Fiddle of 8 Records

About

Fiddle of 8 Records is the own-label of the UK band FolkLaw, enabling the recording and release of the bands three most recent studio albums:

Reviews

Catch the Sun (2025)

"A gem of an album" - Get Ready to Rock e-zine - read the full review

"Rollicking Irish flavours" - folking.com - read the full review

"Oh Yes!! We like this!" - star icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparent - Folk North West - read the full review

Reached #6 in the Top 10 of the Get Ready to Rock album charts

...more reviews coming soon!

We Will Rise (2019)

"fantastic - We Will Rise from FolkLaw" - BBC Radio Lincolnshire - George Smith

"perfect to jump up and down to in a festival crowd!" - FATEA - read the full review

"bloody good... ...the quality just shines through." - star icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparent - Rock and Reel

"grit and passion... ...courage and truth" - Maverick Music Magazine

"thoughtful and stirring" - Julian Cole - EDS Magazine - EFDSS - full review in Spring 2019 edition

"great track... ...brilliant band" - BBC Radio Bristol - Johnny Coppin

"great musicianship and lyrics! ...fresh and fiery fiddling and lilting, lifting vocals" - Shire Folk magazine

"everything you could possibly ask for and more" - SLAP magazine - read the full review

"If you're a fan of fiddle driven foot tapping songs, then this is an album for you!" - folking.com - read the full review

"Driving, insistent, foot-tapping folk rock that takes no prisoners." - Living Tradition

"beautiful fiddle and flute melodies" - Time Past and Time Passing - read the full review

"motifs mélodiques d'une grande beauté" - star icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparent - Forces Parallèles (France) - read the full review

"holds the listener from start to finish" - Rhythm and Booze - read the full review

"Von der Geige angetrieben und mit perfekten Gesängen perfektioniert,
lassen sie den Zuhörer keinen Augenblick aus ihrem Bann...
...FolkLaw sind Leben pur!"
- Celtic Rock.de - read the full review

"A thought-provoking and inspiring album" - Morning Star Newspaper - read the full review

"style and heart" - FolkWorld (Germany) - read the full review

"Gold standard of folk music" - Irish Music Magazine - read the full review

"An utter joy" and accoladed a 'stand out' release of 2019 - The Musician - Official Journal of the Musician's Union

Smokey Joe (2016)

"music to make you laugh and dance... ...a milestone of folk music" - folkwords.com - read the full review

"outstanding and evocative" - FATEA - read the full review

"superbly laid folk... ...blazes a trail that even the devil cannot follow" - Liverpool Sound and Vision - read the full review

"amazing bluegrass infused" with "a passion for life" - Celtic-Folk-Punk radio / blogspot - read the full review

"folk dans sa forme la plus pure et la plus belle" - star icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparent - Forces Parallèles (France) - read the full review

"Bursting with a sense of community and camaraderie" - SongLines Magazine - Songlines issue 123

"eingängigen Riffs und sofort mitsingbaren Refrains!" - Celtic-Rock.de (Germany) - read the full review

"ein Album, das über volle Länge überzeugt und süchtig macht!" - FolkNews.de (Germany) - read the full review

"intoxicating... ...a great mix of different styles" - Adolf "Gorhand" Goriup - FolkWorld.de (Germany) - read the full review

"vibrant fiddling" - David Hintz - FolkWorld.de (Germany) - read the full review

"made for stadium gigs" - Stirrings Magazine - Stirrings issue 169

"vibrant and energizing" - Mike Brocken - BBC Folk Scene

"Stylish passionate folk rock" - star icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparentstar icon transparent - R2 Magazine
Smokey Joe booklet from Fiddle of 8 Records

Available by mail order from www.folklaw.co.uk and as mp3 downloads from iTunes, amazon.com, amazon.de

Radio

FolkLaw's releases on Fiddle of 8 Records have received radio play far and wide, across the UK, Europe and North America, including
BBC Radio Scotland, Iain Anderson show, Right to Roam
BBC Radio Wales, Catch the Sun and Road to Donegal
BBC radio Lincolnshire, Tim Walker Folk show, ShireMan
BBC Radio Lincolnshire - George Smith - Thursday night folk - We Will Rise
BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire,
BBC Wiltshire & BBC Somerset - Johnny Coppin - Rocks of the Burren
BBC Radio Shropshire - Genevieve Tudor - We Will Rise
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire - Sue Marchant "The Folk Show" - We Will Rise
Argyle FM - Folk at Five - Rocks of the Burren, We Will Rise, Last Days Of Summer, Crazy for the Girl, Hills of our Minds
Black Country Radio- We Will Rise, Rocks of the Burren, Love Again, Hills of our Minds
EDS Classic Folk Show - Mike Norris - Rocks of the Burren.
Forest FM - Forest Folk - "Featured Album" (listen again) - We Will Rise, Rocks of the Burren, Folky Pirates
Moorlands Radio, Cheshire - the Anything Goes roots show - Hills of our Minds
Tempo FM North Yorks - FAB Folk and Blues show (listen again)- Hills Of Our Minds
West Norfolk Radio - Crazy For the Girl
The Acoustic Yard (Ireland) - Rocks of the Burren
BCB Radio Bradford - "Into The Buttercup" roots show - We Will Rise
10radio FM - the Folk, Roots, & Branches show - Negen (Nayhoo)
CRMK Radio - Catch the Sun, Right to Roam
Darlo Radio FM - Liz Franklin's FolkUs - Rocks of the Burren
Dean Radio FM - Clive Southerton's Acoustic Show - We Will Rise
and Chris Arscott's Folk show - We Will Rise , Rocks of the Burren
Swindon 105.5FM - Mike Ganley's Crooked Road show - One Too Far
West Hull FM, Vixen 101 FM , Drystone Radio FM
Trossachs Radio - Catch the Sun , Right to Roam
New Dawn FM - Catch the Sun, Right to Roam
Beverley FM - The Folk Hour - We Will Rise, Last Days Of Summer
Felixstowe Radio - We Will Rise
Sine FM - We Will Rise, Right to Roam, Catch the Sun
Wycombe Sound FM - the Roots Collective show - Last Days of Summer
TME FM - We Will Rise, Love Again
Big Ear Radio - the Folk show with Trevor Krueger - Angles Wings, We Will Rise
Radio Winchcombe FM - The Folk Show with Kevin O - (listen again) - We Will Rise
Leicestershire's Hermitage FM the Hermitage Folk Show - We Will Rise, Angels Wings
Bradley Stoke Radio - FM103.4 - On the Jelli Records Show - Baby You've Changed
Mystery Train Radio - We Will Rise, Love Again, Hills of our Minds
Future Radio - Norfolk, Acoustic and Eclectic show - One Too Far
Radio Caroline - Angels Wings, My Town Revisited
From Albion and Beyond - Arkansas, USA - We Will Rise
Eden FM - Liz Franklin's Folk Show - We Will Rise
Rainy Days Radio- FRANCE - One Too Far
Lionheart FM - We Will Rise, Rocks of the Burren, Nayhoo, Talk to Me, Mad Fiddler, Gloucester Boys, My Time
BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester
and BBC Radio Stoke - Genevieve Tudor's Sunday Folk - Talk to Me, Mad Fiddler
Severn FM - Phil Meeks Mostly Summer Playlist & Alex Huskisson's Mystery Train - One Too Far, Smokey Joe, GloucesterBoys
BBC Radio Gloucester - Johnny Coppin's show - Smokey Joe
BBC Radio Merseyside - Mike Brocken's Folk Scene - Smokey Joe
Bishop FM - Smokey Joe
Hamburg Sender Radio - Catch the Sun, Right to Roam
Dapper FM (Dave Chamberlains acoustic routes) - Folky Pirates, Waterways of England, Gloucester Boys
Nova FM with Gary Hazlehurst - We Will Rise, Mad Fiddler, Waterways of England, Forever and a Day
Radio Warwickshire - Seeds of Freedom
ReadiFolk Radio on Blast FM - Leaves of Gold, Smokey Joe
Blues and Roots Radio - Smokey Joe
West Norfolk Radio - Smokey Joe, Cradle to the Grave
EFDSS Mike Norris Classic Folk Show - Seeds of Freedom
South Birmingham Radio - Conquer Trees
Triangle FM (Chris arscotts folk and acoustic show) Smokey Joe
MacSlons Irish Pub Radio- (Germany)
Black Country Radio- Smokey Joe, Talk To Me, My Time, Gloucester Boys
Sounds of Folk on Oldham Community Radio- Mad Fiddler, Talk To Me, I Made Them, Cradle to the Grave
UK Folk Music Radio - Talk to Me
Folk n Roots Radio - (Canada) Waterways of England, I Made Them
Emission Chemins de Terre - (France) Rocks of the Burren
Coast and County Radio, Tim Moon - Catch the Sun & Right to Roam
West Norfolk Radio, Jane Clayton show, Catch The Sun and About You
Hayes FM in West London, the Variety Hour show, Catch the Sun + Right To Roam
Celtic Music Radio in Glasgow, Transatlantic Conversations show, Catch the Sun
3Bs Radio in Bicester, Brackley and Buckingham, the Folk Box show, Catch the Sun
Folk Friday Radio, Along The Tracks show, Bookshop
Radio Winchcombe, Chris Martin Musical Collection show, Catch the Sun
From Albion and Beyond on KUAR 89.1 FM, USA, Burn + Hope Is Still Alive
Beyond Radio in Lancashire, the Beyond Folk and Acoustic show
10 Radio in Somerset, Folk Roots and Branches show, Catch the Sun
Phoenix FM in Yorkshire, Roving Folk show Catch the Sun
Folkal Point show aired on Radio Wester Ross, Cowal Peninsula via Dunoon Community Radio - 97.4 FM
MKB Independent Radio Radio West Fife, Stirling Community Radio, Crystal FM 107.4 from Penicuik,
Glasgow-based HBS Quality Radio Renfrewshire
Dunoon Community Radio - Shire Man
Swindon FM, Crooked Road Radio show - Catch the Sun
Genevieve Plays Folk podcast, + WCR FM Wolverhampton
Minerva Radio in Liverpool, Folkscene show, Catch the Sun
Brum Radio in Birmingham, Alt Roots show, Bookshop
Stirling Community Radio in Scotland, Folk Festival show
Folk Friday Radio +Wey Valley RM + he Hub Radio, Reading, Readifolk Radio
Argyll FM in Scotland, Folk At Five show, Catch the Sun
Folk Music Notebook from the USA - Catch the Sun
Burwell Radio in Cambridgeshire and West Norfolk Radio, The Folk Club show - Catch the Sun
Oldham Community Radio, Sounds Of Folk - Catch the Sun + Right To Roam
Coast and County Radio in Yorkshire, Folk Along The Coast - Catch the Sun and Right to Roam
The Invisible Folk Club show (aired on CRMK - Milton Keynes
Beat Route Radio - Rushden & Nene Valley (Northants)
Sine FM - Community FM Doncaster, South Yorkshire
St Austell Bay - Community FM, Bedford Radio,
3BsRadio in Bicester, Brackley & Buckingham
KTCRfm - NE Somerset, South Gloucs & East Bristol)
RCFM Radio Cronica Folk Musical - Spain) - Catch the Sun and Right To Roam

About FolkLaw

FolkLaw are a fiddle-driven folk band from the Cotswolds in the UK singing foot-tapping songs of social conscience. With an engaging stage show and catchy choruses, FolkLaw have travelled to festivals far and wide and delighted audiences young and old.
Fiddle of 8 Records
FolkLaw are:      and with special guests:
For more details see the band's website and social media pages at:

Partners

In the making and release of FolkLaws albums, Fiddle of 8 Records have collaborated with some fantastic people with a real passion for music.

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