Eliza Carthy talks to Jon Wilks about her album 'Big Machine', Bellowhead and folk song collecting in the 21st century.
Tamsin Elliott and Tarek Elazhary sit down with Jon Wilks to talk through their fascinating new collaboration, combining Egyptian and English folk music.
Martin Carthy discusses a life in music: his days in skiffle, his early albums, his time with The Watersons, Dave Swarbrick, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and more.
Lucy Farrell explains how a trad musician goes about sneaking a saw onto a transatlantic flight... and other things.
For the past year, Michael Depp has been working on a biography of the Unthanks and the wider moment in...
"You have to know what the song means to you, otherwise why are you singing it?" Piers Cawley on bringing unaccompanied ballad singing to modern audiences.
The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience arrives on October 7th via the world's oldest independent record label. Angeline tells us about the making of this fascinating album.
Peter Knight and John Spiers discuss their new album, Both In a Tune, the high-wire stakes of free improvisation, and life working with Wombles.
With a busy autumn and winter of gigs coming up, in a number of collaborations, Nelly Brewer caught up with...
Sophie Crawford and George Sansome discuss the Queer Folk project, seeking out LGBTQIA songs that have largely remained hidden.
It's been five years since we last chatted with Sam Sweeney. This week we caught up with him to find about his new Solo EP, his thoughts on history and tradition, the Bellowhead reunion, his creative process, and the concept of calendar panic.
With his new album, Ship to Shore, approaching from the horizon, Richard Thompson takes us on a journey from Tufnell Park to Armstrong Park. Don't forget to pack the Marmite.












