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Acoustic Spectrum, Laurence Collyer, Union Jill, Greg McDonald and Gemma Gayner and Rebekah Delgado

BRISTOL FOLK FESTIVAL RELAUNCHES NATIONWIDE MUSIC AWARD

~ Winner offered two UK festival appearances, Songs from the Shed session and Folk Radio UK airplay ~

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Frome & Bournemouth Folk Festivals, Roving Crows, Johnno Casson, Pilgrims' Way

Fatea Showcase Sessions:Walking Available For Free Download

The 16th Release in the Fatea Showcase Sessions series features seventeen superb acts from across the acoustic spectrum and beyond. Hosted on our Fatea Showcase Sessions Site

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Festival Spirit, Jess Morgan, Bob's Folk Show, Sean Taylor

Fatea Showcase Sessions - Line Up Announcement

The line up for "Walking", the 16th release in the Fatea Showcase Sessions series has been announced

The Great Folk Discography Volume 2 The Next Generation

The new addition to the Martin C. Strong discography series

Fatea Awards 2011

Which outstanding artists have picked up awards for their contribution to music in 2011?

Fire Destroys New Model Army Studio

A devastating fire and roof collapse have destroyed near thirty year's of the band's history

A Decade In Images

Nick Elliott's pictorial representation of Cambridge Folk Festival through the Noughties

News & Snippets

Music photography, radio update, IF Wen

Goodbye to Austin's beloved Joe Gracey

Helen Mitchell pays tribute to the recently passed Austin producer

Shut Up - And Listen. Folkwit Celebrate 2011

A free label sampler from Nottingham based folk indie, Folkwit

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BBC Folk Awards, Radio Shows and a glance into the future

Jackie Leven - A Lost Treasure

Remembering the prolific songwriting talent, Jackie Leven

Talking To...Snakefarm

Neil King chats to Anna Domino and Michel Delory aka Snakefarm about their new album "My Halo At Half-Light"

Talking To...Frank Turner

Nick Churchill talks to 'Wessex Boy' Frank Turner in the latest Talking To...

The Giles Brothers

A retrospective by Nick Churchill

The SMiLE Sessions

Nick Churchill's essay/review of this legendary album

Fatea Showcase Sessions:Inspirations Available For Free Download

The 15th Release in the Fatea Showcase Sessions series features seventeen superb acts from across the acoustic spectrum and beyond. Hosted on our Fatea Showcase Sessions Site

Talking To...Trent Miller

For the latest in our Talking To... Series, Bob Meyer gets Trent Miller down the pub for a chat

News & Snippets

Bob Brunning Tribute, 25 years of Railroad Bill, 25 years of Greentrax, Raise You Banners

Fatea Showcase Sessions - Line Up Announcement

The line up for "Inspirations", the 15th release in the Fatea Showcase Sessions series has been announced

Loose Music - Free Sampler

Loose Music have recently released a new free sampler, read about the label whilst downloading the album

Yeah Yeah Yeah The Beatles And Bournemouth

A review of Nick Churchill's book chronicling the Fab Four's relationship with the town.

Bert Jansch 3/11/43 - 5/10/11

Inspirational guitarist and co-founder of Pentangle, Bert Jansch, has died.

Talking To...Sean Taylor

About to record a new album and having re-released "Walk With Me" it seemed like a good time to pull up a chair and chat with Sean Taylor

Graham Dee

Fifty years after he should have been an icon, is it Graham Dee's time?

News & Snippets

Yeah, Yeah Yeah:The Beatles & Bournemouth, Pocktoberfest, The Great British Folk Festival, St. Spirit

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The Gigantic Mirrorball Show, Alex Patterson, Katzenjammer

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards

The last link to the pre-war Mississippi bluesmen, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards passed away on Monday aged 96

Talking To...Nick Elliott

We talk to photographer Nick Elliott about his new book "Ten A Decade In Images" covering ten years of Cambridge Folk Festival. Hosted on our Cambridge Folk Festival Site

It's Instrumental

In the first of an occasional series looking at the people that make the instruments that make the music, we hear from George Stevens about what it takes to become a luthier

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Songs To Save A Life, Cambridge Folk Festival, Raintown

My Shanty Scene - Part 3

Chris Ricketts shanty oddessy continues

Fatea Showcase Sessions:Interactions Available For Free Download

The 14th Release in the Fatea Showcase Sessions series features eighteen superb acts from across the acoustic spectrum and beyond. Hosted on our Fatea Showcase Sessions Site

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