Join Martin Simpson at the fantastic Devizes Festival on Weds 12th June, 8pm: devizesartsfestival.org.uk/martin-simpson…

🌞 Sumer is icumen in, and here is where you’ll find me… Tickety links & info in bio, hope you’ll come & say hello! #folksinger #thesorrowsongs #blackhistoryisbritishhistory

June gigs…

Today, we celebrate the huge contributions that the Windrush Generation made to British life & culture. Our resource, ‘Black Singers & Folk Ballads’, reflects on music-making among enslaved people in former British colonies in the Southern US & Caribbean bit.ly/3RCBo0Z

My last two gigs of this tour are coming up at the end of this week. Get your tickets for the lovely Astor Theatre in Deal this Saturday.

In this month's Uncut Magazine: Linda Thompson, British folk's celebrated siren, on childminding for Nico, “drug dealing” for John Cale, and having high tea with her favourite politician and a sheikh... In shops now.

Despite a heartening response to mention of my piece for The Times on the plight of folk festivals (which deserve so much better), I’m aware many won’t have seen it. So forgive this repost Eliza Carthy MBE @katherinepriddy Faircropfest Underneath the Stars Festival Colin Randall Kate Rusby

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. billboard.com/music/awards/i…

🎶Sat 30 Nov we welcome folk royalty to #Hampshire - MARTIN CARTHY #live at St Mary's Church, Twyford `Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector + editor of them all' Q Magazine 4 months today Topic Records | Alan Bearman Music 🎫seetickets.com/promoter/mm/20…

🌞 Some of my Summer dates! Hope to see you lovely peeps if you’re about… there’s more too, so stay tuned 🌀 #folksong #blackhistoryisbritishhistory

Fourth album sees Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage exploring the widest of sonic vistas through their blend of traditional #folk & #americana. Special guests include bandmate #JadeRhiannon (The Willows) & Jon Thorne (Lamb). Out Sept 20th, pre-order now propermusic.com/products/hanna…

This month’s Official Folk Albums Chart Show features music from Rachel Sermanni, Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds, Sam Lee - He/Hymn 🌈, Kingfishr, Linda Thompson and Fink. Watch from 7pm - set a reminder here: youtube.com/watch?v=oqSZN8…

The Sorrow Songs Band & I will be playing lovely FolkEast Festival on Sunday. I’m also doing a pop-up singing a workshop earlier in the afternoon - can’t wait! 🖤 #folkisforeveryone

🧵NEW limited edition Ragged Kingdom vinyl available for pre-order! raggedkingdom.lnk.to/vinyl Rumour has it the vinyl is crimson to match The Coat worn by June on the album cover and famously on the 2012 tour. Limited to 750 copies, the LP will also be on sale …

… at shows on the October Oyster/Tabor tour this year. London Barbican and Manchester RNCM have sold out; tickets are now running short at Sunderland Fire Station, closely followed by Birmingham Town Hall: alonglonggoodbye.live

Ragged Kingdom, the 2011 collaborative album from June Tabor and Oysterband is being reissued for Topic's 85th anniversary year on limited edition crimson vinyl. Find out more and pre-order here: topicrecords.co.uk/2024/08/june-t…

As part of Topic Records’ 85th anniversary, June Tabor & Oysterband’s 2011 album ‘Ragged Kingdom’ will be reissued on vinyl. We take a look back at the album that “raises the spirit and tears at the soul in turn.” klofmag.com/2024/08/june-t…

spiralearth.co.uk/june-tabor-oys… Oysterband Topic Records

Announcing Folk Education Network’s next Development Day: Wed 13 Nov at University of Sheffield, presented in partnership with Access Folk. Free to attend; booking required: bit.ly/3yRIvN3 Photo: Folk Factory performing at Cecil Sharp House credit Roswitha Chesher