Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp chat about their album, The Poacher's Fate, the Pendle Witches, and getting into the folk tradition.
"Before lockdown, we could just about fill a pub in Bristol. Two years later... well, it's been very odd." The Longest Johns discuss taking traditional songs to some of the biggest audiences ever.
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.
Traditional singer, Nick Hart, on being a folk obsessive, and coming to terms with fol-de-rol songs as a modern person.
"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.
Rachael McShane on her Topic Records album, When All is Still, plus memories of Bellowhead and a folkie upbringing
Lisa Knapp on “Till April is Dead”, collaborating with guitar legends and the immortal importance of the shipping forecast
Lucy Farrell explains how a trad musician goes about sneaking a saw onto a transatlantic flight... and other things.
Martin Simpson on song collecting, Graham Coxon, the Watersons and the true definition of folk music.
Celebrated folk musician, Paul Sartin, discusses Bellowhead, Faustus, The Transports and a life in folk music.
Sophie Crawford and George Sansome discuss the Queer Folk project, seeking out LGBTQIA songs that have largely remained hidden.
Traditional folk singer, Rosie Hood, discusses her new album, The Beautiful and the Actual, and gives the finest definition of folk music we've heard.