The Full English is also a web portal, describing itself as the most comprehensive searchable database of English folk songs, tunes, dances and customs in the world. For fans of traditional songs, the ...

The songs that Shirley Collins sings are like time capsules, each with vast histories waiting to be uncovered. Some have journeyed across decades, even centuries, shape-shifting and meeting each ...

The songs that Shirley Collins sings have been handed down over centuries and traveled across oceans. And now at age 85, the woman who has been called the first lady of English folk music has a new ...

In a world where some argue that mankind has totally abandoned tradition while others profess that tradition is what is holding us back, Neil Luck and Mimi Doulton demonstrate that it is possible to ...

Catching up with London's Goblin Band, vocalist and hurdy-gurdy player Rowan Gatherer tell us the one record we must hear ...

Folk music in the UK has a new awards platform. Music charity Sound Roots and podcast Folk on Foot have launched The Folk Album Of The Year Award. With the aim of celebrating albums released in the UK ...

British folk phenomenon Bellowhead are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album with a tour that’s coming to ...

English singer-songwriter superstar Ed Sheeran has amazed Irish fans this week revealing he has penned two Irish traditional songs on his upcoming, much-anticipated third album, even naming one of his ...

Last month, award-winning singer Emily Portman got a message from a fan praising her new album and saying "English folk music is in good hands". That would normally be a compliment, but the ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...