Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Furrow Collective – the Emily Portman trio plus Alasdair Roberts – breathe life into traditional songs from ...

The Furrow Collectiveis an English/Scottish band consisting of four talented and individually prominent performers:Lucy Farrell(viola, voice & saw),Rachel Newton(harp, fiddle, voice),Emily ...

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For the first couple of tracks, The Furrow Collective appear to have relocated to America. “Wild Hog In The Woods” powers along with fast-picked banjo; Jean Ritchie’s version of “Dear Companion”, sung ...

THE Band Room promoter Nigel Burnham has booked his first two shows of 2017 at the moorland Low Mill shed: Anglo-Scottish folk supergroup The Furrow Collective on May 13 and pugnacious, punked-up folk ...

CULTURAL differences were a recurring theme during this latest visit to Edinburgh by the Furrow Collective. The merits of the Archers and the ability to roll one’s r’s are the stuff of banter, rather ...

THE Furrow Collective, the Best Group winners at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, will play Selby Town Hall on March 24 on their 11-date spring tour. The collective comprises Alasdair Roberts, Emily ...

On Friday remarkable Scottish folksinger Alasdair Roberts released yet another fantastic record, Pangs (Drag City). I’ll certainly write about that soon, but right now another record with which he’s ...

YOU would probably expect an acoustic four-piece to fill a packed pub with warmth and laughter during a night of singing and beer (and complimentary Easter eggs). But you probably wouldn’t think the ...

Drawn together by a shared love of the traditional song and balladry of England, Scotland and beyond and an open, intuitive approach to collaboration, The Furrow Collective share timeless songs of ...