It’s quite a time to be releasing the third in a trilogy of post-apocalyptic albums.… Read the postJon Boden: Last Mile Home
Fans of Jackie Oates – and regular readers of Folk Witness – will be aware… Read the postJackie Oates on new album Needle Pin, Needle Pin, working with John Spiers and ‘lace tells’
It’s 400 years since The Mayflower departed Plymouth for the New World: a world-changing journey… Read the postSeth Lakeman: A Pilgrim’s Tale
The last one began with a deep breath of air. This one kicks off with… Read the postLankum: The Livelong Day – Folk Witness Album of the Year 2019
Josienne Clarke has made some serious changes. Leaving London – and her duo partnership with… Read the postJosienne Clarke interview part one: new album In All Weather, creative space and her rules of songwriting
You’re most likely to have seen Ben Walker, a quiet virtuoso of the finger-style guitar,… Read the postBen Walker on new album Echo, poetry, Sussex and the nature of collaboration
Would you believe it’s been 12 years since Ruth Notman released her charming debut solo… Read the postRuth Notman & Sam Kelly: Changeable Heart
It’s been six years since Karine Polwart and her tight-knit trio – which is completed… Read the postKarine Polwart: Laws of Motion – Folk Witness Album of the Year 2018
Singer-songwriter Kelly Oliver’s connection with the trad folk world goes right back to her debut… Read the postKelly Oliver on new album Botany Bay, Hertfordshire songs and organic arrangements
Although ‘psych-folk’ contains the magical four-letter f-word, the late 1960s and early 1970s period of… Read the postMark Constantine of ECC Records on psych-folk collaboration The Self Preservation Society