Folk Radio UK
Folk Radio UK, based in Somerset, is an independent online folk music magazine founded in 2004. 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 who is also the editor-in-chief.
It launched a new radio channel on Deezer as a specialist folk music channel in 2012. Folk Radio UK reached the finals of the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2014 in the media category. In July 2017 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.
