Now Playing
'Hares on the Mountain' by Fern Maddie. https://youtu.be/MdX19cSFkuQ Taken from the self-released album Ghost Story, out now.
15th July 2022
Tagged as: folk music
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Flytripping
Cally Callomon finds an unexpectedly poetic synchronicity between recent albums by Burial and Stick in the Wheel, and life's roadside...12th June 2022
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Now Playing
Jake Xerxes Fussell's 'Love Farewell' — perfect Sunday morning music, taken from the delightfully titled new album Good and Green...30th January 2022
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Stick in the Wheel - The Seafarer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgzXPbbgxhM&t=2s From the mixtape release Tonebeds for Poetry, out now.4th January 2022
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Songs Left Outside
Recent Bob Stanley / Martin Green for Ace Records compilation 'Choctaw Ridge' and Stick in the Wheel mixtape 'Tonebeds for...26th October 2021
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Caught by the Reaper: Michael Chapman
Bob Stanley pays tribute to the celebrated singer, songwriter and guitarist, who died last week aged 80. Michael Chapman backstage...13th September 2021
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Stick in the Wheel - 'The Cuckoo' - a pastoral folk song recast as a sub-heavy lament for a master...28th August 2021
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Gone Beyond: An Interview with David John Morris
Previously known for his output with Red River Dialect, David John Morris's debut solo album, 'Monastic Love Songs', was released on...30th May 2021
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Beeswing
'Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding my Voice 1967-75', the memoir of Fairport Convention co-founder Richard Thompson, is just-published by...8th April 2021
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In the Furrows Of Common Place
Jim Ghedi: less a person, more a location. To listen to Ghedi is to hover over time and place. His...22nd January 2021
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Helpston to Bernera / Commoners to Crofters
Jim Ghedi gives insight into the lands and legacies which shaped his upcoming album, and shares a live session filmed...20th November 2020
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Sam Amidon
A new, self-titled record from Sam Amidon came out on Nonesuch last week. Despite his credentials, this is a decidedly...1st November 2020
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Good Times Older
Cally Callomon reviews Jack Sharp's Good Times Older, released last month on From Here Records. Sometimes music arrives just in...22nd May 2020
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An interview with James Elkington
James Elkington writes songs that merge a cryptic natural world with the realm of human affairs. From Chicago, he talks...9th May 2020
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Like The River Loves The Sea
Andy Childs mulls over the new USA-written, Iceland-recorded album from Kentucky's Joan Shelley, out on No Quarter Records next week....24th August 2019
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Out Of Sight
Peter Watts reviews the imminent new album from North Carolina's Jake Xerxes Fussell, out next week on Paradise Of Bachelors....28th May 2019
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Stick In The Wheel Presents: English Folk Field Recordings Vol. 2
Friends of the River Stick In The Wheel have put together a brand new compilation documenting the current English folk...16th April 2019
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Lines
The Unthanks' 'Lines' -- just released on Rabble Rouser -- is a trilogy of song cycles inspired by poetry, focusing...18th March 2019