Gigs – Tour News – Special Events

Recorded just before the first lockdown, Live At The Floodgate is the first live release by top banjo player, singer and guitarist Dan Walsh. Recorded in his spiritual home of Stafford, the album sees a varied set featuring material from each of his five critically acclaimed albums as well as ...
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Released on 1st December 2021 via his own BOT Music imprint, Survival Of The Happiest is a record all about hope, positivity and camaraderie that chooses to celebrate the very best of human nature. Its first single is 'A Beautiful Place'; a pastoral folk/rock song that finds an artist blown ...
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Unleashed and on the road again, two of the UK’s best known and loved singers - Billy Mitchell (Lindisfarne, Jack the Lad, Pitmen Poets) and Bob Fox (Warhorse Songman, Fox and Luckley, Pitmen Poets) are taking to the road together again throughout the UK. And what a treat it is! ...
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Songwriting duo Jacob & Drinkwater have announced their new album More Notes From The Field will be released on the 29th October through Polyphonic Life Records and shared the first preview of the album with new single ‘The Nameless’ alongside extensive tour dates throughout September and October. Jacob & Drinkwater ...
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Skinny Lister are back! Their fifth studio album, A Matter Of Life & Love is out 22nd October 2021 on Xtra Mile Recordings and ushers in an exciting new chapter in the band’s long and established career. The album announcement is coupled with the release of their boisterous lead single ...
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Dear Friends - finally it seems that the stars have aligned favourably enough to allow us a way back to live work. It gladdens our hearts to know that the wait to play live for you is almost over, and while all manner of unfathomable rules and regs make the ...
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Dear Friends, It was so good to be out playing again - thanks again to the 270 people who made our Waterperry concert a very special occasion. We've published some videos on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/MoonrakersBand. Some big changes afoot. Our lovely talented harpist, Eleanor Dunsdon, is leaving the band ...
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Following on from 2019’s acclaimed Where The White Roses Grow Serious Sam Barrett, one of Yorkshire’s finest rising folk artists is back with a new 10-track studio album, The Seeds Of Love. The album takes its title from the book The Seeds Of Love, an anthology of folk songs from the British ...
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Piano and voice isn’t a combination that you hear much in the folk idiom and yet it can be just as potent – if not more so – than a full band. Karine Polwart’s new album Still As Your Sleeping is just this, a duo album of piano and voice ...
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It has only been a short space of time since The Magpies burst onto the UK folk scene, but they have already made a huge impact with their fresh brand of transatlantic neo-folk and have been ‘making waves wherever they play’ (Phil Beer, Show of Hands). Three accomplished musicians in ...
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Dan Walsh returns to solo touring throughout the UK during late summer and autumn to promote the delayed release of a new live album, recorded in January 2020 in a special hometown gig in Stafford. Prior to the pandemic, Dan was one of the most in-demand performers on the folk ...
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We're back in action, and very glad to be (with fingers crossed of course). We've done a couple of great gigs and there are a lot more coming, see below and get tickets and come to anything you can - a very special thing happens at gigs! The one at ...
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Ready to unveil their first album since 2017, “one of the best bands on the scene” (according to Seth Lakeman) have flexed their studio muscle again. UK folk heavyweights Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys have a brand new twelve track project to release, The Wishing Tree landing on August ...
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Despite the government’s announcement of continuing restrictions and social distancing measures until July 19th, The Breath are delighted to announce their July shows will go on! The alt-folk duo - guitar whiz Stuart McCallum and Irish singer/flautist, Ríoghnach Connolly - are excited to be performing once again to in-the-flesh audiences ...
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You can’t keep a good band down – and Talisk are widely recognised as one hell of a band! Described by Glasgow Herald as ‘a rockin’ powerhouse’, Talisk are one of the most exciting acts on the UK folk scene, renowned for their innovative, show-stopping, high energy instrumentals and trademark ...
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These days, most band ‘reunions’ take place because of the huge financial rewards available and occasionally, record company pressure. In the case of Matthews Southern Comfort, neither reason applies. The original band wasn’t around long enough to have any fanatical following and there is no high-profile label hovering in the wings. MSC has been ...
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Altfolk songwriter and guitarist Chris Cleverley announces new release for Summer 2021. Chris will be releasing a series of stripped back recordings entitled Live From The Glass Isle on Friday 30th July. The track list features adapted versions of songs from his previous two studio albums, arranged exclusively for solo ...
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Chloe Foy first started to attract attention as far back as 2013 when her debut single ‘In The Middle Of The Night’ was picked up by BBC Radio 6 and Radio 2. Follow-up singles, ‘Flaws’ and ‘Asylum’, brought huge streaming success - the latter is approaching 8.5 million Spotify plays ...
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Oysterband are delighted to be able once more to take to the road for a series of previously postponed dates that are now set for Autumn 2021.  Tickets for all dates are on sale now from: https://bandonthewall.org/2020/12/oysterband-2021-uk-tour/ Previously bought tickets remain valid, see website for details. Oysterband: the outfit that grew ...
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It has only been a short space of time since The Magpies burst onto the UK folk scene, but they have already made a huge impact with their fresh brand of transatlantic neo-folk and have been ‘making waves wherever they play’ (Phil Beer, Show of Hands). Three accomplished musicians in ...
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Following the release of his brand new, Paul Weller-produced album Arrivals to widespread acclaim, award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke has announced a UK tour for November 2021 with dates as follows:   Thursday 4 Nov      BIRMINGHAM Glee Club https://www.seetickets.com/tour/declan-o-rourke?pre=arrivalslive Friday 05 Nov        LONDON Kings Place https://www.seetickets.com/event/declan-o-rourke/kings-place/1836715?pre=pre Saturday 06 Nov       MANCHESTER The Stoller ...
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Foolhardy folk musician and longstanding festival favourite - Beans On Toast - will be doing a tour of some of his favourite independent venues this winter. Singing simple songs about complicated subjects, Beans on Toast has established himself as an accomplished songwriter and an unmissable live performer. Having released an ...
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Hot off the release of their latest album Live Across Scotland, multi-award-winning Scottish band Skerryvore will perform their first live performance in over 6 months. Entitled Live Across The World, the socially distanced performance will take place at Glasgow’s Clydeside Distillery on Saturday 5th September and will be live streamed ...
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As the country takes its first steps on the long road back to normality, Beans On Toast returns with what will be the last in his series of lockdown releases: ‘Save The Music’ With the safe return of live events still posing one of the pandemic's biggest headaches; Beans on ...
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