In the late 1960s, with popular culture hurtling forward on the sounds of rock music, some brave musicians looked back instead, trying to recover the lost treasures of English roots music and update them for the new age. The records of Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Steeleye Span, and Nick Drake are known as "folk rock" today, but Rob Young's epic, electrifying book makes clear that those musicians led a decades-long quest to recover English music-and...

With more than ten million albums sold, 10,000 Maniacs are proud to present the most ambitious album of their career, a full-length album of inspired interpretations of traditional British Isle folk songs.

She is one of the indisputable young stars of British folk. This album celebrates her first twenty one years as a professional musician with a career-spanning best of double album, with 31 tracks drawn from her diverse and award-winning back-catalogue including traditional and self-penned material. There are also a couple of live tracks, samples of a few of her many collaborations with other artists - and previously unreleased material.

The annual double CD signature release from Proper presenting a selection of tracks from the nominated artists for the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 (now in their 18th year) plus 4 bonus tracks from the Young Folk Awards nominees.