This is a list of everything we have on folking.com in date and month order. So if you like trawling the depths of the site for amazing content that you may have missed then this is the place to “net” an article, feature or review or two.
The archive is a work in progress as we still have gaps to fill from 2009 back to 2001. Most of the missing content are older album reviews which require reformatting with each article having to be submitted back on to the site with album covers and links to where they can be obtained from (where available).
WINTER WILSON – Far Off On The Horizon (own label, WWCD009)
Winter Wilson’s eighth album, Far Off On The Horizon, does not do showy or flashy. It just calmly and confidently insinuates its way into the ...
MARY GAUTHIER – Rifles & Rosary Beads (Proper PRCD145)
Founded by Darden Smith some five years ago, SongwritingWith: Soldiers is a charitable organisation that brings together musicians and often wounded (physically, spiritually and mentally) ...
Lori Watson announces two new albums
Scots Singer of the Year 2016-17, Lori Watson is a fiddle player, singer and composer. She has drawn on the rich tradition of the Scottish ...
YVONNE LYON – Metanoia (own label)
Metanoia is Yvonne Lyon’s eighth album and is a mixture old tracks revisited and brand new tracks. The collection opens with an Americana track laced ...
Breabach piper James Duncan Mackenzie announces new solo album
Breabach piper and flautist, James Duncan Mackenzie, from the Isle of Lewis, launches his second solo album, Sròmos, a collection of newly composed melodies. The ...
TRENT MILLER – Time Between Us (Bucketfull Of Brains BOB801)
Trent Miller's new CD Time Between Us, due for release on 16th March 2018, as yet has no mention that I could find on his ...
ERIC ANDERSEN – Silent Angel: Fire and Ashes of Heinrich Böll (Meyer Records no. 221)
Since The Cologne Concert LP in 2011, Eric Andersen’s output on the Meyer label has been prolific to say the least; and only months since ...
Salt House announce their new album
Five years on from their debut, which announced a major new force on the scene, Scottish band Salt House release their new album Undersong. Produced ...
BRICKWORK LIZARDS – Haneen (Lazima Records)
You probably couldn’t invent the way this band came about - but the results are very impressive and the beginning is entirely in keeping with ...
Rich Krueger releases long-awaited album
The long awaited full-length album by Chicago folk rocker, Rich Krueger, Life Aint That Long is released on Friday, January 26th with a celebration performance to be ...
THE SILVER DARLINGS – Something Of The Sound (Anklebreka Records AR0017)
Something Of The Sound is the second album released by The Silver Darlings, following the Souls in 2011. The band are from Sheffield and have ...
STEVE HACKETT Wuthering Nights : Live in Birmingham
On 26th January 2018, Inside Out Music release Wuthering Nights : Live in Birmingham, the new live release from guitar legend Steve Hackett. Wuthering Nights ...
WILDE ROSES – Wilde Roses (Blood & Desire BNDR02CD)
The Wilde Roses CD, by the duo of the same name and due for release on January 26th 2018, is a two-dimensional snapshot of the ...
NAOMI BEDFORD & PAUL SIMMONDS – Songs My Ruiner Gave To Me (Dusty Willow DWR004)
“Concerning Love, Madness & Obsession” is what is says. I’m never sure what to expect from Naomi Bedford but I’m not sure that this was ...
ASH GRAY – Chicken Wire (Labelship Records – LC24628)
Despite being something of a veteran on various indie circuits – on two continents, no less – Chicken Wire is only the second solo album ...
Heather Downie announces her first solo album
Harpist and singer Heather Downie was introduced to Scottish music by the late Martyn Bennett at the age of nine and has been involved in ...
Dougie Maclean: new album
Leading singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean is looking forward to his first big solo concert in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall during the award-winning Celtic Connections festival ...
ZOE MULFORD – Small Brown Birds (Azalea City ACCD 1701)
Originally from Philadelphia, singer, songwriter, guitarist and much-praised clawhammer banjo-player Zoe Mulford now lives (sometimes) in Manchester. She is currently on tour with Tom Kitching ...
SARAH McQUAID – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (Shovel And A Spade Records SAASCD001)
Ian Semple, whose radio programme on CoastFM specializes in promoting artists with a connection to Cornwall, describes Sarah McQuaid's new CD If We Dig Any ...
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Medicine Songs
Since her groundbreaking debut, 1964’s It’s My Way!, Buffy Sainte-Marie has been a trailblazer and a tireless advocate. For more than a half-century, Sainte-Marie has ...
ALICE DIMICELE – One With The Tide (Alice Otter Music AO114)
Born in New Jersey, but a long time resident of South Oregon, DiMicele has fourteen albums to her name, all released via her own independent ...
BENYARO – One Step Ahead Of Your Past (own label)
Benyaro is the musical vehicle of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ben Musser from the mountain resort town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He is partnered by Leif ...
Wilde Roses – eponymous debut album
Wilde Roses is a musical collaboration between singers, multi-instrumentalists, composers, dancers and performers Anna Tam and Emily Alice Ovenden. Musically and visually inspired by the ...
NO THEE NO ESS – California (Folkwit Records)
No Thee No Ess are a unique Cardiff duo comprising Andy Fung and Paul Battenbough who just so happened to have released their most recent ...
KEEGAN McINROE – A Good Old Fashioned Protest (own label)
Last year saw a welcome return of the protest album and it’s good to see the momentum hasn’t slowed, Texas-based McInroe getting 2018 off to ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Transports – A Tale Of Exile And Migration (Hudson Records HUD007LP/CD)
Tom Paxton once remarked about one of his songs that it originally sounded as if it had been written a century ago, but that he ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Strange Angels: In Flight With Elmore James (Sylvan Songs Records)
Taking its name in part from a James song, Strange Angels: In Flight With Elmore James reworks thirteen well- and lesser-known James songs in homage ...
Alasdair Roberts announces a new collaboration for a new album
For his twelfth solo album, What News, and his fourth album focused exclusively on the performance of traditional songs, Alasdair Roberts has chosen a typically unusual and eclectic ...
Sarah McQuaid announces new album
Produced by legendary singer-songwriter and guitar sage Michael Chapman, If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous is the fifth solo album by UK-based ...
CIRCUMNAVIGATE – When Worlds Collide (Own Label)
The members of Circumnavigate are from Sandvika, Norway and from London, so it’s not unnatural that this band has a particular interest in making music ...
International band String Sisters announce their new album
String Sisters produces a sound that is awe-inspiring and captivating in equal measure. Capable of capturing an audience from the first few notes, their shows ...
Zoe Mulford announces new album
Small Brown Birds is the eagerly awaited new album release from Zoe Mulford, an album that looks for joy in the midst of hard times ...
Spirit Of Minnie – The New Will Varley Album
Will Varley has announced details of his 5th studio album, 'Spirit Of Minnie’, released February 9, 2018 through Xtra Mile Recordings. Following 2016’s much praised ...
I’M WITH HER announce debut album
I'm With Her, is a new band project featuring; Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan, who have recently announced the release of their full-length ...
Ferris & Sylvester release new song ‘London’s Blues’
Ferris & Sylvester have released a brand new song ‘London’s Blues’, the new track is taken from their forthcoming EP Made In Streatham, out February ...
The Bread and Roses Songwriting and Spoken Word Award
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Culture Matters, a web platform for socialist and progressive arts and culture, are pleased to announce a new Songwriting ...
ALESSIO BONDÌ – Sfardo (Malintenti Dischi/800 Records 800aMLT/001)
ÌSfardo, a Sicilian dialect word meaning “strain”, is the debut album from singer-songwriter Alessio Bondì. It reveals a wide range of influences, like the rap-inflected ...
Harp And A Monkey – new documentary by folk storytellers
A small rural church in Cumbria, a disused airfield in Norfolk, an old railway wagon in Sussex, and the winding room of a former colliery ...
ALASH – Achai (Smithsonian Folkways SWF 40578)
For the geographically challenged – and I include myself – the Tuvan Republic is an independent area of Siberia bordering Mongolian and Kazakhstan. It’s traditional ...
Rick Shea and The Losin’ End release new album
Rick Shea cut his teeth in the bars and honky-tonks of San Bernardino, California and his songs reflect the folk, country, rock and Mexican influences ...
Glen Hansard announces third album
Marking his third solo album, singer-songwriter Glen Hansard will release Between Two Shores on January 19 via Anti-. Following up 2015’s GRAMMY nominated Didn’t He ...
The Lake Poets – live EP
The Lake Poets, the solo vehicle for left-field folk artist Marty Longstaff, released a new EP on 29th December consisting of live recordings made at the Sage in Gateshead during a show ...
MUIREANN NIC AMHLAOIBH – Foxglove & Fuchsia (own label MUNA 002)
Foxglove & Fuchsia is actually the third solo album by former Danú lead singer Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. The first, Fainne an Lae, was released in ...
ZETOR IN THE KAILYARD – Collateral (own label ZITK001)
Zetor In The Kailyard are a multi-instrumental duo – Kate Babcock and Roddy Johnston – and when I say “multi” I really do mean multi ...
Lucia Comnes to release new album in February
“Over the past two years while living in Italy, I’ve set and met my goal of completing at least two new songs a month. It’s ...
THE PHIL LANGRAN BAND – The Distance (Folkwit Records f0145)
The Phil Langran Band have released The Distance, their fourth album. The music is based around Langran’s acoustic guitar and (predominantly) self-penned songs but brings ...
BETH WIMMER – Bookmark (own label)
Raised on America’s east coast with her poet mother and folk-singing grandfather before moving to Los Angeles, Wimmer’s been based in Switzerland for several years, ...
JACK BRETT – Plays The Blues And Other Melodic Misfortunes (JBR Records)
When I lived in South Shropshire I saw and heard quite a lot of Jack Brett, and knew him to be a seriously talented practitioner ...
CHRIS STOUT & CATRIONA McKAY – Bare Knuckle (own label)
It’s been seven years since Fiddler’s Bid duo Chris Stout and Catriona McKay released White Nights. They haven’t wasted the time of course: two albums ...
SOPHIA JOHNSON – One Year (own label)
When I reviewed Hannah Johnson’s solo debut a few months back, I was unaware that her sister, Sophia, had also released her debut back in ...
THE TIN HEART TROUBADOURS – Collected Short Stories (own label)
The Tin Heart Troubadours play what they call American parlour folk music; a light but musically rich Americana. Most of the songs on their debut ...
SINGLES BAR 26
The Christmas bonus edition When RALPH McTELL wrote ‘Streets Of London’ it was a song of its time. Everyone, but everyone, sang it. In the ...
Joan Baez returns with new album
Legendary singer, songwriter, activist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joan Baez, will release a new album Whistle Down The Wind (Proper Records) ...
Beth Nielsen Chapman announces new album
Beth Nielsen Chapman’s brand-new studio album, Hearts Of Glass is a powerful collection of songs that dig deep into the place within us where vulnerability ...
John Forrester announces new solo album
As the title suggests, Restless - the fourth studio album from English songwriter John Forrester - explores the transient underpinning of the lone musician: songs ...
DAISY CHAPMAN – Good Luck Songs (Folkwit SW89)
Good Luck Songs is Daisy Chapman’s third studio album; her first for five years. There was a live set a couple of years ago but ...
Reg Meuross announces new album
In 2011 Stephen Jordan, the Head Librarian at The Bodleian Music Library in Oxford, approached Reg Meuross with the idea of commissioning a compilation of ...
Elles Bailey releases deluxe edition of Wildfire
Elles Bailey is releasing a special edition of her successful and critically-acclaimed debut album, Wildfire, on 22nd December 2017. Heralded by Blues in Britain as “The Blues Princess,” Elles ...
GREENMATTHEWS – A Christmas Carol: A Folk Opera (Blast Records BFTP011)
The Dickens novella A Christmas Carol has become almost integral to the Yuletide celebrations since its publication in 1843, helped and sometimes hampered by innumerable ...
DAMIEN O’KANE – Avenging & Bright (Pure Records PRCD46)
Damien O’Kane isn't actually auditioning for Game Of Thrones on the cover. The cos-play refers to the title track, ‘Avenging & Bright’, taken from a ...
BLAZIN’ FIDDLES – The Key (Blazin’ Records BFCD2017)
As is often the case I initially listened to The Key while driving and my first thought was that it seemed very restrained. Second time ...
VIV LEGG AND THOMAS McCARTHY – Jauling The Green Tober (Brown Label TMVL0302)
I was handed this album with the warning that it was “hard-core folk music”. If your thing is experimentation and big arrangements, Jauling The Green ...
Prosecco Socialist – new band, new Christmas single
‘This Dog’s Just For Christmas (Not For Life)’ is an attempt to truthfully answer the old John Lennon rhetorical question “and so this is Christmas, and ...
The Tin Heart Troubadours announce their debut album
The Tin Heart Troubadours are Nigel Orme (vocals/guitar), Steve Clark (vocals/Dobro) and Clare Pastorius (vocals/cello) They play American Parlour Folk music and their songs tell ...
JOHNNY CAMPBELL – Avalon (Subversive Folk SF001)
There’s a long story behind Johnny Campbell’s second album Avalon. He is much travelled throughout Europe and the United States and although the record’s title ...
Orphan Colours announce debut album
When UK alt.country outfit ahab went on indefinite hiatus, song-writer Steven Llewellyn decided to form his own band with the help of ahab originator Dave Burn and former ...
Maeve Mackinnon – new album
Contemporary Gaelic Singer Maeve Mackinnon releases her third studio album in February, 2018. Strì is a collection of songs in Gaelic and English, based on ...
PURCELL’S POLYPHONIC PARTY – An Invitation To Dance (WetFootMusic WFM170901)
A musician once commented on social media that the word he hated seeing in a review was “interesting”. I was as guilty as anyone and ...
ANGE HARDY – Bring Back Home (Story Records STREC 1701)
Ange Hardy’s new album Bring Back Home was released on November 28th. For the past few years, she has had nominations and awards a-plenty, both ...
Levellers – new acoustic album
Celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2018, Brighton folk-punk band Levellers will be releasing We The Collective on March 9th via the band’s own label, On The Fiddle Recordings. Emerging ...
PETER FERGUS McCLELLAND – The Turn Of The Tide (Hobgoblin HOBCD1017)
Pete McClelland, if I may be so familiar to address him thus, has had a busy year. This is his second solo album of 2017 ...
THE DARIA KULESH QUARTET talk to Folking
For their many fans there is sadness at the news that the latest iteration of Kara has disbanded. With the plan not quite coming together, ...
ROB CORCORAN & THE NECESSARY EVILS – Inverse Alchemy (Sullen Link)
There is something instantly appealing about Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils' debut album, Inverse Alchemy. Its songs are honest, relatable, lived, and the musicianship ...
DAVID BOTTING – Heart Beat (Haven Records)
Heart Beat is the debut album from singer songwriter David Botting. Hard times in life can be the inspiration for many great songs, as David ...
LUKE DANIELS – Singing Ways To Feel More Junior (Gael Records GAEL017)
Singing Ways To Feel More Junior by Luke Daniels, is a wonderfully eclectic collection of a dozen songs, most of which are Daniels’ originals. It ...
Mary Gauthier – Rifles and Rosary Beads
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier will release her most important work to date with Rifles & Rosary Beads on January 26th, 2018 via Proper Records. Co-written ...
ROSS AINSLIE – Sanctuary (Great White Records, GWR005CD)
If there’s a more intensely personal album release this year than Ross Ainslie’s third album, Sanctuary, it would be hard to find. It’s a conceptual ...
MATTHEW ROBB – Spirit In The Form (Wabisabi Music WAB 30)
Matthew Robb is a UK singer-songwriter based in Cologne in Germany. His latest release is Spirit In The Form with nine self-composed songs. He is ...
INDIA ELECTRIC CO. – Seven Sisters (Shoelay Music SHMU32)
The only thing wrong with this record is that there isn’t enough of it; only six tracks even though one of them is long. Many ...
THE NOVEL IDEAS – The Novel Ideas (own label)
Take a quartet of friends from Massachusetts, a clutch of guitars and a pedal steel, set them to work on their four-part harmonies, simmer gently ...
Show of Hands at Wells Cathedral – Friday 3rd November 2017
Almost exactly seven years have passed since Show of Hands last appeared before an audience at Wells Cathedral; an interval of time that many would ...
THE DEPORTEES – The Birth Of Industry (own label DEP-001)
The Deportees are a five piece band from the Aberdeen area and The Birth Of Industry is their debut album. They make a big, powerful ...
PEATBOG FAERIES – Live@25 (Peatbog Records CDBOG008)
The Peatbog Faeries new album, Live@25 is only their second foray into live recording in their long career, the other being 2009’s Live. As the ...
SINGLES BAR 25
A round-up of recent EPs and singles with compliments of the season WOLFNOTE are a new trio from Berkshire making their debut with an EP, ...
THE WAILIN’ JENNYS – Fifteen (True North Records TND 683)
On January 5th 2018, The Wailin’ Jennys release their first new recording for six years. The album, Fifteen, is a celebration of a musical partnership ...
THE LOST NOTES – Run Free Right Now (own label TLN01)
A self-deprecating acoustic folk roots five piece from Moseley in Birmingham, guitarists Ben Mills and Oli Jobes and Charlize Theron lookalike Lucy Mills provide the ...
Daisy Chapman releases third solo album
Good Luck Songs is wonderful new collection of powerful and poignant songs from Bristol-based singer-songwriter Daisy Chapman... Daisy’s powerful vocals have been used by the ...
CHRISTY MOORE – On The Road (Sony Music/Frontline)
Neither a greatest hits collection nor a conventional concert album, On The Road sits somewhere between the two. Here are two dozen of Christy best ...
DAVID NEWEY – Unfold (own label)
David Newey releases Unfold on December 18th with a solo launch event in Camden followed by a full band launch in Newcastle on December 22nd ...
BELLA HARDY – Hey Sammy (Noe NOE10)
Her ninth solo outing, this is very much Hardy’s ‘pop’ album, a dramatic change in sound an style resulting from a brief relocation to Nashville ...
Ange Hardy’s new album is on general release this month
Bring Back Home is the sixth studio album from the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominated singer, songwriter and independent recording artist Ange Hardy. The ...
KATE RUSBY – Angels & Men (Pure PRCD44)
Bringing the 25th anniversary of her music career to date to a sparkling finale, Kate Rusby sees the year out with Angels & Men, her ...
THE WAILIN’ JENNYS – FIFTEEN
One of today’s most respected folk groups, The Wailin’ Jennys are releasing their first new recording in six years, Fifteen. This long-awaited follow-up to Bright ...
THE COMPANY OF PLAYERS – Shakespeare Songs (own label)
The Company of Players is an assemblage of young musicians brought together at the behest of Jess Distill of Said The Maiden, in order to ...
KARINE POLWART – A Pocket of Wind Resistance (Hudson HUDOO5)
Originally conceived as the musical accompaniment to her theatrical debut production of the same name in collaboration with sound designer Pippa Murphy, this now takes ...
SAOIRSE MHÓR – Ghosts Of Tomorrow (own label)
Saoirse Mhór is an Irish singer-songwriter living and working in Germany. British and Irish folk is big there but Saoirse is barely known in England ...
MELROSE QUARTET – Dominion (own label MQCD03)
Dominion is the long-awaited second album from Melrose Quartet: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Jess and Richard Arrowsmith. If you haven’t heard them you should ...
Ross Ainslie announces a remarkable third album
Ross Ainslie is one of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians and composers, playing pipes, whistles and cittern. He is renowned for his highly acclaimed solo material, ...
SAID THE MAIDEN – Here’s A Health (own label)
Following on from last years EP, ‘Of Maids And Mariners’, Hertfordshire folk trio Jess Distill, Hannah Elizabeth and Kathy Pilkinton return with their much anticipated ...
THE WINTERLINGS – American Son (own label)
American Son is the fourth album release from Washington -based duo, The Winterlings, alias Wolff Bowden and Amanda Birdsall. A meeting of minds at a ...
REBECCA PRONSKY – Witness: Hillary’s Song Cycle (own label)
Well, here’s an unusual one. Written in response to last year’s Presidential Election upset in America, Pronsky has, joined by all-female musicians, devised an eight ...
PETER KNIGHT’S GIGSPANNER – Live at Farnham Maltings
I’ve heard Peter Knight’s Gigspanner three times this year and it never gets old. Admittedly the first occasion was with Gary Hammond on percussion and ...
MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES – Bayswater Road (Barbaraville Records)
Believe it or not, Bayswater Road is Martin Stephenson’s 35th album in as many years. He emerged as one of the rising stars of the ...
THE STONED CHERRIES – Baked In A Pie (own label)
Having only recently moved away from Shropshire, I had heard from time to time of The Stoned Cherries, who are based in the Shropshire/ Herefordshire/ ...
KIRSTY MERRYN – She & I (own label)
Kirsty Merryn hails originally from the New Forest but is now, inevitably, based in London where the action is. She & I is her debut ...
Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black
Mavis Staples has again joined forces with songwriter-producer Jeff Tweedy for a new album entitled If All I Was Was Black, out this November 17th ...
BOB FOX – A Garland For Joey (Fledg’ling FLED 3107)
I’m guessing that A Garland For Joey is an album that Bob Fox has wanted to make for a long time. Many fine musicians have ...
The Peatbog Faeries announce a live album to celebrate twenty-five years
The Peatbog Faeries have a new album - Live@25. Given that this is a band that is so renowned for live performances, a live album ...
Fairport Convention: Folk Heroes will be broadcast this month
Sky Arts is to broadcast a major television documentary to mark the fiftieth anniversary of legendary folk rock band Fairport Convention. Titled Fairport Convention: Folk ...
O’HOOLEY & TIDOW – Winterfolk Vol 1 (No Masters NMCD51)
My first Christmas review of the year, it seems to have become de rigueur now that at some point the great and good of the ...
Pete McClelland announces a new maritime themed album
The idea for The Turn Of The Tide came out of a concert performance supporting Martin Simpson at Cornwall Folk Festival in 2016. For this ...
JON BODEN – Afterglow – Hudson Records HUD004
Folk royalty Jon Boden’s latest album, Afterglow, is an excellent follow on from Songs From The Floodplain, which was released in 2009, and was Jon’s ...
VIDEO WALL 6
The videos have been flooding in again so here's the first of the latest batch. We'll begin with Louis Brennan's film for 'Bit Part Actor', ...
THE STRANGE BLUE DREAMS – The Strange Blue Dreams (Holy Smokes Records, HSR006)
At first glance, the front cover of the debut and self-titled album by The Strange Blue Dreams, might seem to hint at sci-fi or electronica ...
ASSEMBLY LANE – Northbound (own label ALCD01)
The Newcastle-based band Assembly Lane are Tom Kimber (mandolin, harmony vocal), Niles Krieger (fiddle, harmony and lead vocals), Bevan Morris (double bass), and Matthew Ord ...
GABRIEL MORENO & THE QUIVERING POETS – Farewell Belief (Amber Records AMBERCD007)
Gabriel Moreno is a poet and singer-songwriter originally from Gibraltar but now an integral part of the London scene. Farewell Belief was recorded in Vilafant, ...
Melrose Quartet announce their second album, Dominion, plus launch tour dates
Melrose Quartet are Nancy Kerr (voice, fiddle), James Fagan (voice, bouzouki, guitar), Jess Arrowsmith (voice, fiddle) and Richard Arrowsmith (voice, melodeons). November 2017 sees them ...
LEE ANN WOMACK – The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone (ATO)
Over the years, I’ve reviewed several albums on which Womack’s appeared, but somehow never managed to actually review one of her own. And she’s now ...
The Deportees announce their debut album, The Birth Of Industry
Over three years in the making, the debut album from Aberdeen five piece The Deportees is now ready for release. The Birth Of Industry is out on 3rd November 2017 ...
Martin Stephenson releases his 35th album – Bayswater Road
Way back in 1982 Martin Stephenson and the Daintees put their first single out on the seminal Kitchenware label, and four albums, including the classic ...
Tom Waits re-releases his Anti- catalogue
Tom Waits is set to release newly versions of each of his acclaimed albums in the Anti- catalogue. In addition, the album Real Gone has ...
The Stoned Cherries release their debut album
The Stoned Cherries are a folk band with a twist. Their material is a mix of original songs, traditional tunes and the occasional cover. The ...
LAURA SMYTH & TED KEMP – The Poacher’s Fate (Broken Token Records TOKEN 002)
I get to listen to a great deal of wonderful music in this “job” but nothing pleases me more than traditional songs from the British ...
FINDLAY NAPIER – Glasgow (Cheerygroove Records, Cheery006)
A sense of place is a wondrous, nebulous thing; it’s very personal and can be tricky to evoke meaningfully. Findlay Napier’s homage to his own ...
YE VAGABONDS – Ye Vagabonds (Inglenook Records YVB01)
I heard Ye Vagabonds supporting Roy Harper at the Festival Hall last year, and that is a hell of a gig for a duo who ...
Loudon Wainwright III – new memoir, Liner Notes, published this month
With a career spanning more than four decades and still going strong, Loudon Wainwright III has established himself as one of the most enduring singer ...
GHALIA & MAMA’S BOYS – Let The Demons Out (Ruf Records RUF 1250)
Ghalia & Mama's Boys are, to all intents and purposes, the New Orleans band Johnny Mastro & Mama's Boys acting as the studio band for ...
ROBBIE CAVANAGH – To Leave / To Be Left (At The Helm ATH 99021)
Originally from Portland, Maine and now based in Manchester, Cavanagh’s second album, To Leave / To Be Left, explores, as the title succinctly puts it, ...
DAVY GRAHAM – Large As Life And Twice As Natural (Bread And Wine BRINECD-2)
If you want to know why Davy Graham was such a unique and influential artist just listen to the first track on Large As Life ...
Saskia Griffiths-Moore announces new album
Having left school with not much more than a GCSE in Astronomy, Saskia went into alternative therapy and established a practice on Harley Street, London ...
JEREMY TUPLIN – I Dreamt I Was An Astronaut (Folkwit Records f0141)
Jeremy Tuplin released his debut album, I Dreamt I Was An Astronaut, on September 29th and it will be launched at Paper Dress Vintage in ...
ADRIAN NATION – Anarchy And Love (Laburnum Ridge LABAN040)
Adrian’s fourth solo album (one of them is live), Anarchy And Love, began with the death of his father some four years ago. In a ...
Seth Lakeman – album reissue with bonus tracks
Seth Lakeman has re-released his Top 20 album Ballads Of The Broken Few, with five added bonus tracks via Cooking Vinyl. Recorded during the original ...
MARK T. – From Blues To Rembetika (Circle Of Sound COS330CD)
From Blues To Rembetika neatly encapsulates the two strands of Mark T’s music and his love for both the resonator guitar and the bouzouki although ...
SHANKARA ANDY BOLE – Rainbow Crow (Left Leg Records LL2017)
Rainbow Crow is a new CD from Shankara Andy Bole, featuring what are described as seven "spontaneous compositions" recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios ...
ONE BLOKE ONE MANDOLIN – Fair Travels & Fine Times (Mind If I Play Records MI-IPR-2148)
One Bloke One Mandolin is better known to his friends as Stevie Simpson. He’s a much-travelled veteran who exists under the radar as far as ...
CARA DILLON – Wanderer (Charcoal CHARCD009)
Following last year’s release of her first Christmas album, Upon A Winter’s Night, Dillon returns to secular form with a predominantly traditional collection, again produced ...
Katie Melua to release double-CD version of In Winter
In late 2016, Katie Melua and the Gori Women’s Choir released the now silver certified In Winter, an album (and associated live show), which received ...
BIERE DE LUXE – Into The Thicket (own label)
Biere de Luxe are five guys from Falmouth who don’t say much about who they are except to describe themselves as rural gypsy-punks. They do ...
Albion Christmas Band announce their annual tour
Folk music fans can start their Christmas celebrations early with the help of the Albion Christmas Band when the band hits the road for its ...
JAMES FREDHOLM – Love Is The Answer (Honeybee Records GmbH)
James Fredholm releases the singles ‘Oars’ on October 27th. It is taken from his album Love Is The Answer. The album includes not only this ...
DAVY GRAHAM – Folk, Blues & Beyond (Bread & Wine BRINECD1)
Davy (or Davey) Graham's Folk, Blues & Beyond is a reissue of his 1965 Decca album on licence to Bread and Wine Records/East Central One, ...
The Lost Notes unveil their debut album
The Lost Notes are a five-piece folk band based in Moseley, Birmingham and they are releasing our first album of thirteen original folk/country tracks on ...
Adrian Nation announces third solo album
The spring of 2014 saw the release of the third Adrian Nation album entitled Live At Crossroads which was recorded during his 2013 tour of ...
Singer-songwriter Jeremy Tuplin announces debut album
I Dreamt I Was An Astronaut is the debut album of London-based singer-songwriter Jeremy Tuplin and follows two independently released EPs: Open Letters (2016) and ...
CIARA SIDINE – Unbroken Line (own label)
It’s been six years since the Irish singer-songwriter and book editor released her debut, but she’s finally got round to a second, one drawing an ...
Gabriel Moreno And The Quivering Poets announce their new album
Gabriel Moreno and the Quivering Poets announce the follow up to 2017’s critically acclaimed record Love & Decadence with a full length album available on ...
Findlay Napier announces his new album, Glasgow
Following huge acclaim for his 2015 solo debut VIP: Very Interesting Persons, Scotland’s Findlay Napier again unites superb songwriting, magpie-minded imagination and compellingly vivid vocals ...
Said The Maiden announce their second album and tour dates
Once in a while a group of young musicians get together that make you stop, look and listen… Said The Maiden is one such gathering ...
Cornish gypsy-punks Biere de Luxe announce their new album
Rural gypsy-punks hailing from the worn-out edges of Cornwall’s glossy picture postcard mystique. Summoning the spirit of Baltic bohemianism and growled ol’ timey blues in ...
Robbie Cavanagh announces new album
Robbie Cavanagh returns with his stunning second album To Leave / To Be Left, out 13th October via At The Helm Records Recorded at Eve Studios ...
Irish duo Ye Vagabonds announce their debut album
Buoyed by the success of their debut EP Rose & Briar in 2015, and continuing support from respected musicians like Lisa Hannigan, Roy Harper and ...
Introducing Cambridge band, Reed
Reed are a three piece folk band with a light dusting of percussive guitar, viola, bass ukulele, flute, whistle and vocals. Alan (guitar/vocals) and Sasha ...
EDGELARKS – Edgelarks (Dragonfly DRCD004)
Having previously traded under their own names, Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin have decided to save space on the album sleeves (well, after this one ...
SAM KELLY & THE LOST BOYS – Pretty Peggy (Navigator NAVIGATOR 102)
Based in Bristol, but born in Norfolk, Kelly stakes a claim for a Best Album nomination in next year’s Radio 2 Folk Awards to add ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Hobgoblin Music – 40 Years (Hobgoblin HOBCD040)
It’s forty years since the founders of Hobgoblin Music set out to make, and I quote “what was then almost impossible – finding good quality ...
JEREMY PINNELL – Ties of Blood and Affection (Sofaburn SBR2-032)
Opening your album with the line “laid up in the house full of hookers and wine” is a pretty good way to get the listener’s ...
Laura Smyth And Ted Kemp – new album
The song that gives the album its name is also its first. And, unaccompanied with seamless harmonies, it’s a portent to what lies ahead. Laura ...
THE MINING CO. – Mountain Fires (own label)
As is increasingly fashionable these days, The Mining Co. is a one man band, although I believe he was once a trio, and that man ...
THE EAST POINTERS – What We Leave Behind (East Pointers Music EPCD17)
A trio from Canada’s East Coast, fiddler and nasally-voiced singer Tim Chaisson, banjo player Koady Chaisson and guitarist Jake Charron serve up bluegrassy songs and ...
Louis Brennan releases single from his forthcoming debut album
London-based Dubliner Louis Brennan has released the poignant first single from his upcoming debut album Dead Capital. ‘Bit Part Actor’ is a dark gem of ...
THE RAILS – There Are Other People In This World Not Just You (The Orchard PSYCHED CD010)
Their debut album Fair Warning, being one of the finest folk albums of 2014, expectations were high for a follow-up from Kami Thompson and James ...
Velvet & Stone announce new EP, Embers
Devon based band Velvet & Stone release their EP Embers on 13th October 2017! The four-track EP, recorded at Cube Recording in Cornwall, is the ...
JOOST DE LANGE’S ROCK BLUES EXPERIENCE – Live In Antwerp (own label)
Joost de Lange, though well known as guitarist with Zeeland band Yes You Did (among others), has fairly recently emerged as a vocalist/guitarist with his ...
KARINE POLWART Announces New Album – A Pocket Of Wind Resistance
Karine Polwart - five-time winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - will release her new album A Pocket Of Wind Resistance via Hudson ...
Edgelarks – Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin – New Album and Remaining Tour Dates
We were recently treated to the hatching of Edgelarks (the new name for duo Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin) at the Southdowns Folk Festival in ...
Winter Wilson announce new album and tour supporting Fairport Convention
Winter Wilson are preparing to hit the road with the legendary Fairport Convention right now - but they could very easily be on the dole ...
SHAKE THE CHAINS – Shake The Chains (Quercus Records QRCD003)
Even supposing you knew nothing about this album, a quick glance down the track listing would instantly identify Shake The Chains as a politically conscious ...
Hobgoblin Music celebrates its 40th anniversary with unique album
Founded in the autumn of 1976, Hobgoblin Music has turned 40! Hobgoblin Music has been trading in the UK for 40 years across many locations, ...
DARREN BLACK – Wisperau (own label DBCD005)
Darren Black is not a man to repeat himself. His previous album was inspired by his boyhood in industrial south Wales but Wisperau is a ...
TOMMY GUIHEN – The Torn Jacket (Cló lar-Chonnacht ClCD 204)
Tommy Guihen has been making music since players in ceilidh bands wore ties and he is an acknowledged master of the North Connaught flute style ...
The Shee Cancel Continuum Autumn 2017 Tour
We are very sorry to announce that our October tour will no longer be taking place. We were due to play at Nettlebed Village Club, ...
THE EVERYDAY SINNERS – Shakedown (Coll 051)
The lead singer is called Jack Cade, after the man who led a rebellion to end government corruption in 1450, and it’s no surprise that ...
Brooke Sharkey – new single and album
Brooke Sharkey will headline London’s Union Chapel and head out on tour with Blair Dunlop. London based singer-songwriter Brooke Sharkey returns with the release of ...
BLUE ROSE CODE – The Water Of Leith (Navigator NAVIGATOR103)
Blue Rose Code, aka Ross Wilson, has a deservedly growing reputation, with luminaries as diverse as Edith Bowman, Ewan McGregor and Ian Rankin among his ...
PILGRIMS’ WAY – Stand & Deliver (Talking Cat Records TCCD1748)
There has been a change along the Pilgrims' Way. Lead vocalist Lucy Wright has moved on and in her place has come singer and maestro ...
Kirsty Merryn to launch debut album at Union Chapel
Kirsty Merryn is one of the most arresting new young singer songwriters on the UK folk roots scene, with a style uniquely her own. London-based ...
JOLIE HOLLAND & SAMANTHA PARTON – Wildflower Blues (Cinquefoil Records CINQ-CD-017)
If you’re struggling to remember, Jolie Holland and Samantha Parton are former members of the wonderful Be Good Tanyas, the exact status of whom is ...
Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion – first new album for fourteen years
Known for creating a Celtic cauldron of eclectic bardic beats and credited for the Welsh folk revival of the 90’s – Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion ...
Kings Of The South Seas – new single
The lead track from the album Lady Franklin is a broadside from the 1850s. After the disappearance of her husband, Lady Jane Franklin sponsored several ...
HEAD FOR THE HILLS – Potions And Poisons (Head For The Hills)
Despite a slightly altered line up (with original mandolinist, Mike Chappell departing to pursue other endeavours) the Colorado-based quartet, Head For The Hills, are back ...
SAM KELLY talks to Folking’s Su O’Brien
Pretty Peggy, the much-anticipated second album from Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys is released on 6th October, so Folking.com caught up with Sam, freshly ...
John Lee Hooker’s centenary celebrated with 5-CD box set
Craft Recordings, the catalogue division of Concord Bicycle Music, is proud to announce the release of King Of The Boogie, a career-spanning retrospective, honouring blues ...
Strawbs – new studio album: first for eight years.
The Ferryman’s Curse is the first Strawbs album of new material in eight long years. It is produced by the legendary Chris Tsangarides, whose studio ...
SATUO – Earned (Lindo LINDO 044)
Satuo is an Austrian folk-rock quintet although you wouldn’t pick out their nationality until about half-way through when they switch from English. And maybe the ...
ELLIOTT BROOD – Ghost Gardens (Paper Bag Paper114)
Not an individual artist, but the collective name of an Ontario trio who play fizzed up roots Americana with a poppy edge, Ghost Gardens is ...
MARRY WATERSON & DAVID A. JAYCOCK – Death Had Quicker Wings Than Love (One Little Indian Records TPLP1419CDP)
Marry Waterson and David A. Jaycock release their second album as a duo, Death Had Quicker Wings Than Love, on the 29th of September 2017 ...
GARETH DAVIES-JONES – The Beauty & The Trouble (own label HWM013)
Although probably better known in the Christian music circle, the Tyneside-based singer-songwriter’s music is not bounded by its religious backdrop. His first full album in ...
MIKE BROOKFIELD – Brookfield (Golden Rule Records GRCD003)
Mike Brookfield has followed up his debut album Love Breaks The Fall with a blues-soaked CD simply and eponymously titled Brookfield, due for release on ...
Rory Ellis – One Skin
Its hard to believe that the "Big Man", RORY Ellis is now on his eighth album. The new album is called "One Skin" and celebrates ...
Jon Boden shares new single ‘All The Stars Are Coming Out Tonight’
Jon Boden, former front-man of the progressive folk eleven-piece Bellowhead, has announced details of ‘All The Stars Are Coming Out’, the new single to be ...
WILLIE WATSON – Folksinger Vol.2 (Acony ACNY1714)
Formerly part of the Old Crow Medicine Show and currently a member of the David Rawlings Machine, the grainy-voiced LA-based folkie follows up his solo ...
David Ramirez Announces January 2018 UK Tour
David Ramirez has announced details of a January 2018 headline tour, taking into account eight different cities across the UK with a London date at ...
RICHARD THOMPSON – Acoustic Rarities (Beeswing Records BSW016P)
October 6th will see the third instalment of Richard Thompson’s Acoustic series, and having seen two instalments of Classics, our attention is now turned to ...
BRUCE COCKBURN – Bone On Bone (True North TND 678)
Having released twenty-four studio albums, starting with his self-titled 1970 debut, at almost yearly intervals, the acclaimed Canadian singers-songwriter found himself hitting a creative block ...
GALLERY 47 – Adversity Breeds (Bad Production Records)
Gallery 47 might sound like a high street card shop, but is the working name adopted by prolific singer-songwriter, Jack Peachey. Originally Nottingham-based, he relocated ...
PETE McCLELLAND – Carolina Sky (Hobgoblin Records HOBCD1016)
Although a co-founder of Hobgoblin Music and a member of several different folk bands, Pete McClelland has only just released an album in his own ...
The Black Feathers – new single
Hailing from the Gloucestershire countryside, award winning Americana duo, The Black Feathers announce the release of a new single ‘Holy Water’, the first to be ...
Marry Waterson and David A Jaycock – new single and album
Marry Waterson and David A. Jaycock have revealed the first single (and accompanying video) taken from their second album as a duo, the haunting folk ...
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS – ROCKIN’ DOWN THE HIGHWAY
‘ROCKIN’ DOWN THE HIGHWAY: THE WILDLIFE CONCERT’ RETRO WORLD: FLOATD6309 RELEASED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27th 2017 The Doobie Brothers, one of the most commercially-successful and best-loved ...
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