After much thought and mulling over Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2025 opened the gates to a new format and a weekend of glorious weather. Was it the same? Did it all […] The post Cropredy Was. Cropredy Is. Long Live Cropredy! appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
In 1964 following the death of his mother – who had encouraged his musical ambitions from an early age – a teenage Jimmy Webb decided not to follow his father […] The post A Life In Words And Music : The Reprise Seventies Box Set – Jimmy Webb. appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
The Magpie Arc is a cross-border band out of Sheffield, Arran and Edinburgh and features award winning artists Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Tom Wright, Alex Hunter and tour guitarist, the […] The post Magpie Arc – Tour Dates, Indoor Festival of Folk & New Album! appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
Organisers of the long-running Brum Festival have announced a ‘low tickets’ warning for both Weekend and Day tickets. They’ve also just released the day-by-day schedule, so visitors can see exactly who […] The post Moseley Folk & Arts Festival Low Ticket Warning appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
Formed in London in 1978, Blowzabella is a genuinely unique band that makes an inimitable, driving, drone-based wall-of-sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling […] The post Blowzabella Announce they are to Disband on 50th Anniversary appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
BBC Radio 2 ‘Musician of the Year’ Mohsen Amini from Glasgow, Scotland is an incredibly fast growing name in the traditional world. Boasted by the Herald as a “Virtuoso” and the BBC Scotland […] The post A Question of Firsts – Mohsen Amini appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
“You won’t find English folk music played better than this” R2 Leveret are a highly acclaimed English folk trio renowned for their innovative approach to traditional music, blending consummate musicianship […] The post Leveret Announce Sixth Studio Album & Tour appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
FolkEast has announced an exciting antipodean addition to the eclectic line-up for this month’s three-day festival at Suffolk’s Sotterley estate. Hailing from New South Wales, We Mavericks will definitely have travelled further […]| Spiral Earth
Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll delivers his tenth studio album We’re Only Human. Laconic, witty and possessed of an ability to render any topic he tackles totally relatable, Carll deftly connects […] The post Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
FOLKEAST STARTS NEW CHAPTER AT SOTTERLEY WHAT WILL BE NEW & WHAT WILL BE FAMILIAR As Suffolk’s FolkEast counts down to its August festival at a brand new home audience members […] The post FolkEast Starts New Chapter What to Expect appeared first on Spiral Earth.| Spiral Earth
Trailblazing Scottish folk outfit Mànran will release their highly anticipated new studio album To the Wind on Friday 1st August 2025 – the band’s first full-length release in four years […]| Spiral Earth
A new format which seeks to protect what makes Cambridge Folk Festival special and celebrates the iconic event’s early independent grassroots values, has been announced by Cambridge City Council, organisers […]| Spiral Earth
Belfast TradFest returns for its 7th edition this July 27th – August 3rd in venues across Belfast, the UNESCO City of Music.| Spiral Earth
As the countdown to the 13th FolkEast begins – its first at a brand new site– more top names have been announced for its bumper line-up. England’s most easterly folk festival […]| Spiral Earth
David Eagle is one third of the three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning band The Young’uns. You may have encountered him performing with them on BBC Radio 2 and […]| Spiral Earth
The 23rd Great North Folk Festival is preparing to receive its loyal guests over three days between July 11th and 13th. Managed by Festival on the Moor, a non profit […]| Spiral Earth
Sarah McQuaid has a busy summer planned ahead of her August-September UK tour and new music to share! As she prepares for her August-September UK tour (to be followed by […]| Spiral Earth
Critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and guitarist Josienne Clarke announces her raw and intimate new album Far From Nowhere, due out this autumn via Corduroy Punk. Alongside the album announcement, Clarke shares the first single ‘Tiny […]| Spiral Earth
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Whitchurch Folk Festival Returns for 2025 with a Stellar Line-up May 10th, 2025, Whitchurch, North Hampshire Whitchurch Folk Festival is back for another incredible year, bringing world-class folk artists, Morris […]| Spiral Earth
The UK’s biggest 1-day Folk Festival is bringing the internationally acclaimed powerhouse of West African music that is Orchestra Baobab to Hatfield Park on Sunday 20 July. Named after both […]| Spiral Earth
Norfolk Festival Brings Together Top Folk Acts, Including, Gaz Brookfield, Mad Dog Mcrea, Steve Knightly, 3 Daft Monkeys, and Project Smok. Award-winning Norfolk festival, Folk in a Field, is set to […]| Spiral Earth
A much-loved Scottish festival at the foot of Ben Nevis, which was revived last year at the hands of Scottish cultural visionary Gary Innes, has announced plans for another spectacular edition. […]| Spiral Earth