Aidan O'Rourke Quintet: New Commission for 2012 Cultural Olympiad

Aidan O’Rourke Quintet: New Commission for 2012 Cultural Olympiad

by Alex 9 May 2012 Folk Music News

An Tobar will be working with one of Scotland’s foremost musicians, Aidan O’Rourke (Lau, KAN, Blazin’ Fiddles), who will be composing a new piece called TAT-1 for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Includes video interview.

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Introducing: The Forgotten Works

Introducing: The Forgotten Works

by Alex 9 May 2012 Folk Music Reviews

The Forgotten Works have a unique sound that has a timeless quality and a familiarity, a feeling of belonging to the land, reminiscent of those early explorations into psych-folk.

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Win a Pair of Tickets to see Emily Smith @ Slaughtered Lamb, London

Win a Pair of Tickets to see Emily Smith & Jen Ord @ Slaughtered Lamb, London

by Alex 9 May 2012 Folk Music News

In association with Pull up the Roots we are offering our readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Emily Smith & Jen Ord at the Slaughtered Lamb, London on May 14, 2012.

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Our Giveaway Winners: The Chieftains - Voice of Ages

Our Giveaway Winners: The Chieftains – Voice of Ages

by Alex 9 May 2012 Folk Music News

We recently offered a giveaway of five deluxe CDs of The Chieftains new album ‘Voice of Ages’, find out who those winners are. We also have a free track from The Chieftains album as well as tour dates!

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Album Review: Rachel Hair Trio - No More Wings

Rachel Hair Trio – No More Wings

by Mike Wilson 9 May 2012 Folk Music Reviews

Proving to be increasingly versatile and innovative, Rachel Hair returns with her third recording ‘No More Wings’, this time placing the harp in the midst of a dynamic trio, featuring the double bass of Euan Burton, alongside the guitar and vocals of Jenn Butterworth.

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Tickets Giveaway: Spiers & Boden @ Queen Elizabeth Hall Thursday 10th May

by Alex 8 May 2012 Giveaway

We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to see Spiers & Boden @ Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre, London) this Thursday 10th May at 7:30pm.

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Propermusic Podcast - Topic Records part 1

Propermusic Podcast – Topic Records part 1

by Alex 8 May 2012 Folk Music News

This weeks Propermusic Podcast is the first of a two-part Topic Records special, David Suff and Tony Engle join Trevor Dann to discuss the folk label’s 70+ year history and some of its classic releases.

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Lisa Knapp – Hunt the Hare (Interview)

Part 2: Lisa Knapp – Hunt the Hare (Interview)

by Alex 8 May 2012 Interviews

We interview Lisa Knapp about her new EP ‘Hunt the Hare – A Branch of May’. She talks about her fascination in folklore and some of her influences including Martin Carthy and Shirley Collins.

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Simple Folk Radio - No Directon Home Festival Special

Simple Folk Radio – No Directon Home Festival Special

by Alex 5 May 2012 Special Broadcasts

Simple Folk Radio have a festival special in store for us this week as well as the chance to win two tickets to No Directon Home Festival.

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May in a Day! A celebration at Cecil Sharp House

May in a Day! A celebration at Cecil Sharp House

by Alex 5 May 2012 Folk Music News

The good folk at the English Folk Dance and Song Society are putting on a creative family folk arts festival to celebrate spring traditions at Cecil Sharp House in Camden on Saturday 12 May.

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Album Review: Deep End Of The Ford - An Táin

Deep End Of The Ford – An Táin

by Neil McFadyen 4 May 2012 Folk Music Reviews

Lorcán Mac Mathúna’s latest project, ‘The Deep End Of The Ford’, takes us even further back in time than his last release; in a telling of the famous An Táín Bó Cualaigne (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) – An Táin.

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Review: Lisa Knapp - Hunt the Hare

Part 1: Lisa Knapp – Hunt the Hare (Review)

by Alex 3 May 2012 Folk Music Reviews

Lisa Knapp’s new EP ‘Hunt the Hare – A Branch of May’ excels with ingenuity and magic and sets Lisa Knapp at the forefront and heart of the English Folk Renaissance, incredible.

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Album Review: Treacherous Orchestra - Origins

Treacherous Orchestra – Origins

by Neil McFadyen 3 May 2012 Folk Music Reviews

Treacherous Orchestra have released their first studio album: Origins. It is about energy, joy, exuberance….if we could bottle this energy there’d be no more arguments about wind farms.

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Album Review: The Levellers - Static On The Airwaves

The Levellers – Static On The Airwaves

by John Atkin 2 May 2012 Folk Music Reviews

The Levellers new release ‘Static On The Airwaves’ should be seen not just as a great album, but as an important album. An album which will soundtrack a summer of parties and festivals, just as ‘Levelling The Land’ did years ago.

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Tucker Zimmerman in London and Bristol Folk Festival

Tucker Zimmerman in London and Bristol Folk Festival

by Alex 2 May 2012 Folk Music News

Tucker Zimmerman makes a rare London appearance this Friday and will be also be performing at Bristol Folk Festival this Sunday with Wizz Jones, Ben Mandelson, Ian A. Anderson, Nancy Wallace and Jason Steel.

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Newcastle University Celebrates a Decade of Folk @ The Sage Gateshead

Newcastle University Celebrates a Decade of Folk

by Alex 2 May 2012 Folk Music News

Newcastle University has produced some of the leading artists in the UK folk scene. Now, their Folk and Traditional Music degree is celebrating its 10th birthday with a concert at The Sage Gateshead.

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