Wave – Zoe Cure.
One for autumn evenings sitting by the fire with a glass of red wine. 'Wave' delivers whispered intimacy over minimal arrangements, chiefly Cure and her guitar though there are others involved, what they contribute is breathy or drifting, gliding key fills on 'Spring...
Tier One tickets for Cambridge Folk Festival Weekend on Sale Today
TIER ONE TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER FOR CHERRY HINTON HALL WEEKEND FRIDAY 30 JULY – SUNDAY 1 AUGUST 2027 Tier One tickets for Cambridge Folk Festival weekend at Cherry Hinton Hall will go on sale today, Friday 2 October. With the exciting news that Friday...
Wet, Wet, Wet.
With many festivals cutting back, taking time out to re-establish in a new format or in some cases packing up altogether, Shrewsbury Folk Festival grows a pace with a bill as wide as a desert horizon, comfortable in its identity and Show Ground home. The only...
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Tier One tickets for Cambridge Folk Festival Weekend on Sale Today
TIER ONE TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER FOR CHERRY HINTON HALL WEEKEND FRIDAY 30 JULY – SUNDAY 1 AUGUST 2027 Tier One tickets for Cambridge Folk Festival weekend at Cherry Hinton Hall will go on sale today, Friday 2 October. With the exciting news that Friday night has been added to the line-up, next year's event will be a 3-day weekend,...
Blair Dunlop announces new album Release
Blair Dunlop What Still Survives New album released on 30th October 2026 Award-winning singer-songwriter Blair Dunlop will release his sixth studio album, What Still Survives, on 30 October 2026 via Navigator Records. Produced by acclaimed producer Ian...
Ranagri Announce New Album and Tour Dates
New album out November 20th exploring themes of migration, identity, belonging and the enduring search for the meaning of home Ranagri (pronounced Ran - ag – rye) takes its name from a stretch of farmland in County Carlow, Ireland, that has been in lead vocalist and...
Folk ‘Supergroup’ Spell Songs release 3rd studio album.
“This album is a tremendous and powerful thing…singing bright and fierce right into our contemporary moment” Robert Macfarlane Commissioned by Folk by the Oak Festival, co-released and produced by Hudson Records, supported by Creative Scotland and blessed with...
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RICHARD THOMPSON ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘HIPPIES, THUGS AND HEROES’
Richard Thompson will release his 20th Studio Album, Hippies, Thugs and Heroes on October 16, 2026 via New West Records. The 12-track set was produced by Thompson and James Frazee and recorded in Weehawken, New Jersey. It follows his acclaimed Ship to Shore, which...
Eliza Carthy & The Restitution to release new album ‘Frenemies’
"Dismissed by your mates, and ignored by loving spouse? Are you slave to many goblins, and can't escape the house?"Welcome to Frenemies, the new original album fromEliza Carthy and the Restitution Eliza Carthy MBE has been the multi award-winning irreverent,...
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Wet, Wet, Wet.
With many festivals cutting back, taking time out to re-establish in a new format or in some cases packing up altogether, Shrewsbury Folk Festival grows a pace with a bill as wide as a desert horizon, comfortable in its identity and Show Ground home. The only inconvenience might just be the weather! With waterproofs, wellies and quite...
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HOT, HOT, HOT.
It’s always hot at Cropredy and it’s not just the weather. With record temperatures, shrivelled grass, dire water shortage predictions and lots of dust, Simon Jones journeyed once more to the Fairport Convention festival and found, music, more music and an eclipse!...
Silken Strings – A Beautiful Addiction.
Spiral Earth Remembers Barry Dransfield. It is with much regret and sadness that we note the passing of Barry Dransfield. He was a musician with experience and talent who never really got the acclaim he was due and spent the last couple of decades very much under the...
Steeleye – A Different View.
On their second major tour in six months, the work ethic runs deep in Steeleye Span. Plaudits for the past couple of albums have been fulsome and the profile of the band is once more on the rise across the media. Alighting in Shropshire for a gig, Simon Jones reports...
A Man For All Seasons.
Ever since he appeared fresh from the Birmingham Conservatoire with a self-produced EP and loads of potential some 25 years ago Jim Moray has been constantly bending, twisting, reinventing traditional music into various contemporary forms. His albums have been ground...
How To Remember The Lady.
Where'd you draw the line between tribute and original thinking, between straight reproduction and progress? A tricky line to walk especially if the material you're dealing with is as much loved as that of the late Sandy Denny. The Sandy Denny Project know that all...
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Tier One tickets for Cambridge Folk Festival Weekend on Sale Today
TIER ONE TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER FOR CHERRY HINTON HALL WEEKEND FRIDAY 30 JULY – SUNDAY 1 AUGUST 2027 Tier One tickets for Cambridge Folk Festival weekend at Cherry Hinton Hall will go on sale today, Friday 2 October. With the exciting news that Friday night has been added to the line-up, next year's event will be a 3-day weekend,...
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Cambridge Folk Festival Announce Shortlist for Emerging Artists
CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST FOR CHRISTIAN RAPHAEL PRIZE FOR EMERGING ARTISTS With this year's event fast approaching the Cambridge Folk Festival is excited to announce the shortlist for the Christian Raphael Prize for Emerging Artists. Six...
FolkEast Festival 2026 Additional Line-up Announcement
FolkEast expands its 2026 programme with a vibrant wave of artists and the return of the Second Cousins Stage, as the festival continues its new chapter at the stunning Sotterley Estate. Following the announcement of its headline artists, FolkEast is delighted...
King Harvest Festival brings cosmic country to Hampshire
King Harvest is a new festival celebrating rambling roots and cosmic country, spanning old-time, folk, bluegrass and new grass. Set on a beautiful farm in Hampshire, just 30 minutes from London and two minutes from Junction seven off the M3, King Harvest offers a full...
CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL WEEKEND FULL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED
Cherry Hinton Hall, Saturday 1 August & Sunday 2 AugustFULL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED:This Is The Kit - Seth Lakeman - Skinny Lister - BrògealThe Songs of Joni Mitchell ft. Jesca Hoop, Lail Arad & MoreUstad Noor Bakhsh - Nick Harper - RuMacMark Radcliffe & David...
Final Five For Shrewsbury
Straight off the press comes the exciting news of Shrewsbury Folk Festival's last roll call of artists for 2026. We leave you to savour their deathless prose. "A ground-breaking, cutting edge bassist, singer and songwriter leading her Utonga band, Edith WeUtonga -see...
Yet More For Shrewsbury 2026
Further names to add to the growing reputation of Shrewsbury Folk Festival have been released by their press office concerning the 2026 line up and there are some real gems. Chief amongst them is the splendid American roots rock artist Lucinda Williams whose albums -...
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