Classic, Definitive Folk
TOPIC IS CELEBRATING OVER 70 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE AND GREAT RECORDED FOLK MUSIC
Topic Records – traditional and contemporary folk music, from English, Scottish & Irish folk singers & musicians.
Topic is a winner of BBC Radio’s “Good Tradition” Award for the preservation & promotion of traditional and roots music.
Topic’s impressive catalogue includes some of the classic folk albums of all time, recorded by the likes of Martin Carthy, The Waterson family, June Tabor, John Tams, Dick Gaughan, Nic Jones, Anne Briggs, Brass Monkey, John Kirkpatrick, Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy, The Copper Family, Linda Thompson, Shirley Collins, Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd and many more.
Featured releases:
- JUNE TABOR & OYSTERBAND : RAGGED KINGDOM TSCD585
Twenty one years ago June Tabor and Oysterband collaborated on the classic Freedom And Rain album – frequently regarded as one of the Top 5 Folk albums of all time. Over the intervening years they have occasionally performed together at gigs and in 2010 were invited to reunite for fRoots’ 30th birthday party at the [...]
- JUNE TABOR ~ ASHORE TSCD577
June Tabor’s recording career has consistently reached ever higher standards of performance and interpretation. Each of her albums has sought to match the highest technical standards with emotionally powerful performances and scintillating musical arrangements. Her forthcoming album – a stunning collection of songs concerning humankind’s relationship with the sea – is already being hailed by [...]
- MARTIN CARTHY ~ essential TSCD770D
For nearly fifty years Martin Carthy has been one of the most persistent and dedicated practitioners of English traditional music. He has been an essential figure in most of the significant developments in folk music during that time. To chronicle his career is to discuss the rich and diverse history of the English folk song [...]
- MARTIN SIMPSON : PURPOSE + GRACE TSCD584
Guitar virtuoso MARTIN SIMPSON returns with a fabulous new album. “Purpose + Grace, is in many ways the epiphany of his career. Martin has never chosen the shortest root to stardom but the choices he has made along the way have made him the exceptional talent that he is today.” ★★★★★ Folk Radio UK Purpose [...]
- TOPIC70 VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ THREE SCORE & TEN
THREE SCORE AND TEN is seven CDs in a ten by ten inch hardback book, with dust jacket containing 108 profusely illustrated, full colour pages with a narrative portrait of Topic from 1939 to the present day. Also included separately is a complete discography of every Topic release from 1939 to the newest releases in [...]
classic definitive folk recordings
CELEBRATING OVER 70 YEARS OF GREAT RECORDED FOLK MUSIC