Author Archives: Richard

Folk-rock rebels Blackbeard’s Tea Party celebrate 10 years of their seminal album ‘Reprobates’, a collection of stories about wrong’uns from history. They debuted material from the album during their now legendary appearance at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, and it was the album that earned them thousands of new fans. Mixing sounds of traditional folk and classic […]

The Luke Daniels Band is a bold force on today’s folk scene — a boundary-pushing collective led by visionary multi-instrumentalist, Luke Daniels. A former BBC Radio 2 Young Trad Award winner and global touring artist with Riverdance, Cara Dillon, De Dannan and Jethro Tull. Luke is reimagining what folk music can be — from his […]

Festive Tour Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a shared love of traditional music. Their songs tell vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world. Janice & Jon’s ‘clever and uncluttered musical storytelling’ (Songlines) comes alive through tight vocal harmonies and […]

Winter Wonderband is a chamber folk quartet with Saul Rose on melodeon (Faustus, War Horse, Waterson Carthy) and Maclaine Colston on hammered dulcimer (Pressgang, Kings of Calicutt) who are joined by Beth Porter (SpellSongs, Bookshop Band) on cello and Jennifer Crook (Broken Road, Cythara) on harp and guitar. With this beautiful combination of instruments, varied […]

“An extraordinary collaboration between two musicians at the absolute top of their game. This is an adventure that takes in musical detours you’d be mad to ignore” Tradfolk “A beautiful snapshot of two musicians at the pinnacle of their craft. Listeners will find themselves lost in something magical; anyone will struggle to find something as […]

Revered Canadian songwriter Stephen Fearing and award-winning Scandinavian indie-folk band The Sentimentals share a deep passion for crafting beautiful melodies and dynamic musical interplay that transfixes audiences.  United by a shared admiration for classic Tin Pan Alley songwriting, deeply emotive lyrics and a flair for innovation, their collaboration produces a style that is both authentic and distinctly original. Since joining […]

Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the West Country’s award-winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands. With a professional career of over 36 years, Phil has a great deal of material to draw on for his solo appearances, which are an eclectic mix of traditional tunes, covers of Springsteen or The Hollies, together with his […]

This new trio combines the acclaimed talents of folksinger Rosie Hodgson, traditionalfiddler Rowan Piggott, and guitarist-flautist Philippe Barnes.With a voice that brings “a ruby-richness to lyrics new and old” (Folk Radio UK), it’s no surprise that Rosie has been a finalist for the BBC Young Folk Award. After a successful EP and the eponymous album […]