Folk Radio UK Music Reviews

Folk Radio UK’s music reviews cover a wide range of genres from Traditional folk to contemporary and more. Most of what we review is also played on the station.

Reviews are written by a freelance team who are passionate about the music we play. We cover the more well known to the new and obscure artists. Expect variety as well as sample tracks and video where possible to give you the full flavour!

Album Review: Jack Harris - The Flame And The Pelican

Jack Harris – The Flame And The Pelican

by Rachel Devine 13 December 2011 Reviews


Jack Harris’s long awaited release ‘The Flame And The Pelican’ showcases his immense talents as a storyteller reminiscent, in so many ways, of a young Dick Gaughan.

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Album Review: James Deane - Diamonds & Hearts

Album Review: James Deane – Diamonds & Hearts

by Neil McFadyen 12 December 2011 Reviews


James Deane’s Diamonds & Hearts has some clever and effective lyrical approaches, a great voice, and a winning way with a guitar.

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Album Review: Snailhouse - Sentimental Gentleman

Album Review: Snailhouse – Sentimental Gentleman

by Bastian Küllenberg 12 December 2011 Reviews


Sentimental Gentleman is the latest album from Snailhouse, the moniker under which the Montreal singer/songwriter Mike Feuerstack is known by.

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Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - The Holy Coming of the Storm

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – The Holy Coming of the Storm

by Monty Cumming 8 December 2011 Reviews


Cahalen Morrison & Eli West’s ‘The Holy Coming of the Storm’ gets a big thumbs up!

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Butcher the Bar - A Future Tethered

Butcher the Bar – A Future Tethered

by Adam Kahan 5 December 2011 Reviews


A Future Tethered is the latest release from Butcher the Bar, an easy listening pop folk album but lacking a heartfelt approach.

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Rapunzel & Sedayne - Songs From The Barley Temple

Rapunzel & Sedayne – Songs From The Barley Temple

by Michael Farrant 2 December 2011 Reviews

The new album from husband and wife duo Rapunzel and Sedayne, ‘Songs from the Barley Temple’, is a mesmerising mixture of old folk ballads and newly penned songs.

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Lincoln Durham - The Shovel vs The Howling Bones

Lincoln Durham – The Shovel vs The Howling Bones

by Alex 30 November 2011 Reviews


Lincoln Durham’s debut album The Shovel vs The Howling Bones has all the markings of an early classic.

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Emily Portman - New EP 'Hinge of the Year'

Emily Portman – New EP ‘Hinge of the Year’

by Alex 28 November 2011 Reviews


Emily Portman’s new EP ‘Hinge of the Year’ is a stunning release that mixes tradition with dark fairytale like twists. Wherever she takes her inspiration from I hope it is bottomless!

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Album Review: Jeffrey Focault - Cold Satellite

Album Review: Jeffrey Focault – Cold Satellite

by Bastian Küllenberg 25 November 2011 Reviews


Jeffrey Focault’s Cold Satellite finally sees a European release. The songs are based around unpublished poems and fragments from the young poet Lisa Olstein.

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Album Review / Interview: Three Cane Whale

Album Review / Interview: Three Cane Whale

by Neil McFadyen 24 November 2011 Features


Read our latest interview with Three Cane Whale, a multi-instrumental trio from Bristol with a fresh, innovative approach to music.

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Album Review: The Woodbine & Ivy Band (plus FRUK Exclusive)

by Alex 23 November 2011 Features


The Woodbine & Ivy Band are a group of Manchester musicians who have gathered the cream of British folk singers to create one of the best folk albums of our time.

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Album Review: Goodnight Lenin - The Wenceslas Square ep

Album Review: Goodnight Lenin – The Wenceslas Square ep

by Michael Farrant 23 November 2011 Reviews


Few bands manage to combine playfulness in melody with heartfelt lyrics in the way Goodnight Lenin do.

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Album Review: Iarla Ó Lionáird - Foxlight

Album Review: Iarla Ó Lionáird – Foxlight

by Neil McFadyen 22 November 2011 Reviews


Iarla Ó Lionáird proves he still can reach new levels of expression on his latest release ‘Foxlight’, which features a fascinating group of collaborators including Jon Hopkins.

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DVD Review: Karine Polwart  - Here's Where Tomorrow Starts

DVD Review: Karine Polwart – Here’s Where Tomorrow Starts

by Neil McFadyen 16 November 2011 Reviews

Karine Polwart is at the very pinnacle of Scottish music. If ‘Here’s Where Tomorrow Starts’ is anything to go by, we can look forward to her reaching even greater heights in the future.

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Tylwyth Teg

Review: Tylwyth Teg – Tylwyth Teg

by Alex 15 November 2011 Reviews


Tylwyth Teg are a new young and promising band from Wales whose self-titled debut album is out now!

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Rough Fields – The Harbour Wall

by Adam Kahan 11 November 2011 Reviews


Mancunian outfit Rough Fields (James Birchell) draws strength from classical and minimalist roots in his latest venture The Harbour Wall.

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Piney Gir – Geronimo!

by Melanie McGovern 4 November 2011 Reviews


Angela Penhaligon’s moniker Piney Gir releases a stomping countrified affair of lovable (for a time) circa ’60s pop numbers on Geronimo!

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John Doyle – Shadow And Light

John Doyle – Shadow And Light

by Neil McFadyen 2 November 2011 Reviews


John Doyle’s tenor vocals and finger-picking guitar are the cornerstone of Shadow and Light producing a driving, dynamic sound with incredibly intricate flourishes.

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