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“It was a real pleasure to meet and hear Michelle play last week - beautifully crafted lyrics, great guitar playing - her poise and experience make her a great writer and performer.” Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music https://linktr.ee/michellelaverick
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This Friday the LDN Features recording of Daybreaker, captured in one take with a full band, will be available to stream! I was touched by the response to the video, so it can now be added to all your Spring playlists and enjoyed on your walks. x kpriddy.lnk.to/ldnsession #newmusic #newmusicfriday

Listening to this today... youtu.be/QBOlxHnZDQQ

Just finished listening to Angeline Morrison Music "Freak Zone" playlist on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Favs: Kind People by The Manifestation Group: themanifestationgroup.bandcamp.com/track/kind-p... I really liked Magnet & Paul Giovanni Willow's Song, youtu.be/y2kpUdfULuQ

Really looking forward to bringing you music from @benavison.bsky.social @snowsofyesteryear.scot @overthemoonmusic.us @sarahdeere-jones.bsky.social @winterwilson.bsky.social as well as @amyhopwoodmusic.bsky.social Ralph McTell, Tim Hardin, Joni, Linda Ronstadt & more. Do join me if you can.

Two tickets have just become available for the otherwise sold out intimate show in Wenlock Abbey's ancient Great Hall this Sunday. So if you weren't on my mailing list and missed out.... www.ldw-foundation.com/product/in-c...

Iona Lane's new album and tour starts soon: www.ionalane.com/live www.youtube.com/watch?v=g64M...

“Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Streamers" tidal.com/browse/artis...

Check out Grace Elizabeth Harvey's sample song from her soon-to-be-released EP: graceelizabethharvey.bandcamp.com/track/birdsong

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/un...

Well, I've bitten the bullet and capitulated to the corporate machine! If you upload something to Instagram or TikTok - you can add my music to the post... Amazon Music: www.amazon.co.uk/music/player... Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2TUyG... Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/artist/mi...

Sharing this event because it's at a new venue so people may not have seen it. Please help to spread the word: #Sheffevents #220225 An Evening with Mossy Christian and Jim Eldon Date: 22 feb • 19:30 Location: 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

Wonderful drone video of Sunderland’s Culture Quarter by Alan Parkinson @alanparkinson.bsky.social

Many thanks to Paul Taylor on his "Folk, Roots and Acoustic Hour" for playing my version of "Butcher's Daughter" on Penistone FM You can listen again listenagain.canstream.co.uk/penistonecr/... In other news, I hope to be in session at PenFM in March to play live and a bit of Q&A.

Join us later at 6.30pm Irish time on the David Dee Moore Radio Show. We have great music and chat with an eclectic mix of sounds and some of the best new independent music from Ireland and beyond including The Darkling, evelynanddec.com, Tim McStay, Michelle Laverick Music www.folkfridayradio.com

Wonderful to hear Constellaltion on BBC 3 Night Tracks with @hannahpeel.bsky.social 🙏🏽✨ Such a beautiful show to be included in, listen back: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Constellation appears on Somewhen: kaylapainter.bandcamp.com/album/somewh...

Thanks to Michael Brocken of Minerva Radio for playing my tracks on his FolkScene show. The show is aired all for the rest of this month at 2pm, 8pm, 2am and 8am every day... and will be available to listen again on demand in Feb... www.minervaradio.uk

Many thanks to Tim Walker of BBC Radio Lincs for playing my version of the Butcher Daughter on the Folk Show > Listen again here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Out on Thursday...

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'Daybreaker', my new single and second collaboration with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, is out on January 30th and available to pre-save now. A hopeful song for the end of Winter, and a timely reminder that the dark days can't last forever. 🌥️ kpriddy.lnk.to/daybreaker #MusicSky #Folk #Poetry

So this is my new single... it's a new version of the classic "Oak and Ash and Thorn" - with a verse taken out and verse added in. You can listen/buy the single on Bandcamp michellelaverick.bandcamp.com/track/oak-an... Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/michelle-lav... Youtube: youtu.be/TIYSzzA4WFI

Gosh, it's that time of the week already. Soft Folkus tonight has 3 songs linked to tomorrow's inauguration & artists like @winterwilson.bsky.social & @katiewhitehouse.bsky.social There'll be music from 2 @fateamagazine.bsky.social award winners - so please join me at 7pm on www.serenade-radio.com

I've enjoying my Hudson Records club subscription - this one is for fans of Lucy Farrell - There are solo performances of some well known songs from 2023 and 2x songs I'd not heard before :-) hudsonrecords.co.uk/club/audio/l...

This week's folks show has a strong focus on his Bobness... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

So pleased to hear that I had two tracks played back to back on Neil Vessey's "Folk Pilot" (www.dealradio.co.uk/shows/the-fo...) show on Deal Radio & HQ - You can hear the entire show on the MixCloud Episode 360 - I'm on about in the first 4mins of the show... www.mixcloud.com/DealRadioSho...

Working on a New Single – Oak and Ash and Thorn www.michellelaverick.com/2025/01/work...

In case you missed it, my song "Selkie Child" was played by Dan James on his show on BGfm Community Radio last night. The word eerie is a good description. The track is played around 8min 50s mark... streamdb9web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusconten...

Working on my new (debut?) single - a reworking of Peter Bellamy's "Oak and Ash and Thorn" - although it's not a funk song, it's a folk song! :-) Hopefully ready for release by the end of this month

I'm pleased to say one of my songs will be played on Dan James Folk Show this evening (6pm-7pm) on BGfm Community Radio, serving Blaenau Gwent and Beyond hosted by Dan James (www.bgfm.wales/presenter/vi...) www.bgfm.wales/schedule/

Many thanks to @bdrandy.bsky.social for playing my song "The Hearts Forest" on @vpraudioclub.bsky.social - you can listen to the entire show on Mixcloud - and hear my song around the 1hr 2mins mark. :-) www.mixcloud.com/blackdogradi...

Peter Paul & Mary are at the heart of tonight's show but there's a remarkable new take on the tale of The Selkie from @michellelaverick.bsky.social & more from the critically acclaimed CD "Home" by @winterwilson.bsky.social @kathrynandsean.bsky.social feature too! 7-9 pm Sun www.serenade-radio.com