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).
A message from Beau
The big news is that today, (9th May) Cherry Red are celebrating my 70th birthday with a brand new Beau album, An Original Thought. Written ...
Introducing Foskett’s Folk Factory
Foskett's Folk Factory is a music and video production company - dedicated to providing creative services and a platform to promote acoustic, folk and roots based music. Charles Foskett ...
New single from The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
Canadian duo The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer have released their latest single ‘Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To’ out now via Tonic Records ...
MOULETTES – Preternatural (Craft Pop Records CRAFTPOP1CD)
I was fortunate enough to hear Moulettes preview some of Preternatural live last year and even more fortunate to grab a word or two with ...
PAUL MOSLEY AND THE RED MEAT ORCHESTRA – The Butcher (Folkwit F0130)
“This is a ghost story…” proclaims the cover of the lyric booklet. It is also a love story, or perhaps two love stories; I haven’t ...
BLAIR DUNLOP – Gilded (Gilded Wings GWR001)
The son of Ashley Hutchings, Dunlop’s follow-up to House Of Jacks contains a dozen self-penned songs, all recorded as live with a basic instrumentation of ...
Moddi streams English translation of ‘Punk Prayer’
Many will be familiar with Russian feminist collective Pussy Riot, but perhaps few will be familiar with the music that had them trialled and imprisoned ...
MATTHEW CRAMPTON – Human Cargo
Muddler Books – ISBN 978-0-9561361-2-1 – Softback 164 pp Human trafficking is never far from the news these days, whether it’s young women from eastern ...
Adam Beattie – new album
The Road Not Taken is the new album release from Adam Beattie. Masterful songwriting with influences of jazz and blues create a cinematic feel to ...
ROB LEAR – Motorcycle Heart (Self Released)
Okay, so opening track ‘Grace’ has early REM written all over it, but the biking Welsh singer-songwriter is no slave to influence. His second album, ...
KATY ROSE BENNETT – Songs of the River Rea (Own Label KRB001)
Born in Oxfordshire, part of the prolific musical family that also includes brothers Joe and Robin of the magnificent The Dreaming Spires (Joe also a ...
BROOKS WILLIAMS – My Turn Now (Red Guitar Blue Music RGBM-2016)
I first encountered Brooks Williams five or six years ago at a festival. He was sitting outside a pub playing in the sunshine because the ...
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016 winners are…
The winners of this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards have been announced at a spectacular event held at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Now ...
THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS – A Box Of Everything (Red River RRECD134)
With an extensive UK tour just a few weeks away The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams re-issue (or issue) their “greatest hits” collection in the UK ...
WATER PAGEANT – Outlines (Glide GLD001)
Nick Tingay and Lizzy McBain are, it says here, an Oxford-based boy/girl electro-dream folk project, Tingay’s songs “often drawing on ideas from Enlightenment-era science as ...
RANT – Reverie (Make Believe Records MBR6CD)
If you’re going to make music with a band that consists of just fiddles and violas you have to pretty sure of your ground otherwise ...
Firewoodisland – New EP
When asked to describe their music Firewoodisland struggle to find a specific genre they feel fits. It is their own atmospheric, melancholic but redemptive take ...
First track from Refugee
The first track from the Refugee compilation album has surfaced. 'Most People' is the contribution from Bonnie 'Prince’ Billy. Featuring Richard Dawson, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, ...
SANDY DENNY – I’ve Always Kept A Unicorn (Island 536 735-0)
What can I say that hasn’t been said a thousand times before? There’s the problem. I have to confess that I’m sometimes uneasy about the ...
Malcolm Holcombe – new album
In the end, who can explain the secret of endurance? Why does one marriage last and another does not? Why does one song or album ...
VILLIERS AND THE VILLAINS – Songs Of Love And Fate (own label TVATV0915)
Songs Of Love And Fate is the second album from Northern Irish singer and songwriter Tony Villiers and the title of his debut, Thin Wild ...
Oysterband announce new ‘Best Of’ collection
This House Will Stand: The Best of Oysterband 1998 – 2015 is a 2-CD, 29 track collection comprising 15 tracks chosen by the band from ...
Refugee project introduced by Robin Adams
Unreleased and original tracks from Bonnie Prince Billy, Linda Thompson, Alasdair Roberts and more All proceeds go to MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) Released on ...
ROSEANNA BALL – Time (Haven HAVENCD18)
When I first played Roseanna Ball’s debut solo album since Roholio was put into abeyance and heard the sound of a ukulele I thought that ...
Water Pageant – debut album
Water Pageant are really excited to announce their Spring tour of southern England to celebrate the launch of their debut album, Outlines, on 29th April. Having previously played and toured with ...
A Tribute To Jack Hardy – available now
In honor of the fifth anniversary of his death, Smithsonian Folkways presents A Tribute to Jack Hardy, featuring 26 previously unreleased recordings of Hardy’s songs by ...
VELVET & STONE – The Storm (VelvetStone LVID001)
A new female alt-folk trio from Devon, Lara Snowden and Holly Jo Gilbert-West sharing vocals and acoustic guitar with Kathryn Tremlett on violin and piano, ...
Will Pound and Eddy Jay Ignite
Sparks were always going to fly when master musicians Will Pound and Eddy Jay decided to form a duo. The fusing of awesome accordion player ...
DANIEL MARTIN MOORE –Archives Vol. II – Old Stepstone (Ol Kentuck Recordings)
Hard on the heels of the UK release of his Golden Age album of original material, Kentuckian singer-songwriter Moore has assembled this collection of traditional ...
Barenaked Ladies announce live album
“Gotta see the show, ‘cause then you’ll know,” sings Ed Robertson on Barenaked Ladies’ chart-topping hit, ‘One Week’, a song featured on the band’s new ...
Deluxe re-issue of The Lake Poets debut album
The Lake Poets is Sunderland based singer-songwriter/guitarist Marty Longstaff. His self-titled debut album was released last autumn to excellent reviews and has spawned the singles ‘Your ...
SHEL – video and album
There is a great tradition of metal and rock songs being worked over by their non-metal contemporaries and the multi-instrumentalist quartet of sisters of SHEL ...
JOSIE NUGENT – Modal Citizen (Josie Brian Music JNBS002)
Josie Nugent or, to be precise, Dr Josie Nugent MA is a graduate of Cambridge University, a music therapist and a violin player and composer ...
PAUL HANDYSIDE – Tide, Timber & Grain (Malady Music MALCD005)
Paul Handyside is a thirty year veteran; a former member of Hurrah! and Bronze and a musical mate of Martin Stephenson. Tide, Timber & Grain ...
Coope Boyes And Simpson – final album and farewell tour
In 1993, three blokes from South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, with a name like a firm of solicitors, released an album of acappella songs full of ...
Introducing The Folk Today Project
A new concept band from New Zealand, The Folk Today Project, has one purpose - to turn the folk world on its axis and revive ...
Underhill Rose – new album
Harmonies. Soul-touching lyrics. Underhill Rose has put its talents to work to become synonymous with fresh, beautiful Americana music. With Eleanor playing her distinctive claw-hammer ...
SINGLES BAR
A round-up of recent EPs and singles RESIDENT ALIEN is an apt name for Russian-born songwriter/musician Daniel Herzog. Now based in London, Daniel released his ...
David Ramirez – new album
Texas singer-songwriter David Ramirez is returning to the UK after the release of his new album Fables via Thirty Tigers (Jason Isbell, Trampled By Turtles). The video for ‘Rock And A ...
RED SKY JULY – The Truth And The Lie (Shadowbirds SHADOW7)
Featuring former Alisha’s Attic member Shelly Poole and her Texas guitarist husband Ally McErlaine alongside Charity Hair from The Alice Band), the trio released their ...
Swooshed – new compilation from Cae Gwyn Records
The return of otters to a remote Snowdonian river First World War poetry set to contemporary folk music Stumbling upon a buzzing fridge at the ...
Andy Shauf – new album
On May 20th, Anti- is excited to release an immensely imaginative work from acclaimed young singer-songwriter Andy Shauf called The Party. The Saskatchewan-based Shauf recorded ...
SAM CARTER – How The City Sings (Captain Records CAP005)
Making good on his Best Newcomer gong in the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards , Carter went on to release his critically acclaimed No ...
RICK FOOT – Rain Machine (Mockturtle MOCKCD005)
Rick Foot, erstwhile musical partner of Keith James and member of Jon Boden’s Remnant Kings, brings to four the number of double bass players – ...
Sam Carter – new album
Since being named Best Newcomer at the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Sam Carter has been stirring audiences from Camden to Canada, via an ...
New album from Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards
Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards will release their new album Memory through The state51 Conspiracy on 6th May. Written and produced by Dan Michaelson and ...
THE SLOCAN RAMBLERS – Coffee Creek (own label)
The Slocan Ramblers are a Canadian quartet with a love for the music of the deep south and Coffee Creek is their second album – ...
Fraser Anderson releases new single and album
There is a quote from Gandhi stuck to the kitchen fridge in Fraser Anderson’s flat that reads : ‘Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has ...
AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM – The Source (ECC Records)
The Source is the first new album from Afro Celt Sound System for ten years as they celebrate their twentieth anniversary and I wasn’t sure ...
JARED RABIN – Something Left To Say (own label)
Belatedly finding its way to the UK, Rabin’s debut album belies an extensive musical background that began at age five when his grandfather, the Concertmaster ...
PAUL TASKER – Cold Weather Music (Yellowroom YLLWRM-008)
Paul Tasker is a Glaswegian multi-instrumentalist and guitar teacher who you may know from the bands Banish Misfortune and Doghouse Roses. Cold Weather Music is ...
Moulettes unveil Behemooth video
On May 27th Brighton based collective Moulettes, continue their journey into the alt.pop/rock/folk universe with the release of their most accomplished album to date - ...
GRYPHON – Red Queen To Gryphon Three (Talking Elephant TECD313)
Those fine chaps at Talking Elephant continue their programme of classic re-issues with Red Queen To Gryphon Three, self-evidently the band’s third album. Hot on ...
Lizanne Knott – new album
US singer/songwriter Lizanne Knott releases her much-anticipated new studio album Excellent Day, via Proper Music Distribution, on 8th April 2016. On this, her fourth album, ...
Christopher Bruhn announces new album
Chandelier is the acclaimed guitarist's second full-length solo release and the followup to his 2013 record, Weekends On The Frontier. Chandelier presents 10 tracks of ...
DAVE COUSINS – Moving Pictures (Witchwood WMCD 2057)
The bizarre accident that rendered Dave Cousins hors de combat for the latter half of last year created the opportunity for the release of Moving ...
Blair Dunlop – new album
Blair Dunlop announces the release of his third studio album Gilded on May 6th 2016. An accomplished writer, guitarist and vocalist, Blair will also be ...
NIGEL MAZLYN JONES – Raft (Isle Of Light Records IOL CD 0238)
Raft is Nigel Mazlyn Jones’ eleventh album and it has been out for a while. In fairness, he hadn’t heard of us and, to be ...
RACHEL NEWTON – Here’s My Heart Come Take It (Shadowside SHADOW02)
Rachel Newton’s third solo album, Here’s My Heart Come Take It, is a gorgeous, sophisticated work for which great credit must go to co-producer and ...
Tina Refsnes announces new single
Tina Refsnes is pleased to unveil the beautiful new animated video for 'Alaska' on The 405 - taken from her debut album, No One Knows That You’re Lost (out now) ...
Matty James announces new album and tour dates
The Road To No Town is the brand new album from Northern Irish singer-songwriter Matty James, set for release on Friday 29th April on Pirate Heart Records / Cargo Records ...
AOIFE O’DONOVAN – In the Magic Hour (Yep Records B016LKYKVW)
Call me crazy, but I hear a bit of Patti Smith in Aiofe O’Donovan’s startlingly lovely new album In the Magic Hour. No, she’s not ...
BELLOWHEAD – The Farewell Tour (Navigator NAVIGATOR095X)
Bellowhead are really going out in style. The Farewell Tour comes in a lavishly packaged hard-back book containing two CDs recorded at various venues across ...
Moulettes – new album
On May 27th Brighton based collective Moulettes, continue their journey into the alt.pop/rock/folk universe with the release of their most accomplished album to date - ...
Rachel Newton – new album
Rachel Newton's third solo album, Here's My Heart Come Take It, is named after the opening track on this exciting new album; a bold combination ...
NINEBARROW – Releasing The Leaves (own label)
Releasing The Leaves is the second album from Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere, aka Ninebarrow. Jon and Jay are from Dorset and the landscape and ...
John McCusker – new album
In celebration of his 25th Anniversary as a professional musician, John McCusker will release Hello, Goodbye on April 29th 2016 and tour the UK in ...
New album from Welsh indie-roots band Rusty Shackle
Welsh indie-roots band Rusty Shackle have been tearing up stages around the world since 2010. Brandishing their distinct folk-roots sound and armed with an electrifying ...
Introducing The Strange And The Beautiful
The Strange And The Beautiful - are they folksy-blues or bluesy-folk? Progressive or depressive? Soulful or doleful? These five Devon-based, genre-bendre musicians got it together in ...
I’ve Always Kept A Unicorn – the acoustic Sandy Denny
I’ve Always Kept A Unicorn is the best album that the late Sandy Denny never made. This 40-track/2CD set, comprised of demos, live, radio and ...
New album from Swedish/Norwegian duo Rydvall Mjelva – Vårdroppar
Erik Rydvall: Keyed harp fiddle Olav Luksengård Mjelva: hardanger-fiddle Swedish keyed fiddle player Erik Rydvall and Hardanger fiddle player Olav Luksengård Mjelva, from Røros in ...
4SQUARE – Fuel (Transition Records TRANSCD12)
It’s always tempting when hearing a band for the first time to try to put them into a stylistic box but you’ll try that with ...
Sticks & Stones – new single from Matty James
‘Sticks & Stones’ is the uplifting lead single taken from Northern Irish troubadour Matty James' forthcoming second album; The Road To No Town. This infectious country rock anthem ...
Mister Keith releases single and video
Filmed in a Victorian house in Kenilworth the new video to accompany the single ‘Love is Strong’ by local artist Mister Keith will be released ...
AMY GODDARD – Secret Garden (own label AGSG42016)
Amy Goddard has been feeding me singles from Secret Garden for a couple of months now so I’m familiar with three of these songs, although ...
KELLY OLIVER – Bedlam (Folkstock FSR25)
Releasing her debut album, This Land, at the tail end of 2014, barely a year after making her first appearance on the folk circuit, the ...
SINGLES BAR
A round-up of recent EPs and singles His first new material since 2012 album Seven Songs, HENRY SPARKS releases the aptly titled Latest Waxing, an ...
GREG RUSSELL & CIARAN ALGAR – The Silent Majority (Fellside FECD275)
I have to say that this album represents everything that folk music should be about. There is tradition, there is musical invention and evolution of ...
EDDI READER – The Best Of Eddi Reader (Reveal REVEAL059CDX)
The Best Of Eddi Reader is quite a tall order given the span of time and styles it must encompass – from bright late-80s pop ...
The Folking Winners – Public Vote 2016
First of all, a big thank you to the thousands who voted in our inaugural Folkies awards. Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to the ...
Gretchen Peters – bio
“I remember going on my first radio tour for my debut album and the guys at the radio stations would say, ‘So you’re a songwriter, ...
Will Varley – bio
Last year Will Varley walked out on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, shortly after signing a record deal with independent music champions Xtra Mile ...
Peter Knight – bio
Although his name is synonymous with the seminal Folk-Rock Band Steeleye Span, Peter Knight has avoided being categorised purely as a Folk Musician due to ...
Disco At The Tavern – review
Modesty forbids us from naming the member of the Folking team who penned this 5* review. The Demon Barbers XL were only narrowly beaten into ...
Blackbeard’s Tea Party – bio
Playing together since summer 2009, Blackbeard’s Tea Party began as a busking, function and ceilidh band, but quickly grew a reputation as a formidable live ...
Show Of Hands – bio
Steve Knightley and Phil Beer are widely acknowledged as the finest acoustic roots duo in England. Knightley, who writes most of their inspired material and ...
Steve Knightley – bio
Steve Knightley is the songwriting force behind Show of Hands, widely acclaimed as the finest acoustic roots duo in England. In early 2014 Steve set ...
Bellowhead – the live album
Bellowhead’s final set of live dates will be accompanied by the release of a CD / DVD release, Bellowhead Live: The Farewell Tour, on 8th ...
Tom Waits sings Blind Willie Johnson
Tom Waits has lent his voice and soul to a stunning collection of performances celebrating legendary gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson. God Don’t Never Change: ...
CATHRYN CRAIG AND BRIAN WILLOUGHBY – In America (Cabritunes CAB008)
It’s difficult to write about In America, the latest album by Virginia-born singer Cathryn Craig and the British guitarist Brian Willoughby without sounding like a ...
Claire Hastings announces debut album
Since winning the BBC Young Traditional Musician of theYear title in 2015, folk singer Claire Hastings’ debut album Between River And Railway has been hotly ...
REG MEUROSS – December (Hatsongs HAT010)
Reg Meuross’ new album is a back-to-basics affair; one man, his acoustic guitar and harmonica and ten songs. It’s remarkably refreshing – I don’t know ...
LOTUS WIGHT – Lotus Wight’s Ode To The Banjo (own label LW001)
Lotus Wight is one third of Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son, banjo player and inventor of the contrabass harmoniphonium – that’s the fearsome device he’s ...
RIVERS OF ENGLAND – Astrophysics Saved My Life (Folkwit Records F0132)
The first time I listened to Astrophysics Saved My Life I didn’t get it. The second time through I couldn’t understand my problem and the ...
MAZ O’CONNOR – The Longing Kind (Restless Head RHCD 101)
Her third album in four years, this is also the Barrow-in-Furness singer-songwriter’s first to comprise solely of self-penned, non-traditional material. It’s also a concept album ...
NORRIE MCCULLOCH – These Mountain Blues (Black Dust BDR1601)
Sounding like Martyn Joseph with a Glaswegian accent (notably on jaunty opener ‘Calico Days’ and the more reflective piano ballad ‘Hard To Be The Man ...
Cwlwm Celtaidd opens Young Musician 2016 competition
The annual Cwlwm Celtaidd's Young Musician of the Festival competition for under 18 year-olds returns. As part of the festival weekend on March 4-6, 2016 ...
The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc announce new album
Since 2009 The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc have captivated audiences throughout the world with their unique blend of music, onstage sense of humour and intra-band ‘banter’ ...
JACK AND THE’ – Melody Cycle (Folkwit Records FO129)
Jack and The' is the brainchild of composer/ singer/ multi-instrumentalist Julien Longchamp and Melody Cycle has been a long time coming. It’s a bit of a ...
WEST OF EDEN – Look To The West (West of Music WOM CD9)
I don’t know which impresses me more, the Swedish sextet’s music or the fact they inhabit their chosen genres so authentically you’d believe they were ...
ROBERT LANE – Ends And Starts (own label)
Robert Lane is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Birmingham. He’s been paying his dues for a while, rubbing shoulders with some big names and now he has ...
EDWARD II – Presents Manchester’s Improving Daily (Cadiz Music E2MID1819)
Starting life as a series of pop up gigs by the city’s acclaimed folk/roots reggae outfit and other artists constructed round the Manchester Ballads, a ...
Underhill Rose announce new album – tour dates to follow
Harmonies. Soul-touching lyrics. Underhill Rose has put its talents to work to become synonymous with fresh, beautiful Americana music. With Eleanor playing her distinctive claw-hammer ...
PAULA RYAN – Let Me Fly (own label)
Paula Ryan doesn’t actually defy convention but she resists it quite firmly. It begins with her instruments - she plays guitar, but who doesn’t? Bouzouki, ...
Bruce Springsteen comes to Britain
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have confirmed UK shows in May and June. The River Tour, which is currently working its way across ...
APPLEWOOD ROAD – Applewood Road (Gearbox GB1531)
Those for whom the highlight of the Oh Brother soundtrack was the coming together of Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch will undoubtedly have been ...
Afro Celt Sound System announce new album
With sales now topping one and a half million albums and two Grammy nominations to date, Afro Celt Sound System celebrate their 20th anniversary with ...
CARLY DOW – Ingrained (own label CDOW-001)
A press release that cites Gillian Welch, Neko Case and Amelia Curran is going to immediately attract my attention. I’ve been disappointed in similar circumstances ...
SHEESHAM & LOTUS & ‘SON – 78rpm (Sepiaphone Records SPR006)
If you like your Americana to sound old and authentic you’re gonna love this. The Ontario trio recorded these twenty-one songs during their most recent ...
Treetop Flyers return with new album
For Treetop Flyers, the last few years have been a case of needing to fall apart, in order to rebuild, and come back stronger. Two ...
SINGLES BAR
A round-up of recent EPs and singles ‘Grateful’ is the first single from the album …And Lo! The Bird Is On The Wing from Scottish ...
JEZ HELLARD & THE DJUKELLA ORCHESTRA – Heavy Wood (Djukella Records JDHCD002)
It seems a long time since Jez Hellard’s last album, Blood & Honey, and it is, in fact, almost four years although it has benefited ...
Paula Ryan announces new album
In her new album Let Me Fly, Paula Ryan, compelling singer/songwriter originally from Tipperary in Southern Ireland, brings us a superb collection of original, powerful ...
Paul McKenna Band – new album
2016 will see The Paul McKenna Band celebrate their 10th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone they are releasing their fourth, highly anticipated, studio album, Paths ...
Locust Honey String Band announce new album
There’s a rock hard spine that holds up the bones of American country music, both now and back to the distant past. That spine is ...
Velvet & Stone announce debut album
The Storm is the debut release from Devon-based alt-folk trio Velvet & Stone. Lyrically drawing on a rich palette of life stories, life events, the ...
HAMISH NAPIER – The River (Strathspey Records SRCD001)
The River in question is the Spey, beloved of fishermen and whisky drinkers the world over. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Hamish Napier was brought up on ...
Candi’s Dog – new single
Tyneside trio Candi's Dog specialise in acoustic folk-pop, combining inventive structures with ludicrously catchy melodies. The result is a mash-up akin to the likes of ...
IAIN MACFARLANE – Gallop To Callop (Old Laundry Productions OLP005)
Iain MacFarlane is a former member of Blazin’ Fiddles and he’s recruited a few old friends to play on Gallop To Callop, his debut solo ...
JEB BARRY – Milltown (DollyRocker DR2015-1)
Barry grew up and still lives in a mill town in the Berkshire hills of rural Massachusetts, so he knows of what he sings when, ...
Young Musicians sought for National Youth Folk Ensemble
The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) has launched a nationwide search for talented young musicians to become the first members of the new ...
Sam Lee at the Radio 2 Folk Awards and singing with Nightingales
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards returned on Wednesday 27th April 2016 and was held at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London. The event featured ...
DOUG EUNSON AND SARAH MATTHEWS – Song And Laughter (own label COTHCD010)
Sometimes simple is best and Song And Laughter bears that out. Two voices, melodeons, fiddle and viola and a repertoire you could imagine hearing in ...
MALCOLM HOLCOMBE – Another Black Hole (Gypsy Eyes Music)
Having released The RCA Sessions retrospective re-recordings last year, Holcombe makes a swift return with a 10 song set of brand new material, recorded in ...
Desert Songs – Dawn Landes and Piers Faccini
Desert Songs was released by Beating Drum on January 15th 2016 in Europe and in North and South America by Six Degrees. It will be released digitally as ...
BOREAS – Ahoy Hoy (Isle Music ISLE04CD)
Ahoy Hoy is the debut album from Boreas, the latest expression of Scandi-Scottish music fusion. Britt Pernille Frøholm and Irene Tillung represent the Scandinavian side ...
Dallahan announce second album
Matter Of Time is the highly anticipated second album from Dallahan, recorded at Scotland's leading studio, Castlesound Studios in Pencaitland. One of the fastest rising ...
Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro – new album
A supremely talented acoustic roots and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter with a burgeoning global reputation Martin Harley’s recently released and widely acclaimed new album ...
JED GRIMES – North Face (Blue Guitar Records BGCD016)
After the full-blown Heart & Hand Jed Grimes takes himself back to basics. North Face is all traditional, featuring Jed’s multi-layered strings and with just ...
Applewood Road – debut album
In September 2014, three songwriters - Emily Barker, Amber Rubarth and Amy Speace - met for the first time in a cafe in East Nashville ...
The Mining Co. announce debut album
The Mining Co. offer up a luxuriously produced and heartfelt collection with their debut album Burning Sun & The Atomic Powers Within. The album, like ...
THE JAMES BROTHERS – The James Brothers (Drover Records DROVCD001)
The James Brothers aren’t brothers, of course. They are James Fagan and Jamie McClennan and nowhere near as mean as the look on the cover ...
Reg Meuross – new single and album
After 10 album releases Reg Meuross has returned to the solo format which inspired him to write and sing in the first place. December is ...
Jones releases new album, Happy Blue
Jones is Trevor Jones; principal songwriter with the critically acclaimed duo Miracle Mile, where he works alongside collaborator, arranger and musical partner Marcus Cliffe. Together ...
ELEANOR MCEVOY – Naked Music (Moscodisc MOSCD4014)
Its title derived from the recording process, an exposed intimacy designed to capture the one voice, one instrument, feel of her one woman shows, McEvoy’s ...
The Eskies – have a new single
The Eskies: having been cast out, blacklisted, rejected and ejected from gentlemen's clubs far and wide, five dejected cast-asides joined forces in what was to ...
David Berkeley – new album and novella
Singer-songwriter-author David Berkeley will release his new album Cardboard Boat in the UK on Feb 19, 2016. The hauntingly powerful album accompanies his new novella ...
BREABACH – Astar (Breabach BRE004CD)
With most albums it’s good to have the sleeve notes to hand when listening. With Breabach’s sixth outing an atlas is just as important. Astar ...
Anniversary album from Solas
For the past 20 years, Solas (pronounced Suh-less) have held the torch of Irish-American roots music high, traveling the world as the premiere band of ...
MIRANDA SYKES & REX PRESTON – The Watchmaker’s Wife (Hands On Music HMCD40)
When I last heard Show Of Hands I couldn’t help but note Miranda Sykes’ contribution to their sound. Not just her double bass playing but ...
Welcome To The Folkies
With Oscar fever rising to a climax it's time to say “Welcome To The Folkies” – the 2016 Folking Awards. We've sifted through the albums ...
ROB HARBRON & EMMA REID – Flock & Fly (own label ROBRECD002)
Flock & Fly is the second album from Rob and Emma and I have to confess that the first one escaped me. Rob Harbron is ...
PHIL HARE – The Twilight Tone (March Hare Productions MHPCD01)
The Twilight Tone is something like Phil’s ninth album although many of his early recordings are now lost in the mists of antiquity. This record ...
Plans for new archive of Shropshire folk tunes revealed
Plans to create a unique archive of traditional music from Shropshire have been revealed by Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Organisers of the annual music event have ...
PAUL McCLURE – Songs For Anyone (Clubhouse CRUK0035CD)
Less than two years on from the release of Smiling From The Floor Up, the warm-voiced Rutland troubadour (formerly frontman for The Hi and Lo) ...
Robert Lane – new album
Robert Lane is a guitarist, songwriter and singer based in Birmingham. His new album, Ends And Starts is released very soon. Robert was chosen by ...
SUNJAY – Black & Blues (own label SLCD01501)
It’s a testament to the appeal of these songs that a young man such as Sunjay Brayne finds his spiritual, or at least musical, home ...
Eleanor McEvoy – Naked Music album and exhibition
Released on Friday, 5th February 2016, Naked Music is the title of Irish star Eleanor McEvoy’s new album, recorded alone in the studio to create ...
Ahoy Hoy – Boreas release debut album
AHOY HOY is the eagerly awaited debut album from Boreas, shaped by spanning the expanses of the North Sea. In this recording the band have ...
Breabach’s new album is on the way
Release Date Friday, 11th March, 2016 Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Songs of Separation (Navigator NAVIGATOR094P)
An ambitious project, this is the brainchild of double-bassist Jenny Hill who, in the period running up to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, found ...
Rachel Hamer Band record debut album
A Newcastle folk band with strong links to Teesside is set to record its first album, thanks to a bursary in memory of one of ...
MERRY HELL – A Grand Night Out (Focal Media)
Three albums to the good and a growing reputation, Merry Hell, have seen fit to release a live DVD. Having seen the band perform live ...
Ray Cooper – Palace Of Tears
Ray Cooper states: It is a bittersweet album about living and working in Northern Europe over the last quarter century. I tried to avoid nostalgia ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Journey Continues (Fellside FECD272)
Paul Adams’ Fellside Recordings has been doing its thing for forty years now. That includes giving young artists an early break, reissuing long-deleted albums and ...
RUNRIG – The Story (Ridge RR078)
Three years on from celebrating their 40th anniversary (they began life in 1973 as a trio, The Run Rig Dance Band), the Hebridean folk rock ...
Carrie Rodriguez announces new album
Carrie Rodriguez, a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas, finds beauty in the cross-pollination of diverse traditions. A passionate performer, she effortlessly melds fiery fiddle playing, electrifying ...
Fellside at 40
‘The Quality puts most other small companies to shame’ Music Week Fellside Recordings was set up by husband and wife, Paul and Linda Adams, ...
The Essential Gretchen Peters
Twenty years on from Gretchen Peters’ debut solo album, The Secret Of Life, comes a career retrospective double CD set – half greatest hits, half ...
DIANA JONES – Live In Concert (Proper PRPCD135)
I heard Diana Jones on stage many years ago, playing support to Richard Thompson, and I thought then that she was a cut above the ...
Michael Chapman celebrates his 75th birthday
In recent years, the revered British guitarist and songwriter has seen his classic Harvest records from the 70's reissued by Light In the Attic, and ...
Joe Boyd’s A-Z podcasts are back after a fortnight’s hiatus with “T”.
As a teenager, I was horrified by the idea of white blues singers, but modified that view when I heard my friend Geoff Muldaur successfully ...
Diana Jones releases live album
In the last decade, singer-songwriter Diana Jones has brought her unique and original style of Appalachian singing and songwriting to devoted audiences on concert stages ...
Gretchen Peters New Album
On The Essential Gretchen Peters, this very special Nashville-based singer-songwriter combines career-defining tracks with rare outtakes, demos, and B-sides to provide a two-disc snapshot of ...
The Black Feathers announce debut album
Hailing from the Gloucester countryside, award-winning Americana duo, The Black Feathers, are excited to release their eagerly awaited debut album Soaked To The Bone on ...
SHOW OF HANDS – The Long Way Home (Hands On HMCD39)
This year marking their 36th anniversary and their 15th studio album (18th if you count three earlier cassette releases), Devon duo Steve Knightley and Phil ...
CIARAN ALGAR – The Final Waltz (Fellside FECD270)
The Final Waltz is Ciaran Algar’s debut solo album – something to do in his gap year, allegedly – and it’s sort of what you’d ...
Nuala Kennedy – new album
Scottish-based Irish traditional singer and musician Nuala Kennedy celebrates ten years as a solo recording artist this coming January with the launch of Behave The ...
FAY HIELD – Old Adam (Soundpost Records SOPO 5003)
Fay Hield’s third solo album is all traditional except when it isn’t. That is, except when the tune is by Hield herself and/or Jon Boden ...
THE UNTHANKS – Archive Treasures (2005-2015) (RabbleRouser Music)
The limited edition Memory Box is all sold and we lesser mortals must content ourselves with these fourteen tracks to celebrate The Unthanks’ tenth anniversary ...
MARINA FLORANCE – This, That & The Other (Folkstock)
Marina Florance is one of the new wave of female singer-songwriters emerging from nurturing by the Folkstock organisation alongside Maz O’Connor, Kelly Oliver and Daria ...
Swill and the Pledgers
Following the success of The Men They Couldn’t Hang’s Pledge campaign to fund The Defiant it was clear to Phil Odgers that he would do ...
SERIOUSKITCHEN – The Whispering Road (WildGoose Records WGS413CD)
Should you be looking for an album to confound all your expectations and destroy your preconceptions look no further, I say. Seriouskitchen are a combination ...
Eleanor McEvoy announces new album
Released on Friday, 5th February 2016, Naked Music is the title of Irish star Eleanor McEvoy’s new album, recorded alone in the studio to create ...
ANDREW CLEGG – Tiger And The Lily (Flying Tiger Records)
Tiger And The Lily is somewhat outwith our usual scope but our borders are flexible and if we like something that’s good enough. Andrew Clegg ...
Des Horsfalls Kuschty Rye Collaborates with Pete Townshend
When Pete Townshend heard that roots/country rock singer / songwriter Des Horsfall was recording a trilogy of albums inspired by, and dedicated to, the memory ...
Milk Carton Kids Album
Anti-folk revivalists The Milk Carton Kids have confirmed a headline show at London’s Union Chapel on 22nd January. The duo will also appear as part of the ...
SINGLES BAR
A round-up of recent EPs and singles that have come our way ANGE HARDY releases a seasonal single, ‘When Christmas Day Is Near’, all multi-tracked ...
John Kirkpatrick joins Home Service
John Tams has announced his retirement from Home Service - we thank him mightily for all his work with us and wish him well! "A ...
MARION FLEETWOOD – Holding Space (own label)
First off, I owe Marion a sincere apology. She sent me a link for her album ages ago when I was away from home and ...
Ewan McLennan releases charity single
Digital Download Single released on 15th December 2015 via Bandcamp For years I’ve sung traditional songs of emigration, thinking them some of the most powerful ...
THE GREAT BRITISH FOLK FESTIVAL, Skegness, 4th-7th December
The idea of holding a folk festival in Skegness in December probably raised a few eyebrows when it was first mooted. The suggestion that it ...
STEEL THREADS The Rule Of Three (own label)
The Rule Of Three is the third album from Steel Threads and also signifies their restoration to a trio with the addition of Tracy Beardmore ...
KATE RUSBY The Frost Is All Over (Pure PRCD40)
Although it’s not one that comes round often enough, Rusby’s Christmas albums have become something of a tradition. Following on from 2008’s Sweet Bells and ...
Unthanks celebrate ten years with a box of memories
"If folk music is life, and for life, then ten years is nothing, right? We mean to go on, for as long as our togetherness ...
RIC SANDERS’ TRIO – Standin’ On The Corner (Dotted Line Ltd. DLCD001)
In a lot of ways, it’s difficult to review an album by an artist to whom you feel emotionally attached. You struggle to maintain your ...
JOHN BUSHBY/GORDON PHILLIPS – The Square & Compass (Shearwater Music SWCD005)
The artists behind this album are somewhat reticent about their identities on the cover of this album but it’s important to give them full credit ...
ELLE OSBORNE – It’s Not Your Gold Shall Me Entice (9th House 9thCD2)
Although this is her third album, until now my only aural encounter with the Sussex-based folkie was her collaboration with James Yorkston, playing fiddle on ...
Simon Mayor celebrates with The Mandolin Albums
25th Anniversary re-release A special 25th anniversary double album reissue of Simon Mayor's first two solo albums: The Mandolin Album (1990) and The Second Mandolin ...
Songs Of Separation – single and new album
Songs Of Separation is a highly significant collaborative recording project which reflects, through song, the issue of "separation" in its many forms. Featuring ten of ...
Ron Pope and The Nighthawks Debut Band Album
Ron Pope & The Nighthawks’ self-titled debut album is out January 8 on his own label Brooklyn Basement Records. The band will celebrate at New ...
PETER GALLWAY Muscle And Bone (Gallway Bay Music GBM 109)
Six months on from musical partner Annie Gallup’s recent solo album, the other half of Hat Check Girl releases his own first collection of new ...
MARRY WATERSON AND DAVID A JAYCOCK Two Wolves (One Little Indian tplp1284cd)
When her brother, Oliver Knight, decided to take a break from music, Marry Waterson found herself with something of a quandary. Not playing any instruments ...
Fay Hield Announces Details of New Album
Following the considerable success of The Full English album and touring band, which she assembled, singer Fay Hield is due to release her 3rd solo ...
Steel Threads Announce Third Album
Steel Threads to release their third album The Rule Of Three on Mon 14th Dec, 2015. Steel Threads are an original band performing their own ...
AMY DUNCAN Undercurrents (Filly Records CD001)
Undercurrents is Amy Duncan’s fifth album. It’s a smooth and accomplished work produced by Calum Malcolm featuring harpist Fiona Rutherford and Sijie Chen, Jane Atkins ...
SHOW OF HANDS The Forum Bath Gig (12th November 2015)
There can be few acts in any genre that would opt to open a concert with a song that their audience had never heard them ...
SKETCH Highland Time (Skye Records SRCDX003)
I know about bagrock and whatever Saor Patrol call their blend of pipes, electric guitar, drums and more drums but techno piping is a new ...
PAUL COWLEY Rural (Lou B Music LBM004)
OK, let me put my hand up and admit that, while I know the basic roots and background and the familiar names, I’m no connoisseur ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS Downtown Compilation (Folkstock FSR 22)
Downtown is a compilation released to coincide with two concerts curated by Folkstock Records at the London Folk & Blues Festival. It’s a limited edition ...
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