Folk Radio UK

Folk Radio UK, based in Somerset,[1] is an independent online folk music magazine founded in 2004.[2] The music covered includes, but is not limited to, folk – both traditional and contemporary, American primitive, Celtic music, British folk music and world music. Its founder and owner is Alex Gallacher[2][3] who is also the editor-in-chief.

It launched a new radio channel on Deezer as a specialist folk music channel in 2012.[4][5] Folk Radio UK reached the finals of the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2014 in the media category.[6] In July 2017[7] it launched a dedicated weekly folk show on British online music streaming service Mixcloud. It has also curated playlists on Spotify which are updated regularly.

References
  1. "Pirate radio: How today's rebels have exchanged the North Sea for coffee shops and restaurants". The Independent. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. "Radiohead – The Radio 2 Folk Awards". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. "About Folk Radio UK". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. "Deezer Announces Partnership with Folk Radio UK" (Press release). Folk Radio UK. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. Jones, Rhian (28 November 2012). "Deezer partners with Folk Radio UK for specialist radio channel". Music Week. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  6. "MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2014 – The Nominees! – Scots Trad Music Awards". projects.handsupfortrad.scot. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. "The Folk Radio UK Folk Show – Ep. 1 |". Folk Radio UK – Folk Music Magazine. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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