Thursday, 02 September 2010 
Music News
Features
Richard Hawley interview
Big Session 2010 festival review
Bearded Theory festival 2010 review
Dreadzone - Greg Dread interview
Chumbawamba guest editors
Black Peak Interview: Part Two
Black Peak Interview: Part One
K.C. McKanzie Interview: Part Two
K.C. McKanzie Interview: Part One
Artist Guitar Blog #1: Mat Martin & Kirsty McGee - Part 2
SpiralEarth.co.uk News Headlines
Sam Carter: Tributes, tips and a new interview
At Spiral Earth we've been following the progress of Sam Carter with interest and soon we'll be running a video interview with the man himself from the Towersey Festival. Reaching a new audience daily, one new follower is Karine Polwart who recently ...more
29/08/2010
Show of Hands 'Indian Summer' fundraiser
Devon’s award-winning duo Show of Hands - currently going down a storm at summer festivals- are to head a special show to help raise funds for Topsham Rugby Club, near Exeter....more
28/08/2010
Polly And The Billets Doux - free download
Polly And The Billets Doux are the perfect blend of jazz, blues, folk and soul, and have been enjoying some rave reviews so far......more
26/08/2010
Time Gentleman Please video
A trailer for 'Time Gentlemen Please!' is now online. For those of you who couldn't make it to the Leeds & Wakefield performances this promo video will give you a good idea of what to expect when the show tours in 2011. ...more
25/08/2010
Fiddler's Bid Autumn tour dates
The marvelous and exciting Fiddler's Bid, winners of our 'best instrumental album' in the Spiral Awards have announced some live dates for September and October....more
24/08/2010
Johnny Flynn releases second single
Johnny Flynn releases his second single 'Barnacled Warship' from his stunning new album 'Been Listening' this week and to mark the occasion we've got our hands on some brand new video content. ...more
19/08/2010
Show of Hands to play five cathedrals
Show of Hands - currently going down a storm at summer festivals- will play five of the UK’s finest cathedrals as part of their Spires and Beams tour this autumn with Jackie Oates & Rodney Branigan as special autumn guests. The 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk ...more
19/08/2010
Kieran Goss UK Autumn tour
Long hailed as one of Ireland's leading songwriters and performers, Kieran Goss's music has won him fans across the globe. In February 2010, Kieran's new studio album, I'll Be Seeing You, along with his considerable back catalogue, was released for t...more
17/08/2010
Heidi Talbot: New Album and tour
Heidi's new record 'The Last Star' is now available to pre - order. All orders received before the general release date (Oct 4th - UK/Sept 28th - USA) will recieve a signed copy one month before it's available in shops! And, of course, there will als...more
13/08/2010
For Folk's Sake announces Jim Causley, The Shee, Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts, amongst others
Manchester's young folk and acoustic night, For Folk's Sake, has announced its autumn / winter programme....more
12/08/2010
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Twice Reflected Sun
This month sees the official release of 'Twice Reflected Sun', the new album from the wonderful Nancy Kerr & James Fagan. The album possesses their usual blend of bewitching musical prowess, but the difference here is, it's all their own material!...more
10/08/2010
The Toy Hearts: New Album Release In October
We continue to follow the fortunes of The Toy Hearts, one of the UK's premier bluegrass families, and, when the mood takes them, also mighty fine exponents of Western Swing....more
08/08/2010
Mabon to launch live album CD/DVD at Cropredy
Welsh band Mabon – who have won over festival audiences across Europe with their unique blend of InterCeltic music– will launch their first live album when they make their debut at Fairport’s renowned Cropredy Convention next week (Friday, August 13)...more
06/08/2010
The Golden Ticket Winner is...
The winner of our Seth Lakeman 'Golden Ticket' competition is Kate Southall. She wins tickets to all of Seth's gigs on his Autumn tour! As a part of the comp the entrants had to tell us what their favourite Seth Lakeman album is and why....more
03/08/2010
The Smoke Fairies - new album and live dates
2009 saw them tour with Richard Hawley across Britain and be produced by Jack White for a Third Man-released 7”, while this year they were heralded as one of the band’s to see at SXSW and supported Laura Marling in the US. Most recently Jessica and ...more
02/08/2010
James Keelaghan UK tour
Canadian singer songwriter James Keeleghan has announced Uk dates for September and october 2010. His most recent album is 'House Of Cards', of which he notes ‘Many of the songs on my CD, ‘House of Cards’ would not be there but for the fact that Joel...more
02/08/2010
New single and video from Lissie
Lissie performed to a packed stage 2 crowd on the first night of the Cambridge Folk Festival where she went down a storm. There is a real buzz surrounding her following her live performances, Lissie has unveiled the video for new single 'Cuckoo' on Y...more
29/07/2010
Kelli Ali Guest Editor Week
The wonderfully talented Kelli Ali is our guest editor this week and she has some fantastic articles, interviews and music for you to listen to. There is also a free download of one of her songs 'All The Pretty Little Horses'....more
28/07/2010
Johnny Flynn - Animated video for 'Barnacled Warship' unveiled
Johnny Flynn has unveiled an animated video for his new single 'Barnacled Warship'...more
27/07/2010
David Rotheray Announces Headline Shows
David Rotheray, acclaimed songwriter and guitarist and former member of The Beautiful South, announces a series of headline shows to celebrate the release of his debut solo album ‘The Life of Birds’, out August 16th. Joined by special guests Jim Caus...more
26/07/2010
