Penned by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788, Burns confessed that he had gathered the words after hearing an old man recite ...

A heavy rock song based on an old Lancashire folk lore story with grim twist has been released. Snorting Pig have written and ...

You’d be forgiven if you can’t hum the 18th-century Cumbrian folk song “Do Ye Ken John Peel.” But in 1942, a version of that ...

"It's remarkable that you can have a culture that's shunted into the west side of England that has nothing to do with the English at all" ...

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The UK’s official Christmas number one race kicks off today, and among the hopefuls is the charity single Lullaby – a reworking of a Palestinian folk song. Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Neneh Cherry and ...

British singer Jess Glynne has been awarded the TikTok UK song of the year. (AFP via Getty Images) TikTok can really make or break a music career in the same way that a slot on MTV or Top of the Pops ...

Carthy wears his considerable history lightly. His album was reflective without being nostalgic or complacent, building on a lifetime’s commitment to the performance and interpretation of traditional ...

Nearly one in three children in a major UK city do not speak English as their first language, new statistics show. The city is home to more asylum seekers than any other local authority across the ...

A school in the UK has banned pupils from singing songs from KPop Demon Hunters, citing concerns that they go against its “Christian ethos”. According to BBC News, teachers at the Lilliput Church of ...

Autumn. The days get colder, the nights get longer, and you really don’t want to do anything but drive up to your cabin in the woods and hibernate until the snowdrops start blooming. (You’ve got a ...

The new rules stipulate that migrants will be required to take a Secure English Language Test (SELT), administered by a Home Office-approved provider. (Bloomberg) Migrants to the UK will be required ...