John Spiers on English folk music

Recent blog updates

• 01 March 2010 Haiti benefit gig in Whitstable - updated
• 01 March 2010 Urban Fox - new folk night in the heart of Birmingham
• 07 February 2010 9Bach on tour in March 2010
• 05 February 2010 Chiltern Ceilidhs in Bedfordshire relaunched with new youth team

More interviews

• 28 February 2010 In conversation with Jim Moray part 6 - Recording In Modern History part 2
• 27 February 2010 In conversation with Jim Moray part 5 - Recording In Modern History part 1
• 26 February 2010 In conversation with Jim Moray part 4 - Twitter & production work
• 19 February 2010 Jim Causley plays Royal Comrade from his forthcoming Devonian solo CD
• 18 February 2010 Jim Causley talks about his BBC Devon radio show and the end of Mawkin:Causley
• 10 February 2010 The Imagined Village discuss the accusation that English folk music is “arthritically white”
• 09 February 2010 The Imagined Village discuss Empire & Love
• 15 January 2010 9Bach play Bwthyn fy Nain
• 14 January 2010 9Bach play Gwydr Glas
• 05 January 2010 Hannah James & Sam Sweeney talk about Catches & Glees
• 04 January 2010 Hannah James & Sam Sweeney play Dick’s Maggot/Dog Leaps Stairs
• 20 December 2009 In conversation with Jim Moray part 3 - The folk & morris revival
• 19 December 2009 In conversation with Jim Moray part 2 - the Jim Moray CD and Low Culture
• 18 December 2009 In conversation with Jim Moray part 1 - I am Jim Moray EP and Sweet England
• 30 November 2009 Kerfuffle discuss their new mid-Winter CD and tour Lighten the Dark
• 27 October 2009 Belshazzar’s Feast discuss their new album Frost Bites
• 26 October 2009 Belshazzar’s Feast play Gerald’s Road Waltz & Sans Day Carol
• 17 October 2009 Lewis Garland and the Kett Rebellion on their Klezmer influence and state of the music industry
• 16 October 2009 Lewis Garland and the Kett Rebellion play Blackboards and Fingernails
• 15 September 2009 Darwin Song Project - Krista Detor, Stu Hanna & Karine Polwart - part 2
• 14 September 2009 Darwin Song Project - Krista Detor, Stu Hanna & Karine Polwart - part 1
• 11 September 2009 Rachael McShane talks about her solo CD and plans with Bellowhead
• 21 July 2009 Giles Lewin on his solo CD The Armchair Orienteer
• 20 July 2009 Giles Lewin on playing with Bellowhead and Maddy Prior
• 14 July 2009 Eliza Carthy on being in the folk music tradition
• 13 July 2009 Eliza Carthy on recording a new CD with her mother
• 20 June 2009 Damien Barber - Demon Barbers’ trip to China part2
• 19 June 2009 Damien Barber - Demon Barbers’ trip to China part1
• 02 June 2009 Seth Lakeman answers fan’s questions
• 01 June 2009 Seth Lakeman on his upcoming fifth solo record
• 29 May 2009 Benji Kirkpatrick talks about his solo work
• 28 May 2009 Benji Kirkpatrick on joining Seth Lakeman’s band
• 23 May 2009 Bella Hardy discusses & sings Three Black Feathers
• 22 May 2009 Bella Hardy on being a one woman cottage industry
• 21 May 2009 Bella Hardy talks about In the Shadow of Mountains
• 01 May 2009 Mawkin:Causley - folk’s boy band?
• 30 April 2009 Mawkin:Causley talk about The Awkward Recruit
• 10 April 2009 John Spiers on English folk music
• 09 April 2009 John Spiers at the Oxford Folk Festival 2009
• 07 April 2009 Darwin Song Project - Rachael McShane & Stu Hanna
• 05 April 2009 Lau interview - part two
• 04 April 2009 Lau talk about their new CD Arc Light
• 02 April 2009 Wheeler Street Interview
• 16 March 2009 Jon Boden answers fans’ questions
• 15 March 2009 Jon Boden Interview
• 17 November 2008 John Spiers on Bellowhead’s non-album tracks
• 12 September 2008 Bellowhead Matachin interview #3 - Paul Sartin
• 10 September 2008 Bellowhead Matachin interview #2 - Justin Thurgur
• 08 September 2008 Bellowhead Matachin interview #1 - John Spiers