It's time to do my usual round-up of folk, acoustic and roots music released this year by artists who I have played on my Off The Beaten Tracks show on Ginger Feather FM. For a change I've done a Top Five favourites followed by ten more recommended releases.
As for live music, highlights have included The Young 'Uns and SykesMartin at the Victoria Hall in Settle and Chris Wood at the village hall in Ulpha. I was at the Warwick Folk Festival in July and heard excellent sets from Richard Thompson, Granny's Attic, Banter, Benji Kirkpatrick and Fara.
In these post-Covid days, online gigs are still very much a thing with Folkscape and Live To Your Living Room broadcasting various acts from venues up and down the country. Best live-streamed gig of the year for me was Daphne's Flight. Sadly it was their farewell tour.
Thanks as ever to Citizen K for keeping things going at Ginger Feather FM and to the promoters who have sent me occasional promo copies of new releases. And thanks to you out there for tuning in to GF FM or listening on Mixcloud and reading what I post on this blog.
So my Top 5 of 2025 is...
Daphne's Flight - Favourable Light
Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko - Our Calling
I’m With Her - Wild and Clear and Blue
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia
Iona Lane - Swilkie
...and 10 more Recommended Releases
Culverake - Unto The Sky
Flook - Sanju
Gigspanner Big Band - Turnstone
Granny's Attic - Cold Blows The Wind
Toby Hay - New Music For The 6 String Guitar
Jaywalkers - Move On
Steve Knightley - Positively Folk Street
Reg Meuross - Fire & Dust : A Woody Guthrie Story
Ninebarrow - The Hour of the Blackbird
Natalie Wildgoose - Come Into The Garden
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Colin B
Lancaster, UK
December 2025
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