What record could be more precious to me than Piper At The Gates Of Dawn? The 1st Anne Briggs LP on Topic, original press and it's goddamn mint shape - which I'm not usually too picky about but it's such a quiet quiet record. It's a goddamn privilege to hear this record this way and I treat it like a religious experience I mean godddamn Anne Briggs...it doesn't get better than this. All reissues suck for this #NowPlaying #vinyl #AnneBriggs #TopicRecords

Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay, two of the UK folk scene’s finest guitarists, announce their self-titled, second collaborative album, out May 26th on Topic Records. In anticipation, the duo release the album’s first single, ‘Bright Edge Deep’, inspired by Seamus Heaney's poem 'Digging'. #folk #folkmusic #topicrecords #acoustic #newalbum Listen here: https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2023/02/jim-ghedi-toby-hay-bright-edge-deep-new-album-topic-records/

#FayHield & #TheHurricaneParty #Orfeo #cd #TopicRecords
A very nice #Folk surprise

Got my copy of #FrostAndFire by #TheWatersons a couple of weeks ago. #TopicRecords reissue, 45 rpm, original sleeve and track notes by A.L. Lloyd.

#Traditional #folk songs, each corresponding to a season, sung with almost no accompaniment (one song has a single drum). While the melodies are timeless, it is an embodiment of #harmony that is transcendental.

I listened to it twice the day it arrived, and the songs immediately took hold of my life, with passages playing in my head constantly.