We’re deeply saddened to hear news of the passing of Norma Waterson. Norma was an integral part of our family, a leading light of British folk music, a voice like no other. Whether it be as part of The Watersons, (alongside brother, [...]
The swallows are back, there are nests to be built. Daffodils bloom then bow, snowdrops and bluebells swell amidst the grass. Clocks, once again, are wound forward to greet the glorious sun, blue skies and fresh morning breezes. With this [...]
The recent boom of interest in sea shanties is nothing if unpredictable. Thanks greatly to social media, a whole new generation have embraced these sailor songs, many, hundreds of years old. In its capacity as cultural archivist, Topic Records, of course, [...]
2019 marks the 80th birthday of Topic Records, the oldest independent record label in the world. As part of the celebrations, on 31st May 2019, we released the landmark album, ‘Vision & Revision : The first 80 years of Topic Records’ - [...]
The second two releases in our Introduction series are available now An Introduction to June Tabor (TICD003) An introduction to the magical work of June Tabor. Covering songs from her many record releases on the Topic Record label between 1976 to 2011. [...]
October 20th see's two new catalogue releases from Topic Records, An Introduction to Shirley Collins and a Topic Records compilation titled The Real Sound of Folk Music. An Introduction to Shirley Collins - CD (TICD002) and Vinyl (VIN180LP126) Few singers of the [...]
In February 2007 the original members of PENTANGLE received a BBC Radio 2 Lifetime Achievement Award from Sir David Attenborough. On 29th June 2008, exactly 40 years since the recording of their monumental live album Sweet Child at the Royal Festival Hall, [...]
An official live collection from Martin Simpson recorded, as the title suggest, at a series of gigs in the US during 1998 and 1999. Bootleg USA is a great collection of live performances by the acknowledged master of the guitar - great [...]
The Copper Family Songbook - A Living Tradition - contains the words and music of 65 songs from the Copper Family repertoire, augmented by Bob's own illustrations, archive photographs and introduction to the background of the songs by Bob Copper. Strictly limited [...]
This is Bob Copper's final book, which had been completed and edited at the time of his death in 2004. This volume fills in the many gaps left by his previous works. It provides a charming and detailed account of his life [...]
The Highpoint Definitive collections provide a marvelous budget introduction to the recordings of some of Topic's finest. With a playing time of over one hour each CD is a carefully compiled introduction to a musician's recording career. The Watersons [...]
A popular folk club act from the early 1970s with a particular fondness for their local Lincolnshire repertoire. John Connolly, Tom Smith, Bill Meek, Brian Dawson, Mike Lee (Guitars, accordion, melodeon, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, mandolin, whistle and voices). 1 Seventeen come Sunday [...]