http://www.folkingcool.co.uk This website kills fascists Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:11:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ian Wylie Like a sign of spring, Kris Drever's Mark the Hard Earth sees the Scots guitarist bring more sunshine and warmth to his singing and playing - and is far from the hard slog its title might suggest. The Orcadian takes a second, well-earned break from edgy improv of his day ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/03/08/kris-drever-%e2%80%93%c2%a0mark-the-hard-earth-navigator-records/ Joy Thomas longs to get out of the stalls First things first: Cara Dillon has a Proper Lovely voice. Nothing new in that comment, but her voice really is extra-special. It sounds so effortless, so clear and makes you lean into it in order to stuff as much as possible into ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/03/08/cara-dillon-artsdepot-london-march-2010/ Joy Thomas De Montfort Hall and Gardens, Leicester Gawd, how exciting! De Montfort Hall and Gardens will resonate this June with the sound of folky songstresses as The Big Session welcomes sweetie pie Cara Dillon, folkingcool love bunny Jackie Oates (whose latest album Hyperboreans the press release delightfully mis-spells as Hyperbeans) ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/03/08/big-session-festival-18-20-june/ One of the most original and stunning singers of traditional music, Cara Dillon, is currently touring, following the release of her beautiful fourth album, Hill of Thieves. The album marks a return to her roots with an outstanding collection of traditional songs. Already a highly acclaimed torch-bearer of ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/02/25/catch-folk-award-winner-cara-dillon-on-tour/ Hugh Wilson If you fancy a festival with 14 stages, four mung bean burger stands and a Big Bank sponsored corporate VIP alcopops enclosure, Larmer Tree is probably not for you. This is a friendly little festival which makes much of its cosy 4000 capacity and pretty-as-a-picture location on the Wiltshire/Dorset Border. ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/02/23/larmer-tree-festival-14-18-july/ Oh blimey. Some marketing person broke into my brain and designed a singer – Weird Science-style – to ruin my life, I say ruin but only in the "I will never listen to anything else ever again" kinda way. Nashville-born (REALLY) 22-year-old Caitlin Rose could have wandered off the screen of a chipper ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/02/22/caitlin-rose-%e2%80%93%c2%a0dead-flowers-names/ Indie film-makers read on. Next year's soundtrack is already written. Hazel Davis meets Lail Arad “When we were about 12 me and my best friend declared ourselves hippies, stole our parents’ old clothes and records and formed a band called The Hippy Hippopotamuses,” laughs Lail Arad. “We wrote crazy psychedelic songs ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/02/22/688/ Stephen Taylor I’ve only been to Doncaster once and I had a Very Bad Day. As the snow melts and the green shoots peek out, I could be tempted back by the sheer loveliness of the local line-up at this year’s Doncaster Folk Festival. Part of the city’s Hothouse festival which ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/02/13/doncaster-folk-festival/ Hugh Wilson You’ll know Holmfirth as the location for Last of the Summer Wine, the endless BBC sitcom that featured lovable pensioner rogues Compo, Clegg, Dopey, Happy and Not At All Funny and always used to be on at your gran’s when you popped round on Sunday. But Holmfirth has so much ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/02/10/holmfirth-festival-of-folk/ 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. ... http://www.folkingcool.co.uk/2010/02/04/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2010/