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).
DANIEL NESTLERODE – More Than a Little Guitar (Camp 40 Recordings)
Now and again a new singer/songwriter is introduced to you and the force of their talent hits you like a tornado! This happened to me ...
Debi Smith’s ‘Hits & Holidays’ Strike Just the Right Note
On Debi Smith's latest album "Hits & Holidays" the vocalist with the three-octave range–– a member of the much loved U.S. folk group the Four Bitchin' Babes ...
HEIDI TALBOT announces new single Button Up with King Creosote
Button Up, the brand new single from Irish folk singer Heidi Talbot’s latest album ‘Angels Without Wings’, is a beautiful modern day folk song. Co ...
Bellowhead release their new single, ‘Christmas Bells/Jingle Bells’ today
Bellowhead release new single, Christmas Bells/Jingle Bells today. This follows three successful singles from their top 20 album ‘Broadside’ which was released in October 2012 and went ...
John Smith and his third studio album Great Lakes plus the new track Master Kilby
Guitarist and songwriter John Smith has had a busy year on the back of his sparsely beautiful third studio album Great Lakes (released earlier this year). Smith recently headlined a ...
Ashley Hutchings’ Musical Star Shines on ‘By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down and Wept’
The remastered re-release of Ashley Hutchings' By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down and Wept is one of those rare albums that is so beautiful it can ...
Meg Hutchinson Moves Listeners with ‘Beyond That’
One needn't know Meg Hutchinson's background to realize she was a creative writer well before she turned her artistic talents to folk music. One listen ...
Tompkins Square Release ‘Live At Caffè Lena : Music From America’s Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013,’ 3CD Box Set
47 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS from DAVE VAN RONK, SLEEPY JOHN ESTES, KATE McGARRIGLE, RICK DANKO, RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT, TIFT MERRITT . . . Nestled in ...
Liz Simcock – Friday Night Train Home – Letitia (LET 004)
Liz Simcock is a singer/ songwriter from the Southeast who has been performing for the last 14 or so years and Friday Night Train Home ...
Dreadzone release their 7th studio album ‘Escapades’
Dreadzone (known for their unique, dub / folk / electronic / dance album, ‘Second Light’, which featured their debut top 40 hit, ‘Little Britain), released ...
ONE MILE AN HOUR – One Mile An Hour (Snowbird Records)
This debut album by London band One Mile An Hour has a magical quality that deserves the listener’s attention. The opener 'Sunken Ships' starts with ...
ELLIOTT MORRIS: NEW EP – ‘Shadows and Whispers’
Acclaimed singer/songwriter/guitarist Elliott Morris releases his eagerly anticipated ‘Shadows and Whispers’ EP on 2nd December, funded by Help Musicians UK. Elliott won a prestigious Danny ...
WILL POUND…..WILL MAKES THE CUT ….
Recognised as one of the best harmonica players of his generation, 26-year-old Will Pound shows why he is undoubtedly “A Cut Above” with the release of ...
CLOSE TO YOU – Paul Cowley (own label)
The melancholic opener, ‘It’s the Same’, is indicative of what you can expect from this personal journey of Paul Cowley’s. His voice is a blend ...
SHOW OF HANDS UNVEIL RARE “BEHIND THE SCENES” DOUBLE BILL DVD AS THEY SET OFF ON 21ST ANNIVERSARY AUTUMN TOUR
Celebrating a remarkable 21 year partnership, singer songwriter Steve Knightley and multi instrumentalist Phil Beer headed out on the 29-date “Hand in Hand” tour last ...
Introducing the The Show Ponies…
The life of an artist is one that frays the tether to safety and comfort. Yet, it is on this edge of risk that magic ...
SALT HOUSE: Lay Your Dark Low
Label: Make Believe Records Catalogue number: MBR5CD Distribution: Proper Music Distribution & Highlander Distribution Release Date: 11th November 2013 “Lay Your Dark Low” heralds the ...
Breabach: New Album – Ùrlar
After the critically acclaimed “BANN” comes the wonderful Ùrlar, the fourth instalment from current “Scottish Trad Music Award’s Folk Band of the Year”, BREABACH. In ...
PATTY GRIFFIN’S UNRELEASED, SOUGHT-AFTER ALBUM, ‘SILVER BELL,’ FINALLY READY
Recorded in 2000, Griffin’s “Lost” ‘Silver Bell’ Album Features “Top Of The World” and “Truth #2,” Later Covered by Dixie Chicks Recorded at Daniel Lanois’ Kingsway ...
Katie Melua – The Love I’m Frightened Of – New Video and tour details…
‘The Love I’m Frightened Of’ is the 2nd single from Katie Melua’s new album ‘Ketevan’, her 6th studio album in 10 years. Performed at Katie’s ...
MEGSON: L I V E
Stu Hanna (Vocals, Octave Mandola, Banjo, Guitar) & Debbie Hanna (Vocals, Accordion, Whistle) are the husband & wife duo MEGSON. Named after a dead dog and comprising ...
John Lees’ BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST: “North”
The new studio album by John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest “North” was released in October on the Esoteric Antenna label, (part of the Cherry Red Records Group). The ...
Nick Drake – as you’ve never heard him before
Universal Music has just launched a brand new range of ultra-high quality audio releases, titled, High Fidelity Pure Audio, that use Blu-ray technology. Titles, including ...
The Roving Crows – Deliberate Distractions
Is it even possible that Deliberate Distractions, the new album set for release by the Roving Crows, is only the group’s third album? Clearly, the ...
Statue of iconic piper to be erected in Clare
A statue of uilleann piper Willie Clancy, after whom the internationally renowned annual Summer School was named, is to be unveiled on Saturday November 9th, ...
Ashley Hutchings folk rock masterpiece available again
Ashley Hutchings' concept album 'By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down and Wept' has been remastered and will be re-released on 11 November 2013. Widely considered ...
Nick Lowe releases Christmas album ‘Quality Street’
As Lowe assembled his band and began thinking about how to add a new twist to the seasonal songbook, he made one rule. “We tried ...
TOM MORIARTY – Snapshots Of Reality – Driftwood Records
It’s been a while since Tom Moriarty’s debut album, Fire In The Doll’s House, but we are promised its successor in the spring. In the ...
BROOKS WILLIAMS – NEW EVERYTHING
NEW EVERYTHING is the highly anticipated new release from roots singer-songwriter and guitarist Brooks Williams. Audience favourites long before its release, the songs on NEW ...
PHILLIP HENRY & HANNAH MARTIN – MYND
Phillip and Hannah released their new album, MYND on September 2nd 2013 When it comes to a distinctive sound, exceptional duo Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin are in ...
Fabian Holland – debut album
The self titled debut album from Fabian Holland was released on Rooksmere Records on 7 October following the release of the single ‘Home’ on 26 August ...
Folk Legend Nick Burbridge Releases McDermotts 2 Hours Best Of Album
Nick Burbridge, the mastermind behind legendary Brighton-based folk-punk-poetry pioneers McDermott's 2 Hours has announced an extensive partnership with the Levellers and their "On The Fiddle Recordings". In celebration of ...
BLACKBEARD’S TEA PARTY – New Album
Blackbeard's Tea Party have been playing together since the summer of 2009. They began as a busking, function and ceilidh band, but quickly gained a ...
Judy Dyble – Flow and Change
There are certain people who are born artists. Take Judy Dyble. The release of her fifth solo album, Flow and Change, marks her return to ...
DANIEL BACHMAN – Jesus I’m A Sinner
'Jesus I'm a Sinner' is the 4th album by Daniel Bachman, the follow up to last year's acclaimed 'Seven Pines'. It was recorded in Rappahannock ...
Martin Barre – Away With Words
Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre released his fourth solo album AWAY WITH WORDS, through RSK’s new label, Edifying Records on 30th September. The record features new arrangements ...
Capercaillie’s 30th anniversary album At the Heart of It All
At the Heart of It All, Capercaillie’s brand-new 30th anniversary album, revisits and reinvigorates songs sourced from a wealth of centuries old Hebridean folk songs ...
How music helps BBC award-winning multi-instrumentalist TIM EDEY face his daily demons…..
When Tim Edey walked away from Manchester’s The Lowry stage with the coveted BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Musician of the Year gong last year, few knew of the flip side of ...
Reaching for a state of mind: Dan Whitehouse
Birmingham based musician Dan Whitehouse’s second album “Reaching for a state of mind” covers a gamut of emotions in his self penned lyrics, on a ...
Rusty Shackle release THE BONES
THE BONES is the new studio release from Rusty Shackle. The album symbolises their outlook towards song-writing and recording as a band. They have consciously ...
North Atlantic Trio: Some Part of Something
How’s this for a combination? Take a North American harp maestro, pitch her against a Scottish Bluegrass dobro aficionado and mix in an Irish percussive ...
Texas Troubadour Darden Smith’s Love Calling Now Available
Singer-songwriter Darden Smith earned his stripes in the in the early days of Americana, building devoted audiences on the Austin circuit in the 80s. Since ...
Lucy Ward releases 2nd album Single Flame
Something’s change, some remain the same. For her much-anticipated second album (the follow up to the 2011 début Adelphi Has To Fly), the 23-year old singer, ...
Fairport Convention Rising For The Moon: Deluxe Two-Disc Edition UMC/Island August 26th 2013
Folking has just had word of the new deluxe edition of Fairport Convention’s fabulous 1975 recording, Rising For The Moon, an album that marked the ...
SOLD OUT 49th CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL HAILED AS HUGE SUCCESS
The 49th Cambridge Folk Festival ended in rousing style on Sunday night in what organisers Cambridge City Council have hailed as a 'bumper year'. The ...
Travel in the Shadows, by San Francisco Bay-Area folk duo Noctambule
Travel in the Shadows Down the darkened street market carts are creeping Horse with wary feet, red-faced driver sleeping… Charing women wait, cafés drop down ...
Folking at Cambridge Folk Festival 2013 – Day 3
Those following this blog will know that it would not be complete without an early morning campsite folking shower report - although those on-site would ...
Folking at Cambridge Folk Festival 2013 – Day 2
Blimey, its 6.00am and I'm in the shower... what the folking heck is going on. It's not what your thinking... unless you are talking about ...
Folking at Cambridge Folk Festival 2013 – Day 1
A folking brilliant start to a truly stellar line-up at this year's Cambridge Folk Festival. Now in its 49th Year, it remains a cornerstone event ...
Debut LP From Acclaimed Aussie Folk/Americana Band Buffalo Tales
With a ragged, soaring voice recalling Bon Iver, coupled with the rambling spirit and storytelling of Woody Guthrie, Buffalo Tales' Wes Carr has a keen ...
Folking Interview with Simon Nicol
Excitement is building to fever pitch as Fairport gear up to celebrate their 46 anniversary at this years “Cropredy Convention”. With this in mind, we ...
Darlingford, from Cara Luft
As a Juno Award winner and co-founder of popular Canadian roots band the Wailin’ Jennys, Luft’s folk credentials are beyond question. Nevertheless, she brings something fresh and new ...
NICK DRAKE Five Leaves Left
Poverty stricken students of 1968 rolled their own – not for them the cigarette temptations of a pack of 10 Embassy, no, their tobacco thrills ...
Introducing… Tracey Browne
Everyone is Ordinary, an album invoking comparison to a host of singer-songwriters including…A British Joan Osborne perhaps, a 21st century Kirsty MacColl, a folkier Sarah McLachlan, ...
John Martyn – The Island Years
We've just heard that Universal Music have announced the definitive John Martyn box set covering his classic years with Island Records and that the scheduled release ...
The Cousins Project – Beautiful Blood
Steve Mayone and Kristina Stykos are second cousins, but they didn't know that until a few years ago. They lived parallel lives: songwriters, producers, independent ...
SLAID CLEAVES – STILL FIGHTING THE WAR
Slaid Cleaves has a novelist’s eye and a poet’s heart. Twenty years into his career, the celebrated songwriter's new release Still Fighting the War shows an artist ...
Emily Barker announces fourth studio album ‘Dear River’
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo are set to take to the road on their biggest ever UK tour including Shepherds Bush Empire in ...
Lady Maisery release new album MAYDAY
This week sees the release of MAYDAY, the bold and highly anticipated new album from Lady Maisery. Lady Maisery burst onto the folk scene in ...
Keston Cobblers’ Club release new single ‘Beam’
The distinctive sound that makes Keston Cobblers’ Club so unique comes from a desire to create contemporary, catchy music fused with the wholesome grittiness of traditional ...
DUCIE – Mancunia
Opening with a splendidly crisp “Dr Gilberts” which I haven’t heard since the days of Five Hand Reel, the quartet of Andy Dinan (fiddle), Ian ...
Thea Gilmore announces new single, ‘Love Came Looking For Me’
Critically acclaimed songwriter Thea Gilmore has now released her new studio album Regardless, to celebrate its release folking is giving you a chance to take a listen to ...
MERRY HELL to release Head Full Of Magic, Shoes Full Of Rain
We're very excited at folking as we have just got our hands on the new Merry Hell "Head Full Of Magic, Shoes Full Of Rain" album which ...
The Comeback Album : Eric Brace and Peter Cooper
The Comeback Album is the third offering from these Nashville musicians/ band leader/ producer/ journalist/ songwriters! The comeback just refers to a revisiting the studios ...
The Levellers release charity single for War Child
Brighton folk-rockers Levellers released a five track anti-war EP in May featuring a new recording, with special guests, of ‘The Recruiting Sergeant’. The original version, ...
New John Reischman Bluegrass Mandolin Album
Walk Along John is John Reischman’s first solo instrumental album in thirteen years, and it’s a triumphant return to form. It’s also a celebration of his seminal influence ...
ANNLAUG BORSHEIM and RANNVEIG DJONNE – Toras Dans
Well, what do you know an album of which I can’t understand a word lyrically…or, more importantly need to. OK, so if this was being ...
The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions: Faustus
Faustus performing live for the Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2 featuring songs from their new album Broken Down Gentlemen. These three ...
Folking welcomes in the May with Gjallarhorn’s Suvetar
Gjallarhorn's Suvetar is my cinematic backdrop to Welcoming in the May and I felt the need to share it again with you. I love the light and dark imagery ...
The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions: Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention bring you music taken from their incredible live session for BBC Radio 2’s Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe – this is ‘The Mark ...
Jethro Tull – Around The World Live – 4 DVD Release
This superb set pulls together material from Jethro Tull concerts across their career and filmed at some of their many stopovers around the globe. It ...
FAUSTUS – The Guildhall, Leicester 26th April 2013
The historic Guildhall in Leicester, currently next door to the highly prominent Richard III museum, played host to folk trio Faustus on Friday 26th April. ...
UK debut album by AlascA
On their debut UK release ACTORS & LIARS, AlascA play eleven tales and songs that have the tendency of lodging themselves in the old grey ...
Jimmy Brewer – AS TIME STANDS STILL
Jimmy Brewer is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and not your typical acoustic troubadour. Jimmy Brewer has the power to silence a room with little more ...
FAUSTUS – Broken Down Gentlemen
My mum had a turn of phrase for the opening track of the latest Faustus album and that was ‘rumpy-pumpy’. Although some may see this ...
JERRY DOUGLAS – Traveler
When you’ve got a little black book loaded with contacts you use them don’t you? And in the case of dobro maestro Jerry Douglas that’s ...
Gren Bartley – Winter Fires
Another beautifully crafted album from West Country festival favourite Gren Bartley. Based on the loose theme of Winter fires - physical and emotional landscapes before ...
RICHIE HAVENS – IN MEMORIAM
(JANUARY 21st 1941 – APRIL 22nd 2013) It is with great sadness that folking report that the great RICHIE HAVENS, forever known as the man who opened ...
Counting Crows release new live album
UK fans have had to wait four years to see Counting Crows on stage again, but they’ll hardly be complaining in 2013: to coincide with ...
Sam Amidon releases Bright Sunny South on May 13 2013
To coincide with the release of his Nonesuch Records debut, Sam Amidon will play a show at Bush Hall in London on May 23. Nonesuch ...
As If by Norris-Brown
When you listen to As If, the lush EP by Norris-Brown, think of a shooting star. The beauty of the four songs on the EP ...
The Grand Slambovians free eight song sampler on Noisetrade
The Grand Slambovians have put together an eight-song sampler for exclusive release on Noisetrade. It includes three tracks from their most recent studio album, 'The Grand ...
AMY DUNCAN – Cycles Of Life Linn AKD 437
Amy Duncan’s new album opens, and indeed closes, with unshakeable optimism, which is unusual and very welcome these days. The title song is about moving ...
Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby release Real World
It’s interesting how all of us keep people in certain slots, no matter how we deny it. Consider Brian Willoughby, best known for his work ...
BATTLEFIELD BAND – Room Enough For All Temple Records COMD2106
Battlefield Band never stand still. They’re a forty year old institution but their line-up is fluid – players come, players go and sometimes return. The ...
SINÉAD O’CONNOR re-issue of Sean-Nos Nua due 8th April 2013
April 2013 will see the UK & Ireland re-issue of Sean-Nos Nua, first released in 2000 selling more than 200,000 copies worldwide. Literally translating as ...
Red Shoes new album release
Carolyn and Mark Evans who go under the name Red Shoes, had their initial meeting with legendary bass player Dave Pegg of Fairport Convention/Jethro Tull in 2008, ...
Adrian Edmondson announces return of The Bad Shepherds
ADE EDMONDSON TROY DONOCKLEY ANDY DINAN The Bad Shepherds announce new album and UK Tour, "Mud, Blood & Beer" After an extended hiatus during 2012, ADRIAN ...
Ruarri Joseph releases his new album, ‘Brother’ tomorrow
Ruarri Joseph releases his new album ‘Brother’ tomorrow through Warner Label Services. The record, Ruarri’s fourth studio album to date, was preceded by the release of a new single ...
Owen Tromans: “For Haden” EP
Owen Tromans grew up in The Black Country and led John Peel favourites San Lorenzo before pursuing a solo career that has seen him release ...
New Manx trio Barrule release fundraising download from new album to help devastated Isle of Man farming community
New Manx trio Barrule have today released a download single of a song from their forthcoming debut album -- to raise funds to help Isle of Man ...
New release from The John Langan Band…
The John Langan Band formed in Glasgow in 2008 after John had spent years travelling the globe gathering and writing songs, honing his performance on ...
Broken Conversations: The Hard Ground
Broken Conversations is the impressive debut album of Cork based band The Hard Ground. Fronted by vocalists Marlene Enright and Pat Carey, who share songwriting ...
LUMIERE – My Dearest Dear (IRL Records IRL075)
The art of successfully bringing ‘folk’ music to a wider audience has been surmounted before by the likes of Steeleye, Fairport and The Corrs and ...
Paper Aeroplanes set to release Little Letters on Navigator Records
‘Little Letters’, released on May 13th, is the third album by Paper Aeroplanes. The Welsh duo - Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn - have been ...
TIM EDEY TO RELEASE SOLO GUITAR ALBUM – with special Scottish guest musician Patsy Reid
Tim Edey has announced that he will be releasing a solo album of guitar music this August, augmented by a string quartet led by popular Scottish fiddler Patsy Reid (you may ...
Annie Keating releases new album For Keeps
New-York singer/songwriter Annie Keating's fifth album, For Keeps is indeed a keeper. Beautifully crafted songs combined with musical hooks and punches knock the listener in the chest, making this ...
PHILLIP HENRY and HANNAH MARTIN RELEASE NEW ALBUM MYND
Fast-rising Devon musicians and singer songwriters Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin (who recently clinched the Best Duo title in the recent 2013 Spiral Awards) are now out on tour. The Exeter ...
Two very exciting pieces of Nick Drake news…
The first, is that WAY TO BLUE – THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE is released on Navigator Records, April 15, 2013. The concet features Teddy Thompson, ...
ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL RELEASES NEW VIDEO "WINTER SONG" FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘MEMORY LANE’
Memory Lane (released on June 3, 2013) is the latest album to showcase the visionary folk of Norwegian songstress Anne Marie Almedal. "Memory Lane" is a sweeping ...
CELTICA PIPES ROCK – Rising and Oceans Of Fire (Stringdependent Records)
It’s great to see the mighty Highland pipes take centre stage once again and for those of us that were brought up on bands like Alba, The ...
BLUES TRAVELER – SUZIE CRACKS the WHIP
Blues Travelers loose bluesy sound can’t always give away their Canadian origins, but I believe they have managed to reflect the themes of a continent ...
Folking previews Union Jill’s new album ‘Repectable Rebellion’
Yorkshire’s acoustic duo, Union Jill (Sharon Winfield and Helen Turner) release their new album Respectable Rebellion, on May 11, 2013. Union Jill’s songs combine strong ...
BROOM BEZZUMS – Wine From A Mug and Winterman (Steeplejack Music SJCD 012 and 015)
Blissful (!) is the first word that comes to mind when reviewing anything by Andrew Cadie (vocals, fiddle, guitar, Northumbrian pipes, percussion and viola) and ...
ARTO JÄRVELÄ & KAIVAMA
I hadn’t realised that there was a Finnish community in the USA but it should have been obvious. They came to the Great Lakes area ...
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED release Dance Through The Storm
Three years in the making, the second full-length studio album by Berkshire five-piece All Things Considered is again a well produced record of singular acoustic ...
Bellowhead reveal video for new single ‘Roll The Woodpile Down’
Fresh from their victory as winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Album, 11-piece folk super-group Bellowhead reveal their new video for their already ...
TYDE set to release The Hidden Spoon on Mrs Casey Records 1 April 2013
Acclaimed folk trio Tyde release their much anticipated second album, The Hidden Spoon, on pre-release now via Mrs Casey Music and the bands’ website, and available ...
LADY MAISERY RELEASE CHARITY SINGLE TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2013
This March, BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominated band Lady Maisery are releasing a charity download single to celebrate International Women’s Day 2013. The trio ...
Annabelle Chvostek Ensemble – Rise
Rise, is a rousing celebration of recent grassroots uprisings in Canada and around the world – complete with casseroles, a “peoples’ chorus” and a cover ...
Lindi Ortega brings Cigarettes and Truckstops to Europe
The first time I spoke to Lindi Ortega, she was calling from her kitchen, having just finished washing some dishes. She was ready to talk ...
JACKIE OATES – Lullabies (ECC Records ECC009)
Covertly perhaps the ‘folk music’ world has taken out shares in Mothercare but then again, maybe it’s just had a case of the ‘January Blues’ ...
ROSE’S PAWN SHOP set to release DANCING ON THE GALLOWS
Singer-songwriter Paul Givant grew up on the disparate array of popular musical styles any late 20th century kid did. And in that mishmash of rock, punk, country, ...
Joe Tilston releases his new album Embers on Fellside
After years on the punk scene as Random Hand's bassist, Joe Tilston, son of UK folk royalty Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle, has returned to his family roots for a bit of ...
MARTIN HARLEY – Mojo Fix – 60/20 Records 7 21762 97054 6
Martin Harley plays guitar. All sorts of guitar: acoustic, lap slide, Weissenborn, you name it. He also plays harmonica and stylophone but a man’s got ...
BRASS MONKEY – 30th Anniversary Celebration: The Best Of Live (Park Records PRKCD125)
I just knew from the moment the little silver disk(s) arrived on my doormat that here indeed was ‘folk’ celebrity worth celebrating. The glorious noise ...
Acclaimed Californian folk singer-songwriter Rita Hosking releases her new mini-album ‘Little Boat’
Little Boat is Rita Hosking’s beautiful and insightful collection of seven new, all original songs, in the country-folk, Americana tradition and was recorded in November 2012 over four ...
Topic Records announce The Great Big Digital Archive Project 2013
The Great Big Digital Archive Project - 2013 "Going Forward With Our Past" From January 2013, the venerable and redoubtable Topic Records (now 74 years ...
Klak Tik reveal new single – Reborn
To follow their (9/10 NME rated) debut album ‘Must We Find A Winner’ Klak Tik (comprised of Søren Bonke, Matthew Mitchinson & Jonathan Beyer), escaped ...
Birds of Chicago (JT Nero & Allison Russell) debut self-titled album is now released…
Birds of Chicago, a collective based around the collaboration between JT Nero (JT and the Clouds) and Allison Russell (Po' Girl), released their self-titled debut album on January 28 ...
THE DUBLINERS – 50 Years (Irish Music Licensing IMEXCD0150)
Throughout my learning curve on the ‘folk’ scene one of the constants has been Irish band The Dubliners. Now into their 50th year and no name ...
ROBERT VINCENT – Life In Easy Steps – DB Industries DBICD5
Robert Vincent’s debut album comes lavishly packed in a hardback booklet with a bonus disc if you get in quick. The Merseyside-born singer-songwriter has a ...
CHRIS WHILE AND JULIE MATTHEWS – Infinite Sky Fat Cat FATCD027
Chris While and Julie Matthews have been making music together for twenty years now, first with The Albion Band and currently with St Agnes Fountain ...
RICHARD TRETHEWEY – DIG WHERE YOU STAND
Richard’s superb debut album is making a noise in the right places! Recently released and already having extremely positive comments. As Richard explains in his ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Folk Awards 2013 (Proper Music Properfolk14)
Glorious…there’s no other word to describe it. Opening with every folk fans favourite band of ragamuffins Bellowhead and “Roll The Woodpile Down” this 3 CD ...
Larkin Poe and Thom Hell – THE SOUND OF THE OCEAN SOUND
Having toured internationally as The Lovell Sisters between 2005 and 2010, including performances at the Grand Ole Opry, Telluride and numerous other top venues and ...
IAIN MORRISON – To The Horizon, Sir (Peatfire Records peatfire005)
Not since the first time I heard the distinctive vocal of October Project’s Mary Fahl singing “Return To Me” have I come across a vocalist ...
Sam Sallon – Kathy’s Song video released
Kathy's Song (EP) was released through AWAL on indie imprint Indigo-Octagon yesterday. The EP has received great reviews from Hitsheet, MusicWeek and Classic Rock Society ...
Nicole Maguire – WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN
Nicole Maguire has been determined to sing since childhood, she’s been writing songs since she was 12 and at just 15 was gigging, playing opening ...
Kate Rusby releases New Album ‘20’ to Mark 20 Years of Music Making
FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH THE CREAM OF ROCK, FOLK & BLUEGRASS ARTISTS INCLUDING PAUL WELLER, RICHARD THOMPSON, NIC JONES, DICK GAUGHAN, PHIL SELWAY, MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER, ...
PAUL CARRACK – Good Feeling (Carrack-UK PCARCD21)
As Foghorn Leghorn might say…”How long, n-n-now I said how long has this been going on?” Well, about forty years according to his illustrious recording ...
Mary Dillon releases debut album ‘North’ on 4th February
Irish folk singer Mary Dillon will release her first full length solo album, North, next month after a prolonged hiatus from the music scene. Formerly ...
DAISY CHAPMAN – Shameless Winter – Songs And Whispers SW17/Folkwit Records f0090
Sometimes I really don’t know where to start, other than to advise you to listen to this album as soon as you can. Shameless Winter ...
MIKE SILVER – JACK DANCES –FRCD 0112
You know it is going to be a little gem the minute singer/songwriter Mike Silver releases a new album and his latest - Jack Dances ...
MATHEU WATSON – Dunrobin Place (Seer Records SEE002)
I really enjoyed Matheu Watson’s first album and wondered what he’d do to follow it. The answer is: wait three years, travel, play a lot ...
Irish Songstress Heidi Talbot Announces Angels Without Wings
Irish Songstress Heidi Talbot Announces Angels Without Wings Former Cherish The Ladies Vocalist’s New Release Features Collaborations with Mark Knopfler, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien and ...
BROOM BEZZUMS – Winterman (Steeplejack Music SJCD019)
Mark Bloomer and Andrew Cadie are Broom Bezzums, a duo regularly augmented by Katie Doherty’s vocals. In fact the opening track here, ‘Salt Sea And ...
Review of Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, James Yorkston and The Carrivick Sisters concert in aid of charity for musicians
AN EVENING WITH MARTIN CARTHY AND DAVE SWARBRICK, JAMES YORKSTON AND THE CARRIVICK SISTERS AT THE CECIL SHARPE HOUSE REGENT’S PARK LONDON ON 18th DECEMBER ...
MADDY PRIOR and THE CARNIVAL BAND – A Christmas Caper PARK RECORDS PRKCD124
Nicely in time for Christmas comes this best of set spanning fifteen years and seven albums in the career of Maddy Prior & The Carnival ...
Live Review – CC SMUGGLERS – 12 Bar Club, London 29 November 2012
If you think of Mumford & Sons as The Beatles then CC Smugglers are The Rolling Stones. They both inhabit the same folk/ blues/ country/ ...
Meet on the Ledge Release Long Shadows
It’s been a 10-year gap between recordings but fans of the folk veterans Meet on the Ledge will rejoice when they listen to the just-released ...
Paul Johnson interviews Jon Boden from Bellowhead at the Broadside Album Launch…
On the 17th of October, Paul Johnson caught up with Jon Boden (from Bellowhead) at the Broadside album launch party in the aptly named "Water Rats" hostelry in old London town ...
Folking Feature for Police Dog Hogan From The Land Of Miracles
Police Dog Hogan are a high-energy seven-piece (including fiddle, banjo, mandolin, drums and guitars) that fuses country-folk to a pop sensibility. The band is rapidly building ...
KATHRYN TICKELL – Northumbrian Voices (Park Records PRKCD121)
There can be nobody prouder than a father and raconteur (Mike Tickell) witnessing his daughter entertaining an audience from centre stage and in this case ...
Beth Nielsen Chapman ‘The Mighty Sky’ A collection of songs about astronomy for children of all ages!
Working with Astronomy enthusiast/songwriter Rocky Alvey and her longtime hit songwriting partner Annie Roboff, Beth Nielsen Chapman releases an adventurous new project; "The Mighty Sky", ...
BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST – STOCKING FILLERS (Unearthed Records EARTHOL003)
You can always guarantee quality from Paul Sartin (oboe/cor angais/violin and voice) and Paul Hutchinson (accordion). Like a paired-back acoustic version of the Albion Country ...
THE DEMON BARBERS – The Lock-In (Safecracker Pictures DVD SP059)
Having witnessed the ‘Celtic’ hit Riverdance on its opening night in London in 1995 and being absolutely blown-away (as was the sold-out audience) by the ...
GLENCRAIG SCOTTISH DANCE BAND Latest Album Reviewed
Strictly Ah’m Dancin’! (perhaps a cheeky reference to Bruce…and I don’t mean ‘Robert The’) or so it would appear according to the cover of this ...
JIMMY LEE and THE EDGE OF CHAOS ORCHESTRA – The Runaway
If you are into a good chorus then I suggest you check out the latest release from Jimmy Lee and his band of musicians. I ...
Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around
Darryl Purpose is clearly the second coming of James Taylor and Tom Rush. As someone who cut her musical teeth on those and other masters ...
Paul Johnson interviews GARRY BLAKELEY’S during THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR’ tour
LIVE SHOW DELIGHTS ON ONE WET AND WINDY NIGHT IN RYE IN SUSSEX! If Garry Blakeley ever had to bullet point and compile a CV ...
FOLKLAW – The Tales That They Tell (Own Label)
After releasing his debut album, Nation’s Pride, under the name Folklaw, Nick Gibbs has now put together a full band to go with that name ...
LINDA BANDELIER and DAVID CAMPBELL – Ae Fond Kiss (No Label)
Now, I really like this album but where to place it categorically I’m not sure. It could be classified under ‘storytelling’ with the main thrust ...
MAEVE MACKINNON – Once Upon An Olive Branch (MM02)
It must be a difficult decision for any performer…in this case by Maeve MacKinnon…to relinquish control of their latest recording to the skills of a ...
JOHN WORT HANNAM – Brambles And Thorns (Borealis Records BCD219)
Getting all of the “Great Lakes” to scan lyrically must have taken some doing but John Wort Hannam proves up to the challenge and displays ...
St. Agnes Fountain The Twelve Years of Christmas Reviewed!
I’ll just admit it; I’m jealous of those that can celebrate the holiday season with St. Agnes Fountain’s live and newly recorded music “The Twelve ...
Matraca Berg – Love’s Truck Stop
Matraca Berg didn’t set out to write five #1 hits in a single calendar year… to be nominated for Grammys in each of the past ...
Free Stream of Blacksmith’s Prayer form SETH LAKEMAN LIVE WITH THE BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
In March 2012, folk-inspired, multiaward winning singer-songwriter Seth Lakeman played with the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra at Plymouth Pavilions in Devon. Seth will release a five ...
CALUM STEWART and LAUREN MacCOLL NEW ALBUM Wooden Flute and Fiddle
Calum Stewart (wooden flute) and Lauren MacColl (fiddle & viola) are two young musicians, at the top of their game. Calum, formerly of Manran, is at the forefront ...
THE UKULELES – The Ukuleles (DMGTV047)
Logan Wilson & Martha Paton are The Ukuleles. Perhaps something in the title will give you a hint (and it isn’t the word ‘The’) as ...
GREEN DIESEL – Now Is The Time (Own Label)
Perhaps it’s the late 60’s, Fairport styled introduction that appeals to me on Green Diesel’s take on Steve Ashley’s “Fire And Wine” complete with obligatory ...
OCCASIONALS – Birling (Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX371)
For those looking to extend their repertoire of ceilidh dance tunes you could do no better than purchase this ebullient collection by one of Scotland’s leading ...
Levellers release Mutiny video
Levellers have just released the latest instalment of their project to record a video for every track from their recently released album, Static On The Airwaves ...
RICHARD THOMPSON – ELECTRIC
Declared by Rolling Stone as one of the Top 20 Guitarists Of All Time and considered one of the UK’s most outstanding songwriters, musician Richard Thompson ...
THE YOUNG ’UNS – When Our Grandfathers Said No (Navigator NAVIGATOR075)
The Young ’Uns are probably the most entertaining group I’ve heard in a folk club in a long while. This is not just because of ...
Ray Cooper aka Chopper is leaving Oysterband…
We have just had word that Ray Cooper, also known as Chopper, is leaving Oysterband to pursue a career as a solo singer-songwriter. Ray says; " After ...
RÉALTA – Open The Door For Three (Réalta Music ADC 001)
It’s rare to find an album of traditional Irish music opening with a disturbingly modern sounding guitar figure before sliding into the first tune but ...
Live Review – Martyn Joseph supported by Luke Jackson, Rugby Roots 3rd November 2012…
A captivating night all round at Martyns 10th visit to Rugby Roots at the Lawrence Sheriff School on his tour to promote his new album Songs For ...
JIM MORAY – folking live concert review…
JIM MORAY, Black Peak: Folking Live at Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell – October 24th 2012. Reviewed by Colin Bailey. It was the first time ...
SKILDA – Skyewalker (Celluloid 006628)
Now Luke here (sorry about that…couldn’t resist it), with the title Skyewalker used for their latest CD release you’d expect something a bit new-age-ish from ...
HARVEY ANDREWS – Writer Of Songs (HASKA:CD:003)
The nice thing about writing reviews in 2012 is that time is irrelevant. By that I mean I can write a review of an album ...
Paul Johnsons folking interview with Ioscaid from Cropredy 2012
Ioscaid is group of young lads from counties Down, Armagh, and Derry who came together in late 2009 as a band to enter the Siansa Gael ...
Tim Carter, presenter of ‘Off the Beaten Track’ reviews Show of Hands live
Show of Hands at Yeovil Octagon Theatre Saturday 27th October, 2012 Amongst the many acts that populate the current and seemingly ever-expanding British folk scene, ...
Seth Lakeman Band live review plus new EP: live with the BBC Concert Orchestra
Seth Lakeman Band Ipswich Corn Exchange Sunday 21st October 2012. A top-class night at the very nicely refurbished Ipswich Corn Exchange. After watching Seth grow ...
New single from the Moulettes, UCA’s DANCE out on Bonfire Night
The fiery neo-folk-rocker, Uca’s Dance is the second single from the Moulettes’ critically acclaimed album, ‘The Bear’s Revenge’. The band welcomed back ex-Moulette, Ted Dwane, ...
Coty Hogue – When We Get to Shore
It’s exceedingly difficult to create a great live album, but with When We Get to Shore, Northwest US songwriter and folk singer Coty Hogue seems to have succeeded ...
folking takes a look at Talking To The Operator by Mad Staring Eyes
Mad Staring Eyes are a 6-piece band from North London. Their line up includes pedal steel and flute and revolves around a core that has ...
MCGOLDRICK MCCUSKER DOYLE – Live (Vertical Records)
Like your draw dropping open when you first saw Mo Farah or Usane Bolt at the Olympics you know you are witnessing something special given ...
SHARON SHANNON and THE RTE CONCERT ORCHESTRA – Flying Circus (CACD2415)
Following her own yellow brick road (judging by her choice of footwear) Sharon Shannon has chosen yet another…how shall we say ‘obscure’ bedfellow in utilising ...
SESSION A9 – Session A9 (RAJ Records 005)
Featuring four world class fiddle players; Charlie McKerron, Gordon Gunn, Adam Sutherland and Kevin Henderson plus, for good measure Marc Clement (guitar), Brian McAlpine (piano ...
Mystic Pinball – JOHN HIATT
JOHN HIATT, one of America’s foremost singer-songwriters, has made a swift return to the recording fray by way of a brand new album, entitled MYSTIC PINBALL MYSTIC PINBALL comprises ...
Martyn Joseph – Songs For The Coming Home – reviewed by Trish Roberts
After 30 plus years of making music you would be forgiven for thinking an artist would plateau at some point, happy to remain within familiar ...
Luke Jackson – More Than Boys is reviewed by Trish Roberts…
The first word that came to me when I listened to this initially was ‘Classy’ . It is difficult to talk about the exceptional song ...
SAM CARTER – The No Testament (Cap 003)
In 2010 Sam Carter was on the ‘folk’ scene radar with his debut album and a name to watch out for. Since then he’s been ...
GEORGE STEVENS – A Toad In The Hand – GPJ Records GBN7M1100001-12
George Stevens is a maker of bespoke musical instruments by profession and a maker of music by instinct and inclination. His debut EP, 3 Tunes, ...
Dylan Mondegreen – Dylan Mondegreen FOLKWIT RECORDS F0087
It isn't his real name, of course, but it caught my attention and I bet it caught yours, too. Børge Sildnes is Norwegian, although you wouldn't know it from ...
WE BANJO 3 – Roots Of The Banjo Tree
WOW (followed by as many exclamation marks as it’s possible to give!) this album gets a resounding ten out of ten and then some. I ...
JOYCE THE LIBRARIAN – They May Put Land Between Us (FOLKWIT RECORDS f0083)
Joyce The Librarian are as enigmatic as their music. They would seem to be a quartet from Bristol led by singer-songwriter Martin Callingham. That said ...
Electric Eden now out on Universal Music…
Presenting the soundtrack to Rob Young’s ground-breaking survey of music making in the British Isles. Universal Music Catalogue has now released Electric Eden, a new compilation, hand-picked ...
Martha Tilston to release Machines of Love and Grace and new single ‘Stags Bellow’ plus UK live dates…
Martha Tilston will release her new album Machines of Love and Grace on October 22. The new album will be accompanied by the single ‘Stags Bellow’, and a headline UK tour, including London’s ...
SHOW OF HANDS – Wake The Union (Hands On Music HMCD36)
Steve Knightley and Phil Beer (with long time collaborator Miranda Sykes) certainly know how to stir things up opening with a powerful song of bitter ...
GARRY and ROSE BLAKELEY – The Wheel Of The Year new album
It’s amazing what you can achieve at home these days and also where it literally becomes a ‘cottage’ industry. This couldn’t be more true than ...
Chris Helme The Rookery now released
Chris Helme, who first rose to prominence as the front man of John Squire’s post-Stone Roses band ‘The Seahorses’ has now released his brand new solo album ...
Ben Glover’s New Album – Do We Burn The Boats is now out…
Recorded in the heart of Nashville, the album was produced by Neilson Hubbard (Kim Richey, Glen Phillips, Garrison Starr) and features a track (Rampart Street) co ...
Introducing Dodson and Fogg – Folk singer songwriter psychedelia
Folk singer songwriter psychedelia makes a welcome return in the form of Dodson and Fogg and Fogg, a new project led by songwriter Chris Wade. The ...
Colin Bailey reviews THE 1971 PROJECT gig at Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames 28.9.2012
Fittingly billed by the venue as The American Songbook 1971, this was an evening of new interpretations of songs from four classic singer-songwriter albums produced ...
Mary Gauthier – LIVE AT BLUE ROCK
After twelve years of relentlessly touring the world with her acoustic guitar and harmonica, singing on stages large, small and in between, Mary Gauthier is ...
Pete Fyfe reviews ALEXANDER WOLFE – Skeletons (Dharma Records DHARMACD15)
I used to play at the New Cross Inn, London years ago and was somewhat intimidated by the dowdy interior of the venue…just thought you’d ...
Sandy Denny – The Notes and The Music – A Collection of Demos and Rarities
Sandy Denny was one of the UK’s finest singers. She was voted Melody Maker’s greatest female singer for 2 years in a row in 1970 and ...
Dai Jeffries reviews GALLEY BEGGAR’s latest release…
There have been major line-up changes since Galley Beggar released their debut album, Reformation House, a couple of years ago. Gone are lead vocalist Frances ...
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