genres: alt folk, prog folk, singer-songwriter, alt pop boci is an innovative violinist and songwriter creating astral alt-folk that centres around themes of grief, unity and the natural world. Her debut album 'we are each other, this will set us free', received support from Songlines (★★★★), BBC 6 music ...

A unique voice within the fabric of music in the UK Mature, insightful and intriguing - emotionally giving and honest Spanning the past 50 years, Keith has performed thousands of enthusiastically received shows in Arts Centres and Theatres throughout the UK. Thoughtful, interpretive concerts devoted to the writing of visionary ...

Charlie Dore cheerfully admits she still has the touring habit - in spades, as she continues her Spring Tour throughout March, taking in venues both North and South across England. The tour sees the celebrated hit-writer for Tina Turner, Celine Dion, George Harrison, Lisa Stansfield and Jimmy Nail perform songs ...

Seasick Steve is today announcing details of his forthcoming album A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down On Your Knees. Due for release on 7th June via SO Recordings, the album's lead single 'Backbone Slip' is out now. It's been almost 20 years since Seasick Steve's celebrated appearance on Jools Holland's Hootenanny launched ...

One of the UK’s foremost folk rock bands - Oysterband - are announcing that they are calling time on their live career and will be performing live with June Tabor for the last time. After forty-five years on the road, the legendary Canterbury-formed collective will be hanging up their touring ...

Yes. English Folk hero, Beans On Toast, will be taking his brand new live band out on tour for the first time this February and March. With a new-look outfit comprising Scottish guitar wizard/folk songsmith Memphis Gerald, honky-tonk royalty King Killership, percussive powerhouse Abbi Drums, and festival poet extraordinaire Bassie Gracie; ...

One of Ireland’s most beloved and respected musicians and songwriters, Davie Furey, is to embark on his first headline tour of Ireland in 5 years.  After a busy 2023, which included touring with the legendary Paul Brady, Davie is set to release a brand new album of 9 original compositions titled Glimpses Of ...

Internationally renowned Bristol-based sea shanty sensations The Longest Johns will release their brand new album Voyage on February 9th 2024. The album is available to pre-order now here. Their fifth studio album is a unique take on traditional folk and shanties which is their “most fantastic splendiferous journey yet”, according ...

2024 looks set to be a pretty turbulent year. There’s a general election coming, plus the ever-constant spectres of industrial disputes, climate change and continuing socio-economic disparity between the haves and have nots. It is perhaps an apt time then for the return of  the critically acclaimed political singer/songwriter Grace ...

It feels like mere weeks ago that Fairport's Cropredy Convention brought the cream of Folk, Roots, Rock (and Disco!) to the Oxfordshire countryside, topped off by an epic headline slot by the hosts themselves. For fans that missed out on the opportunity to witness the full live experience back in August, ...