Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe New Year began at the Southbank with a circus-themed lock-in. Some of the audience had come dressed as ring-masters or lions, and no one could get in once the venue had been blocked off to control New Year revellers.Bel... more info

Guardian Music — (Navigator)They may be firmly established as one of the most successful folk bands in the country, but Bellowhead have had one major problem to overcome: how can they record a studio album that matches the invention and sheer exhilaration of their l... more info

Guardian Music — Bellowhead are proud to have their own real ale, but talk of a folk revival doesn't impress the 11-piece bandIt is mid-afternoon by a London canal and the 11 members of Bellowhead are drinking. Somewhat surprisingly, only Pete Flood, the drummer and ... more info

Guardian Music — (Topic)Topic Records is one of the great English independent labels, yet it has signed no new artists for a decade. Now, at last, the label has had a change of heart, releasing this solo album by Fay Hield, the partner of folk star Jon Boden and best... more info

Guardian Music — Sidmouth, DevonNic Jones and his groundbreaking 1980 album Penguin Eggs wields such a huge influence over the younger artists currently revitalising British folk that it was no surprise to find them falling over themselves to play a tribute concert i... more info

Guardian Music — Folk singer Jon Boden plans to record a song a day for a year and post it online. But his real aim is to get us all to sing out loud together – in tune or notA few weeks ago Jon Boden, the current BBC Folk Singer of the Year, went to a friend's hom... more info

Guardian Music — (Park)What's a double-album of children's songs doing on a page like this? Well, it's a set that Jon Boden, who won the folk singer of the year award last week, described as "light years ahead of other kids' CDs and by far the most played record in o... more info