maggie boyle

Whilst not a full-on festive offering, our latest mix does contain some festive cheer from Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle, Tim Laycock, Richard Farina With Blind Boy Grunt (better known as Bob Dylan) & Eric Von Schmidt, and some top-notch wassailing from John Kirkpatrick. Plus classics from the likes of John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Hamish Imlach and Richard Thompson and some great new music and a wee delve into Topic Records back-catalogue.

Our Song of the Day is from the late Maggie Boyle. Gweebarra Shore is a lovely song that was written by her older brother, Kevin. This is from 2000 with Clive Carroll on guitar.

Singer and flautist Maggie Boyle has very sadly passed away. There are numerous dedications pouring in over social media sites from the many fans and artists she had such a huge influence on.

Recorded in Cornwall with the salt spray in the wind, The Sea gathers Martha Tilston’s family and friends, the people who have inspired her music for her first album traditional folksong.

Our Song of the Day is from Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle performing The Night Owl Homeward Turns. It was filmed at the Hat & Feather, Bath in April 1993.

Singer and flautist Maggie Boyle has been diagnosed with bowel cancer and has had to cancel her work for the next three months. Many of her music friends in London will be holding a Benefit concert on 5th Dec in London.

Traditional folk singer Maggie Boyle took to the road in April to visit great songwriters in their homes, to talk to them about their work and to record some of their music as part of her great new ‘Kitchen Songs’ project.