All good things must come to an end and so The Full English collective featuring some of the biggest stars on the English Folk music scene will head out on their final tour in May. But what a great job they’ve done of promoting the digital archive. Watch a new documentary about the project and a TEDx talk by Fay Hield: Why aren’t we all folk singers?
The Full English
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Music News
Folk Radio UK Partner with The London Folk and Roots Festival (Preview)
by Alex Gallacher 22 October, 2014Folk Radio UK has teamed up The London Folk and Roots Festival feat. the likes of Martha Tilston, Georgia Ruth, Foy Vance, The Full English, Maz O’Connor, Adam Holmes & More!
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Paul continues his review of Cambridge Folk Festival taking in The Shires, The Full English, Seth Lakeman, Loudon Wainwright III and Rosanne Cash.
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Festivals
Double celebration for Towersey: 50 Year Festival & 75 Years of Topic Records
by Alex Gallacher 15 May, 2014Towersey Festival announce double celebration for their 50 years and 75 Years Of Topic Records with a concert hosted by Norma Waterson, Eliza Carthy and The Gift Band.
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In part 5 of our Best Albums of 2013 we feature Lal Waterson, Lisa Knapp, The Full English, Dan Haywood, The R.G. Morrison, Ruth Theodore, Barrule, Aidan O’Rourke and more.
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Music News
BBC Radio 6 Music & Folk Radio UK: The Ultimate Folk Playlist
by Alex Gallacher 10 October, 2013To celebrate the launch of ‘The Full English’ Folk Radio UK will select an artist for BBC Radio 6’s Ultimate Folk Playlist which we will introduce live this Sunday on Tom Robinson’s show ‘Now Playing @6 Music’.
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Read our review of The Full English album featuring Fay Hield, Martin Simpson, Seth Lakeman and more. A triumphant symbol of the efforts and achievements of this project.
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Music News
The Full English Discovery Day @ the British Library 13th July
by Alex Gallacher 27 June, 2013The English Folk Dance and Song Society is organising The Full English Discovery Day a free family day of folk music, arts and dancing.
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Album ReviewsLive Reviews
The Full English launch @ Cecil Sharp House (Live Review)
by Michael Ainscoe 24 June, 2013In what is already shaping up to be quite a year for English folk music, the events of the 20th of June at Cecil Sharp House are very likely to earn a noteworthy place in the annals of folk music history.
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Music News
The Full English Launch: Unlocking hidden treasures of England’s cultural heritage
by Alex Gallacher 20 June, 2013Today marks one of the most important events in the history of EFDSS with the launch of the World’s biggest free digital archive of English Traditional Folk Music and Dance Music.