We chat to Luke Daniels, our current Artist of the Month, about his new album “Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies”. Daniels is one of folk music’s true originals. Whatever he plans to do next is unlikely to be quite like anything else.
With ‘Chosen Daughter’, Maz O’Connor presents a very personal but equally universal album that is veined, as per the title, both with the a sense of being wanted and the need to feel so, let it bring out the very best of your musical maternal instincts.
Music journalist Colin Irwin shares his thoughts on this year’s BBC Folk Awards – Manchester’s grand Bridgewater Hall provided plenty of talking points, a bit of glitz and one particular moment that falls into the ‘not a dry eye in the sparkling water’ category.
Dublin four-piece Lankum have today shared the accompanying video for ‘The Young People’, their latest single from their new album ‘The Livelong Day’, which will be released on October 25th.
Featuring Sandra Kerr & John Faulkner, Dave Swarbrick with Trevor Lucas, Pentangle, Fotheringay, Wizz Jones, Christy Moore, Silly Wizard, Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band, John Renbourn & more.
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Interview with Fairport Convention’s Chris Leslie (Cropredy Conversations)
We catch up with singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Chris Leslie at Cropredy, who has been a member of Fairport Convention since 1997. He talks about his new love for the clarsach, plans for a new solo album, Fairport news and more.