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Afro Celt Soundsystem to tour in 2010

Simon Emmerson is pretty busy with the Imagined Village these days but it seems that his other little project, the massively popular Afro Celts will be hitting the road again this year. Details are sketchy at the moment as an official announcement ha...more

11/03/2010


A debut album... after 25 years

Imagine a duo who have been going for 25 years, garnered a loyal following and... release their debut album in 2010 with the help of legendary folk-rockers, Fairport Convention....more

10/03/2010


Bearded Theory Festival to partner with Spiral Earth!

We are excited to have been appointed as official media partner to Bearded Theory 2010, the UK's fastest growing music festival, taking place 14-16 May in the heart of Derbyshire....more

10/03/2010


Introducing The Safires

The Safires is a new venture from four established musicians who tend to work in rather different genres from each other but have spent the past two years fusing together their sound to present their debut album, Epic In The Ordinary....more

09/03/2010


Ruth Notman free download

As part of the Pete Seeger night on BBC Radio 2, The Mike Harding show featured some specially recorded Seeger covers by some great folk artists. Ruth Notman was delighted to record her take on the famous track 'Little Boxes'. You can download the tr...more

08/03/2010


Willkommen Collective with the Leisure Society & Sons of Noel and Adrian

A breath of fresh air coming to a town near you...more

07/03/2010


Pamela Wyn Shannon live dates

'English gothic meets New England: supreme quality timeless pastoral songcraft, singing and deftly intricate guitar playing' So say fROOTS mag. You can judge for yourself when Pamela plays one of their bi-monthly nights at Camden's intimate music ve...more

06/03/2010


Krista Detor album and live UK dates

American singwriter Krista Detor participated in the Darwin Song House project in 2009, we interviewed her there and were highly impressed by her performance and her attitude. She has a set of live UK performances lined up through March as part of he...more

06/03/2010


Levellers live dates

See below for the latest tour dates from Levellers. Once again they are asking fans to email them with the songs they would most like to hear played on the next tour....more

05/03/2010


Tangerine Dream 40th Anniversary “Zeitgeist Concert”

Unleash your inner hippy and join Tangerine Dream on an audio-visual trip to celebrate 40 years of psychedelic music making, at their Zeitgeist Concert on 1st April at The Royal Albert Hall....more

04/03/2010


Emily Portman album and tour

Emily Portmans new album 'The Glamoury' is released this week on Furrow Records, and very good it is too. Emily has an album launch in Newcastle next week....more

03/03/2010


Dreadzone live dates and new album

The original dub pioneers release their much anticipated new studio album EYE ON THE HORIZON in April. It reinvents the band with ten tracks that signify the move into fully formed songwriting against a backdrop of dubwise dancabilty. It is a huge re...more

02/03/2010


Gilmore Roberts tour dates

Recent BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award Nominees Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts are gearing up for their first nationwide headline tour in April promoting their current album ‘Shadows & Half Light’, recently nominated for ‘Best Debut Album’ in the Spira...more

01/03/2010


New Model Army – UK Tour March 2010

2010 sees the celebration of 30 years in the business for the five piece outfit who have never lost the ability to evolve, to thrill or to challenge both live and on record. With their inspirational back catalogue of songs, they remain central to the...more

28/02/2010


Blabbermouth

Steve Thompson – aka Blabbermouth is well worth checking out. In 2008 Hobgoblin Records released his debut album, “Blabbermouth - My Dancing Heart”, which received excellent reviews. The success of the album led to a series of festival appearances in...more

25/02/2010


Chumbawamba grasp the nettle

day four of their guest editorship and they tackle the eternal riddle; What is Folk? Their dissection of the current scene and its foibles is a masterful analysis of the gentrification of folk music, where are the factory songs amidst the rural idyll...more

25/02/2010


Catherine Howe - Single Launch Party featuring Circulus

1970's Folk legend and Ivor Novello winner Catherine Howe had somewhat of a comeback recently, largely due to the re-release of her 1971 cult album 'What a Beautiful Place', by uber-cool Chicago based label Numero in 2007. ...more

24/02/2010


Show of Hands on BBC Breakfast News!

Show of Hands were interviewed on BBC Breakfast News last week, where they talked about their new single Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed, which won 'Best Original Song' at the recent BBC Folk Awards....more

24/02/2010


Damien O’Kane announces tour dates

Damien will be doing some solo dates in March and April and will then be supporting his partner Kate Rusby on her Canadian and UK tour. Damiens new solo album 'Summer Hill' is due in early April. ...more

24/02/2010


ABCDEFG track by track from Chumbawamba

Day two of our Chumbawamba as guest editors dishes up a track by track description of their new album ABCDEFG. 'we’ve looked at music’s history, its stories, its heroes and its villains. A sweep through several hundred years of what music means to pe...more

23/02/2010


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