Jon Wilks chats with Andy Bell of Hudson Records, a folk producer in demand.
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.
Meet Jacken Elswyth - experimental/trad banjo player, label owner, Shove Dance Collective member and denizen of London's new folk clubs.
Celebrated folk musician, Paul Sartin, discusses Bellowhead, Faustus, The Transports and a life in folk music.
Traditional fiddle player, Sam Sweeney, discusses a life in folk music, from Bellowhead to Leveret to the Wayward Band, with the Great War in between.
As Martin Simpson celebrates his 70th birthday (not to mention 58 years as a guitarist), we asked his admirers to pitch questions on a musical life very well lived.
Jon Boden discusses his latest album, Afterglow, and how John Spiers had to take his head to a wall before he fully accepted traditional music.
Lucy Farrell explains how a trad musician goes about sneaking a saw onto a transatlantic flight... and other things.
As David Suff, Head Honcho at Topic Records, approaches retirement, Jon Wilks finds out what he's most proud of, and whether he's discovered the answer to THAT question.
Martin Simpson on song collecting, Graham Coxon, the Watersons and the true definition of folk music.
Marry Waterson, daughter of the late, great Lal Waterson, discusses Bright Phoebus, the great lost album the looms large in her family history.
Festival circuit favourites, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes, chat about the differences in approaches to learning English and Scottish traditional music.
