Folk Music News from the UK and beyond

The latest folk music news from the UK covering Traditional and Contemporary folk to Celtic and Roots.

Trelawnyd Folk at The Hall – Saturday 9th June

by Alex 21 April 2012 Festivals

A great one day fest! Trelawnyd, N. Wales: Folk at The Hall, 9th June feat: Dougie MacLean, Jim Moray, Kris Drever, Fay Hield, The Old Dance School & more!

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Video: Kris Drever, Eamonn Coyne & Bella Hardy

by Alex 21 April 2012 Folk Music News

Watch a lovely video session featuring Kris Drever, Eamonn Coyne & Bella Hardy performing ‘Call and Answer’

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Cambridge Folk Festival Stellar Line-up

by Alex 20 April 2012 Festivals

The line-up for Cambridge Folk Festival is looking very promising: Lau, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, Roy Harper, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, The Staves and more.

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Emily Portman News + Gig dates

by Alex 20 April 2012 Folk Music News

The Emily Portman Trio featuring Rachel Newton and Lucy Farrell have two great gigs coming up and a new album!

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Levon Helm has passed away.

by Alex 19 April 2012 Folk Music News

Levon Helm passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and bandmates.

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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros unveil new track

by Alex 19 April 2012 Folk Music News

Listen to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros new track ‘That’s What’s Up’

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New track from The Imagined Village new album + Tour News

New tracks from The Imagined Village new album + Tour News (updated)

by Alex 18 April 2012 Folk Music News

Listen to two new tracks from The Imagined Village new album ‘The Bending The Dark’

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Bishi – St George & The Dragon + New Album

by Alex 18 April 2012 Folk Music News

Singer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist Bishi has released a track in readiness for St. George’s Day

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Patrick Watson – New Mini-Documentary

by Alex 18 April 2012 Folk Music News

Patrick Watson unbeils mini-doucmentary that embodies the spirit of his album.

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Lorcán Mac Mathúna’s Northern Lights is a big hit in Belgium

by Alex 18 April 2012 Folk Music News

Watch the latest video from Lorcán Mac Mathúna‘s project titled Northern Lights.

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New single from Rachel Sermanni – ‘Eggshells’ + Gig news

by Alex 18 April 2012 Folk Music News

Listen to Rachel Sermanni’s new single titled ‘Eggshells’ due for release May 14th.

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Levon Helm in final stages of battle with cancer

by Alex 18 April 2012 Folk Music News

Levon Helm is in the final stages of his battle with cancer.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff – Look Out Mama (free track) + New Album

by Alex 17 April 2012 Folk Music News

Hurray for the Riff Raff have revealed their new single Look Out Mama. Listen now.

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Song of the Day: Justin Townes Earle

by Alex 17 April 2012 Folk Music News

Our Song of the Day is the title track taken from Justin Townes Earle‘s latest album Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now. This is Earle’s fourth release which he chose to record completely live in just four days and the change in direction didn’t stop at production, this album has a [...]

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Songlines Music Awards Podcast

by Alex 17 April 2012 Folk Music News

The latest podcast from Propermusic focuses on the Songlines Music Awards this week with Songlines editor Jo Frost, Nathaniel Handy, Tim Cumming & Trevor Dann. They cast their eyes down the list of 16 nominees this year and have a good banter along with excerpts from each nominee. Nominees We have included links where we [...]

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King Creosote new EP: I Learned From The Gaels

by Alex 16 April 2012 Folk Music News

The mighty King Creosote is to release a new EP on Domino Records titled ‘I Learned From The Gaels‘. The EP gets to see the light of day on 28th May when it will be released as as 12″ and as a digital download…a date we are informed has some significance…”a mere 509 years to [...]

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