It's time to clear out the back of the storage unit RootBeat calls home, so we're running some limited-time discounts and multibuys on the very first records we put out. Get all three of the Kerfuffle albums still in stock for £8+P&P, or both Hannah James & Sam Sweeney albums for £10+P&P.

 
Watch the video for "Green Unstopping" now

 

It's official; everyone loves the new Rheingans Sisters album! From fRoots to Songlines to Radio 2, the album is receiving critical acclaim. Louder Than Warlove it, Folk Radio UK wrote a remarkable review that concludes that "In Bright Field, they have created an album bursting with worldly joys and shot through with intimate sorrow and wisdom." 

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We're delighted, and very proud, here at RootBeat HQ. Georgia Lewis, whose debut album we released last year, has been nominated for the Horizon Award at this year's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. This is a huge endorsement from the folk cognoscenti, and caps a remarkable critical response to her debut The Bird Who Sings Freedom. Songlines called it "An impeccable British folk album," with Rock n Reel giving it a 5-star review and an fRoots feature calling it "An impressive piece of work." In October, Georgia and her band recorded a special live track for Mark Radcliffe's BBC Radio 2 Folk Show, which became her second play on that show.

We look forward to the awards show in Belfast on 4th April.

Buy Georgia's album here

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Did you hear Georgia Lewis on last week's special Manchester Folk Festival edition of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show? If you missed it, you can listen again here. The performance was also filmed, and you can see the video of her performance on the streets of Manchester here. 

Georgia Lewis's debut album The Bird Who Sings Freedom is out now, available from RootBeat Records.

Order yours now to be sure of getting it before anyone else.

With their albums New Anything and In The Round and a long string of sell-out gigs, English instrumental trio Leveret have built a strong reputation as consummate musicians and captivating performers.  Now they return with Inventions, a new album of original material.  Recorded live at the renowned Realworld Studios and accompanied by a hand-written tunebook, Inventions brings Leveret’s trademark groove, energy and intuitive playing to bear on a set of new tunes composed by the three members of the trio. 

Fiddler Sam Sweeney was the 2015 BBC Folk Awards Musician of the Year, directs the National Youth Folk Ensemble and is known for his work with Bellowhead, Eliza Carthy's Wayward Band, The Full English and his own Made In The Great War project.   Melodeon genius Andy Cutting, a three-times  BBC Folk Awards Best Musician, is a compelling solo performer and currently works with Blowzabella, Topette, June Tabor, and Roger Daltry.  Concertina wizard Rob Harbron leads the English Acoustic Collective summer school and is known for his work with The Full English (Best Group and Best Album BBC Folk Awards 2014), Emma Reid, Fay Hield, Jon Boden and others. 

Leveret’s playing is not arranged in the conventional sense – there is no prepared plan or structure and instead they rely on mutual trust, listening and responding.  At the same time their playing is relaxed and natural, drawing audiences in and inviting them to share in music making that is truly spontaneous and yet deeply timeless.  Much of Leveret’s material to date has been drawn from old manuscripts and tunebooks, but for all three players composing new tunes is a natural extension of the ‘page to stage’ process of rediscovering forgotten tunes from the archive.

The video for Rosie Hood's song Adrift Adrift is featured on Folk Radio UK, who have an exclusive interview with Rosie exploring the writing of the song.

Rosie's hot off a packed performance at Cambridge Folk Festival accompanied by Ollie King and Nicola Beazley; look out for highlights of the festival on Sky Arts and this week's Radio 2 Folk Show. 

We're delighted to welcome our newest artist to RootBeat, Georgia Lewis. Her debut album, The Bird Who Sings Freedom, is our next release. 

The Bird Who Sings Freedom is the debut album by Georgia Lewis, who has been hailed as the best voice to emerge from the English folk scene in recent years.  

Well-worn traditional songs sit alongside two originals, an AE Housman poem and, opening the album, a setting of the words of Maya Angelou. Throughout, Georgia seeks the timeless themes in old words. Stories of love and loss, conflict, betrayal.  

Produced by Lewis with Josh Clark (Kate Rusby's Life In A Paper Boat), the album features percussionist Evan Carson (Sam Kelly & the Lost Boys) and double bassist Tom Sweeney alongside longtime bandmates Rowan Piggott and Felix Miller. The Bird Who Sings Freedom is a glorious cocktail of modern folk influences, a potent statement of intent and a first glimpse at a burgeoning talent who looks set to put her stamp on English folk music.

Here the first track from the album now, and preorder your copy. The Bird Who Sings Freedom is released July 28th.

Now available to preorder, released Friday 16th June