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Fay Hield Album Launch at The Green Note, London (Thursday 9th September 2010)!

'Hield is a rare talent' **** Uncut 'An album of real depth and substance' Colin Irwin, fRoots 'There's a real depth and richness to her singing' **** Mojo 'One of the best albums Topic has released for many years. I absolutely love it' ...more

07/09/2010

ABM Programmes Folk Events at King's Place London

During the coming months ABM will have a number of artists appearing at King's Place: King's Place Festival 2010 will be opened by performances from Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick and Chris Wood (Thursday 9th September in the Main Ha...more

07/09/2010

The Demon Barber Roadshow Launches 'Time Gentlemen Please'

In 2001 The Demon Barbers, winners of Best Live Act at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009, brought together some of England's most exciting young traditional dancers to create their high energy spectacular Roadshow. Used to pushing the boundaries of En...more

06/09/2010

Chris Stout and Catriona Mckay Tour

"One of the most impressive displays of composition and sheer musicianship allied to outstanding instrumental skill that I've seen in years" - John Barrow - Stoneyport Agency and Folk Music Promoter, Edinburgh As individual musicians Chris Stout ...more

13/08/2010

Alasdair Roberts Joins ABM!

Alasdair Roberts is a Scottish singer, guitarist, interpreter of traditional songs and writer of new songs based in Glasgow, Scotland. Since 1996 he has worked with Drag City Records of Chicago, releasing three albums of original material under the n...more

08/07/2010

Duotone Join ABM!

Duotone is the name under which Barney Morse-Brown (cellist for The Imagined Village, Chris Wood's Handmade Life and Eliza Carthy's band) writes and performs his own contemporary acoustic songs. Sometimes the quietest voices are those whom speak ...more

08/07/2010

A Folk Song A Day: Jon Boden releases a new folk song every day for a year!

On 24th June 2010 - Midsummer's Day - acclaimed singer, Jon Boden, launched an ambitious new project - A Folk Song A Day. Every day for one year Jon will post a traditional song online to promote the art of 'social' (or communal) singing. Now largely...more

08/07/2010

Jim Moray's 'In Modern History' Receives Top Reviews!

Jim Moray is a 27 year old singer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer who has created startlingly contemporary recordings of England's traditional songs which have been described as the most significant development in folk music in the last...more

08/07/2010

Peggy Seeger Portrait On Radio 4!

First Time Ever... The Ballad of Peggy Seeger On BBC Radio 4, Tuesday 19th October 2010 @ 1.30pm. Presented by Sara Parker and produced by Alan Hall. A portrait of the iconic folk-singer, Peggy Seeger, by the daughter of Charles Parker, the man with...more

08/06/2010

New Swarb CD - 'raison d'etre' on Shirty Records

A message from Swarb: "It has taken all of 8 years for me to complete this cd and I don't think it can be repeated. There are 4 EFDSS 'Gold Badge' holders involved, the highest accolade of the English Folk Song and Dance Society: Beryl Marriott, Mar...more

01/06/2010

New Imagined Village Tour Announced!

One of the most unusual collaborations of the past decade, The Imagined Village made a significant impression with their critically acclaimed and commercially successful debut album (released via Peter Gabriel's Real World label). They toured extensi...more

13/05/2010

Roddy Woomble Joins ABM!

Familiar to many thousands of music fans as the front man in the Scottish rock band Idlewild, Roddy Woomble is also a celebrated solo songwriter & performer. He follows up the release of his acclaimed 2006 solo debut 'My Secret is My Silence' with a ...more

12/05/2010

First Ever Duo Album From Award Winning Mother & Daughter!

Norma Waterson - "..possibly the finest English singer alive today" (Mojo Magazine) Eliza Carthy - 'Seriously impressive..'(The Telegraph) ...more

12/05/2010

Lau vs Karine Polwart - Evergreen E.P. Out Now!

The first in a series of three, new mini album / E.P's from BBC Folk Awards Best Group (2008, 2009, 2010) Lau finds the highly acclaimed Scots/English avant-folk trio collaborating with popular Scottish singer songwriter Karine Polwart. "a passi...more

04/05/2010

Jim Moray's New Album 'In Modern History' Released On 30th April!

Multi award-winning folk artist Jim Moray will pre-release his new album exclusively through the June issue of Songlines magazine. Never a musician to stick to the prescribed routes, Moray's world-exclusive partnership with Songlines will see him joi...more

12/04/2010

The Ideal Christmas Show - Punkem's Mid Winter Revels Booking Now!

Music, song, dance and pantomime - a seasonal celebration of winter festivities with the emphasis clearly on entertainment....more

12/04/2010

Shooglenifty Songlines Nomination!

Songlines has recently announced the nominees for the Songlines Music Awards 2010. Scottish mavericks Shooglenifty have been nominated in the 'Best Group' catagory....more

30/03/2010

Macmaster/Hay Join ABM!

ABM is very excited to announce that Macmaster/Hay have joined the roster. Mary Macmaster is one of the world's leading exponents and innovators of the metal-strung clarsach and the fantastic Camac electro-harp. Through her work with Sileas and Th...more

17/03/2010

New Kris Drever Album Out Now!

Kris's much anticipated second solo album 'Mark The Hard Earth' is now available on Navigator records. As Robin Denselow of The Guardian explains, 'The songs range from the self-composed title track to a slinky piece from Boo Hewerdine and a co...more

17/03/2010

Peggy Seeger Homecoming Tour October - November 2010

In August 2010 Peggy Seeger returns to England to live. She celebrates her Homecoming with an autumn tour through October and November, booking now. After living 35 years in England, she returned to the USA in 1994 and after living in Asheville, Nort...more

24/02/2010

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