Folk Radio UK: September Edition Our latest issue is later than planned so there's a lot to cover including a great Digital Covermount Mix which you

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Folk Radio UK: September Edition

Our latest issue is later than planned so there's a lot to cover including a great Digital Covermount Mix which you can download for free.

As usual we also have some great album reviews including Lucy Ward, Roy Harper, Joseph Arthur, Fabian Holland, Sean Taylor and many more!

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

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Featured Artist of the Month for September: Lisa Knapp

The best things are always worth the wait and as Hidden Seam finally unlocks the creative flow of Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver, the result is a magical masterpiece. Read our Review

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Featured Artist of the Month for August: Martin Simpson

A master craftsman captured in intimate style with production assistance from friend Richard Hawley, Vagrant Stanzas is the album Martin Simpson was born to make. Read our Review

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Fabian Holland - self-titled

Fabian Holland is unquestionably one of the finest guitarists on the current folk circuit. His eponymous debut proves that he has the songs and the voice to match.

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Sean Taylor – Chase The Night

A trilogy of albums in three years has seen praise for Sean Taylor from Mike Harding, Bob Harris and more. You’ll understand why as Chase The Night delivers his London masterpiece.

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Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin – Mynd

Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin's latest album 'Mynd' is music to take to your heart.

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Gill Sandell - Light the Boats

Following our review of Gill Sandell‘s latest album Light the Boats Simon Holland catches up with Gill to talk about her album which is released on 16th September.
Review | Interview

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Joseph Arthur – The Ballad Of Boogie Christ Act 1 & II

Joseph Arthur’s double CD The Ballad Of Boogie Christ Act 1 & II is an epic, shot through with the pleasures and pains of life lived at high altitude, with no safety net.

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Roy Harper – Man & Myth

Helen reviews of Roy Harper’s Man and Myth went down a treat with Roy Harper himself!

A tour de force which effortlessly displays Harper’s mastery of his craft and is without doubt the best record he has ever made.

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Stephen Kellogg – Blunderstone Rookery

With former band The Sixers on hold, Stephen Kellogg delivers an album of clever, literate song craft, packing a big emotional punch and in Thanksgiving possibly the song of the year.

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Antun Opic – No Offense

Choosing to write and sing in English because of the unique perspective using a foreign tongue brings, Croatian born, German Native Antun Opic has created a Gypsy folk delight.

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Lucy Ward – Single Flame

Single Flame, the excellent new album from Lucy Ward shows growing maturity and confidence in her songwriting, setting up a film soundtrack, Folie A Deux to be broadcast in September on BBC 4.

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Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker – Fire & Fortune (Review & Interview)

Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker talk exclusively to Folk Radio UK about Fire & Fortune.

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John Kirkpatrick – The Complete John Kirkpatrick Band

Cult classics, originally released in the 90s, a live and studio set from The John Kirkpatrick Band prove to have the style and substance of their bid for folk rock stardom.

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Eddi Reader – The Songs Of Robert Burns

Possibly the album Eddi Reader was destined to make as she connects through the new-town, Glasgow overspill of Irvine and across 200 years to the town’s most famous son.

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To download our September Covermount Mix click here.

The tracklisting is below:

00:00 Fabian Holland - The Landlord's Daughter

05:25 Phillip Henry And Hannah Martin - The Nailmakers' Strike Pt II

10:48 Antun Opic - Hospital

13:23 Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers - Lost & Found

16:28 Eddi Reader - Brose And Butter

20:27 Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker - Fire & Fortune

23:26 Gill Sandell - Sparkle Eyes

27:30 Lucy Ward - Rites Of Man

32:08 Sean Taylor - London

34:43 Joseph Arthur - The Ballad Of Boogie Christ

38:50 Martin Simpson - North Country Blues

43:28 Lisa Knapp - Shipping Song

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