Performances from Nanci Griffith, Dick Gaughan and The Transatlantic Sessions were among the many highlights of the 11th annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, which took place on Monday 1 Feb in London’s trendy The Brewery.
John Boden scooped Folk Singer Of The Year, Cara Dillon bagged Best Album for Hill Of Thieves and Show [...]
Show of Hands and fellow Devon musicians are to stage a unique gig in Exeter on Thursday 21 January to raise funds to help those affected by the devastating Haiti earthquake.
The brainchild of Devon-based Mick Burch, the gig at Exeter’s Phoenix Theatre will see Show of Hands’ Steve Knightley and Phil Beer joined by [...]
Twenty-nine-year-old Stockport man Alex Humphrey vanished on 14 August near a beauty spot in Panama. His family and friends (folkingcoolsters among them) are doing all they can to find him.
Now you too can help raise money and enjoy an eclectic folk night in the process.
Desperately Seeking Alex is all set for 15 [...]
Hurrah. The nominees for the BBC Folk Awards 2010 have been named.
Folkingcool favourite Jackie Oates is up for folk singer of the year, along with Cara Dillon, Jon Boden and Martin Simpson.
The awards will be announced at The Brewery in That London on 2 February and folkingcool will be there. The highlights will [...]
Folkingcool fave and – latterly – Nashville darling Pete Molinari is returning from the States for a series of December UK dates.
Molinari has been in Nashville recording the follow-up album to A Virtual Landslide. While in the States he also hooked up with the legendary Jordanaires – the results of which are on the wonderful EP [...]
How excited are we? One of folkingcool’s top faves ever, Johnny Flynn has announced details of a new EP. It’s been a long time coming but Sweet William – the follow up to the fabulous A Larum – is out on 30 November and contains four new tracks.
Ahead of the EP release Johnny has embarked [...]
Some of Scotland’s best loved folk artists will perform at the opening night of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival in October.
The Festival opening concert takes place at The Old Fruit Market in Glasgow on 1 October. Curated by Emma Pollock and Karine Polwart, the concert features both beloved Scottish [...]
Legendary Manchester music venue Band on the Wall has reaffirmed itself as a major platform for folk music as it announces its opening season.
Rising star Jim Moray, Mercury Prize nominees The Unthanks and Pentangle legends’, John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee, all appear on the new lineup.
The venue – in the city’s Northern Quarter – closed [...]
The Ballad Of Britain is finally available on CD.
A 21-track limited-edition CD and unlimited download of Will Hodgkinson’s field recordings is being released on 28 September on Heron Recordings.
From spring to autumn last year, Hodgkinson (author of Song Man and Guitar Man) travelled through Britain in a battered old Volvo with a portable [...]
Mumford & Sons have announced details of a special limited edition version of their forthcoming debut album, which is being made available exclusively to fans on their current UK tour.
Sigh No More is released through Gentlemen Of The Road/Island Records on 5 October, but fans will be able to buy the limited-edition copy in a [...]
Joy Thomas brings disrepute on the good name of folkingcool but has a nice time in the process
Dear Reader,
Bwa, ha, ha! Silly old trusting folkingcool, allowing me to review the BBC Folk Awards last Monday 1st February. It was too exciting NOT to be a bit naughty…
First things first. Yes I did touch Jackie [...]
Raucous country-blues exponents Hey Negrita are back on tour and with a new acoustic album – Burn The Whole Place Down (Fat Fox Records).
Stars of last year’s Americana documentary, We Dreamed America, Hey Negrita (named after the Stones song), have supported Alabama 3, The Beach Boys and Tony Joe White and made quite quite [...]
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