June Tabor & Oysterband's 'Freedom And Rain' (1990) was hailed one of the finest collaborative folk albums of the past 4 decades. Bringing together the immense, individual talents of the sublime English folk singer Tabor and the raucous roots rebels Oysterband, it produced something quite not only new but enduring. When they reunited to| Topic Records
We're thrilled to see Ted Olson's liner notes for Nothing But Green Willow, last year's album from Martin Simpson and Thomm Jutz, nominated for this year's IBMA Industry Awards in the Liner Notes of the Year category. The IBMA Industry Awards, which recognize outstanding work in categories including Broadcaster of| Topic Records
We’ve gone back to the original tapes of Anne Briggs’ eponymous debut album, commissioned one of the UK’s top mastering engineers to remaster it and in doing so, have unearthed four previously unreleased tracks from the album sessions! Incredible as it may sound, these four songs, which we’re calling ‘The Lost Tape,’ were filed away back| Topic Records
Martin Simpson is not a man to sit still for very long. Undoubtedly one of the hardest-touring musicians on the UK folk/roots circuit, he also averages a brand new studio album almost every two years. Skydancers, his 12th full length solo record for Topic since 1992, comes hot on the heels of last year's| Topic Records
Angeline Morrison's critically acclaimed album The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience is repressed on 8th March on green opaque vinyl 'The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience,' released on Topic Records in October 2022, lifted Cornwall-based folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angeline Morrison, out of relative obscurity and into the| Topic Records
In the early 1960s, the approach Martin Carthy took to folk music was nothing short of revolutionary, albeit a relatively quiet revolution befitting of his humble nature. You wouldn’t find Carthy’s music clambering up the singles charts; his was not a face adorning the teen magazines. Instead, his influence was felt at a [...]| Topic Records
‘Sea Song Sessions’ is a collection of British maritime folk songs and sea shanties, performed Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter. The artists celebrated the release of the album of the same name in September 2022 with a run of on-board and harbourside performances which they sailed to and from [...]| Topic Records
Martin Simpson and Thomm Jutz have announced their new collaborative album, ‘Nothing But Green Willow : The Songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry,’ out September 29th on Topic Records. “These are mysterious songs - that’s what sets them apart from popular music,” says Grammy-nominated and IBMA Award-winning songwriter and guitarist Thomm Jutz. He’s [...]| Topic Records
We're thrilled to be releasing Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay, the self-titled second album from two of the UK folk scene's finest guitarists, which will be available from 26 May. Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay are both prolific, praised and established artists in their own right. Hailing from South Yorkshire, Ghedi’s previous work [...]| Topic Records
Originally released on Topic in 1965, ‘Frost And Fire : A Calendar Of Ritual And Magical Songs’ was the debut album by The Watersons, a fledgling folk group from Hull, Yorkshire. Comprised of Norma, Mike, and Lal (Elaine) Waterson, with their cousin John Harrison, they performed mainly traditional songs with little or no accompaniment,| Topic Records