Hull Truck Theatre has announced a new season of folk, roots and acoustic nights. The season will start in October with anarchist folk-punkers Chumbawumba, followed by appearances by the Charlie Dore Band, Martin Simpson and The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

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Joy Thomas wants her money back

If you’re going to call yourself Emmy The Great you really have to pull the stops out and make sure you live up to your (self-imposed) moniker. But, oh, at Latitude Festival this favourite singer of mine struggled to be Emmy the Quite Good (admittedly, not quite as catchy).

Emmy followed [...]

Hazel Davis goes for a lie-down

Sometimes I long for the good old days. The days where I would be sitting in an audience and the act would walk on stage and NOT stick his foot on a loop pedal.

Like most people, when I first saw someone using a loop I was enthralled and engaged. For [...]

Irish folkie and former Damien Rice collaborator Lisa Hannigan has been nominated for this year’s Mercury prize. Hannigan’s debut album Sea Sew – featuring the star’s own hand-stitched cover – joins the likes of Kasabian, Bat For Lashes, LaRoux and Friendly Fires for the award, which is announced on 8 September.

Tickets have sold out for this year’s Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival. Taking place from 30 July to 2 August at Cherry Hinton, festival highlights include Lucinda Williams, Booker T, The Watersons and Jon Boden.

Some people think the Zutons are also folk. We do not….

For more information on the festival and lineup visit www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk. Highlights [...]