Well, all our gigs have been cancelled for the foreseeable future, so what is there for us to do but take the opportunity to release a Young’uns Podcast. It’s Saint Patrick’s day, but the pubs are closed, so let’s celebrate … Continue reading →

This week we’re in Manchester with Jennifer Reid, singer of 19th century Industrial Revolution broadside ballads and Lancashire dialect work song. She’ll be doing some of that for us on this week’s podcast, as well as recounting her experience on … Continue reading →

This week, Michael is a man of action; David is abused by Australians; there’s an anecdote regarding Mike Harding’s genitals. Gary Hammond of The Hut People and formally The Beautiful South returns to showcase another of his exotic percussion instruments. … Continue reading →

The Young’uns Podcast returns for a new weekly run, as we catchup on the backlog of Young’uns gig clips. In the spirit of Halloween there’s a graveyard-based anecdote, some spectral voices, and a bit of blood. Also, we have a … Continue reading →

We return to Suffolk’s Folk East Festival for another live podcast. Join us in a packed marquee as we host an hour of music, chat, games and a mix of spontaneous and semi-planned features with Philip Henry and Hannah Martin … Continue reading →

To bastardise Band Aid: the greatest gift you’ll get this year’s online. It’s the Christmas 2018 Young’uns Podcast, festooned with festive fun from our 2016 We Three Sings Christmas tour. Play along with The Young’uns Christmas quiz, trying to guess … Continue reading →

We receive a lot of feedback on The Young’uns Podcast, and one comment that keeps coming around time and time again is: “this folk music stuff is all very well and good, but, when are you going to talk about … Continue reading →

We receive a lot of feedback on The Young'uns Podcast, and one comment that keeps coming around time and time again is: “this folk music stuff is all very well and good, but, when are you going to talk about Saxon monarch Edgar the Peaceable?” Well friends, that time has finally come, as The Young'uns Podcast unites with another podcast, Rex Factor, where British monarchs throughout history battle for supremacy. Last year the Rex Factor won the attentions of the Guardian, and in a desperate and cynical bid to get The Young'uns Podcast noticed, we decided to invite the Rex Factor's hosts, our good friends Graham and Ali, on to our podcast. Recorded in front of an audience last year at the Pirate Castle in London, we discuss the conundrum that is Richard III; the musical abilities of Henry VIII, play a monarchy based round of the Birthday Game, which gets rather heated; and author and voice of The Transports, Matthew Crampton, sings of the spectral exploits of Anne Boleyn.