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Inaugural Folk Album Of The Year nominees announced

December 3, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
The Folk Album of the Year Award has revealed its first-ever shortlist: nine outstanding albums released in Britain and Ireland in 2025. The artists behind each project range in age, geography, background and style — a […]
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The Proclaimers announce extensive UK tours for 2026

December 2, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
The Proclaimers have announced a series of 2026 live dates across the UK, beginning with a series of theatre shows in June and July before embarking on an extensive UK Tour throughout October and November. Craig […]
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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit announce UK and Europe dates for 2026

December 1, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
After gathering plaudits and Grammy nominations for his solo album “Foxes In The Snow”, Jason Isbell is returning to the UK and the EU with his band, the 400 Unit, for a series of shows in […]
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Emmylou Harris announces farewell tour of UK and Europe in 2026

November 28, 2025 Richard Parkinson 7
Fourteen-time Grammy Award winner and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Emmylou Harris has announced her final European tour beginning in the UK and Ireland in early 2026, with UK and Netherlands shows in May and […]
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Back with a bang! A bigger and more diverse Cambridge Folk Festival returns with the first acts announcement

November 28, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
One of the most celebrated events in the UK summer calendar, Cambridge Folk Festival returns in 2026 with multi-venue, city-wide events, culminating in a 2-day Festival on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August, at the festival’s […]

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Jerry Joseph And The Jackmormons “I Think I’m Here” – glorious life affirming music

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Video Premiere: Madam Radar “The Show Must Go On”

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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

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Jerry Joseph And The Jackmormons “I Think I’m Here” – glorious life affirming music

May 18, 2026 0
Jerry Joseph, we are happy to tell you, returns – not that he’s been away exactly, but we have an insatiable appetite for the kind of music that Jerry Joseph makes, and so the news that […]
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Video Premiere: Madam Radar “The Show Must Go On”

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Madam Radar’s The Show Must Go On is an anthem for performing, celebrating the lifestyle of the touring musician. In the accompanying video premiere, directed by Garrett Jay Brown, we get to see the band on […]
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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

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  • Video Premiere: Madam Radar “The Show Must Go On”
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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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It’s day two of our Black Deer week and if ever there was a band made for the British festival summer, it’s The Orange Circus Band.  As if to reinforce those festival credentials, the video for […]
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Bluegrass Briefs – March 2023

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For our second look at the world of Bluegrass we are stretching the definition a little, with a couple of albums that sit as close to contemporary country as to traditional Bluegrass. The first album however […]
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Well that’s it from us for this year. A huge thank you to you our readers for your ongoing support and sticking with us through the thick and sometimes thin. We are taking a much-needed break […]

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