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After wowing Cambridge Folk Festival with her Folk Ballet, The BBC Radio 2 Folk Award and Spiral Award Winner Lucy Ward, has decided to do what she does best, and go out on tour. You can expect an enchanting evening full of festive delights where Lucy will be delving into seasonal traditions, songs both old… Read more »
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The Albion Christmas Band are widely regarded as the premier seasonal show, which has been touring for 20 years this year, and attracts sell-out audiences across the UK. Indeed, many people say that their Christmas doesn’t start until they have seen The Albion Christmas Band !! Featuring the combined talents of Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention),… Read more »
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Anglo-French acoustic five-piece, Topette!! return to the UK for a spring tour in April / May 2019. This band is a must see, for anyone interested in traditional European dance music, for folk fans, French dancers and discerning listeners alike. “Sublime musicianship and a thumping set of tunes.” fRoots The band’s debut album, C’est le… Read more »
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Show of Hands fans can rejoice, as Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, two undisputed kings of the folk, roots and acoustic scene reunite with long-term collaborator Miranda Sykes for a brand-new album and tour for 2019 .Bass and vocal queen Sykes was much-missed during her recent sabbatical,and excitement is building around her return to the… Read more »
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Faustus have announced their UK ‘Cotton Lords’ Tour, during which they will be presenting new tracks from the ongoing Cotton Famine Poetry project. For the last few months Faustus (Paul Sartin, Benji Kirkpatrick & Saul Rose) have been sifting through publications and journals of the 19th Century Lancashire Cotton Famine period, as part of a… Read more »
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The third annual UK Americana Awards took place at London’s Hackney Empire last night, rounding off two days of activities at this year’s AmericanaFest UK, including an evening of artist showcases in venues around Hackney on Wednesday 31st January and daytime conferences. In a glorious night celebrating the thriving UK and international Americana music scene,… Read more »
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Kathryn and Sean deservedly won Best Duo in the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and have announced a very impressive set of live dates for 2017, check them out on their site at kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com, here is the tour flyer…
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When popular Teesside trio The Young ‘uns embark on their biggest tour of the UK next week (Wednesday, April 13) they will lend their voices and support to community events up and down the country in a series of free pre-gig grass roots appearances. In their only UK tour of 2016, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes… Read more »
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The films release is just a couple of weeks away now and we couldn’t resist posting this latest, and (probably) final trailer for the new Mad Max movie Fury Road. There is a fair amount of new footage in here and we actually get to hear Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) say more than in all… Read more »
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The Chemical Brothers are back with their eighth studio album Born in the Echoes, to be released in June 2015. They are previewing a track from that album, Sometimes I Feel So Deserted, and it sounds like they are still on form: Chemical Brothers live dates across Europe: JUN 2015 WED 10 Rockhal, Luxembourg FRI… Read more »
